Angry and concerned Nigerians, particularly human rights activists, have demanded justice over the death of a 13-year-old Elizabeth Ochanya Ogbaje. Ochanya had battled Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) and other health complications at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi after being…
I didn’t kill my wife, I only slapped her – Lekan Shonde (PUNCH)
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe, Punch Lekan Shonde, a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State on Wednesday denied killing his wife, Ronke, saying he only slapped her a day before her corpse was found. Lekan is standing trial for the…
Thunderbolt kills timber contractor in Ondo (Punch)
Tragedy struck on Wednesday in the agrarian community of Ifira Akoko, in the Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State, as thunderbolt killed a man identified as Ramoni Aluko. The 43-year-old man, who was said to be a timber…
Robert de Niro receives suspicious package, following Obama, CNN, Clinton (CNN)
The New York Police Department is responding to a report of a suspicious package received at a non-residential building in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. NYPD Lt. Thomas Antonetti told CNN that the package was received at 375 Greenwich…
Warner Bros. Film Group Cuts Staff in Marketing, PR in Reorganization (Variety)
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group has cut roughly 15 jobs in New York and Los Angeles, several insiders familiar with the company told Variety. The reduction comes with a consolidation of the marketing and public relations teams under Blair Rich,…
CMT New Reality Show Racing Wives Follows the Spouses of NASCAR Stars Like Kurt and Kyle Busch (People)
CMT is adding two exciting new reality shows to its slate — and bringing back a fan-favorite! The network announced exclusively to PEOPLE on Wednesday that its winter lineup will include Racing Wives, an hour-long docu-series about the opulent lifestyles…
Hybrid Partners NOUN To Boost Students Safety (Leadership)
The Hybrid Group limited, a professional organization involved in the provision of safety has partnered with the Directorate of Research Administration and Advancement of National Open University (NOUN) to ensure Health and Safety Environment (HSE) as a rewarding field and…
Google’s Street View cars are making streets viewable to more than just humans (Medium)
In 2001, a Stanford professor and a couple of his prodigies drove over to meet Larry Page and Sergey Brin for a secret coffee meeting. The co-founders of Google had an idea: what if you could teleport onto any road…
Pregnant Meghan Markle’s Visit to Fiji’s Suva Market Abruptly Cut Short Due to Security Concerns (People)
Meghan Markle‘s first solo engagement in Fiji did not go to plan. While Prince Harry visited a local forest on Wednesday, Meghan paid a visit to a market to meet with female vendors, who greeted their special guest with cheers…
Italy fines Apple, Samsung €15m for slowing down smartphones (Punch)
Italy’s competition authority on Wednesday said it was fining Apple and Samsung 10 and five million euros ($11.5 and $5.7 million) respectively for the so-called “planned obsolescence” of their smartphones. The ruling is believed to be the first against the…