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   Details have emerged on how a male school drop-out in his late 20s allegedly poured fuel on an official of the Department of State Services, DSS, and set him ablaze at Oghara, Delta State. The victim, Andrew Maduku, 43, and father of four, is an indigene of Oghara attached to the DSS office, Bayelsa State and was said to have died as a result of 86 degree burns sustained from the attack. Recounting how the incident occurred, brother to the victim, Felix Maduku, said: “My brother’s assailant doused him in fuel and set him on fire for scolding the suspect, who had pointed rays from a torch light on his (Andrew) face as he walked home. “Refusing to put off the torch, my brother walked up to the suspect, and slapped him leading to a fight involving my brother and his assailant, who was accompanied by his friends.” Speaking further, he said: “Like every law abiding citizen, my brother reported the matter at the Oghara police station and was accompanied by some policemen...

Call it mere ‘infatuation’ or “social media madness”, you may not be wrong. But the truth is that American rapper, Curtis James Jackson a.k.a 50 Cent has been caught crushing openly on the charming Nigerian songstress, Ada Jane Okwori popularly known as Imelda J. The New York-based rapper cum businessman publicly confessed his love for the Nigerian Afro pop star on his Instagram page when he responded to her comment on his page to the consternations of his ten million followers. “I love you back @imeldajmusic”, 50 Cent said with ecstasy. Basking in the euphoria of new found love, Imelda J in return posted on her Instagram and Facebook pages that she admires the American rapper a lot. “People, @50 Cent just made my day. I’m blushing right now. He is a legend with a large heart. He is so humble and talented. That’s why I will respect him for life. I admire him a lot. Plenty kisses up in the air for you. You are very humble”, Imelda J screamed. Before now, the award-winning sin...

The Federal Government has finally removed subsidy from sale of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol with immediate effect. NNPC sources this afternoon said marketers are now free to bring in cargoes and sell, subject to meeting standard quality control. It however added that a benchmark of N145 per litre, as a recommended pump price, at which any trader, irrespective of the source of foreign exchange used to import cargo is guaranteed adequate profit.

 ​ —Incensed by reports attributed to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State that his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would return to power at the centre in 2019, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it would not react to such “idle postulations.” In a statement issued in Abuja, yesterday, National Secretary of the party, Mai Mala Buni, said the governor’s utterances were a failed ploy to divert attention from the series of politically-motivated killings in the state. “The national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in reacting to the idle 2019 postulations of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, caution security agencies and Nigerians not to be hoodwinked by this latest ploy to deflect attention from the continued and increased spate of mass killings and violence in the state. “In monitored media reports, Nyesom Wike stated in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Tuesday, that the PDP is currently being re-organised to takeover the seat of po...