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Timi Dakolo has responded after a revelation he shared from the beginning of his relationship with his now-wife sparked mixed reactions.   He revealed in an interview that his wife, Busola Dakolo, used to be embarrassed when they were dating as he picked her with the branded Picanto he won on Nigerian Idol.    An X user who is single reacted, …

The palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enita Ogunwusi has expressed sadness over the stampede that occured at a children’s funfair organized by his ex-wife, Queen Naomi Ogunseyi, at Islamic High School, Bashorun in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Wednesday, December 18.     In a statement released by the Director, Media and Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Otunba …

Barton Town FC goalkeeper, James Hitchcock, has d!ed with a ‘serious’ head injury after an alleged attack on a night out. The married father-of-one, from Cottingham in East Yorkshire, died from his injuries in hospital yesterday afternoon, with police to charge a man with his műrder. He was hurt during an alleged attack at York’s railway station last  Sunday. Hitchcock, …

Russia’s decision to launch what Putin calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine should have come earlier than 2022 and the war has made him smile less, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday during an end-of-year speech in Moscow. “We should have prepared systematically for it,” he said of the war. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February …

Grammy award-winning singer, Adele is the subject of a plagiarism case, as a local musician in Brazil has accused her of copying works from his 1995 album.   A 2015 song by Grammy Award-winning British singer Adele could be pulled from streaming services globally after a Brazilian judge, Judge Vitctor Torres ordered the Brazilian subsidiaries of Sony and Universal to …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has revealed he has not spoken to US President-elect Donald Trump in over four years, but is “ready” for potential talks with him, amid expectation that the new administration in Washington will push for a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine.   During the Russian president’s marathon year-end news conference, Putin also declined to say …

Police have arrested a 48-year-old Nigerian man and his 33-year-old South African girlfriend on charges of unlawful possession of drugs and dealing in drugs.    The duo was nabbed on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, by South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, in collaboration with the North West provincial drug task team and Lichtenburg K9 …

A boy who got a high score in JAMB  has gone on X to lament after he was denied admission.   The boy said he took the university entrance exam in 2022 and scored 284, a high score that gets people into the medicine and surgery department, yet he did not get admission.     The boy, who is hoping …

A farmer, Dauda Haruna has been reportedly k!lled while four others, including 3 siblings, were severely injured in bomb explosions in Bassa community, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.   According to Daily Trust, the incident happened between the Bassa and Gwadara communities on Thursday morning, December 19, 2024, when the victims were going to the farm to harvest …

Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, has appealed to Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, to spare him the possession of a landed property in the Maitama district as one of the conditions for bail.  Bello made the plea on Thursday, December 19, 2024, through his counsel, J.B. Daudu SAN.  He …