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A Kogi state based blogger, Austin Okai, has been arrested and arraigned before a Magistrate court in the state for allegedly publishing defamatory reports about the state governor, Yahaya Bello. Okai who was arrested on Monday April 10th and transferred to Lokoja, the state capital, was yesterday arraigned in court on charges of circulating reports accusing the state governor of buying cars worth $12m for traditional rulers and commissioners, orchestrating rumors of the governor's death, and inciting the public against the stae governor.

At least seven people were killed on Tuesday afternoon, April 11 , in a fatal accident which occurred at the Enugu-Otukpo roundabout. It was gathered that a truck loaded with yam fell on a Volkswagen popularly known as Golf 3 killing all occupants including a child.

18-year-old South African, Ontlametse Phalatse, who suffered from Progeria, a rare genetic disorder which causes rapid premature aging, has passed away.

A Dubai Court last Sunday sentenced a Nigerian cleaner to one year in prison for nearly killing a man. The 29-year-old cleaner battered the victim’s head with a stick following a heated argument and caused him a haemorrhage in May 2016. The victim, whose nationality remained undisclosed in records, was taken to hospital where doctors performed urgent and life-saving surgery on him as he had suffered a haemorrhage.

The 50-year-old petty trader who was killed by a police officer attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos was buried on Tuesday, April 11th, after an autopsy was conducted on her corpse. Late Mrs Kudirat Adebayo was shot and killed as the officer reportedly was chasing suspected 'Yahoo boys' on April 5th near a railway line at Onipanu bus stop. It was gathered that the officer was trying to arrest the two men suspected to be internet fraudsters. As he argued with the suspects, one of them freed himself from the officer's grip and fled. The cop gave chase and then started shooting sporadically. More photos below...

CAF president Issa Hayatou, head of African football's ruling body for the last 29 years will today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, face his strongest opponent in the history of CAF presidential elections, Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar to see who will rule football on the continent for the next 4 years.

A 13yr old boy from Cincinnati has been charged as a juvenile with the murder of his 80-year-old grandfather, Fowler Agenbroad. The teen was being cared for by his grandpa after his mother and father both died of drug overdose and neighbours say they had an uneasy relationship.