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A pastor has gotten the embarrassment of his life after his own wife stormed church service to expose his illicit affair.    File photo used only for illustrative purpose   It was pure drama recently at Victory Church International when its senior pastor was forced to confess to cheating with a praise and worship member after his wife disrupted a church service on Saturday, H Metro reports.   Pastor Frank  Kitenge’s wife Diana Kitenge was grabbed by security personal and dragged out of the church after she questioned the participation of Clarity Muza in the praise and worship team when she is accused of dating her husband.   When journalists arrived at the church along Kaguvi Street, the church leader Pastor Paul Mwamba was instructing his security team to make sure Diana was not allowed inside the church.   “I will not go anywhere leaving my husband because you Pastor Mwamba want my husband to marry Clarity, a whore who is wrecking my marriage,” Diana...

So far, 11 own goals have been scored in the 2018 World Cup taking place in Russia. Here's a look at a player who was murdered as a result of his own goal which led to Colombia's exit from USA 94.  Andres Escobar   The remaining eight teams at Russia 2018 are taking a break today as they prepare for the quarterfinals; so let’s take a look at a footballer who gave his country everything and paid with it with his life. Medellin, Colombia in the 1990s was a dangerous place. The Netflix series Narcos dramatizes the reign of drug lord Pablo Escobar, the most (in)famous native of that town. For years, he proved to be stronger than the Colombian government, shipping 80 tons- three container loads- of cocaine every month. At his death, Pablo Escobar was worth an estimated $56 billion. The scene in Narcos where he burnt money to keep his daughter warm was not fiction; he actually burnt two million dollars cash in a fire when his daughter caught ago during their escape from his Hacienda...

The suspect who is reportedly the son of a Lagos Monarch has been apprehended by the police for numerous crimes.    The Suspect, Yusuf Police operatives from Satellite Town in Lagos have arrested the notorious leader of a gang and he reportedly claimed he was the son of a Lagos monarch. The man identified as Yusuf aka Prince, was arrested at Abule Oshun where he allegedly led his gang to a warehouse to rob and extort the owners. Trouble was said to have started after members of the gang stormed a warehouse in Abule-Osun with the intention of extorting money from the owner but the attempt was resisted leading to a fierce crisis. The gang reportedly wounded scores of people and destroyed properties in the process. Unconfirmed report claims that two persons were feared killed during the crisis that erupted Saturday morning, July 18, and their bodies were taken away to an unknown place.   Yusuf's arrest comes after several months manhunt. He had reportedly been on the po...

A Nigerian medical doctor has revealed the battle he fought to overcome coronavirus after contracting the deadly virus.  Dr. Terry   A Nigerian doctor, Dr Terry has revealed his experience with coronavirus after testing positive.   He took to Twitter to share his personal fight with COVID-19, saying it was terrible.   He said it all started after he showed symptoms like fever, throat pain, chest pain, vomiting, diarrhea, chickenpox, among others.   The medical officer said the time was really a difficult one for his family, friends, coworkers, and the hospital where he works.   Below is his thread of tweets:   I started having symptoms of COVID-19 23 days ago. I got tested and result came out positive. I went through a torrid time with symptoms such as; fever, headache, throat pain, chest pain, vomiting, diarrhea, swollen lymph nodes and chicken pox like skin eruptions for 14 days It was a difficult period of time for me, my family, friends, colleagues...

Controversial rapper, Kanye West is already switching up his campaign, saying he wants Jay-Z to get on the ticket with him as his VP.  Kanye West, Jay-Z Famous rapper, Kanye West has revealed he wants his estranged friend and former business associate, rapper Jay-Z as his running mate for the US 2020 presidential election.  The rapper, 43, said this before he held his first-ever presidential rally in South Carolina on Sunday, July 19, where he spoke about abortion and called out anti-slavery activist, Harriet Tubman.  Speaking to a local blogger, Kris Kaylin about his campaign policies, the rapper explained how he realized Jay-Z should be his Vice President despite already picking Wyoming preacher, Michelle Tidball as his running mate. As for what will be the faith of Michelle Tidball, Kanye said she's already told him she'd be down to take another position in his cabinet if he found a different running mate. When asked if he's spoken to Jay-Z about his plan, he said he h...

A husband and wife who are both more than 6 feet tall have been named as the the tallest couple in the world.  Sun Mingming and his wife Xu   A couple - Sun Mingming and his wife Xu Yan from China - are the tallest married couple in the world according to  Guinness World Records.   Mingming, 33, stands tall at 7ft 8.98" while his wife, Xu Yan, 29, is more than a foot smaller - but still incredibly tall - at 6ft 1.74".   The couple has a jaw-dropping combined height of more than 13ft 10". The pair are (unsurprisingly) sports stars in their home country - Mingming is a basketball player while Yan plays handball.   They met at the National Games of China in 2009 and married in Beijing on 4 August 2013.     When the pair visited the Guinness World Records' UK headquarters, they shared their words of wisdom for a happy marriage. "No one is perfect, therefore you need to support one another on a daily basis,"  said Mingming. He also revealed the he...

The naira has continued to depreciate against the dollar and other currencies at the exchange rate market.    Naira and dollar   Nigeria's naira continued on a low path against the dollar on Friday as it exchanged N470/$1 on Friday.   However, on the officially recognized NAFEX market, the forex turnover dropped by 63.7% while the exchange rate depreciated for a third consecutive trading day closing at N388.50/$1.    According to Nairametric, at the black market where forex is traded unofficially, the Naira remained stable again closing at N470 to a dollar on Friday, according to information from Aboki FX a prominent FX tracking website. An Independent check by Nairametrics research also indicates a stable parallel market rate of N470/$1.   The Naira depreciated marginally against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window on Friday by 50 kobo, closing at N388.50/$1, compared with the N388 that was reported on Thursday, July 16. The ope...

A Nigerian and a Ghanaian have been beaten to stupor by guards hired by the Roorkee Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand, India.    The guards beat the hell out of Nigerian and Ghanaian   According to India.com, Ibrahim (Nigerian) and Benjamin (Ghanaian) were mercilessly beaten on the college premises last week with rods, leaving them injured after the two went out for dinner without a pass.   It was gathered that the guards were hired by the Roorkee Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand, India.   A local source said,  “Students faced problems after they ran out of money. They use to have their meals in the college canteen, but the manager stopped providing food after the student failed to pay. They wanted to go to their friends’ homes but the college administration did not give permission. They stepped out and upon their return got into a fight with guard and later college administration called goons to beat them up. They were badly beaten up and people rec...

Hours after BBNaija housemate, Praise claimed he's single, fans have dug up a photo of his wife.    Praise Nelson and Wife The fans of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija reality TV show have dug up photos of housemate Praise and his wife and kid after he claimed he was single during an interaction with Ebuka, the show host. Viewers immediately rushed to his Instagram page to check him out after the statement, only to find out he has a family. Photos from Praise Instagram page showed the moments he engaged his wife and moments he took lovely family photos with his wife and kid. See Below;   Praise Nelson is a 28-year-old dancer from Enugu. Not new to fame or competing, he was a winner at the K-Pop World Festival, South Korea 2015 and won third place at a national Dance Competition in 2010. He is also a fitness and personal trainer and a certified Latin ballroom expert. Share this news and please don't forget to comment and then follow us on Facebook through this link for more upda...

Following the conclusion of its preliminary investigation, the killers of Aritole have been handed over to the police.  Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile   The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has handed the killers of late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile to the police.   This comes after it released a report on the preliminary investigation on the death of the flying officer.   Arotile, NAF's first female combat helicopter pilot died on Thursday, July 14 after she was reportedly knocked down by a vehicle driven by her ex-classmates inside the NAF base in Kaduna.   Addressing journalists on Sunday, July 19 at the NAF headquarters in Abuja, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, spokesman of the service, gave a detailed explanation of what transpired.   He said Arotile was returning from the Mammy Market (a name residents in military bases across Nigeria commonly call their marketplace) at about 4.30 pm when the incident occurred.   His words:  ‘‘Three of her form...

A shocking set of photos which have just emerged online and making rounds on social media, shows stacks of bundles of Naira notes displayed after it was recovered from corrupt INEC officials.    According to SaharaReporters who shared the eye-popping photos on Twitter, the Nigerian Police Force's Inspector General's investigative committee have recovered stacks of bundles of Naira notes from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials who were allegedly bribed by Governor Nyesom Wike during the Rivers State rerun elections.   According to Sahara Reporters, the investigative committee of the Nigeria police on Tuesday, February 7, said the recovered money was given to the INEC officials as bribe by the Rivers state government. The chairman of the Police panel, DCP Damian Okoro allegedly disclosed that: "The sum total of N111.3 million was recovered from 23 electoral officials out of N360m." Okoro said that some officials got N15 million each while three s...

The 10-year-old minor was sexually exploited by 5 men as she was asked by her aunt to hawk in Kaduna.  10-Year-Old Girl Raped By  Five Men In Kaduna The youths of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State has rescued a 10-year-old minor who was sexually molested by five men including her aunt’s husband.  The victim who is now in the custody of Hajiya Rabi Salisu of Arida Foundation of Nigeria (AFN), found herself in a circle of rape after her mother reported her to her aunt’s husband for refusing to hawk.  Her aunt's husband reportedly took advantage of the situation and also introduced her to two of his relatives who combined to rape her. Rabi said;  “The girl reported to her mother when she started seeing blood in her urine and the mother warned the sister’s husband to stay away from her. “However, since the girl continued to hawk, in the process, she met a man selling fairly-used clothes in the market, who bought her a school sandal and also began abusing h...