Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins PEN Pinter Prize

                         

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter prize. She was hailed by Harold Pinter’s widow, the biographer Antonia Fraser, as a writer who embodies “those qualities of courage and outspokenness which Harold much admired”.

Mother Sold Her Baby To Raise Money For Her Siblings

A 22-year-old woman, Blessing Chukwu, who was arrested by the operatives of the Abia State Police Command in Umuahia for allegedly selling her child, has confessed that she sold her daughter to raise money to train her siblings.

GTB Must Pay N14bn Judgement Liability, Innoson Insists

The management of Innoson Motors has insisted that Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) is by the June 7 ruling of the Supreme Court liable to pay the sum of N14bn to the Deputy Chief Register of the Enugu Division of the court of Appeal, who shall pay same into an interest yielding account pending the determination of the banks appeal.

Five men gang-raped us….invited friends to also `come and eat free meal’ – Two teenage girls

                             

Ondo has been in the news in recent times for bad reasons. It is seen in many quarters as the haven for youths and men of questionable character.

 If road transport workers in the town are not killing themselves over leadership tussle, cult members, in supremacy battle, are hacking each other to death in broad daylight. 

Recruitment:‎ Police Release List Of Successful Candidates

The Nigeria Police Force, has released the list of the successful candidates of its 2018 recruitment exercise‎.

 As stated on the website of the Police Service Commission and confirmed by FCT Spokesperson, DSP Manzah Anjuguri, the training for the new recruits began on June 8, while resumption will close on June 13 in all the training schools. 

Edo State Civil Defence Kill One, Arrest Two Suspected Robbers

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Edo State, today have killed one person and arrested two other suspects, who robbed at Ikpoba Slope in Benin.

The Public Relations Officer of the corps, Mr Efosa Ogbebor, who briefed news men in Benin said that the hoodlums were among a gang of robbers that robbed motorists on the Benin-Auchi highway at Ikpoba Slope yesterday.

Austrian Govt To Shut Down 7 Mosques, Expel 40 Imams

In its implementation of what it calls a Push Against Islamist ideology and foreign funding of religious people, the Austria’s right-wing government is set to shut down seven Mosques and expel 40 Imams.

Woman wrongly jailed after ID stolen, refused lawyer

A New Mexico woman wrongly jailed for weeks after someone stole her identity is suing a New Mexico county and a city that ignored her pleas that they had the wrong person.

CBN Issues New Guidelines On China Currency Swap Transactions

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for the conduct of financial transactions under the recently federal government signed currency swap deal with the bank of China.

Anthony Bourdain, CNN presenter commits suicide

Anthony Bourdain, a chef, storyteller, and writer, has committed suicide.

Bourdain, 61, was a presenter and host of ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ on CNN since 2013.

According to the network, he committed suicide.

Liverpool transfer news: Mohamed Salah uses Lionel Messi to make Barcelona decision

LIVERPOOL star Mohamed Salah will not join Barcelona while Lionel Messi rules the roost, according to reports in Spain.

Liverpool star Salah has been linked with a move to Barcelona in recent days, with the Catalan giants supposedly keen on a deal.

The Egypt international bagged 44 goals across all competitions as the Reds secured a top four finish and reached the Champions League final.

SOUTH AFRICA Teen dies after being 'shot by father' at Joburg school

                             
A father is facing a charge of murder after allegedly shooting his son outside a school in Ennerdale‚ Johannesburg.

Initial reports‚ according to the police‚ indicated that a 50-year-old man had taken his 14-year-old son to the secondary school on Tuesday to attend evening classes.

China grants permanent residency to 1,881 foreigners over last 2 months

                                      

The number is equivalent to the total that were granted in the whole of last year. The 1,881 permanent residents include Nobel Prize winners, researchers, doctoral supervisors, entrepreneurs, as well as their spouses and children.

Fed Govt rakes in N30b from VAIDS

The Federal Government has raked in nearly N30 billion through the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), the Chairman, Federal inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mr. Tunde Fowler, said yesterday.

PMB Shifts Democracy Day To June 12

                            

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday directed that effective from next year, Nigerian Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years be now shifted to June 12. The idea, according to the president is to honour an illustrious son of Nigeria, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, who won a presidential election, conducted on the said date in 1993, but was prevented from taking office when the results were annulled.

                         

Madagascar's prime minister announced his resignation on Monday in the first step towards the naming of a "consensus" premier to resolve a political crisis sparked by controversial electoral reforms.

FBI agent doing backflip in a bar shoots man in the leg

                           

Police are investigating an off-duty FBI agent's apparently accidental shooting of a man when the agent did a backflip at a Colorado night club, local media reported.

Tunisia migrant death toll rises to 48 – Defence Ministry

The number of illegal immigrants killed after their boat sank off the southeastern coast of Tunisia on Sunday has risen to 48, according to the Ministry of Defense.

WWE, Can't Stop Making Money As Other Media Flounder

                                     


While US entertainment company leaders battle sagging stock prices because of revolutionary changes in the media landscape, WWE’s Vince McMahon is riding high.

Osinbajo Urges Pastors To Intensify Prayers For Nation’s Peace

                        

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday, advised pastors to intensify their prayers for peace in Nigeria and maintain their dignity as they minister to their followers. 

Visa payment system hit by outage in Europe

                         

Visa said on Friday that a “service disruption’’ had hit its payment system, leaving some businesses unable to process purchases by its cardholders.

Pregnant cow sentenced to death for illegal border crossing

  


A pregnant cow will be executed as a result of crossing from her European Union farm in Bulgaria into the non-EU Serbia.

Daily Mail reports that Penka, a pregnant red cow who is due in around three months’ time, wandered westwards away from her herd near the village of Kopilovtsi, straying over the border into non-EU Serbia.

Battered Wife Stabs Husband To Death

       

   
A teacher, Abimbola Olamide, has been arrested by policemen from the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing her husband, Dare Akinbobola, to death at their residence in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Senate rejects Buhari’s nominee for CBN job

The Senate Thursday turned down the request for the confirmation of Dr.Abdul Abubakar for appointment as a Non-Executive Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

This followed the presentation and consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions which screened the nominee.

Best In The World: Nigeria Jerseys For The World Cup Voted Best In The World.

                         

The Nigerian jersey has been voted the best jersey out of the 32 nations ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

In a poll conducted by Sky Sports, the Nigerian shirt garnered over 40,000 votes to beat world champions Germany to second place with 21,000 votes.

The River of Feelings

Our feelings play a very important part in directing all of our thoughts and actions. In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies on all the others for its existence. To observe it, we just sit on the bank of the river and identify each feeling as it surfaces, flows by, and disappears.

21st baby: Britian’s biggest family announce their 21st baby

Britain’s biggest family is set to grow again after mother Sue Radford announced she is pregnant with her 21st child.

Sue Radford, 43, and her husband Noel, 47, uploaded a video message on YouTube to announce the family will be welcoming yet another baby girl.

Cops pose for picture with strippers, what could go wrong?

Is that a pistol in your G-string, or are you just glad to see us?

Four female NYPD cops who appeared eager to bring back stop-and-frisk are under the gun for posing for photos with a strapping male stripper.

The gals were all grins as the buff entertainer — wearing nothing but boots and a thong — draped his arms around two of them while a third pointed at his barely wrapped package.

Full text of Buhari’s Democracy Day broadcast

My Dear Nigerians!

Today marks the 19th year of our nascent democracy and the 3rd Anniversary of this administration. I am thankful to Almighty God for bringing us thus far. This administration came at a time that Nigerians needed Change, the Change we promised and the Change we continue to deliver. We have faced a lot of challenges on this journey and Nigerians have stood by us in achieving the three cardinal points of this administration namely; Security, Corruption and the Economy.

Italy faces new elections after populist government bid fails

Rome wasn't built in a day, and after nearly three months of trying to form a government the Italian capital will need to wait even longer for new leaders.

Political factions in the country, Europe's fourth largest economy, likely face new elections after two leading parties for prime minister abandoned their proposed coalition.

$16bn Power Project: Obasanjo Releases EFCC Report

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday made public the report of the investigation conducted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2007, on various allegations, including that of the alleged $16 billion power project.

'I really feel for him' — Klopp agony as Karius howlers condemn Liverpool

                                   

Devastated Jurgen Klopp admitted he was shell-shocked by Loris Karius's costly mistakes in Liverpool's 3-1 Champions League final defeat against Real Madrid on Saturday.

Liverpool goalkeeper Karius played a huge role in his side's misery in Kiev as he gifted Madrid two goals.

The 24-year-old handed Karim Benzema the opening goal when he threw the ball against the France forward and it rebounded into the net.

Freed hostage from Venezuela ‘overwhelmed with gratitude’

Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA’s top spy in Latin America, was set free by the anti-American Maduro government on Saturday, saying he was “overwhelmed with gratitude.”

Why My Deputy, Others Resigned – Gov Abubakar

Bauchi State governor, Mohammed Abubakar has explained reasons why his deputy and other persons in his administration have resigned in recent time. 

Speaking to State House correspondents yesterday after observing the Jumaat prayers at the presidential Villa, Governor Abubakar said they could not cope with the pace of his administration.

Tolerating Evil Is Compromising With Evil

We are to tolerate all that is good (Amos 5:15) and to detest all that is evil (Romans 12:9) but sadly we approve or tolerate things that God hates instead of exposing or Confronting Evil. God wants us to hate evil and cling to what is good(Rom 12:9).

We are not to tolerate wickedness, injustice, evil and ungodly behaviors and actions, Habitual liars and cheaters, unrighteousness, sexual immorals etc.

Painful photo of Syrian boy sleeping between parents graves

                         
According to viral reports, the little boy decided to sleep so between his parents graves after they were killed in an airstrike.

So painful...

Accused rapist shows pen*s to jury to prove innocence

A Connecticut man on trial for sexual assault was allowed to drop trou and expose his penis to a stunned New Haven jury this week — to prove that it doesn’t match his accuser’s description.

The accuser says she was raped in 2012 by a stranger whose penis was lighter than the rest of his skin — and picked Desmond James, 26, out of a photo lineup as her attacker.

North Korea claims to have demolished nuclear test site

North Korea has carried out what it says is the demolition of its nuclear test site in the presence of foreign journalists.

The demolition happened Thursday at the site deep in the mountains of the North’s sparsely populated northeast.

Kisumu woman, 24, gets 15 years for defiling boy

A 24-year-old woman, who stunned a Kisumu court after she admitted to having sex a minor, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail.

Judith Wandera was on Wednesday found guilty of defilement and intentionally performing indecent act on a minor contrary to sexual offences act, on July 5, 2017 at Kicomi area.

Hit Wave Hits Pakistan

Stifling temperatures in Pakistan have left people collapsing in the streets and begging for water as a 45C heatwave is said to have killed at least 65 people.

The southern city of Karachi has been blasted with the catastrophic heat over Ramadan, when most Muslims do not eat or drink during daylight hours.

Passenger accused of groping woman and urinating on seat in front of him during Frontier Airlines flight

A "drunk and unruly" passenger groped a woman on a Frontier Airlines flight on Thursday and urinated on the seat in front of him after being shifted to the back of the plane, authorities said.


Michael Haag began making crude comments to the female passenger after ordering a double shot of vodka and tonic during the first drink service of the flight from Denver to Charleston, according to the federal criminal complaint.

Floyd Mayweather gifts teen daughter enormous 30-carat diamond ring

                     
             

Floyd Mayweather may be the best at giving gifts.

The flashy boxer, 41, gifted his daughter Iyanna Mayweather a massive 30-carat diamond ring for her 18th birthday, Page Six has learned.

“The center is an 18-carat canary yellow [diamond],” said the president of Pristine Jewelers and creator of the sparkler. “It’s mounted in platinum. Each stone around is a carat and a half. There’s eight of them.”

Zimbabwean Soldier Kills Wife After Discovering Two Of His ChildrenWere Fathered By His Superior

                           

A Soldier has shot and killed his wife after discovering that two of the children he raised were not his and were fathered by his superior officer. The incident happened at one of the army barracks in Zimbabwe.

Foreign affairs minister, Nnamani, others, escape death as thugs disrupt congress in Enugu

THE Enugu State Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ended abruptly on Saturday as thugs stormed the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, the venue of the election and chased party stakeholders and delegates away with dangerous weapons.

US accuses Biya’s govt of murder in Anglophone Cameroon

United States has accused Paul Biya government of “targeted killings”, arson and looting in its fight against a separatist movement in Anglophone Cameroon.

In a statement following a meeting with President Paul Biya on Thursday, the U.S. ambassador to Cameroon, Peter Henry Barlerin called for dialogue to end an 18-month-old conflict.

Former Playboy model 'jumps to her death with seven-year-old son' in New York amid custody battle

A former Playboy model involved in a custody battle has apparently jumped to her death with her seven-year-old son from the 25th floor of a New York hotel.

The pair checked into the penthouse suite of the Gotham Hotel in Manhattan at about 6pm on Thursday, police said.

Wife plays dead as killers shoot taxi boss - Daughter watches as dad is shot 29 times

Two gunmen opened fire on Johnson Mdaka's car as he arrived home with his wife and daughter.

The wife of a Johannesburg taxi boss who was killed in a hail of bullets had to fake her own death to save herself.

Plane crashes and erupts into fireball after takeoff in Cuba

                              

A Boeing 737 passenger jet with more than 100 people aboard crashed in a huge fireball Friday after taking off on a domestic flight from Havana, Cuba, according to reports.

There were no immediate reports on casualties, but images from the scene showed widespread, smoldering wreckage surrounded by dozens of onlookers.

MotherStabs Daughter Up To 70 Times, Smashes Her Head With A PickAxeBecause She Resisted Torture

                           

This is the chilling moment a mum smiled in police custody after allegedly stabbing her 11-year-old daughter up to 70 times in a horror attack.

Taheerah Ahmad, 39, is accused of stabbing the little girl and hitting her over the head with a pickaxe before setting their kitchen on fire.

Teacher arraigned for defiling minor with pencils

A 36-year-old teacher, Lilian Ahaneku, was on Thursday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly inserting three pencils in the private parts of her six-year-old pupil.

Ahaneku, who resides at 6, Alhaji Gudus Giwa St., Eyita, Ikorodu, Lagos State, is facing a charge of indecent assault.