Supreme Court judgement: Nigerians voted for PDP, APC knows, Secondus reacts

The National Chairman of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus salute Nigerians of all divide for their commitment and support to the party and to democracy.

Prince Secondus said that the commitment of Nigerians to democracy and its tenets despite inhibiting factors is worthy of emulation and highly commendable.

Reacting to the Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday striking out the appeal of the PDP and its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in a statement from his media office, the National Chairman said that the nation’s apex court has ruled but the final judgment comes from God almighty.


“We thank you for your support for PDP, for your commitment to democracy. Nigerians know that you voted PDP, even APC knows that you rejected them on February 23, 2019, the international community knows you voted for PDP, if Supreme Court of seven justices says otherwise, leave it to God the ultimate Judge.”

He also commended the press, the fourth estate of the realm for their commitment to democracy and good governance in our land but urged them not to relent in their roles of holding politicians accountable to the people.

Secondus however told the people to remain resolute in their prayers to God since the country is in such a untidy state that only God can bail her out.

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Police confirm release of Catholic priest, Fr. Madu

The Police Command in Enugu State on Wednesday confirmed the release of Rev. Fr. Arinze Madu, the Vice-Rector, Queen of Apostles Spiritual Year Seminary, Imezi-Owa in Ezeagu Local Government Area.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, gave confirmed the priest’s release in Enugu on Wednesday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Madu was abducted on Monday at about 5:30 p.m. at the gate of the seminary by unknown persons.

Amaraizu said: “Yes, he has been released unhurt. However, we are still trailing his abductors.


“We are also working on something concerning tracking down the perpetrators of this dastardly act.’’

Also, the Catholic Diocese of Enugu on its official Facebook page confirmed the release of the priest, stating that: “Father Madu, the kidnapped priest of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu has been released.”

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Nicki Minaj flaunts her enormous $1.1M wedding ring

It was an icy display on Nicki Minaj's social media feeds on Wednesday, and that's ice of the bling variety.

Newly married Minaj, 36, was seen in a gallery of images and video on her Instagram with husband Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty, dressed in costumes for Halloween inspired by murderous dolls Chucky and Bride of Chucky.

Prominent in all the couple's images were their chunky new diamond rings in honor of their recent rushed nuptials, which the Chun-Li star tagged as having been designed by Rafaello And Co.

The jewelry company described Nicki's bling as a custom-made piece featuring a 17-carat center with VVS2-clarity diamonds.


Rafaello and Co. posted well wishes to the couple on Wednesday as well, parading the massive bling on their own Instagram account.

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Another Nigerian Judge is kidnapped

Gunmen have abducted another judge this time in Benin City the Edo state capital.

Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme of the Benin Court of Appeal was kidnapped yesterday on her way to the court.

The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Dan-Mallam Mohammed, who confirmed the incident to Channels Television, says a manhunt has been launched to track down the gunmen and rescue the judge.

Justice Nwosu-Iheme is known to be Nigeria’s first female judge to study law up to the Ph.D. level, specialising in the law of intellectual property.

Her abduction comes days after a federal high court judge in Akure, Ondo state justice Abdul Dogo, was freed by kidnappers who had abducted him on Tuesday.

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SERAP writes Trump, seeks travel ban for Governors jailing journalists

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President Donald Trump asking him to exercise his constitutional powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 to instruct the US Secretary of State and US Ambassador in Nigeria to temporarily ban Nigerian state governors and other senior public officials misusing the criminal justice system to jail journalists, bloggers and activists reporting on allegations of corruption from entering the US.”

SERAP also urged Mr Trump to “use Presidential Proclamation 8697 (which allows the US Department of State to deny visas to foreign officials, their families and friends) who participate in serious human rights violations and other abuses such as misusing the criminal justice system to jail journalists, bloggers and activists to prevent them from reporting on allegations of corruption and other related cases.”

The letter followed SERAP’s report titled “A Downward Spiral: How Federal and State Authorities are Tightening the Screws on Media Freedom in Nigeria” and launched yesterday in Lagos.

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Man who dresses like a lady and started a relationship with a man is arrested and stripped (photos)

A man who indeed looks like a woman, and has put it upon himself to always dress like one has been arrested and stripped!

So he started a distance relationship with another man and he was nabbed in the process.

Twitter user, Solomon_uwadi who gave the gist however didn't mention, if the stripping and nabbing took place when the man went visiting his fellow man. But ofcus he shared photos 👆

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Abdulmumin Jibrin sues segalink, demands N3bn compensation for 'defamation'

A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin has sued human rights activist and social media influencer Segalinks with real names as Segun Awosanya over defamation of character.

According to the lawmaker, Segalink had tweeted about him having foreign accounts and hiding it.

Jibrin through his lawyers have asked Segalink to publicly apologise for the statement and pay a sum of N3,000,000,000 as damages, else they would be heading to court.

Segalink has also replied asking Mr Jibrin to bring it on, while also saying, he is not the originator of the story, but Nigerian newspapers. His tweets below...

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Nigeria and Vietnam agree on visa waiver

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, proposed a toast to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The vice president’s toast was proposed at a dinner organised in honour of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Prof. Vuong Hue.

Osinbajo, had earlier, at the Presidential Villa, received Hue and his team and witnessed the signing and exchange of the Memorandum of Understanding on waiver of visa requirements for holders of valid diplomatic and official passports.

The vice president, during the toast said that Hue was his long-lost brother as both of them were born in the same year and same month– March, 1957.


Osinbajo added that he and Hue were both lecturers and professors.

He said that Nigeria and Vietnam had maintained long standing diplomatic relations since 1976 but no high-level engagements.

“So, this visit is very significant because we will be looking at the possibility of setting up a bilateral commission between Vietnam and Nigeria so that we can concretise the existing areas of cooperation that we discussed earlier today.

“I am confident that we can build on the successes recorded in the past while we work on boosting cooperation in business, trade and investment and social and cultural relationship between both countries.

“We agreed on promoting a friendly football match between Vietnam and Nigeria.

“The Super Eagles and the Vietnamese national team and as well the female national team of Vietnam and our Super Falcons.

“First toast to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; long live the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; the next will be the Federal Republic of Nigeria, long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria,’’ he said.

In his response, Hue said that Nigeria and Vietnam had a lot of things in common.

He said that aside boosting economic and trade ties, there was need to enhance cultural relationship.

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Amnesty International Nigeria takes a swipe at the Government?

Well they listed the names of all these people believe to be in one prison or the other and asked Nigerians what they share in common. They got responses too...

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Supreme Court ruling: Atiku releases statement

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, criticised the verdict of the Supreme Court on the 2019 presidential elections on Wednesday.

Atiku, the main challenger to President Muhammadu Buhari at the election, said the top court has been hijacked by Mr Buhari’s dictatorial tendencies, even though he accepted its verdict. Read his full statement below...


Supreme Court Judgement, Part of our Democratic Challenges

It is said that the Supreme Court is not final because it is infallible, but that it is infallible because it is final. While I believe that only God is infallible everywhere, and only Nigerians are infallible in our democracy, I must accept that the judicial route I chose to take, as a democrat, has come to a conclusion.

Whether justice was done, is left to the Nigerian people to decide. As a democrat, I fought a good fight for the Nigerian people. I will keep on fighting for Nigeria and for democracy, and also for justice.

I thank all Nigerians who have stayed the course since the commencement of trial in the petition on the February 23 presidential election.

The judgement is part of democratic challenges we must face as a nation.

The Nigerian judiciary, just like every estate of our realm, has been sabotaged and undermined by an overreaching and dictatorial cabal, who have undone almost all the democratic progress the Peoples Democratic Party and its administrations nurtured for sixteen years, up until 2015.

Can Nigeria continue like this? Recently, former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, averred that Nigeria had rolled back the democratic gains she made in 2015. When democracy is rolled back, the economy, the society and the judiciary will not be far behind. Today, the nail has been put on the coffin and the gains we collectively made since 1999 are evaporating, and a requiem is at hand.

In a democracy, you need a strong judiciary, a free press and an impartial electoral umpire. Nigeria has none of those three elements as at today.

One man, one woman, one youth, one vote, should be the only way to make gains in a democracy. And when that is thwarted, the clock starts to tick.

Two and a half millennia ago, Sophocles said “If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: “Thou shalt not ration justice.” Nigeria will do well to observe this warning.

To those who think they have broken my spirit, I am sorry to disappoint you. I am too focused on Nigeria to think about myself. I gave up that luxury twenty years ago. The question is not if I am broken. The question is if Nigeria is whole?

This is not a time for too many words. It will suffice for me to remind Nigeria of this – we are an independent nation and we are the architects of our fate. If we do not build a free Nigeria, we may end up destroying her, and God forbid that that should be the case.

I was a democrat, I am a democrat, and I will always continue to be a democrat. May God bless Nigeria.

30th October 2019

Atiku Abubakar

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Naira Marley tells couple who are childless they are still SINGLE as long as they don't have kids

He made the shocking claim on his twitter page!

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Man beat fiancée to death at home after she confessed to cheating

A man bludgeoned his fiancée to death after finding out she was having an affair with a work colleague, a court heard.

Roderick Deakin-White, 38, is claimed to have murdered 35-year-old Amy Parsons, after the Australian secretary started seeing James Saunders, who worked with her at a City insurance firm.

Jurors heard the couple had been together for several years before Ms Parsons became unhappy with the Deakin-White's cross-dressing fetish.

After learning of Ms Parsons' affair with Mr Saunders, Deakin-White, who had admitted manslaughter, sent a flurry of angry messages to friends calling his love rival a 'bastard, creep, and bloody nobhead.'

He slammed the victim as a 'sneaky bitch' and a 'nasty, nasty person' in further texts before telling a friend he was going to do 'something stupid,' jurors heard.

Deakin-White allegedly decided 'if he couldn't have her no one can' after discovering love messages between Ms Parsons and Mr Saunders.

Ms Parsons was about to end their relationship when Deakin-White battered her to death in the shower, the court heard.

Police went to their upmarket apartment in Crowder Street, Whitechapel, and found Ms Parsons lying in a pool of her own blood in the bath inside the fifth-floor flat.

She was pronounced dead at the scene and a post-mortem exam revealed she had been struck several times with severe force.

The killer has admitted manslaughter but denies murder.

Deakin-White sat in the dock supported by his parents in the public gallery at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

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Denrele Edun releases new photos after a while

It's been long we saw him, so we think it's cool. Two more photos below...

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Taylor Swift to smash Michael Jackson’s AMA record with Artist Of The Decade win

Taylor Swift looks set to smash Michael Jackson’s all-time record for the most AMA wins as it's confirmed she'll receive the coveted Artist Of The Decade award at this year’s ceremony.

The 29-year-old has already picked up 23 American Music Awards during her career, with this award equalling the King of Pop’s tally of 24.

The announcement was made on the official AMA Twitter account, with the excited post reading: “She's won more #AMAs than anyone this decade… She's a five-time 2019 #AMAs nominee… AND she's performing at this year's #AMAs LIVE on Nov. 24… @taylorswift13 is our ARTIST OF THE DECADE”.

The ceremony will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on November 24 on American network ABC, with Taylor taking to the stage to perform a medley of her biggest hits from the last decade.

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World's oldest woman dies in Russia aged 123

A great-great grandmother in Russia, said to be the oldest woman in the world, has died aged 123.

Tanzilya Bisembeyeva, born two months before the coronation of tragic last tsar Nicholas II in 1896, had lived during three centuries, it is claimed.

She survived the Russian revolution, the tyranny of Stalin and the Soviet collapse through “optimism and hard work”.

She also drank kefir - fermented milk - and friends said she was over 100 before she went to see a doctor.


Nurgali Baitemirov, the senior official in her district in Astrakhan region, told Russian government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta: “She died peacefully, she was buried in the family cemetery. The whole village came to see her depart on her last journey.”

She was 53 when she had her first child, a son, by her second husband. She had two more sons, then 10 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Her claim to be the oldest woman in her country was recognised by the Russian Book of Records and evidently the Russian government.

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Ciara and her husband pay tribute to Beyonce and Jay Z with incredible Halloween costume

Singer Ciara has paid the ultimate tribute to Beyonce and Jay Z with her Halloween costume. Ciara and her husband Russell Wilson transformed themselves into music's biggest power couple.

They imitated the iconic video for Beyonce and Jay Z's track Apes**t.

In the video, Beyonce and Jay Z both wear silk trouser suits with a ton of bling and stand in front of the Mona Lisa - they even rented out the Louvre to pull this off.

Ciara, 34, and American football player Russell, 30, replicated the outfits perfectly, right down to the hairstyles.


But instead of the Mona Lisa, Ciara and Russell pose in front of a framed picture of former US president and first lady, Barack and Michelle Obama.

Ciara posted a photo on Twitter , and received a fantastic reaction from her fans.

One wrote: "Ya’ll not only win at Halloween but y’all win at life. HOW? LOOK AT YA’LL. I can’t. This is legendary. Wow."

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Court jails three Internet fraudsters in Ibadan

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday, sentenced three Internet fraudsters to jail.

The judge had found them guilty of the criminal charges preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The convicts, Jamal Ajao, Joel Olawale and Tobi Kehinde, were re-arraigned after approaching the commission for plea bargain.

Ajao and Olawale were jointly brought before the court on an amended charge of fraudulent impersonation contrary to Section 27(1) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015, and punishable under Section 22(4) of the same Act.


They pleaded guilty to the charge.

The counsel for the EFCC, Oyelakin Oyediran, thereafter prayed the court to sentence them according to the terms of the plea bargain agreement.

The judge sentenced to six months’ imprisonment each.

Kehinde, who was tried separately, was originally arraigned on June 28 on three counts bordering on possession of fraudulent documents, contrary to sections 6 and 8(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.

He later approached the commission for plea bargain.

Based on the plea bargain agreement, he was re-arraigned on October 7, 2019, on an amended charge of fraudulent impersonation, which he pleaded guilty to.

The presiding judge sentenced him to one year in prison on Wednesday.

Justice Abdulmalik ordered Kehinde to forfeit to the Federal Government his iPhone 6s Plus, a Nokia phone, an HP Laptop, a ZTE WiFi modem and an Itel phone.

Apart from their jail terms, the court also ordered Ajao and Joel to pay their victim, through the Federal Government, the sum of $800 in restitution.

They are also to forfeit all items recovered from them during the investigation.

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Airport worker returns Ondo accountant-general’s iPhones, N300,000

A worker of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two has been rewarded for finding and returning two iPhones, N300, 000, an iPad and other items belonging to a passenger.

The aviation security personnel, Babatunde Ajala, was said to have found a brown unaccompanied leather bag while on duty at the departure hall of the MMA2.

The owner of the bag, according to BASL was later identified as the Accountant-General of Ondo State, Mr Herbert Akindolire.


According to a statement by BASL, Ajala, had out of curiosity picked up the bag and after close examination, found N300,000, two iPhones, one iPad and some complementary cards.

 “Akindolire, who before this time was worried because he had searched everywhere for the bag, was elated on learning about the discovery. He extended his gratitude for the sincerity of the staff and the professional way the whole matter was handled by BASL security management team,” the firm said.

 The firm stated that in another development, another passenger who was scheduled to travel with an Abuja-bound Dana Air lost his phone at the airport.

BASL, however, stated that its security staff, Henry Akhile, found it by carrying out comprehensive CCTV playback.

The Head of Human Resources, BASL, Mr Ayoola Ajayi, said the two employees had proved to be worthy ambassadors for their display of maturity, sincerity and professionalism.

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Kenya Moore breaks silence on split from husband

Kenya Moore is setting the record straight about her surprising split from husband Marc Daly.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star, who shares 1-year-old daughter Brooklyn Doris with Daly, opens up for the first time about the breakup exclusively in this week’s issue of PEOPLE — saying that the two haven’t filed for divorce yet and she’s hopeful they can find a way back together, but only if she and her estranged spouse can work through their issues.

“I didn’t get married to quit,” Moore says. “I love my husband. I don’t doubt that he loves me. Let me be clear, I took my vows seriously. I believe in for better and for worse and I believe in trying it all before you walk away, especially when we do have a child and we are a family.”


Unfortunately, she “doesn’t get the sense that [Daly] feels the same way.”

“I am hopeful, and have always wanted to work on our relationship. But I just don’t know if that’s even a possibility at this point, honestly,” Moore admits. “Marc doesn’t seem to be there. I’d feel more comfortable calling it quits if I knew I’d tried everything and it still didn’t work. And we definitely didn’t do everything we could have done to save our relationship.”

Back in September, Moore, 48, and Daly, 49, shocked fans when they announced in back-to-back statements exclusively to PEOPLE that they were going their separate ways after two years of marriage.

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“Stop issuing drivers’ licence to drug addicts” – NURTW tells FRSC

National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has advised the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to stop issuing driver’s licence to drug addicts and motorists who consumed alcohol and other hard substances.

Alhaji Ahmadu Haruna, Chairman of the Union in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau, gave the advice on Wednesday at the launch of the 2019 Ember Months Campaign organised by the Bukuru Unit Command of FRSC in Barkin Ladi

According to Haruna, proper checks on the personality and lifestyle of drivers before issuing them with a driver’s license will go a long way in ensuring sanity on the highways.


He advised the corps to subject anybody coming to obtain a drivers license to thorough medical checks to ascertain their level of fitness to ply the highways with vehicles

“We want to call on FRSC to stop issuing driver’s license to drivers who consume alcohol and other hard drugs.

“These are the category of persons who don’t respect traffic rules and regulations; indulge in speeding, overloading and other forms of recklessness on the roads.

“We in NURTW don’t have the powers to arrest them or even stop them from driving, particularly that they have been licensed by the authority concerned.

“So, we are calling on FRSC to conduct proper checks before issuing a license to drivers,” he advised.

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Actor Cuba Gooding Jr charged with unlawfully touching third woman

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr, already facing a criminal case over accusations he touched a woman's breasts in a bar and pinched another's buttocks in a nightclub, has been charged in connection with a third woman, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Gooding is expected to appear in court Thursday and plead not guilty to the charges, according to his lawyer, Mark Heller.

The charges are not yet public, and a spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance declined to provide details. Heller said the charges stemming from the third accuser were "similar" to those involving the other two women, and that all are misdemeanors.

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First Lagos Military Governor, Mobolaji Johnson dies

Brigadier General Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, first Military Governor of Lagos State is dead.

His son, Deji, confirmed that the retired soldier passed on few hours ago.

Johnson was born on February 9, 1936 to the family of Joshua Motola Johnson and his wife, Gbemisola Johnson (née Dudley-Coker), his father was of Egba heritage and was a member of the Royal West African Frontier Force during World War II. His grandfather’s last name was previously Osholero but he changed it to Johnson after the priest who converted him to Christianity.

Johnson retired from the Nigerian Army in 1975 and went into private business. He has four children, three sons and a daughter.

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Supreme Court Judgement: Tinubu asks Atiku to join APC in nation building

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday urged the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to join hands with the ruling party in moving the nation more assuredly forward.

In a statement he personally signed on Supreme Court’s affirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, Tinubu commended PDP and Atiku for their tenacious pursuit of what was their legal remedies.

In statement entitled: “Presidential Election: Supreme Court Affirms Will of The People”, Tinubu also congratulated President Buhari and the APC on a well-deserved legal affirmation of a hard-won electoral victory.


“The rule of law conclusively affirmed the collective voice of the people by dismissing the petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and their presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

“The sun rose high in the Nigeria sky today to shine its light over the entire land.

“Atiku should now channel the energy and intellect deployed in the electoral and legal processes toward joining APC “to move this nation more rapidly and assuredly forward.”
“On February 23, the people tendered the foremost expression of their sovereign, democratic will by voting for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“This decision and this day will be recorded as important milestones on Nigeria’s inseparable march toward perfecting democracy and the rule of law across our land,” he said.

The APC national leader commended the Supreme Court for its expeditious and highly competent treatment of this important matter.

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hilarious photos: New Brit couple fight dirty in front of stunned plane passengers

A British man and woman grappled on the floor and punched each other in front of horrified onlookers on an airport shuttle bus.

The pair - believed to be a new couple - broke into a fight at around 10pm on Saturday after landing in Alicante as other passengers shouted 'oi, stop'.

Shocking video footage captured the incident, showing the woman hitting the man sat on the floor.

After the Ryanair passengers broke up the fight, things kicked off minutes later - and the man proceeded to punch her in the head.


Onlookers say the woman repeatedly called the man "such a b * d" while the man is thought to have called the woman a "psycho b***h".

Sources suggest the pair were separated but were locked on the shuttle bus outside the terminal while waiting for police to arrive.

The man was reported as getting off the bus as soon as the doors opened, with one source claiming to have seen him sat on a bench in Arrivals.

One stunned eyewitness said the woman told her she and the man were on holiday together to Alicante, Spain - despite being in a "very fresh relationship".

The passenger, who was also on the Ryanair flight from Birmingham, described the brutal fight as "shocking and mortifying".

She admitted that she "found the thing hilarious" and "embarrassing" - adding: "I just thought to myself - 'oh, he we go, typical Brits abroad'.

 

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Singer Ricky Martin welcomes 4th child with his husband

Ricky Martin has welcomed his forth child with his husband Jwan Yosef. The couple took to Instagram to reveal the birth of their baby boy.

They also revealed they had named him Renn.

Sharing a beautiful picture of them holding him wrapped in a blanket, singer and actor Ricky said: "Nuestro hijo Renn Martin-Yosef ha nacido", which translates as "Our son Renn Martin-Yosef is born"

Ricky and Jwan are already parents to twins Valentino and Matteo, 11, and daughter Lucia, who was born last year.

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4 years after murder, court remands suspected killers of MC Oluomo’s aide

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on Tuesday, remanded two men, Ayuba Balogun and Evans Adamson, in prison custody over alleged possession of firearms and murder of one Olayinka Mamora.

Mamora (a.k.a Momok) until his death in 2015, was an aide to the then Lagos State Treasurer of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (a.k.a MC Oluomo).

Akinsanya is now the NURTW State Chairman.


The assailants, 10 in number, rode on motorcycles to Mosaku Street in Oshodi and shot Mamora in the head.

The late Mamok, 46, said to be a relative Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora was survived by an aged mother, wife and child.

The deceased was killed inside a barbing saloon while shaving his hair.

The saloon is three houses away from the deceased’s residence.

According to an eyewitness, the assailants after killing Mamok, dragged his lifeless body outside and put it on top of his ash-colored Honda saloon car.

One of them said: “The assailants’ gunshots made residents and passers-by scampered in different directions for safety. Those guys, who killed Mamok after satisfying themselves that he was dead, left on their motorcycles immediately,” he said.

At the court yesterday, Magistrate B.I. Bakare ordered the remand of the defendants – Balogun and Adamson – for the next 30 days, pursuant to Section 264 (1), (2) (3) (4) and (60 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos state 2015 and Section 35 (1) 9c) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

The prosecutor, Mr Morufu Animashaun, informed the court that the defendants were brought on a remand warrant application charge, dated October 28.

He prayed the court to remand the duo in prison custody pending the issuance of legal advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).

Animashaun further informed the court that the defendants and others still at large on September 30, 2015, at about 7:30pm, mobilised themselves and invaded a barbing saloon, along Mosaku Street, Oshodi Lagos, shot and killed one Olayinka Mamora.

He said that they shot Mamora with a gun and left him in a pool of blood.

The case has been adjourned till December 3.

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Khloe shuns Caitlyn Jenner's 70th birthday party as Kim, other sisters attend

Caitlyn Jenner was surrounded by a group of her family members yesterdayat her 70th birthday dinner.

The transgender former Olympian was joined by her daughters Kylie and Kendall Jenner, son Brandon Jenner and stepdaughters Kourtney and Kim Kardashian.

Kourtney, Kim and Kendall filmed the occasion for Insta Stories - but the footage noticeably did not include Khloe Kardashian or Brandon's brother Brody Jenner.

The birthday girl looked the picture of happiness while settling down to her cake, seated between Kylie, 22, and Brandon, 38.


Khloe and Caitlyn have had an infamously strained relationship since the publication of the latter's memoir, which included an unflattering depiction of Kris.

When the rift initially occurred, all three Kardashian sisters closed ranks around Kris against Caitlyn, but Kim and Kourtney appear to have put the matter aside.

A Us Weekly source also claim Caitlyn withdrew from a public engagement at a Seminole casino in Florida last week because Khloe would be there.

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