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A 26-year-old man in Saudi Arabia has reportedly been put to death after an ‘offensive’ photograph was found on his phone following anti-government protests he took part in at the age of 17. The young man identified as Mustafa al-Darwish was executed despite promises from the desert kingdom that the death …

A old photo of a Turkey-based Nigerian man, Obiora Kingsley Anaedo, was allegedly found inside a bottle that was buried in front of his building site. An Enugu based pastor, Prophet Nnamdi Onwuka, who disclosed this on Tuesday, June 8, accused a family member of burying an old photo of …

A woman in Spain, Maria Paz Fuentes Fernandez, reportedly gave a list of guests she wants at her funeral before her death. Fernandez who died on Wednesday June 2nd had organized for her obituary to be published alongside the guest list in a newspaper after her death. According to the …

The government of Saudi Arabia has barred travellers from Nigeria and other countries from performing the 2021 Hajj over fears of spreading COVID19.   In a statement released, the Saudi Arabia Hajj ministry said it will only allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj.   ”In …

North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un has described the South Korean pop culture, as a ‘vicious cancer’ corrupting young North Koreans’ “attire, hairstyles, speeches, behaviors.” That has now prompted him to introduced harsher punishments for anyone caught listening to K-pop or watching dramas from the South after his state media warned that …

A Nigerian lady, Grace Abel from Benue State has claimed that she was dumped by her boyfriend because she gained weight.   “Friends, my boyfriend said am too fat now that he don’t want me anymore, what do you think i should do to him now” she wrote on Facebook …

A High Court registrar, Paul Eghodibie Ezenwosi, has allegedly been killed in Owa-Oyibu community, the Headquarter of Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State over N2500 debt.   The deceased, a father of six died after one Stella Osafile and her 16-year-old allegedly hit him on the head with …

Seventeen young men from Kano State have perished in a fatal motor accident along Zaria-Kano highway.   It was gathered that the accident occurred on Saturday evening, June 5, when they were returning to Kano after attending the wedding of their friend in Zaria, Kaduna state.     The victims were …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba, has said that the  Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) remains proscribed in Nigeria and nobody is expected to belong to the group.   The Federal government in 2017 proscribed the secessionist group.   Speaking with journalists after he was confirmed by the police …

A 300 level student of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS, Calabar campus identified as Ford Moses Nkasi, has been killed by assailants suspected to be armed robbers.   It was gathered that the incident happened near the school administrative building, few metres away from the Security post at about …