Man City was beaten by Liverpool to sign Taiwo Awoniyi

Liverpool have reportedly completed the signing of 17-year-old Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi.

Trader stabs woman over alleged dating of husband

A 22-year-old trader, Kuburat Sanni, has, on Thursday, in Lagos, appeared in an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stabbing a woman.Sanni was accused of stabbing the woman over alleged dating of her husband. Sanni, who resides at No. 18, Akindia St., Agege , Lagos, is being tried for breach of peace, assault and conspiracy.

Ife Council formally announces Ooni’s demise

                                                                       Ooni of Ife

Speculations surrounding the death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, were yesterday finally laid to rest when the Ife Traditional Council announced the demise of the paramount ruler.

Lawal Babafemi, jailed 22 years in US for Al-Qaeda support

A 35-year-old Nigerian, who once wrote rap lyrics for Al-Qaeda in Yemen, was sentenced to 22 years in a US prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to terror charges.

Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, who was extradited to New York from Nigeria, was jailed by Judge John Gleeson in a US federal court in Brooklyn, prosecutors announced.

Man sets himself on fire

An 80-year-old man set himself on fire Wednesday during a protest outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.

People rushed to help the unidentified man who was attending a demonstration over Japanese soldiers' use of Korean women as sex slaves in the 1930s and 40s.

Pennsylvania beauty queen jailed after faking cancer

Beauty pageant queens typically stand for things like, beauty, poise and intelligence.

Press them just a bit and they'll talk about world peace and the need to feed starving children.

Authorities accuse Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates, Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International, of casting aside those attributes and faking cancer in an elaborate scheme that raised thousands of dollars.

Weaver-Gates lead everyone to believe that she had been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in March 2013.

Three killed in Third Mainland helicopter crash

A helicopter belonging to Bristow Helicopters with 12 people on board Wednesday, crashed into the Lagoon near the Oworonshoki end of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.

According to an eyewitness,  the aircraft marked 5NBGD was said to be coming from one of the oil rigs in Escravos area of the Niger Delta and was said to be heading for Lagos Island when it went down around 3.p.m.