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Oscar Pistorious has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for the fatal shooting of then girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa, who issued the ruling in a Pretoria court, also gave him a three-year suspended sentence for a firearms charge,

Son of Nigeria doctor who spotted Ebola patient speaks of pride The World Health Organisation is expected has declared Nigeria free from Ebola today. It has been six weeks since the last reported case of the virus. With a population

A wealthy Saudi Arabian King went out of his way to make his daughter’s wedding ceremony a most memorable event for her. He, reportedly gifted her a toilet made of pure gold. He also spent millions of dollars on her

Just when you thought the storm was over, now trending Mr. Aye Dee shocks Nigerians one more time!! He took to Twitter yesterday to throw fire and petrol at APC National Leader and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According

Italy learnt it was no longer in a recession on Wednesday thanks to a change in data calculations across the European Union which includes illegal economic activities such as prostitution and drugs in the GDP measure. Adding illegal revenue from

Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president, has reached a deal with a US court, to atone for his alleged corruption. Mangue, who is also the country’s vice-president, reportedly  looted over $300 million from the country. He

An Alabama pastor shocked his flock by reportedly confessing from the pulpit that he has AIDS, had slept with church members, used drugs and misused funds. Rev. Juan Demetrius McFarland of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Montgomery confirmed to NBC

Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, is going back to school for a PhD in Christian Theology. He is set to enroll today at the headquarters of the National Open University of Nigeria in Lagos, Premium Times reports. Obasanjo who