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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said June 12 remains a threshold in Nigeria’s national life and demanded some soul-searching from Nigerians.  Abubakar said in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday that the day was one to ask the salient question of “How better off are Nigerians?” According to him June 12 demands something bigger than merely declaring it a Democracy Day. “June 12 is at the soul of our democratic struggle; a threshold in our national life. The significance of the celebration of June 12, 1993, Presidential Election is a reminder of our history to becoming a democratic country. On this day 26 years ago, Nigeria voted for democracy against the jackboot notion of oppressive totalitarianism.  “The collective decision by Nigerians to elect democracy on that day was not to aggrandise the political elite or to replace military dictatorship with civilian autocracy. No. The choice of democracy was to restore power to the people,” he said. “It is not e...

A young lady identified as Abimbola Ayanwale Modinat, has died after she was allegedly robbed and pushed out of a moving commercial bus by suspected armed robbers at Idi-Iroko, Anthony Village area of Lagos State on Tuesday June 11th. According to reports, Abimbola was returning home when she unknowingly boarded a bus filled with criminals. In the course of their journey to her destination, she was robbed and pushed out stark naked in front of Domino’s Pizza at about 11pm on Tuesday June 11th. The incident was immediately reported at the Anthony Village Police Station and her body was later removed by the police and deposited at Lagos State University (LASUTH) mortuary A relative of the deceased, Adegoke Adekemi, who took to her Facebook page to mourn her, wrote “Auntie mi Modinat; you were still active on WhatsApp till 8p.m. on Tuesday. Only for us to be called around 11p.m. that you’re dead! How do these things happen? One minute, you’re healthy and bubbly, the ne...

Real Madrid captain and Spanish defender, Sergio Ramos who will be having star-studded guests at his wedding this weekend has reportedly not invited his former team-mate and friend, Cristiano Ronaldo.  The defender will marry television presenter Pilar Rubio at the famous Seville cathedral this weekend. According to Marca, Ramos and Rubio have invited 500 guests to what is being seen as a contender for 'wedding of the year' in Spain. The couple have also booked AC/DC to perform at the party following the ceremony. David Beckham and wife Victoria are reported to be attending, as is Barcelona rival Gerard Pique with his long-term partner Shakira. But Cristiano Ronaldo is said to be missing on the list. The wedding will also be attended by a host of familiar faces, including Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane and club president Florentino Perez. Ronaldo's absence is reported to stem from a fall-out between the two players after he left Rea Madrid last summe...

President Buhari on Tuesday night June 11th, hosted some world leaders as well as top Nigerian government functionaries, to a gala night to commemorate the celebration of June 12th Democracy day. One person who stole the show was his wife, Aisha Buhari, who stepped out in a Maple Leaf Embroidered Silk-Crepe Cape-Back Caftan by A-list designer, Oscar De LaRenta. The dress which used to go for $4,290 (1,544,400), is currently retailing for $2,145 which in Naira equivalent is N772,200. See more photos of Aisha Buhari rocking the gown below

Moji Solar-Wilson who hails from Ijero-Ekiti in Ekiti State, got married to her lesbian partner in 2017. She shared the new photo of them on her social media handle as they celebrated Gay Pride month..

Denrele Edun turns 38 today and the media personality wrote a letter to himself. See them below.

A Nigerian man simply identified as Al Ameen, pictured above, died yesterday June 12th, one day after bagging a first class degree from the Bayero University Kano. His friend, @Baffah16 who shared the sad story online, wrote ''He graduated with first class yesterday and pass away today,may your soul Rest In Peace. Allah ka karbu rayuwarmu while you're pleased with us Ameen ya Rabbi How sad! May his soul rest in peace, Amen

President Buhari yesterday said his administration has brought Nigeria back to its feet through its change agenda. The President who came into office in 2015 after the 16-year rule of the PDP, stated this when he spoke at the inaugural celebration of June 12 as the Democracy Day at the Eagle Square, Abuja. He said “In my first term, we put Nigeria back on its feet. We are working again despite a difficult environment in oil on which we depend too much for our exports. We encountered huge resistance from vested interests who do not want Change, But Change has come, we now must move to the Next Level. By the Grace of God, I intend to keep the oath I have made today and to serve as President for all Nigerians.” According to the President, he respects the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and ensured that the last general elections were the free, fair and peaceful. “Throughout the last four years, I respected the independence of INEC. I ens...

In a new interview which was released this week, singer Rihanna who is currently dating Arab Billionaire, Hassan Hassan Jameel opened up about her relationship. The 31-year-old singer declared during the interaction with Interview Magazine that she is in love with her beau, who is deputy president and vice chairman of his family’s company, Abdul Latif Jameel Domestic. When asked if she was in love, Rihanna replied "of course I am", before leaving a long silence when asked if she was planning to get married. "Only God knows that, girl. We plan and God laughs, right?" she eventually joked, adding that she wants to be a mother "more than anything in life". Since the interview was published, some of her fans have expressed their disappointment, while others questioned the singer's decision in dating an Arab and not a black man. While one fan tried to defend Rihanna by writing that the singer didn't drag black men in the process, T.I wh...

Yesterday, the 19th Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria approved 160 and above as the national minimum cutoff mark for admission into state and federal Universities for the year 2019. It was also agreed at a meeting held at Bola Babalakin Auditorium, Gbongan, Osun State, that the minimum UTME score for admission into private Universities should be 140. 20 UTME score was approved for polytechnics while 110 score was approved as the least score for admission into private polytechnic. Reacting to the news, actor, and comedian, Kunle Idowu, popularly known as Frank Donga wrote on Twitter: 'So we’re reducing JAMB cut-off mark to 160/400? Are we reducing the syllabus too or we want to leave it as a decoration? Instead of fixing a leaking roof, we are putting a bigger bowl to collect more raindrops of failure. Let’s #FixEducation.'

On a late night in March, 28-year-old Vietnamese, Lo Van Muoi, was leaving his office with his colleague Binh, when he heard a strange sound coming from a box on the street. He thought it might be an abandoned cat, but it turned out to be a baby girl who seemed just a couple of days old. The two men freaked out at seeing the abandoned baby. They waited at the spot for three hours but no one came for the child. Then they found a letter beside her asking for help to raise her since her parents could not afford it. "She was cold, crying and sneezing... We decided to take her to the police," Binh, the colleague says. The police told them if no one came for her, they could keep the baby. Seeing the letter, they knew her parents would not come. They took the infant home, and in the middle of the night went around asking around for breast milk for her. On the first day the two new fathers were worried and scared as the child kept crying the whole day. Lack...

A woman in Ethiopia sat to take her exams in a hospital bed just 30 minutes after giving birth.  Almaz Derese, 21, who is from Metu in western Ethiopia, had hoped to sit for the exam before her baby was born, but the secondary school exams were postponed because of Ramadan. She went into labour on Monday shortly before the first exam was due to start.  Ms Almaz said studying while pregnant was not a problem and she did not want to wait until next year to graduate. She took her English, Amharic and maths secondary school exams in hospital on Monday and will sit her remaining tests at the exam centre over the next two days. Because I was rushing to sit the exam, my labour wasn't difficult at all," Ms Almaz told BBC. Her husband, Tadese Tulu, said he had to persuade the school to allow her to take the exams at the hospital.  In Ethiopia, it is common for girls to drop out of secondary school and return later on to complete their studies. Ms Almaz now wants...

The 19th Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria has approved 160 and above as the national minimum cutoff mark for admission into state and federal Universities for the year 2019. The decision was taken at a meeting held at Bola Babalakin Auditorium, Gbongan, Osun State today Tuesday June 11th. It was also agreed that the minimum UTME score for admission into private Universities should be 140. 120 UTME score was approved for polytechnics while 110 score was approved as the least score for admission into private polytechnic.

Singer Paul Okoye has shared screenshots of threatening messages he received from a Kenyan woman who seems to be following him on social media. The lady who identified herself as Morah from Kenya, had written to Paul via her ''mother's Instagram account'', asking him to sponsor her to study in the U.S. and also to send her on vacation in the same country. After Paul did not respond to her absurd request, the lady who says she'll be turning 22 in July, began sending him nasty messages. In one of them, she threatened to kill him. See screenshots of the messages she sent below

A mother who killed her toddler twins will no longer face a murder trial, the Old Bailey heard today. Samantha Ford, 38, killed 23-month-old twin son Jake, and daughter Chloe last December. She drowned the children at home after the breakdown of her marriage. Afterwards, she drove out of her home and was involved in an accident with a lorry. The crash took place on the London-bound carriageway of the A299 Thanet Way in Kent shortly before 3am on December 27. When rescuers arrived, she told them to check her home in Westwood, near Margate, because her babies were there. When police checked the home, they found the dying infants inside and paramedics tried to save them, but they were pronounced dead at hospital. Ford is understood to have moved to the rented house where her children were killed after purchasing a home with Steven Ford, her husband of five years, in nearby Ashford 12 months earlier. Samantha later admitted she had drowned the children. She admitted mansla...

Senator Ahmed Lawan has been elected Senate President of the 9th Assembly. The senators-elect had the election for Senate President this morning.  Lawan who represents Yobe North Senatorial district, was endorsed by the APC to run for the position.  Lawan polled a total of 79 votes. 107 senators were in attendance.  His main rival, Ali Ndume who had the backing of PDP, polled a total of 28 votes. Lawan takes over from Bukola Saraki.

The NPFL Championship Playoff match between Kano Pillars and Rangers International of Enugu which took place at the Agege Township Stadium on Monday evening ended in violence as supporters invaded the pitch. Kano Pillars were leading 1-0 after midfielder Rabiu Ali curled in a free-kick in the 58th minute to put his team ahead. But in the 87th minute, Rangers were awarded a penalty which was scored by striker Godwin Aguda to earn the Enugu-based side a valuable one point. After the match, Kano Pillars captain Ali confronted the referee, Adebimpe Quadri, and this led to a violent scene as 'Kano Pillars' fans invaded the field with objects in an attempt to attack the referee who took to his heels. Watch the video below. View this post on instagram

Migos rapper, Offset took to Instagram to share this adorable photo of himself cradling his daughter, Kulture as she turned 11-months-old today. Captioning the photo, he wrote: 'MY KULTURE IS GETTING SO BIG.1 IN A MONTH U BEAUTIFUL.BLESSING FROM GOD#daddysgirl I LOVE YOU.'

Selena Gomez has officially moved on from her previous relationship with Justin Bieber. Over the weekend, the 26-year-old singer and actress erased the last image of the 25-year-old singer from her Instagram account. Elle magazine reports that the image was a birthday post for Justin. Selena was laying down in the image, relaxed and laughing while she balanced a Polaroid photo of Justin on her nose. The caption read: “March 1, 1994 someone I knew that happens to be super cool was born. Boom. Gomez and Bieber, 25, dated on and off from 2009 to 2017. Last year they were spotted together again riding bikes and attending church after the “Back to You” singer broke up with The Weeknd. Gomez also attended Bieber’s dad’s wedding in Jamaica in February 2018. A few months later, they broke up and Bieber was reunited with model Hailey Baldwin, who he is now married to.

The Ondo state police command have arrested 43-year-old farmer, Francis Joseph, pictured above for allegedly raping the 12-year-old daughter of his bosom friend. According to reports, Joseph, a father of nine with four wives, resides in Lugbogi in Ondo West Local government area with his family. The suspect who is from Ogoja, Cross Rivers state alongside the father of the victim, is alleged to have lured his victim into his home where he defiled her. According to the victim's family members who spoke with Tribune, the suspect threatened the victim that he would kill her if she ever told anyone. The victim got home on the day of the incident and was afraid to inform her parents. Trouble started when in the night, she began to bleed from her private part. She was rushed to the hospital where doctors informed her parents that she had been disvirgined. When questionned by her parents, the victim named her father's friend. Joseph, as the culprit. “The 12-year-old gi...

In a rather strange tweet that seemed to come out of nowhere, pop star Justin Bieber challenged veteran actor, Tom Cruise to a UFC fight. “I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon. Tom if you dont take this fight your scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight?" Bieber wrote. Without wasting time, fighter Conor McGregor has offered to host the bout and took aim at Cruise saying the fight would happen if the actor is “man enough to accept this challenge,” adding, “Does Cruise have the sprouts to fight, like he does in the movies?” See all the social media reactions to Justin Bieber's tweet below....

A couple's wedding was allegedly suspended by a branch of Deeper Life Bible Church in Bayelsa because the couple ate from the same plate while courting. The couple were having their traditional wedding on Friday, June 7, when they received a text message from the chairman of the church's marriage committee informing them their wedding has been suspended and they are both placed on "discipline". According to Oladele Dada, who shared the story on Twitter along with a screenshot of the message sent by the church to the couple, the Deeper Life State Overseer for Bayelsa state was the one who called the chairman of the marriage committee of the church and asked them to suspend the wedding. When the distraught bride and her crying mother went to the chairman of the marriage committee to beg for the marriage to hold as planned, the chairman allegedly walked out on them and the bride almost "ran mad". They were later informed that the wedding was ca...

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Last night, Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal to victory against the Netherlands to win the maiden Nations League trophy with 1 - 0. Following the win, his partner Georgina Rodríguez took to her Instagram page this morning to share this cute photo of herself and the Juventus striker sharing a kiss as they pose with the country's new trophy.

A Maryland rapper, Tre Da Kid was found shot and killed in his car just an hour before he was set to perform over the weekend. The rapper whose real name is Edward Montre Seay of Chester, was driving through the city of Annapolis on Friday ahead of his performance at The One Sports Bar & Lounge in Baltimore before he met his untimely death. Authorities arrived at the crash site around 9.19pm following reports of a shooting. The damaged vehicle was found at Forest drive and South Cherry Grove Avenue. The sole occupant of that vehicle was the 32-year-old rapper who died from gunshot wounds. Police have confirmed that they are currently investigating the incident. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Amy Miguez did not say whether his death was connected to his performing career. Seay rose to fame after winning Verizon's 2016 #Freestyle50 rap contest which earned him a $10,000 and a recording contract with 300 Entertainment.