Madeira airport renamed after Ronaldo

The airport of Madeira, the Atlantic Ocean island birthplace of Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, was renamed in his honour on Wednesday.

“To see this airport bear my name is a very special thing,” said Ronaldo, who skippered Portugal to victory in the European championships last year.

“Everyone knows I am proud of my roots.”

Ibrahimovic says he has a job to finish at Man United

Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hinted he will remain at Old Trafford by saying he will “never leave a job unfinished.”

Ibrahimovic’s current contract at United expires in the summer but manager Jose Mourinho has said he is confident the attacker will extend his stay at the club.

The former Sweden international, who has been linked with a move to LA Galaxy, has already won the EFL Cup with United, although the club have failed to mount a Premier League title challenge this season.

My husband rapes me in presence of our children – Woman tells court

”My husband rapes me in the presence of our children’’, a 40-year-old trader, Bolanle AbdulKareem told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday.

Bolanle said her husband, Olasunkanmi, with whom she had three children in their 17-year-old marriage; always molest her whenever he got drunk.

“Whenever my husband comes home drunk, he will want to make love to me by fire by force and I will caution him not to do it in the presence of our children.

Antonio Conte is the best Premier League manager of the last decade, study suggests

Antonio Conte outshines even Sir Alex Ferguson over the last decade in terms of win percentage, a study shows.

The Chelsea manager has enjoyed an incredible start to life in the Premier League, with his team currently 10 points clear at the top of the table. How impressive he’s been are reflected in the numbers.

Missing Indonesian farmer found dead in python

An Indonesian man has been found dead inside the belly of a seven-meter-long python, a local media reports.

Akbar Salubiro had not been seen since setting off to harvest palm oil in a remote village on the island of Sulawesi. The 25-year-old man was missing since March 26.

Married women hire male strippers for private lessons on sex

Married women have been reported to employ the services of male strippers to privately entertain and teach them about sex.

Such men, reports say, must be sex pistols, with six-pack, chiseled body that could make any woman swoon.

She seduced me, says Vice Principal accused of impregnating pupil

The Vice Principal, Government Day Secondary School, Tunga-Minna in Niger, Malam Mohammed Kuyizhi, has appeared before the state’s Child Rights Protection Agency over the pregnancy of a 16-year-old student.

Kuyizhi is accused of impregnating the girl, who is a junior student in the school. Kuyizhi admitted to the sexual affair but claimed that the girl seduced him into the act.

Man Rapes Facebook Lover In Lagos Who Turned Out To Be His Niece

A 25-year old man, Abuchi Stanley has been arrested and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly abducting, drugging and raping a physically challenged 17-year old teenager in Lagos.

Unfortunately, P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the victim turned out to be the suspect’ aunt’s daughter from Umuezeleke family in Azia town in Ihiala local government in Anambra State.

Couple Burn Manhood Of 17-year-old Boy For Raping Their Daughter

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Sokoto state, says it has arrested a couple for allegedly burning the manhood of a 17-year old boy following allegation that the boy raped their four-year-old daughter.

The Commandant of the Corps, Babangida Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest in an interview with journalists in Sokoto on Wednesday.

The Commandant pointed out that the couple, were arrested on Tuesday, at their Sama residence, Sokoto.

Abia headmistress demoted for embarrassing gov’s wife

The headmistress of a primary school at Amaetiti Asaga Ohafia, in Ohafia Local Government Area, Abia State, Mrs. Maryleen Ezichi, has been reportedly demoted to a classroom teacher for allegedly embarrassing the wife of Abia State governor, Nkechi Ikpeazu.

It was gathered that Ezichi has been transferred to the Ukwa-East Local Government Area — about 140 kilometers from her former school — to serve as a deterrent for her ‘impunity and lack of respect for constituted authority’.

Two fined N400,000 for gang-raping pupil

An Igarra Magistrates’ Court in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State has sentenced two persons to four years’ imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old pupil.

They were given an option of fine of N400,000 each.

The convicts, identified as Monday Ogedengbe and Dauda Iyamah, had been arraigned before Chief Magistrate A. Abhulimen-Iyoha.

Kerosene explosion kills one, injures 16 in Calabar

A 34-year-old woman, Mrs. Anna Utibe, has been confirmed dead following the explosion of adulterated kerosene that left 16 others critically injured in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

It was learnt on Tuesday that the incident happened at various times between March 14 and 27 at different locations in Calabar.

The survivors, it was gathered, were being treated at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.

"Why I Paid Herdsman N10m" – Benue Governor, Ortom Reveals

Governor Samuel Ortom, last week sat down for an interview where he responded to issues bordering on the call for the declaration of state of emergency in the state, the security situation in the state and his relationship with herdsmen. Excerpts: 

Notorious 'Iceland Confraternity' Cultists and Kidnappers Arrested With Shocking Items

Some notorious cultists and kidnappers who have been terrorizing residents of Rivers state have finally been caught with deadly weapons and huge sums of money. The criminals were arrested in Rivers state by men of the Nigerian police.

In a statement by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh O. Moshood, the criminals have confessed to the crime.

For Creating A Facebook Account, Egyptian Man Tortures Wife

According to Egyptian security forces, Asmaa Samir was brutally tortured by her husband Mustafa Raafat who tied her with ropes and locked her up in their house for three days while depriving her of food and drink and torturing her using sharp tools.

During the interrogation, Raafat said his wife opened three accounts using fake female names, as she wanted to see if he would cheat on her, adding that he punished her by beating her up. He denied reports that he had starved her.

Ex-NNPC Boss, Yakubu Withdraws N1bn Suit Against EFCC, AGF

A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, on Tuesday terminated his fundamental human rights enforcement suit, in which he sought N1bn as compensation for his alleged unlawful detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Yakubu had filed the suit before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja following his arrest on February 8, 2017 and his continued detention by the EFCC with respect to the sums of $9,772,800 and £74,000 recovered from his house in Kaduna on February 3.

An Off-Duty NYPD Detective Is Accused of Peering Into Children's Windows While Masturbating

An NYPD detective has been arrested on public lewdness charges, after police accused him of looking into a child’s window while masturbating.

According to ABC affiliate WABC, Long Island authorities busted Robert Francis at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, after receiving a 911 call from a Rockville Centre homeowner. The individual reported a suspicious man in his or her backyard.

I have killed 18 people- 17 year old Boko Haram suspect confesses

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) on Tuesday paraded a 17-year-old Boko Haram suspect, who admitted killing 18 people since he joined the group three years ago.

The suspect, Ali Mustafa, said he was forced to join the deadly group when Boko Haram terrorists attacked his village in Monguno and left with many boys.

The teenager said he gained skill handling assault rifles, with which he executed his victims.

Woman hid pills and hypodermic needle in vagina of a woman at a County Jail

A 24-year-old woman was taken to the Putnam County Jail after a powdery substance was spotted in her during a traffic stop, a police report said. 

Atarah Wright was pulled over because her Chevy SUV only had one functioning headlight, police said. 

Maheeda Shades Afrocandy In New Interview

Nigerian bad girl, Maheeda seems to have drawn a line in the sand, igniting a new beef with p#rnstar, Afrocandy.

In a recent interview with HipTV, the controversial nudist who is currently visiting Nigeria with her Dutch husband, noted that often times people have tried to draw a comparison between her and the p#rnstar, and she disagrees with them because she thinks she is classier than Afrocandy.

Florida nursing home worker 'recorded couple having sex and shared it on Snapchat'

A nursing home employee, 20-year-old Alexis Williams, an employee at the Bristol Court Assisted Living Facility on 3479 54th Avenue North in unincorporated St. Petersburg in Florida is in police custody Wednesday after detectives say she filmed two senior residents having sex without their knowledge or consent and shared the video with her followers on Snapchat in August of last year. The victims, who haven’t been identified are an 81-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man.

Tennessee couple arrested for selling their baby for $3k online

A Tennessee couple accused of trying to sell their baby son for $3000 via an American advertising website, Craigslist has been arrested. John David Cain, 26, and Deanna Lynn Greer, 37, face charges of aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect/endangerment in the case. 

"Herdsmen Are Raping Our Wives & Children" - Anambra Communities Lament

No fewer than 15 communities in Orumba-South Local Government of Anambra State on Tuesday raised the alarm over the menace of herdsmen in their area.

They alleged that herdsmen were raping their wives and children.

The spokesperson for the communities, Mr Chukwudi Ugochukwu, stated this at Orumba-South Local Government Council secretariat in Umunze during a stakeholders’ meeting of the people of the area.

We’ve adopted Tinubu’s economic policies – Adeosun

The Federal Government said Tuesday that its economic recovery template was adopted from a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, who spoke during the ninth annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium to mark his 65th birthday in Lagos, noted that the tax mobilisation formula and other policies the APC chieftain deployed as governor were what the Federal Government had adopted in its efforts to revamp the national economy.

Fake Florida doctor who ‘enhanced’ buttocks with cement, caulking gets 10 years for manslaughter

A transgender woman dubbed the "Toxic Tush" doctor has been jailed for using Super Glue and Fix-a-Flat tire sealant to enlarge women’s behinds and causing one patient to die.

Oneal Ron Morris, 36, was sentenced to 10 years Monday in Florida’s Broward County court after pleading guilty to manslaughter and injecting several women with the toxic mixture, CBS Miami reports.

Tragedy As 5 Teenage Girls Drown In Kebbi

Five teenage girls at Unguwar Kaye of Tarasa in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State have been reported drawn on Tuesday in the Tafkin Madobiya, popularly known as Indian water.

The girls are out of 10 girls resident in the area that decided to go for a swim after collecting vegetables for their meals at River Rima banks.

Former Ekiti regent seeks dissolution of 39 years old marriage

A former regent of Ayebode-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Chief Idowu Omolayo on Tuesday urged a Customary Court sitting in Ikole-Ekiti to dissolve her marriage of 39 years with Chief Olusola Omolayo.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the husband was a member of the Ekiti House of Assembly from 2003 to 2007.

Man drowns inside hotel's swimming in Kogi

A man identified as Mohammed Suberu reportedly died in the swimming pool of one of the most prestigious hotels in Lokoja, Kogi State on Tuesday.


Suberu’s body was found floating in the swimming pool located in phase two area of Lokongoma. The body was later taken to the state specialist hospital, Lokoja, where he was confirmed dead.

"How Those Who Took Money From Jonathan Turned Against Him" – Bishop Kukah

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has criticised the perception that he was close to former President Goodluck Jonathan for what he could get.
“Despite my friendship with Jonathan over this long period of time, we never discussed a penny, we never discussed one dollar; we never exchanged a penny, and we never exchanged a dollar,” Kukah said.

Woman Beats Her Husband’s 3-Year-Old Niece To Death In Lagos

A 21-year-old woman, Rebecca Bassey, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly beating her husband’s three-year-old niece, Deborah Bassey, to death.

According to police authorities, the suspect beat up the girl because she vomited and defecated on herself.The incident occurred at Ijaiye Ojokoro area of the state on July 22, 2013.

Two Nigerian Fraudsters Arrested In India

Indian Police have arrested two Nigerians from their house in New Delhi, India for duping a man of the sum of 71,500 Indian Rupees through Facebook after pretending to be a female US soldier.

The Nigerian fraudsters identified as Christ Williams alias Donald and Johnson Peace Obukokwo alias Marshal, looted Rs 1.5 crore from the bore-well technician from Hyderabad, Sai Prasad.

"I Was In The Same NYSC Camp With Dino Melaye" - Man Shares His NYSC Certificate

Senator Dino Melaye who is in the center of a certificate scandal has received support from some Nigerians who claimed to have served in the same NYSC camp with him in Kaduna. The senator shared a copy of his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate which showed that he started the programme on 9th July 2000 and finished on 8th July 2001 following his graduation from Ahmadu Bello University ABU Zaria.

Ex Chief Accountant Of The Supreme Court, Chief Otorkpa Is Dead

It is with great pain, sorrow and sadness , that I Open this thread to announce the death of my father, the Former CA of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and patriarch of the Otorkpa Family In Ado Local Government of Benue state Chief Orinya Otorkpa.