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Autopsy Shows CashApp Founder Consumed Alcohol, Cocaine Before His Murder

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

Autopsy result shared on Tuesday revealed that Cash App founder Bob Lee, who was stabbed to death in San Francisco in April, ingested alcohol, cocaine, and ketamine before he was killed. According to Bloomberg, the 43-year-old tech executive also had a compound that forms when alcohol and cocaine mix, called...

Nigerian Man Arrested For Drugs Peddling In India

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

A 45-year-old Nigerian man was arrested on Wednesday in Taloja, India, for allegedly possessing 116 grams of mephedrone worth ₹11.6 lakh. The accused, identified as Boniface Emenike, was residing in the Taloja area of the country without a valid passport or visa. According to police inspector Basit Sayyed from the...

Play For Power: itel Partners With Airtel and FrontRow Sports To Foster Peace and Unity Among Nigerians

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

Lagos, Nigeria- 3rd May 2023: itel, Africa’s foremost mobile technology brand and maker of smartphones, accessories, and electrical appliances has partnered with Airtel, FrontRow Sports and Entertainment Limited, and UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) to foster peace and unity among Nigerians using sports. Recognizing sports, especially football, as a great...

Suspected Missing Fisherman’s Flesh Found Inside Crocodiles

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

Human flesh remains found inside two crocodiles in a remote part of northern Queensland in Australia are suspected to be parts of a missing 65-year-old fisherman, Kevin Darmody. Darmody was fishing with friends by the Kennedy River in Rinyirru Lakefield National Park on Saturday afternoon when he suddenly disappeared, SkyNews...

I see my role as delivering hope for millions of people – Adesina

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says he sees his role as the Bank’s President as delivering hope for millions of people. Adesina made the remark while addressing Class of 2023 at Calvin University, Michigan, USA. He said: “In the past seven years, our work...

Coalition backs Tinubu, adopts Barau for Senate presidency

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

A northern youth group has tipped President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for a successful eight years in the Villa. The group, Coalition of North Eastern Youth Support Groups for APC, said at a briefing in Yola that it had chosen to adopt a ‘competent hand’, Senator Barau Jibrin, for Senate...

Food prices continue to rise in March- NBS

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said that prices of food items such as yam, beans and beef witnessed increases in March. This is contained in NBS Selected Food Prices Watch Report for March 2023 released in Abuja on Wednesday. The report said the average price of 1kg beef boneless...

Former Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder Arrested On Gun Charge

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

Former heavyweight boxing champion, Deontay Wilder, was on Tuesday arrested for possessing a gun following a routine traffic stop in Los Angeles. According to TMZ, Wilder was pulled over in Hollywood at around 1:15 a.m. after officers saif they observed that his Rolls-Royce had illegally tinted windows and an obstructed...

Mother Kills Five-year-old Son, Cooks, Eats Parts Of His Head

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

A 29-year-old mother, identified as Hanaa, killed her five-year-old son, Youssef, with a machete at their home in Egypt before boiling and eating parts of his head. Police arrested Hanaa after Youssef’s uncle found the boy’s body parts in buckets at the family house. According to the DailyMail on Tuesday,...

Ododo: The right ‘flower’ for the times

NewsDeskNgMay 3, 2023May 3, 20230

By Yabagi Mohammed One of the most diverse states in Nigeria today is Kogi State. Thank God for technology and media, many can attest to the fact that many tongues constitute the confluence state, a place that is a melting point for many who nature, conventions and other elements have...