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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...