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The Delta State Police Command has said that reports of phone calls demanding $1bn as ransom by the abductors for the release of Professor Kanene Okonjo, the mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as false. According to…

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba has said any police discovered to be culpable in the  kidnapping of the Finance Minister's mother will be held responsible. These remarks came even as lapse in security has been…

Fake drinks worth N1.5m were seized in a raid on Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State by the Police and the officials of two distilleries, in whose names the counterfeited products were made.According to Mr Isaac Agbana, the Sales Manager…

Quentin Tarantino defended his decision to make slavery the backdrop to his new revenge-western Django Unchained, saying that he found the research he did on the subject "incredibly shocking" and that, violent as his film may be, the…

Record-breaking Lionel Messi has scored some of the most incredible goals this season.Andrés Cuccittini is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national…

For those who didn’t know, Syria is quite the pissed off nation these days, with rebels facing off against the Asad regime. Though they lack the resources, that hasn’t stopped them from improvising and building, say, tanks of their own.…

A rep for Rick Ross confirmed that the remaining dates of the rapper's tour with his Maybach Music Group have been canceled. News of the cancellation blamed on the tour promoter comes on the heels of reports that the rapper had canceled…

A hacker is claiming responsibility for disrupting three South African government websites.The social development department’s website opened to a black page with a window containing the animated graphic “Website hacked by H4ksniper”…

Lionel Messi didn't hang around. He was sent on as a substitute against Benfica and sent through, one on one with the goalkeeper. The next thing anyone knew, he was on the floor; then he was on a stretcher, lying still in the silence,…

Reports at home and abroad are strongly linking Nigeria international Raheem Adewole Lawal with a move to France in the winter transfer market.According to Hurriyet, coach Mustafa Ugur says the club is happy with transfer news linking…