A Cambodian military officer killed himself after shooting dead his 16-year-old wife with an AK-47 rifle after he allegedly refused her request for a divorce, local media reported on Tuesday. “Second Lt. Vong Tol, 32, shot his wife, Uy Sokhom, in the chest in their home in the northern province of Preah Vihear on Sunday […]
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Former Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has accepted a year’s prison sentence for defrauding the Spanish state of 3.3 million euros (2.8 million pounds). A Spanish court filing revealed this on Tuesday, although the Portuguese will not serve any jail time. The filing said the tax ministry and Mourinho’s defence team
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Obiageli Ezekwesili, former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), has appealed for forgiveness for withdrawing from the contest for Nigeria’s number one seat. Her appeal formed part of her remarks at a press conference she addressed on Monday afternoon. According to the former Education Minister, the decision to step down was
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed how Pastor E.A. Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) called him after Friday’s Holy Ghost service to pray for him. Osinbajo disclosed this at RCCG City of Grace, Lokoja, Kogi state during a thanksgiving service after his helicopter crash landed in Kabba on Saturday.
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The Senate is no longer interested in continuing a case it filed at the Supreme Court on the suspension of Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen. In a statement on Monday, Yusuph Olaniyonu, media aide to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said the Senate has decided to give the National Judicial Council (NJC)’s intervention a chance. The
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Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has revealed why she was at loggerheads with her colleague, Mercy Johnson Okojie, for years. Tonto Dikeh said she fought Mercy Johnson because she was simply envious of her acting skill and desperately wanted to be like the mother of three. Dikeh further revealed that she was also scared of acting
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal has fixed Monday for the continuation of the non-assets declaration trial against Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). Ibraheem Al-Hassan, spokesman of the tribunal, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday. Al-Hassan said this was as a result of the appeal court ruling on the matter. Onnoghen had
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Rotimi Amaechi, the director general of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO), has challenged Peter Obi, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to a public debate. Speaking in Kano on Thursday, Amaechi said Peter Obi lied about infrastructure and transportation, while fielding questions from Kadaria Ahmed on the presidential town hall-style
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A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday dissolved an 18 year-old marriage between one Grace Adekunle and Pastor Adeyemi Adekunle over abandonment, irresponsibility and impregnating church members. Chief Ademola Odunade, President of the court held that the dissolution became necessary because there was no more love between the two. In his judgement, he said
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A street beggar, who made up to £100 a day, raped a 57-year-old woman after she stopped to ask if he was okay. James Campbell, 31, admitted raping the woman in a lane in Glasgow at around 6.30pm on August 16 last year. Campbell, who lived with his mother in Paisley, Renfrewshire, was out begging
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