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  Beauty Ogere Siasia, the 76 year-old mother of former Super Eagles striker and Coach, Samson Siasia has been kidnapped again, the second time in four years. According to reports, Madame Siasia was abducted from her home in Sagbama Local Government of Bayelsa state by unidentified armed men in the early hours of today Monday July 15th. She was first kidnapped in November 2015 and was released after 12 days in the kidnappers den

Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, turns 52 years old today July 15th. She shared this photo from her first birthday celebration on her Instagram page with the caption; Thanking God for another birthday... My first birthday  A F’OPE F’OLORUN A f’ope f’olorun L’okan ati l’ohun wa Eni s’ohun ‘yanu N’nu eni t’araye nyo ‘gbat’a wa l’om’owo On na l’o ntoju wa O si nf’ebun ife Se ‘toju wa sibe. NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD, Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom this world rejoices; who from our mothers' arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today'' she wrot

Idris Elba and his family were a sight to behold as they attended the premiere of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw in Los Angeles. The actor walked the red carpet with wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba and Isan Elba, his daughter from his first marriage. Idris Elba and his family were a sight to behold as they attended the premiere of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw in Los Angeles. The actor walked the red carpet with wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba and Isan Elba, his daughter from his first marriage. See photos below.

Blessing Osom, Tonto Dikeh former friend shocked after she received a N3m                  (3, 000, 000.00) birthday gift from Olakunle Churchill, took to Instagram to thank him. Describing Olakunle Churchill as a good man while thanking him, Blessing said he never called to tell her about the birthday gift before she received the alert. Taking a swipe at "people" saying negative things about the actress' ex-husband, she wrote; Chai somebody wake me up. Like seriously, 3m Naira Birthday gift????? Swipe And you didn’t call at all to tell me???? Kai Bros am so so grateful. Just saw the Alert, God in heaven will bless you, May God Bless you for me, you’re truly a good man. The world is yet to know how good your heart i. Am grateful. Thank you, Guys pls Tag this good man and thank him for me. no matter the negative things people say about you, God keeps Raising you higher. She was spotted shortly after with Rosy Meurer, Churchill's former P.A who was accused of being th

Antoine Griezmann has been officially unveiled as a Barcelona player after completing his £108million move from Atletico Madrid last week Friday. The 28-year-old Frenchman signed a five-year deal with Barcelona that includes a staggering buy-out clause of £717million. Griezmann who was in good spirits as he posed in the Barcelona kit for the first time yesterday will wear the No 17 shirt for his new club. Addressing the media at the Nou Camp, Griezmann said: 'I'm very excited to be here. I'm accepting a big challenge. I'm ready for what's coming up.' 'It's a new challenge. I always try to better myself and break out of my comfort zone. I want to win La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League - which is missing from my CV.' Speaking about Lionel Messi, Griezmann said: 'Messi is someone for every footballer to look up to. It's a source of incredible happiness to be able to play alongside him.' Before his move to Barcelona, Griezm

Professor Wole Soyinka on Sunday, July 14, 2019 lamented over the security challenges facing the country, and how President Buhari's alleged failed approach to the herders/farmers’ crisis. The Nobel Laureate in his speech at the event where he played host to 85 pupils drawn from all the six geopolitical zones of the country to mark his 85th birthday, called for a national dialogue among all the people across party and ethnic lines as he alleged that President Buhari has failed. “Governance is a very difficult occupation; Nigeria is a very complex nation for a lot of reasons; its history, the background, the formation of it, the complexity, the culture, balancing here and there and then, you have several complications like fuel, among others. “Politicians that money has gone into their heads misdirect themselves in terms of priority, they neglect some sections, some of them are nepotistic and some of them alienate themselves from the public which is the people they are suppose

The Big Brother Naija eviction show held yesterday night, July 14, 2019, saw Ella and Kim Oprah evicted from the reality show. Ella and Kim Oprah were up for eviction this week alongside Mercy, Sir Dee, Tacha and. With this, they became the became the third and fourth housemate respectively of the ongoing reality show to be evicted after Avala and Isilomo.

The Lagos state police command have arrested four men and a woman in connection with the murder of a 22 year old man, Olamide Omolegbe, who was wrongfully accused of stealing a phone. Spokesperson of the command, Bala Elkana, in a statement released today July 14th said on July 9th, men of the Langbasa Police Station received a complaint that on July 8th at about 08:00pm, one Olamide of G.R.A, Abidjan was killed. The deceased person was accused of stealing a phone by one Bolanle Muhammed, Female, in her soft drink shop at Bodore, Ajah. The false alarm she raised led to the beating and killing of the victim by the following persons: Wasiu Wahab ‘M’, Ramon Ibrahim ‘M’, Junior Adebayo ‘M' and Yusuf Adegbite ‘M’. The four persons actually beat up the guy and when he was dead ,they threw him into the lagoon. His body was recovered by a team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer, SP Ada Okafor on Wednesday July 10th at the Badore Jetty and deposited at Mainland Hospit