Actress Rita Dominic unveiled as IATF Goodwill Ambassador

Rita Dominic has been announced as IATF Ambassador. Rita Dominic will be one of the front liners for the first ever Intra Africa Trade Fair (IATF) billed to hold in Cairo, Egypt from the 11th-17th of December.

The actress expressed her excitement in a post shared on Instagram where she commended the initiative which will target the African film and television industries.

John Terry announces retirement from football at the age of 37

John Terry has retired from professional football at the age of 37 after being linked with a coaching role at Aston Villa.  

The former Chelsea and England captain who won five Premier League titles and a Champions League at Stamford Bridge, shared the news on Instagram this evening.

Atiku Emerges PDP’s Presidential Candidate; to challenge Buhari in 2019

Atiku Abubakar, a retired Customs officer and Nigeria’s vice president between 1999 and 2007, has been elected the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

At a PDP national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, held Saturday and Sunday, Mr. Abubakar defeated 11 other aspirants to clinch the hotly-contested ticket. His victory sets him as the main challenger to President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general election.

Nicki Minaj Sued by Former Stylist Maher Jridi for $73k Clothing Bill

American rapper, Nicki Minaj has been dragged to court by a stylist who claimed she wore his clothes and didn’t return them.

According to Page Six, stylist Maher Jridi is suing the incredibly rich rapper for failing to return expensive wardrobe items she had borrowed last year. The stylist further added that he rented the pieces for thousands of dollars from a company called Cloak Wardrobe.

Nicki allegedly wore the clothes and didn’t bother to give them back once she was done.

FIFA suspends Sierra Leone FA from football activities over government interference

World's Football governing body, FIFA have suspended Sierra Leone from international football because of government interference in the running of the country's football association.

The suspension comes after FIFA sent a letter to the country's Minister of Sports expressing "grave concern" about the removal of the football association president, Isha Johansen and the association's General Secretary, Christopher Kamara.

The country's anti-corruption commission (ACC) had barred President Isha Johansen and the association's General Secretary, Christopher Kamara from the governing body's offices due to their cases of corruption-related charges.

INEC’s Press Release On Party Primaries

Police Detain Lawyer For Alleged Fraud, As Lawyer Cries Out, This Is Strange

A Lagos-based lawyer, Chibeze Azubike, is at daggers drawn with the police over what he described as unlawful detention and assault.

The lawyer lamented that the police detained him for three days at the Lion Building Police Station on Lagos Island over an alleged fraud and declined his demand to see the evidence of the purported crime.

Azubike said he later learnt that his arrest was orchestrated by the girlfriend of one Ihegbu, who rented a three-bedroomed apartment he managed in Imo State.

He explained that the girlfriend had accused Ihegbu, who is based abroad, of fraud and reported the case to the police in Imo.

Manchester United dismiss reports of plans to sack Jose Mourinho this weekend

Jose Mourinho's position as manager of Manchester United is not under immediate threat.

Weeks of speculation and scrutiny came to a head with suggestions on Friday evening that the 55-year-old was set to be sacked, irrespective of the outcome of Saturday's Premier League clash with Newcastle.

Mass grave containing 800 dead German soldiers discovered in Russia

A mass grave containing the remains of 800 German soldiers killed in World War II has been unearthed during building work in the south-western Russian city of Volgograd, the German War Graves Commission said on Friday.  

The discovery in the once fiercely-contested city, previously known as Stalingrad, was made while water pipes were being laid, the commission said.  

Politics - Police Summon Ben Bruce, Saraki, Melaye Over Today’s Protest At INEC Office

PDP leaders including Senate President, Bukola Saraki today staged a protest to INEC headquarters in Abuja, demanding a credible election in 2019. We don’t know what went wrong, but they were allegedly tear-gassed. Now Senator Bruce is saying he and others have been summoned by the police to appear at the force headquarters.

An angry Bruce, however, threw a jab at the police saying when will they conclude an investigation into the attempted mace theft. 

See his tweet below: 

Britain's Tallest Man Gets First Ever Suit

Britain's tallest man has finally got his first ever suit at age 30. Basketball player Paul 'Tiny' Sturgess, who stands at an impressive 7ft 7ins, has spent years unable to find a suit big enough to fit him.

But after struggling to find a tailor to make him a three-piece in his size, he eventually managed to track down a London-based one.

Tim Nash, of Norton and Townsend tailoring, took on the challenge using twice the amount of fabric a regular man would need for a suit.

If you are poor, make sure you don’t transfer your poverty to your children by having many kids' - Reno Omokri

As Tweeted  by the spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri 

Nobody can intimidate us, we are coasting to victory, no matter the attacks'' - PDP

PDP has released a statement reacting to the faceoff some of its members protesting the Osun state rerun election results, had with some police officers in Abuja earlier today. The party says it would not be cowed by any of such attacks. According to them, they are coasting to victory. 

Read the statement below.

Toni Braxton Confesses That She Doesn’t Like Her Family

It is often said that you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family – but given the opportunity, songbird, Toni Braxton, would not pick her family.

In an upcoming episode of the reality TV show, Braxton Family Values’ Toni confessed she doesn’t really like her family, and if her family wasn’t blood-related to her, she wouldn’t have any of them as friends.

“I am confessing that, although I love my family, most of the time I don’t like my family. Everyone in my family. Everybody.

Lagos PDP Elects Jimi Agbaje As Guber Candidate

It will be a straight fight between Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State gubernatorial race on who succeeds incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as Agbaje has just been declared the winner of the state’s PDP gubernatorial primary.