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The  Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the last election in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri and his running mate, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (retd) have announced their resignations from the party.   It was gathered that most of the party’s local government chairmen in Bayelsa joined Eradiri and Nathus to dump the party.   Eradiri sent his resignation letter to the …

At least 51 street traders and miscreants were arrested during a clearance operation on Tuesday night, Dec. 10, by the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps.  This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday, Dec. 11, by the state Commissioner for the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab.  Wahab said the clearance operation took place in Mosley Street, Alexander …

An investigation into alleged r@pe and sexual assault in Sweden which targeted Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé has been closed due to insufficient evidence, the Swedish prosecutor said on Thursday, December 12.     The 25-year-old French star visited the Swedish capital from October 9 to 11 with a group of people after his country did not select him for …

NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell has said the active r@pe allegation against rapper Jay-Z won’t impact the league’s relationship with Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by rapper. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was accused in a civil lawsuit of r@ping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 with Sean “Diddy” Combs.   Carter has since refuted the claims made by attorney Tony Buzbee, who …

Kanya King CBE, the founder of the Mobo (music of Black origin) Awards, has been diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer.  The activist and media personality took to Instagram to announce the diagnosis, sharing that its given her a renewed sense of purpose.  In the video, she encouraged fans to be persistent with their doctors if they think something is wrong, and said …

A Georgia middle school teacher was filmed throwing an 11-year-old student across the classroom and allegedly made s£xu@l remarks about the child’s mother.  DeRenne Middle School teacher BeTreylin Elder was reportedly talking crudely about the mother of a student identified as TJ.  The student then stood up from his desk and approached his teacher at the front of his classroom …

Selena Gomez has announced engagement to music producer, Benny Blanco.   The American singer-actress, 32, took to Instagram on Wednesday, December 11, to announce that she and the producer, 36, are engaged.   She shared the news via an Instagram carousel including an up-close snap of her engagement ring and a picture of her and Blanco celebrating their engagement. “forever …

The Conservative Party leader in the United Kingdom, Kemi Badenoch, has said she is not a PR for the country.    Badenoch’s latest comment followed comments about her by Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, a few days ago for allegedly denigrating Nigeria, her country of origin.   VP Shettima had on Monday while speaking at an event in Abuja, accused …

The Ekiti State police command has arraigned five women at a chief magistrates’ court sitting in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly soliciting prost!tution in a public place.  The defendants are Oluwatosin Ogundahunsi (30) Achu Jenifer (40), Joy Emmanuel (45), Hellen John (42) and Aminat Abiola (34).  The prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that on March 6, at about 10pm at …

This is the terrifying moment a tourist fell from a train after she hit a tree while dangling out of the carriage for a video.  The young woman was holding onto the railings and leaning back when her head got caught in some branches and she was quickly dragged from the carriage.  In horrifying footage of the incident, one of her arms …