WRESTLING LEGEND, HOGAN APOLOGIZES OVER RACIST COMMENTS

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is asking for forgiveness after he was caught on tape using racist insults.
Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, was fired by bosses at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on Friday after the audio tape, in which he was commenting on his daughter Brooke’s love life, was made public.

ACTOR PAUL OBAZELE CONFESSES HIS PLAN WAS TO USE AND DUMP HIS WIFE

Paul Obazele has revealed that he wanted to date and dump the banker who later became his wife when he first saw her. In an interview The Sun Newspaper, Obazele said;

My wife is a banker. I met her on one of the days I was hard up; I went to the bank with a cheque given to me by Chico Ejiro. I got to the bank with a post-dated cheque that I didn’t know it was post-dated but I thought I could swing it with my star status

EX-NIGERIA LEADER, GOWON INSISTS THE COUNTRY IS BETTER OFF WITH IGBOS

Nigeria’s wartime leader, Gen Yakubu Gowon, says “Nigeria is better off with Igbos.” He spoke while delivering an oration at the burial service for Chief (Mrs.) Chinyere Asika, wife of the former Sole Administrator of East Central State;

POLICEMAN SHOOTS TAXI DRIVER TO DEAD PLUS SICK PASSENGER

A police corporal, attached to Yankaba Division, Kano, yesterday, shot and killed a taxi driver who was transporting a sick female passenger to the hospital. 

The passenger, unfortunately also died in the incident.According to an eyewitness, Isa Tanko, the killings occurred around 9.30am between Hadejia Road roundabout and Haye quarters of Nassarawa local government area.

BUHARI SET TO SPLIT NNPC INTO TWO; MERGE ICPC, EFCC

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will be splitting the national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, into two successor entities.
The President, stated this in an interview with journalists in Washington DC during his recently concluded four-day visit to the United States, Saturday Punch reports.
The President explained that the decision would form one of the key steps of his reform of the country’s oil and gas sector.

STUDENTS OF BENUE UNIVERSITY DUMP COLLEAGUE’S CORPSE AT VC’S OFFICE

Medical Students of the Benue State University, Makurdi, have deposited the coffin of their dead colleague at the office of the Vice-Chancellor in protest.

SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the deceased, Idoko Nicholas Inalegwu, died in controversial circumstances after receiving the news of his withdrawal after spending 10 years in medical school.

ABIA GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE, NARROWLY ESCAPES ASSASSINATION

All Progressives Grand Allaince (APGA) Governorship candidate in the April election in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti has revealed to journalists in Umuahia, the state capital yesterday that unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assassins invaded and attacked his Abuja guest house in Maitama at about 2a.m and ransacked it in search of him.

US LADY ACCUSES TIMAYA OF RAPING HER

A US–based lady on Instagram has accused popular musician and self-styled Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa, Enetimi Odon otherwise called Timaya, of rape.

The allegation was made on Thursday in a series of posts on Instagram.

The posts sent under the identity, ‘ExposingtherealTimaya,’ consisted of screenshots and audio recordings from previous conversations between the duo, and continued till Saturday.

PRESIDENT OBAMA UNDER FIRE FOR PUSHING GAY RIGHTS IN AFRICA

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday delivered a firm message on gay rights during his landmark visit to Kenya, Africa, where homosexuality is outlawed, triggering strong criticism for apparently imposing his values on the continent.

EX-SECRETARY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SALEH DEAD

Former secretary to the federal government of Nigeria Alhaji Aminu Saleh found dead today. Alhaji Saleh deceased this morning, according to some reports. 

Aminu Saleh was born in 1933. He is an indigene of Bauchi state and has embraced various posts at both the state and the federal level.

CHRIS BROWN BOOST UP SECURITY FOLLOWING ARMED ROBBERY

R&B star Chris Brown has reportedly employed a 24-hour security team after armed robbers targeted his home earlier this month.
The Kiss Kiss hitmaker’s house in California’s San Fernando Valley was raided by thieves who made off with money and other belongings after forcing the star’s aunt into a closet.

ARGENTINIAN OFFICIALS WITHDRAW OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT FOR JUSTIN BIEBER

Court officials in Argentina have reportedly ordered the withdrawal of an outstanding arrest warrant against Justin Bieber stemming from an alleged attack on a local paparazzo in 2013.
The Baby hitmaker become a wanted man in the Latin American country after failing to return to Buenos Aires for police questioning over an incident with photographer Diego Pesoa in November 2013.

BOKO HARAM ATTACKS HOME OF NEW ARMY CHIEF

Suspected Boko Haram militants on Tuesday burned down houses, including the family home of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Tukur Baratai, in a village in the North-east of the country, a policeman, military source and witnesses told Reuters.

TIWA SAVAGE WELCOME HER FIRST CHILD (SEE PHOTO)

Singer Tiwa Savage just welcomed her first child - a son. She gave birth today at St Mary's Hospital in London. Big congrats to them

PRESIDENT BUHARI REJECTS OBAMA’S GAY MARRIAGE

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the gay marriage offer by the United States of America, stating that sodomy is against the law of Nigeria and abhorrent to our culture.