Ed Genson, the lawyer who defended R. Kelly in a decade-old child pornography case, has said that the R&B legend was guilty of those charges and even received anti-libido drugs to help contain his urges. “He was guilty as hell!” Genson, 77, told the Chicago Sun-Times. He however said he believes “Trapped in the Closet” […]
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An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a 51-year-old dockworker, Lekan Shonde, to death by hanging for beating his 39-year-old wife, Ronke, to death at their Egbeda, Lagos residence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Josephine Oyefeso found Lekan guilty of murder in a two and a half hours judgment on Friday which […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Uzoho Casmir, accountant-general of Imo state, for allegedly helping Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, to launder N1.05bn for Saturday’s elections. Casmir was alleged to have laundered the money through a new generation bank. Okorocha, who won the senatorial election in Imo east two weeks ago, […]
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AS Roma have announced the appointment of Claudio Ranieri as its new head coach until the end of the season. The club made the announcement on its official website on Friday. Ranieri, who was sacked by Fulham, will be making a return to Roma after his first stint in 2009 to 2011, replacing Eusebio Di Francesco. […]
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Manchester City duo of Sergio Aguero and Pep Guardiola have been named Premier League Player and Manager of the Month respectively, for February. Both Aguero and Guardiola were announced as winners of the February award on Friday. It was a month to remember for City as they won all four of their games […]
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Some of the most renowned indigenous and international polo teams are set to convene in Lagos, Nigeria to compete for highly coveted trophies in the 2019 Lagos Int’l Polo Tournament. Sponsored by leading African Financial Institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc. This year’s competition will begin on March 13, 2019 and will see both Nigerian and […]
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The federal government on Thursday said the economic impact of violence against children in Nigeria was estimated at 6.1 billion dollars (N967 billion ) annually. This amount is equivalent to about 1.07 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The permanent secretary, Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Olajide Odewale, disclosed this at […]
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‘Shallow’, the joint collaborative song by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper has topped the Billboard Hot 100. Ariana Grande’s ‘7 rings’ which had topped the chart for five consecutive weeks, came second. The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard Magazine. Chart […]
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Not long after his emotional outpour in an interview with CBS News, embattled R&B singer R. Kelly, has been re-arrested in Chicago over unpaid child support. This is coming barely two weeks after the singer was released on a $100,000 bail, having been indicted on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He had spent […]
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Barcelona star, Lionel Messi is back in the Argentina squad for the first time in almost nine months. Messi last played for Argentina in their 4-3 loss to France in the round of 16 phase of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. But he has been included in coach Lionel Scaloni’s 31-man squad for upcoming friendly […]
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