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Three people were injured following a twin explosion that rocked a rally of the All Progressiives Congress at the Rumuwoji Playground in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.   Punch  reported that the man and two women who were injured, have all been rushed to the hospital for medical attention.   Publicity Secretary of the APC, Darlington Nwauju, confirmed the incident, describing it as ‘unfortunate’. 

An aide to the governor of Borno state, Dogo Shettima, has asked parents to concentrate on raising "good children."   He gave this charge while reacting to a trending photo of a young man watching a football match inside a mosque while the Imam was preaching. Posting the photo online, Shettima wrote; ''Innalillahi waa inna ilaihir raji’un  Where are we heading to? In the mosque while the imam is preaching and giving sermons on teachings of Prophet Muhammad SAW. We need to focus on our children upbringing not material world.'' An aide to the governor of Borno state, Dogo Shettima, has asked parents to concentrate on raising "good children."   He gave this charge while reacting to a trending photo of a young man watching a football match inside a mosque while the Imam was preaching. Posting the photo online, Shettima wrote; ''Innalillahi waa inna ilaihir raji’un  Where are we heading to? In the mosque while the imam is p...

Gumni Ilihu, village head of Gugu village under Banjiram District, Guyuk Local Government Area of the state, has bagged an 8-year jail sentence after being found guilty of criminal breach of trust, intimidation and mischief.   An Adamawa Magistrate Court gave the ruling following a lawsuit filed by a primary school teacher, Roel Sunaka, 47, who accused the village chief of refusing to pay up the balance from the sale of 13 sheeps.    Roel who holds the position of zonal supervisor, Bobini Primary School, Guyuk Local Education Authority, alleged that Gumni used the proceeds of his livestock to secure chieftaincy stool of Gurgu Village, in Banjiram District, under Guyuk Council.    The plaintiff also alleged that the Chief who refused to pay his debt, has been threatening to drive him out of the community.   Magistrate Hyellamada Hyellandendu who presided over the case, found the defendant guilty of criminal breach of trus...

A Tanzanian teenager has been remanded to Luzira Prison in Uganda for allegedly torturing her 15-year-old friend, Pretty Nicole, whom she accused of falling in love with her boyfriend, one Derrick Lwanga.   LIB  reported  that Queen Kaftah,18, and a group of other girls still at large, beat up the minor, slapping, kicking and dragging her on the floor in the house.    Kaftah was on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, arraigned before Kira magistrate's Court in Kampala and charged with aggregated torture of her friend, Pretty Nicole, and inflicting grievous bodily harm contrary to section 2 (1) (b) and 5 (a) (h) (j) (k) of the Prevention of Prohibition of Torture Act 2012.   She was arrested last week after a video recording, which showed them torturing the teenage girl, went viral on social media.   Prosecution states that Kaftah and others still at large on January 8, 2023 in Nsasa Kira Municipality in Wakiso District infli...

Mercy Eke is standing by her claim that she is 29 years old.   The former Big Brother Naija reality star took to SnapChat to claim she is turning 30 this year.   "3rd level about to bang," she wrote.   She added that she is "definitely having a baby" when she turns 30.

Two armed robbery suspects have been killed in Delta state.   A statement released by the the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, says on January 13, the police acted on a tip-off that some suspected notorious armed robbers who have been on the command's wanted list over their involvement in a foiled robbery operation on June 23, 2022 in Orogun community, were seen gathered within the Unukpo - Orogun palm tree plantation.   Edafe said the DPO of Orogun division in a proactive move to forestall another attack, mobilized and led police operatives to the area.   ''As they were approaching the scene, the hoodlums opened fire on the Police which the police equally responded. The hoodlums took to flight due to the superior police fire power of the Police but during the ensuing gun duel, the gang leader, one Bobo Ononibe ‘m’ aged 26yrs of Ufuoma Street, Unukpo - Orogun community, Ughelli North LGA, sustained serio...

A 99-year-old Kenyan man, Johana Maritim Butuk, has married his girlfriend, Alice Jemeli, 40, after 20 years of dating.   The lovebirds tied the knot in a colorful wedding ceremony in Soy, Uasin Gishu County on Saturday, January 14, 2023.    When they first met in 2003, Jemeli was only 20 years old and Butuk was 69. Despite their age differences, their love blossomed as they dated.   The nonagenarian proposed to Jemeli in December 2022 and plans of a wedding ceremony started.   According to The Standard, it was Butuk's first marriage since he has never dated a woman for the 99 years he has lived. However Jemeli has three children from a previous relationship and is happy Butuk has accepted them.    The couple celebrated the nuptial at their mud-walled house in Tuiyobei Soy B village. They were walking around the unfenced homestead, with a few relatives present.    The couple exchanged their marriage vows at the nearby St...

The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, January 16 with dozens more missing, making it the deadliest civilian incident since Moscow started attacking civilian targets three-months ago.   Ukrainian officials acknowledged on Monday there is little hope of finding anyone else alive in the rubble of Saturday's attack in Dnipro, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the rescue in the central Ukrainian city would go on "as long as there is even the slightest chance to save lives". Dozens of people were rescued from the rubble, including six children. We are fighting for every person!" Zelenskiy said in an overnight televised address. Kyiv says it has no way of shooting down the anti-ship missile it says struck an apartment building in Dnipro on Saturday during Russia's latest volley of attacks. At least 40 people were killed in the attack with 30 still unaccounted for, city official Gennadiy Korban...

A California man escaped death when he stepped out of his car to take a phone call moments before his car was crushed by a large rock.   Mauricio Henao said he was parked on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu when he got out of his car to answer his phone.   Shortly after he stepped out of the car, he heard the "loud crashes" of the rocks on the hillside behind him starting to slide, according to KTLA 5.   "I was in the driver's seat, walked out, got a call, ran back inside, came out, and the car was just totaled," Henao told KTLA. "I ran out and saw my car just crushed."   A four-foot boulder crushed the roof of his sedan as rocks and debris obstructed four lanes of traffic, KTLA reported.   "The rock is the size of the whole hood," Henao told KTLA. "The windshields are all broken, and the frame of the car is just all twisted."   Henao credits the phone call he received for saving his life, KTLA reported.   "I...

FIFA has announced that it is launching an investigation into the actions of the Argentina national team after they defeated France on penalties to win the 2022 World Cup final.    The global governing body has 'opened proceedings' against the Albiceleste for potentially violating several clauses of the FIFA disciplinary code during and after the showpiece event, namely clauses for fair play and player misconduct.    Scenes from the Argentina squad's celebrations quickly went viral as they won their third title, with controversial images of Martinez winning the Golden Glove award sparking backlash.   The Aston Villa goalkeeper was also pictured mocking defeated forward Kylian Mbappe - despite the PSG star scoring a hat-trick and converting his spot kick in the shoot-out.  He was also seen holding a toy baby with the striker's face stuck on, as well as calling for a moment of silence in the dressing room after the game to honour th...

Cynthia Nwadiora, better known as Cee-C has joked about reducing her age.   The former Big Brother Naija star took to Instagram to share new photos which she captioned, "My pretty girl era! It's like I will reduce my age o, 30 years no just fit me." This comes as her fellow Big Brother Naija star  Mercy Eke  is receiving heat for reducing her age.

Ukraine’s number two tennis player, Marta Kostyuk says she will not shake hands with rivals from Russia and Belarus during the Australian Open as she feels they have not done enough to speak out against the invasion. Belarus is being used as a key staging ground for Russia’s war in Ukraine, which Moscow terms a “special operation. The 20-year-old tennis star from Kyiv generated headlines last year when she refused the customary handshake at the net with former world number one Victoria Azarenka after the Belarusian beat her at the US Open.   After winning her first match at the Australian Open on Monday, upsetting 28th seeded American Amanda Anisimova, Kostyuk said she would snub handshakes with any Russian or Belarusian opponent who had not openly condemned the invasion. “I haven’t changed about the war and everything that’s going on, on tour,” she told Reuters. “Because people who just say they don’t want war, it makes us (Ukraine) sound like we want war. “Obviously, ...

An Uber driver identified as Afam has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers in Kubwa, a satellite town in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).   A source privy to the incident told Daily Trust that the incident happened close to AJ lounge near NNPC junction in Kubwa.   The source said the victim sold electronics but work as an Uber driver at night.   "The guy went to AJ lounge. Beside AJ lounge, there is a place where they sell phones, he was inside his car. So, he noticed that there was a group of men, up to five in number with guns and weapons, trying to break into the shop where they sell phones," the source explained.    “I don’t really know what he was doing there, but he is into Uber. So, when he noticed the people were trying to burgle the shop, he tried to start his car to run away, then they noticed the movement.   "Possibly, they thought he was trying to video or call the police then they shot. Those club...

Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and her security guard were shot dead at her home in Kabul early Sunday morning, Jan. 15, according to Kabul police.   The shooting took place around 3 a.m., local time on Sunday, according to local police chief Molvi Hamidullah Khalid.   Nabizada represented Kabul in Afghanistan’s parliament from 2019 until the government was overthrown by the Taliban in August 2021.   She was one of the few female former lawmakers who remained in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.   Nabizada’s brother was also wounded in the attack, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said.   The police spokesman said an investigation to determine who carried out the attack is underway.   Sunday’s shooting is the first time a lawmaker from the previous administration has been killed in the city since the Taliban seized power.   "Rising insecurity is of grave concern," the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afgh...

UFC President Dana White has announced that Leon Edwards will defend his welterweight title against Kamaru Usman at UFC 286 in the O2 Arena in London on March 18. Edwards defeated Usman for the belt at UFC 278 last August after delivering a fifth-round head kick for a knockout, setting up their upcoming trilogy fight. The two first faced off at UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 in Dec. 2015. Usman won via unanimous decision. The UFC 286 co-main event will feature Justin Gaethje fighting Rafael Fiziev in a lightweight fight. This fight will be a homecoming for the 31-year-old Edwards, who moved to England at the age of nine and fights out of Birmingham. For his professional career, he sports a 20-3 record with one no-contest. He has seven knockouts and three submission victories. Usman had won 19 straight fights before falling to Edwards. For his career, he is 20-2 with nine knockouts and one submission.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has shared his worries ahead of the 2023 general election.    Speaking during the commissioning of the 1.15 kilometre Afi-Uko Nteghe Uda brigde on Etebi-Enwang road, in Mbo Local government area of Akwa Ibom State on Monday, January 16, Jonathan said he's worried about the negative energy generated ahead of the 2023 elections.   The former President who called on politicians to market their politics with ideas, rather than fight, insult and abuse their opponents, added that politics of bitterness hinders development.   He said;    “I’m a bit worried by the negative energy generated ahead of the 2023 elections. We have noticed a level of bitterness in our politics that does not bring development and I plead with politicians that marketing is about marketing your ideas. Politics is not about fighting, is not insulting, is not about abusing. “We have been reading in the newspapers and social media of how...

Former 'American Idol' Contestant CJ Harris has passed on at the age of 31.   TMZ reported that Harris who made it to the top 6 in 2014, suffered a heart attack Sunday night in Jasper, Alabama, and was taken to a local hospital by ambulance but didn't make it.   The singer will be remembered for the 2014 audition where his version of Allman Brothers Band's "Soulshine" blew judges away.    Following his incredible audition, CJ rocked America with powerful versions of "Too Close," "American Woman," and "Free Fallin'." He was chosen by the judges as a wild card in the semi-finals after not receiving enough votes, getting kept in the competition -- making it all the way to the top 6 before getting eliminated.

A young man identified simply as Babe Face, allegedly killed his girlfriend and set himself ablaze at the Kom Kom axis of Oyigbo in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State.   According to an eyewitness, who spoke to Daily Trust, Babe Face had invited his lover to his house located over the weekend.   The witness said trouble started when Babe Face questioned the deceased for cheating on him with another man.    The source said that when the deceased could not offer a satisfactory explanation for the allegation, he pounced on her and strangled her to death.   In a bid to cover his tracks, Babe Face set the apartment ablaze and was burnt to death alongside the corpse of his girlfriend.   “The incident happened at the weekend in Kom Kom axis of Oyigbo. A young boy who bears the name Babe Face had an altercation with his girlfriend over issues that had to do with her cheating on him in the relationship," the source narrated.  ...

Juice WRLD's ex-girlfriend Ally Lotti and her boyfriend Carter Jamison both pictured above, were arrested over the weekend for shoplifting at an Arkansas Walmart.   Cops told TMZ they found narcotics on Lotti during their search. She has now been booked on possession of methamphetamine or cocaine with the purpose to deliver at least 2 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and theft of property. However countering the claim, Lotti's lawyer, Bradford Cohen claimed that his client and her boyfriend tried to scan their items in the self-checkout aisle on Saturday, January 14 and believed they'd rung up everything until a security guard detained them at the door. That was also when the drugs were discovered.   Carter was booked for theft of property and released without bond later that day. Lotti has also been released and is currently celebrating Carter's new purchase, a brand new 2023 Mercedes-Ben...

The Katsina State Police Command has rescued four kidnapped victims during raids on criminal hideouts in three villages in the state.    Spokesperson of the command, SP Gambo Isah, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 16, 2023, said one of the rescued victims sustained a gunshot wound and was rushed to the hospital for medical attention.    "On 15/1/2023, at about 1030 hrs, the command succeeded in raiding criminal hideouts in Hunguma and Gozaki villages and rescued the following victims: (1) Sa'idu Alhaji Iliya, m, age 51, of Nasarawan Dankali village, Mahuta ward, Kafur LGA (2) Yusuf Umar, m, age 31 years, and (3) Abdullahi Bello, m, age 35 years, both of Bauchi state," the statement read.   "One of the victims (Abdullahi Bello) sustained a gunshot wound and was rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Many of the terrorists were feared dead or fatally injured during the rescue operation. A team of policemen is still combi...