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Actor Idris Elba left his second wife 'heartbroken' when their secret marriage ended just four months after they tied the knot in Las Vegas, it has been reported. The British star, who shot to fame playing a gangster in the U.S. drama The Wire and in BBC crime series Luther, married American lawyer Sonya Hamlin, 41, at the iconic Little White Wedding Chapel on April 9, 2006 after a whirlwind romance. Previous reports have suggested the marriage was annulled after just 24 hours. However court papers obtained by the Sun on Sunday show that the pair remained married until August 2006.    Whirlwind romance: Actor Idris Elba, pictured yesterday at the Independent Spirit Awards, married American lawyer Sonya Hamlin, 41, pictured right, at the iconic Little White Wedding Chapel on April 9, 2006 And while it was Ms Hamlin who filed for divorce, she is said to have been left distraught by the break up.   A friend told the newspaper: 'One of the...

The chances of a senator representing Ondo Central senatorial district of Ondo State, Senator Tayo Alasoadura of clinching the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 26 governorship election are now slim following the refusal of some party chieftains to attend a meeting convened by the senator. Alasoadura was said to have convened a meeting with party executives in Akoko North East local government and likely delegates about his ambition but was shocked that only few of them attended the meeting. Those who shunned the senator was said to be holding another political meeting at a the exact time the senator was expected to meet them.   Those in the meeting convened by the executives include 20 members of the local government executives, 13 ward chairmen and other party chieftains. Speaking with DAILY POST, the Deputy Chairman, Alhaji Ekunnusi Liadi said they decided to shun the meeting because of the anti-party tendencies of Alasoadura. It will ...

Manchester City triumphed over Liverpool 3-1 on penalties, to win the Capital One Cup on Sunday, after the game finished 1-1 on extra-time. Fernandinho opened scoring for City, before Coutinho levelled with a few minutes of regulation time left. There were no goals in the extra 30 minutes and Willy Caballero, who was playing in the place of Joe Hart, saved three spot-kicks to hand the first domestic title to Manuel Pellegrini’s men.   The loss means Reds boss, Jurgen Klopp, has now lost four consecutive finals as a manager and Liverpool have not won any silverware since 2006.

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State during the 2015 elections, Dakuku Peterside has blamed the State Governor Nyesom Wike for the recent escalation of violence in the state. Dakuku also accused the current administration of lacking the commitment to find a solution to the alarming rate of militancy and cult-related activities in the state. The APC governorship candidate in a statement accused the Wike-led administration of arming the cult groups responsible for the violence in the run up to the 2015 election in its quest to violently secure power.   While acknowledging that some of the clashes were as a result of the perennial mistrust of government and oil exploration companies by host communities, Dakuku Peterside, stated that most of the recent clashes were politically motivated. “In the last two weeks, four events have occurred in Rivers State to raise red flags relating to insecurity and electoral violence. The first w...

A former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, will be arraigned today, (Monday) before Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court Abuja. Moro, who has been in the EFCC custody for almost a week will answer to charges of abuse of procurement process and diversion of public funds preferred against him and four others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The commission had slammed 11-count charge against him and four others for allegedly collecting N676.6 million from 676,675 job seekers in the fatal Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise in 2014.   Moro, a permanent secretary in the ministry at the time, Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, a deputy director in the ministry, F. O Alayebami, one Mahmood Ahmadu (at large), and the contracting firm given the recruitment job, Drexel Tech Nigeria Ltd, are being accused of defrauding 676, 675,000 Nigerian applicants of N676,675,000. The EFCC said N202,500,000 of the amount was spent on buying No. 1, Lahn Cresc...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the current state of the country as difficult but encouraging. The former Lagos State governor admitted that although the journey to economic recovery would be hard, however, there was light at the end of the tunnel for the country. Tinubu was quoted as stating this in a speech he delivered on Saturday after receiving a honorary Doctor of Business degree at the 15th- 20th convocation ceremony of the University of Abuja.   He said, “Nigeria stands in the corridor between greatness and failure; between progress and collapse; between hope and despair. Our fate depends on whether we would summon the courage to take the bold steps and move in the direction. We must turn our present challenges into opportunities for the reengineering of our nation’s economic challenges.” Tinubu advocated a return to agriculture, noting that a vibrant agriculture sector would produce enough food for ...

The Supreme court today, Friday, deliver its final verdict on Reverend Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, alias Rev King to be sentenced to death by hanging.   King, the General Overseer, Christian Praying Assembly (CPA), who was charged to court by the Lagos state government on September 26th 2006 on a six-count charge of attempted murder and murder of one of his members, Ann Uzoh on August 2nd 2006.   Justice Joseph Oyewole of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, who had on January 11th 2007 sentenced him to death by hanging, is now a judge of Appeal Court sitting in the Calabar division. However, the apex court presided over by Justice Walter Onoghen adjourned till today to give judgment after listening to arguments from counsel to prosecution and defence in the matter.   Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, who appeared before the Apex Court alongside Mrs. Idowu Alakija, the Director of Public Prosecution and ot...

The Federal Government has called for the abolition of visa requirement among Developing Eight (D-8) member Countries, which are  Nigeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the call when he met with the Secretary General of the organisation, Dr Seyed Ali-Mohammed, on Wednesday, in Abuja: “One area that I think D8 must to work on and if really they want to succeed, they must make sure that there is no barrier in term of visa among those eight countries. “You cannot grow any trade talk less of tourism, if I cannot have easy access to Malaysia, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan. “You can imagine the volume of trade that will develop over night if only you can make sure that if I want to go to Iran that there is bilateral agreement between Nigeria and Iran, between Nigeria and Pakistan and among those eight countries that there will be free movement of people. “It is ...

Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the military has defeated Boko Haram. Buarati said this during a meeting with some Borno state elders at the military command and control centre in Maiduguri, Borno state yesterday February 24th. According to Buratia, the fight against the insurgents is at the mop up stage. “We were given three major tasks and we have made efforts toward achieving two. The first task is to defeat Boko Haram and I want to tell you that as at today Boko Haram has been defeated. When I say defeat, it doesn’t necessarily mean that there won’t be hitches here and there. We have entered the mop up stage of our operation.”he said

The Senate has instituted a probe into the activities of DSTV owned by the South African based Multichoice Africa, in Nigeria. At the plenary session yesterday February 24th, the Senators expressed dissatisfaction over the services of the company when Senator Isah Hamma Misau (APC, Bauchi Central) sponsored a motion tagged, "Unwholesome practices of Multichoice Nigeria (DSTV). Misau while moving the motion, accused Multichoice of dominating the Nigerian satellite television market, thereby enabling it to engage in negative and unhealthy practices amongst which are arbitrary increase in subscription charges, refusal to adopt pay 'as-you-use' model applicable in other countries, poor service delivery and absence of toll free lines for customers complaints . The Senators then mandated the Senate Committees on Information and Trade & Investment to institute a public hearing on the matter and consider summoning the top officials of the National Broadcasting Co...

New comers to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), MFM FC, are now top of the table after they beat Rivers United 2-1 on Wednesday. ‘The Olukoya Boys’ opened scoring in the 18th minute through Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, before Sikiru Olatunbosun doubled their advantage. Frederick Olatunbosun pulled a goal for Rivers United in the 57th minute.   MFM FC, who shocked Nasarawa United 2-1 in their opening game, now have two wins and six points. In the other midweek matches, Giwa FC held Tornadoes to a 1-1 draw, while Enugu Rangers beat Plateau United 3-1 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. Warri Wolves won 1-0 at home against Kano Pillars, Sunshine Stars lost 2-1 to Lobi Stars, Abia Warriors defeated El-Kanemi 2-1, while there were no goals between Wikki Tourists and Heartland

Former Nigeria President, Goodluck Jonathan has greeted the nation’s first executive president, Shehu Shagari who clocks 91 on Thursday. In his congratulatory message, Jonathan said the second republic president’s long-standing commitment to peace and development would continue to inspire many Nigerians to offer their best to the nation. “I wish to, most compassionately, congratulate you on your 91st birthday.   “I am glad the Almighty Allah has blessed you with long life and good health, in line with your selfless dedication to noble causes and human progress. “You have been of immense blessing to Nigeria while serving her in various capacities as a teacher, nationalist, politician and statesman. “The nation will continue to be grateful to you because of your vision, wisdom, democratic ideals and outstanding achievements as president. “Your altruism, patriotism and long-standing commitment to peace and development will continue to inspire many Nigerians to offer t...

Senate Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has recommended the suspension of Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara Central) over his verbal attack on the national assembly. Marafa had openly backed the comment by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the nation’s legislature was corrupt. Marafa, who shunned an invitation by the committee to defend his utterance, had boasted that he cannot be suspended from the Senate on account of his outburst.   It would be recalled that chairman of the committee, Senator Samuel Anyanwu (PDP, Imo East) had on Tuesday submitted the report of the committee on Marafa’s probe. A member of the committee told Daily Trust that Marafa was recommended for suspension. “We have recommended the suspension of Marafa but we didn’t state the time that the suspension will start in our report. “The period would be decided on the floor whenever our report is considered,” the source disclosed.

Sunday Orisaguna, husband of bread seller-turned-model, has finally opened up about the new found fame and fortune that smiled on her wife, Olajumoke. In a chat with Encomium Magazine, the Osun State-based artisan expressed confidence that she remained the girl she met many years ago despite the sudden fame that came her way. “I am very happy. I never expected it. I didn’t know things will turn around for us this soon. I wasn’t expecting it. I cannot express how I feel today. I didn’t know we can get to where we are today. From the time I was born till now, it is overwhelming. I didn’t ever envisage such a great thing. I didn’t know we can ever get here”, he stated.   Asked if he feels threatened by Olajumoke’s new fortune, he said “I am not afraid because when we had nothing, she was always there. If I said I needed this, she would give me. I am not afraid. If she is rich today, we both own it. I trust her for that. She has been a very good wife. I believe she will cont...

Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, an Aide de Camp (ADC) to the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to court to challenge his alleged detention. Adegbe, in the suit filed at the Federal High Court through his Counsel, Chief Ogwu Onoja (SAN), is claiming N100 million damages for his detention which violated his fundamental rights. Onoja urged the court to declare that his client’s arrest and continued detention by the EFCC since Feb. 11, was unconstitutional and violated his right to personal liberty guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution. He urged the court to make an order directing EFCC to immediately release the applicant from unlawful detention.   Onoja argued that the arrest and detention of Adegbe by the EFCC violated his right to personal liberty and freedom of movement guaranteed by Section 35 and 41 of the 1999 Constitution. The applicant’s counsel contended that EFCC’s action violated Articles 5,6 and 12 of th...

A 72-year-old man on Saturday married his 60-year-old lover who had been living with him for 45 years. The couple were married at a mass wedding at a church, Omega Power Ministries, in Port Harcourt. According to the church’s post, the wedding ceremony which was financed by the church involved 140 other couples who had lived together for many years without being properly married. The church said it provided money for the bride price, wedding gown for brides, suits, shirts and ties for the grooms and all that. According to the OPL General Overseer, Chibuzor Chinyere, he conducted the wedding ceremony so that the couple and others will not be condemned by God. “I decided to do this because everyday, I get sleepless nights because of the amount of people living together when God has not joined them. It is a sin before God. Do you know that one out of every five people you see on the street are living together without being legally married? If rapture happens now, they w...

18 year old Treveon Jones has been charged with murder and is facing death penalty if found guilty. According to police report, Treveon attacked and killed his mum's abusive live-in-lover in Houston, Texas after he caught the man, 40 year old Frederick Wallace, brutally attacking his mom in front of his two brothers.  Treveon was said to have been alerted about the beating going on in a parking lot and he took a friend and a gun with him. When he saw the condition his mother was in, he first physically attacked the man then shot him multiple times with a semi-automatic rifle... Eye-witnesses called police and Treveon was arrested. Authorities say the woman had suffered domestic abuse from Wallace for years but Treveon shouldn't have taken the law into his hands.

Louis van Gaal insists Manchester United still have "a lot of chances" for success this season as they prepare to face FC Midtjylland in a make-or-break Europa League tie. United extended their FA Cup run with a comfortable 3-0 win over Shrewsbury on Monday to secure a tie against West Ham United in the quarterfinals. And Van Gaal has now begun preparing his side for Thursday's crucial home game with Midtjylland as they try to overturn an embarrassing 2-1 deficit from the away leg in Denmark. The United manager's future remains uncertain despite the routine win against League One Shrewsbury, and Van Gaal admits Thursday's fixture at Old Trafford is a significant occasion. "It is in my opinion a big game because it's a chance to qualify for the Champions League next season (by winning the Europa League)," he said. "But we have to win a lot of matches of course. "It's easily spoken about but doing it is different. But it is...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has hailed the Federal Government for the prosecution of corrupt persons. It, however, called for appropriate legal processes to thoroughly investigate the crimes and give deserved punishment to those found guilty. CBCN stated this in the communiqué of its first plenary meeting with the. theme: “Catholic Church: Promoting Mercy, Social Justice and Peace”.   Jointly signed by Most Rev Ignatius Ayau Kaigama and Most Rev William A. Avenya, President and Secretary of CBCN respectively, the Bishops urged all Nigerians to contribute to tackling corruption and other challenges facing the nation. Continuing they said, “We recognize the efforts of the Nigerian government, the Military and other Security Agencies in degrading Boko Haram insurgency, especially in the North Eastern part of Nigeria. “Yet, there are strings of attacks in soft targets such as Internally Displaced Persons camps, markets and parks. “We encourage the g...

Beyonce and her mum were pictured playing around and making faces at Kelly Rowland's 35th birthday party which took place yesterday. More photos after the cut..  

Minister of Industry,Trade and Investment (MITI), Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah disclosed to newsmen in Lagos that efforts are underway to revitalize local industries and discourage dumping, which has killed local production. He said the Federal Government has secured some measures from the World Trade Organization to combat it. He said:   “One of my first official outings as minister was to represent Nigeria at the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya; and discuss Nigeria’s place in the global multilateral trading system. One of the areas we addressed is dumping and I am happy that we got some relief, anti-dumping relief that we are going to use to promote local industries. Also, on one of our recent trips to the United Arab Emirates, I was privileged to sign, on behalf of Nigeria, an important bilateral agreement on Trade Promotion and Protection.” Influx of finished goods from countries all over the world  into the ...

Media Personality, Toke Makinwa, shared a story on her Instagram page this afternoon, of how a certain young man ended their "relationship" because he felt she was from a poorer background. What she wrote below...   " On this journey to success, it is important to inspire and motivate others so that on the days you feel less motivated, you too can find inspiration in another persons success story. Today I remembered something deep. I used to like this one guy and he didn't like me back like I liked him. He was into me but something was off. One day after he was breaking up with me yet again I asked him why he didn't think we would work out? He responded with "we are from different worlds", he said his family had high expectations of him to bring home someone of a similar background to his and he couldn't take us further because basically to him my daddy was a nobody. I cried to bed that night but even in my tears, I developed a hung...

Mariah Carey showed off her very expensive $7 million engagement ring when she arrived to 1 OAK nightclub for a wrap party in honour of the end of winter residency in Las Vegas on Saturday night. She looked like a million bucks in her plunging silver mini dress and a pair of Christian Louboutin heels to match.

The Senator-elect for the Benue South Senatorial District, Senator David Mark has again reiterated his commitment to quality legislation and representation that would better the lives of the Idoma people. He pledged not to betray the trust and confidence of the people. Addressing a press conference in his residence in Otukpo on Sunday shortly after he was declared winner by the INEC returning Officer, Senator Mark said the election had come and gone and that he had put politics behind him.   According to him, “what is therefore paramount at the moment is the development of Idoma land”. Why appreciating the good people of Benue South for their show of love and solidarity which was equally demonstrated at the poll, Senator Mark also acknowledged the role of the media in the just concluded senatorial rerun. The former Senate President also extended arm of fellowship to his opponent and all those who fought him at the poll, saying the development of Idoma land was very p...

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Sunday, congratulated the immediate past Senate President, David Mark, on his  victory in the rerun election for the Benue South Senatorial seat, held on Saturday. Ekweremadu, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Uche Anichukwu, in Abuja,  described the victory as one, which reaffirmed Mark’s April 2015 victory in the senatorial district. He therefore tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, to remain focused in the conduct of the remaining rerun elections.   He commended the people of the Benue South district for their vigilance and gallantry in defence of democracy. He noted that the people, “proved, once again, that you cannot deceive all the people all the time.” He stressed that both the senatorial district and the nation’s democracy were better off with the victory of Mark,  who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the poll, given his national pe...

Jide Idris, the Lagos state commissioner of health, has confirmed the death of 25 children as a result of an outbreak of the Febrile Rash Illnesses (FRI) in Otodo-Gbame community in Ikate, Lekki. At a news conference in Lagos, the commissioner confirmed that there were 34 cases of sick children with FRI and added that the graves of 20 children have been identified by their parents. “The graves of 20 children who died from the FRI since the day of onset of signs and symptoms in the first case on January 6 were identified by their parents.   “Also, 34 cases have been line listed so far with 17 males and 17 females; 17 dead patients have been identified with nine males and eight females, all are within the age range of eight and 72 months,” Idris said. “The source of the infection is still under investigation and until we know the required source, we cannot say for sure, what is causing it.” The unknown disease disease, which started sometime in January 2016, made the p...

A section of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) center of the Kaduna State University (KASU), Kaduna has erupted in flames, while some students were making use of the facility. The fire, which started about 11:45 am lasted for about one hour   forty-five minutes, destroying computers, server, props and other internet equipment worth millions of Naira. However, no casualty was recorded from the incident. Although the cause of the fire is yet to be discovered, some sources said the fire could have been as a result of electrical fault, while others believed it could be a sabotage because the center recently took delivery of new equipment and that it could be a cover up for a shoddy deal or theft.   Those who were there during the fire outbreak observed that smoke was still coming out from the building as men of the Kaduna State Fire Service tried to prevent the fire from engulfing the other sections of the ICT center. Fire fighters from the ...

It was an ovation stand yesterday, February 19th as Ben Bruce celebrated his 60th birthday. wish him happy birthday.

continued from episode 10 ( T & K in the room having different taught) Kehinde: (to himself, how can I date a fashion designer? When my ambition is to get married to lawyer, what if this girl tells me she is pregnant what will I do? Maybe I’ll convinced her to go back to school, afterall am still in 100L if she listen to my advice it will only be a year interval, I’ll talk to her first before I conclude.) Taiwo: (to himself, why didn’t I meet this girl before Kenny, she is a beauty to behold, I hope Kenny changes his mind so that I can go for her, but what if Kenny doesn’t change his mind, maybe I’ll double cross him and hook the girl. Taiwo what has come over you? Why will you betray your brother because of a girl? Does it matter, I hope he changes his mind. Let me ask him ) Kenny, how far with your girl, have you called her? Kenny: no, am about to call her now Taiwo: I thought you don’t want to date her anymore, because of her current status and your dream is to m...

The emergence of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened the party’s internal crisis as some members have insisted that he is not the right choice. This is just as some ex-minister have risen against former President Goodluck Jonathan for backing Sheriff’s emergence. It was gathered that no fewer than 15 ex-ministers in Jonathan’s cabinet met last night in Asokoro, vowing to resist the Sheriff’s imposition.   The ministers’ session, the Nation reports lasted till about 8.30pm. It was learnt that Dr. Jonathan has called to congratulate Sheriff who he allegedly described as “the right choice for the opposition”. A top source said: “Jonathan believes that Sheriff has the guts, influence, native wisdom and the wherewithal to lead PDP to displace the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). “Jonathan and the governors teamed up to choose Sheriff who was part of the leaders who coordinated the merger of parties into ...