No offer received for Mahrez – Shakespeare

Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare said on Tuesday that he has not yet received any bids for Mahrez, despite the winger announcing his intention to leave the Premier League club at the end of last season.

He said the 26 years old has been linked with a move to AS Roma but the 2015/16 Premier League champions had not been contacted by the Italian side about a transfer for the Algerian International.

Sokoto uncovers 706 ‘ghost students’, saves N29 million

The committee set up by the Sokoto State government to verify the actual number of students entitled for scholarship has uncovered 706 fake students and those not qualified for the scheme, thereby saving almost N30 million of tax payer’s money.

Making this known while presenting the report to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in Sokoto, chairman of the committee, Shehu Wurno, said the committee visited 40 tertiary institutions within and outside the country and verified 14, 532 state indigenes qualified for scholarship.

Totti retires to take Roma role

Francesco Totti confirmed his retirement on Monday, the Roma legend announcing “a new adventure” in his storied career as he takes up a directorship role at the Serie A club.

The 40-year-old played his final game for Roma in May after 24 years with the capital-city side, and decided to call it a day despite being linked with possible moves to Asia and the United States.

Generator fumes kill couple in Cross River

There was pandemonium, weekend, at Ikot Effanga Mkpa, a community on the outskirt of Calabar, Cross River State, when newly wedded couple, Mr. and Mrs. Kabiru Mohammed, aged 32 years and 27 years respectively, died as a result of generator emission in their rented apartment.

The couple, according to reports, got married two months ago in Jos where they were domiciled before relocating to Cross River.

Father butchers son, dumps him in Ogun bush

A father, whose name has yet to be ascertained, was said to have butchered his son, Favour Oyediran on Sunday, after he lured him into the bush near the President Muhammadu Buhari Estate along Siun-Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway.

The victim was said to be living at Abule Agbon, located between Kobape and Abeokuta, with his father, stepmother and her two children.

Girl, 16, found hanged in school toilets after hearing bullies call her ‘stupid Pole’

A Polish-born teenager who was found hanged in toilets at her school complained that she had been bullied and had been called a ‘stupid Pole’ and told to ‘go back to your own country’ by other pupils, an inquest has heard.

Dagmara Przybysz, 16, an aspiring photographer who was looking forward to her year 11 prom and shopping for a dress with her mother, died at Pool Academy on May 17, 2016.

‘Hot felon’ model Jeremy Meeks and billionaire heiress make-out at nightclub

Do you remember Jeremy Meeks, whose hot mugshot got him a modelling contract? Well, he was spotted making out with billionaire heiress, Chloe Green in a nightclub in Germany.

The 26-year-old TopShop heiress and married Jeremy’s PDA session in Dortmund, Germany, where they partied up a storm in the VIP section of Rush Hour club, is coming after Jeremy filed for separation from his wife of 8 years who had stood by him through all the incarcerations.

Mel B's ex asks judge to force her to cough up medical records to prove he abused her

Melanie 'Mel B' Brown's estranged husband Stephen Belafonte has asked a court to force the former Spice Girl to produce hospital and medical records after she alleged he beat her.This comes after he was granted $40k a month in spousal support.

Court records show Belafonte's legal team made a request for the documents three months ago to prepare for a trial scheduled in September set to deal with the allegations of domestic violence against the film producer.

Suspected female badoo member caught with grinding stone and charms in Ikorodu

According to a resident of the area who shared the video, the unidentified woman was caught with a grinding stone and charm.

The suspect would have been lynched to death, but for the intervention of the police and Onyabo who arrived early and whisked her away.

Top surgeon blasts Cristiano Ronaldo for using a surrogate to have his twins

Cristiano Ronaldo has been slammed by a top surgeon, who’s branded his decision to have twins by a surrogate, ‘degrading and sad.’

Little Eva and Mateo were born in the US last month, before being taken home to live in Madrid with the football ace.

Actress Sophia Diva Suffers A Wardrobe Malfunction While Posing With Ella Mensah On The AMAA Red Carpet (photos)

Actress Sophia Diva had a wardrobe malfunction while posing with her Ghanaian counterpart Ella Mensah, whose makeup look didn't turn out too well, on the red carpet at the 13th Africa Movie Academy Awards in Lagos. Although the photographer shared the original photo, Sophia covered it up with a love emoji on the version she shared via her IG page. See below.

Two Woman Disgrace Themselves Fighting Topless in Public After Argument (Photos)

People were left in serious shock after two women were filmed fighting with one going topless in public after an argument.

40 Glocc Among 4 Nabbed in Prostitution Sting in Minnesota

Rapper 40 Glocc was among 4 people arrested in a prostitution sting in Minnesota ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs ... the incident went down back in February when Glocc was arrested on 2 counts of intentionally promoting the prostitution of an individual and 1 count of inducing an individual to practice prostitution.

Roadside explosion in Egypt kills four policemen

Four Egyptian policemen were killed and six wounded on Monday by two roadside explosives in the restive Sinai Peninsula, security sources told Reuters.

The sources said that the four policemen were killed in the city of Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, when their armored vehicle drove past a roadside bomb and three others were wounded.

Six die in Ogun auto crash

No fewer than six persons reportedly lost their lives in an auto crash, yesterday, at Sagamu inter-change area, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

An eyewitness disclosed that the victims included the male driver of a Nissan Quest SUV, with number plate FKJ 297 AJ, and his five female passengers.

Rihanna is a vision in pink at the premiere of the Valerian and the City of Planets

Rihanna turned heads as she stepped out in pink for the premiere of the Valerian and the city of Planets ....

60-year-old woman bags six months for burglary in Lagos

A 60-year-old woman, Adegunwa Adejoke, was on Monday sentenced to six months imprisonment for breaking a shop with the intent to steal, an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State ruled on Monday.

Adejoke, a resident of Agbowa-Ikosi in Ikorodu area, had pleaded guilty to the three-count charge of conspiracy, housebreaking and burglary brought against her.

Man pleads guilty to having sex with dogs(Photos)

A man faces jail after admitting having sex with a dog. Mark Hook appeared at Bristol Crown Court and pleaded guilty to ten charges which included allowing the Labrador to penetrate him.

Photos: Woman Pays Assassin N10k To Kill Her Husband For Marrying A 2nd Wife In Osun

The Osun State Police command have arrested one Mrs Omotayo Salawudeen, 39, for allegedly killing her husband, 43 year old Salawudeen Hakeem, just because he married a second wife. The state commissioner of police, Olafimihan Adeoye, disclosed this while speaking with journalists today on the achievement of his command for the months of June and mid July.

R. Kelly accused of running a 'cult' of young women housed in series of rented homes

R. Kelly is being accused by former colleagues and several families of operating a sex-cult comprised of young women whose lives, they say, are totally controlled by the 50-year-old R&B singer.

BuzzFeed News has published a report based on interviews with parents who claim their daughters are among six women Kelly keeps in his Atlanta and Chicago homes.

Photo: 19-year-old Man Nabbed For Posing As Female Sex Worker

A 19-year-old man, who allegedly posed as female sex worker was nabbed in the early hours of today, along Kaunda, Malawi and is currently in the custody of Kanengo Police.

The suspect identified as Van Gomani dressed up like a woman complete with hair extension, stood along the road where he was picked up by a man who thought she was a lady.

Police Arrest Honeymooning Couple Who Kidnapped And Rape A Woman Driving Out Of A Supermart

Police has arrested anf cahrged a couple honeymooning in south Florida with kidnapping and raping a woman after they grabbed her from a supermarket car park.

The couple, Rashada Hurley 32, and Timothy Lowe, 37, have been jailed in Miami-Dade County on kidnapping, carjacking, robbery and sexual battery charges.

EFCC Nets Fugitive, Obi Timothy Nwasike, Wanted For Fraud, Misappropriation

Offials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested Obi Timothy Nwasike, a retired staff of Shell Petroleum, who was wanted in connection with a petition that accused him of fraudulent diversion and criminal misappropriation.

Mr. Nwasike was arrested early Sunday morning as he arrived at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. An EFCC source told SaharaReporters that the anti-agency had in August 2015 received a petition from a firm, Continental Alarm Limited, alleging that Mr. Nwasike fraudulently diverted and criminally misappropriated contract proceeds paid into his account. The source further disclosed that Mr. Nwasike ignored the commission’s invitation to appear in its offices for questioning, preferring to go into hiding. 

Second born children are more likely to be criminals — Study

A new study has declared that a child who is the second-born in the family is more likely to be a troublemaker, which may make him a criminal in the long run.
Second-born sons are more likely to be suspended from school, become juvenile delinquents and go to prison, according to the new study by MIT economist, Joseph Doyle.

After examining tons of data, Doyle and colleagues Sanni Breining, David Figlio, Krzys Karbownik and Jeffrey Roth found that second-born children, particularly sons, have a 25 percent to 40 percent increased likelihood of being troublemakers at school or with police when compared to first-born children in the same family.

Obasanjo reveals those who gave him $150,000 to start life after leaving prison in 1998

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed that the founder of Cable News Network, CNN, Ted Turner and Ford Foundation both gave him the sum of $150,000 as a lifeline after he was released from prison by former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar(rtd) in 1998.

Obasanjo, who disclosed that he left prison broke, added that the money helped him to settle the tuition fees of his children and other needs at the time.