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  The photo shows three men standing on each other’s shoulders to show the jaw-dropping size of the giant beast that hangs from a tree. No wonder it caused such a reaction — thousands of people from around the world rushed to locate where the massive creature was caught and who are those daredevils.

 An infuriated mob on Tuesday allegedly beat a secondary school dropout, simply identified as Chidozie and set him ablaze for stealing mobile phones at Iyang Edem by Mount Zion in Calabar, Cross River state capital.

 Why do people still go to this pastor? Controversial South African pastor Penuel Mnguni is at it again.

This is said to be the $30m home of  Africa’s richest man’s home, Dangote..According to Africa Cradle who were given access to,the mansion situated in Abuja is  Mr. Dangote has called this place home for a good twelve years, and he said he is selling the property because he has just completed a new piece of real estate in the United Kingdom.

Report from London said voting began at 41,000 polling stations across Britain early Thursday in a referendum on whether or not the country should leave the European Union (EU).

  Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) can investigate and prosecute the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, even as a sitting governor.

The House of Representatives says it will convene a public hearing as part of its investigations into an alleged sex scandal involving three of its members. The hearing will allow Nigerians weigh in on the matter and be transparently engaged in the investigations as promised by the House leadership, Nicholas Ossai, the chairman of the House Ethics Committee, said.

The All Progressives Congress has asked senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to face their legislative business and come to terms with the reality that they cannot determine how the Buhari administration fights corruption.

Kunle Adegoke, an attorney working with Muiz Banire (SAN), the debt recovery manager appointed by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria to help recover loans from the Silverbird Group, on Thursday lampooned Ben Murray-Bruce after the politician’s businesses failed to settle about N11 billion credit they obtained from Union Bank.

 At least 66 people were killed by lightning in India within 24 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Barr. Inibehe Effiong Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Peter Fayose, on Wednesday,  June 22nd 2016 in a press release issued on his behalf by his Chief Press Secretary disclosed that his 2014 gubernatorial election was substantially funded by one of the commercial banks in the country, Zenith Bank Plc. However, the bank according to Sahara Reporters has denied funding Fayose's election and has implicated Fayose for receiving "huge sums of money" from the Office of the National Security Adviser to prosecute his election.

  Founder and co-owner of Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, has expressed his resolve to remain composed in the wake of a nationwide shutdown of his business interests by Nigerian authorities on Thursday.

 The Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari on Wednesday demanded a full retraction of a widely-circulated material distributed by Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, in which he claimed to have uncovered how Mrs. Buhari was allegedly mentioned as having transferred funds to a convicted former U.S. lawmaker, Williams Jefferson.

Except there is a last-minutes change in plans, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) will take over the assets of three companies belonging to politician Ben Murray-Bruce and his brothers.

At least one person was injured Thursday at the Borno State government house when soldiers and police exchanged fire as they fought over food items distributed by the government to mark the Ramadan fast. The government has since Monday distributed large amounts of rice and Semovita to poor residents. On Thursday, thousands of people converged at the entrance of the government building in Maiduguri, forming an lengthy queue of men, women and the aged who hoped for either a 25kg bag of rice or Semovita, or both.

A SaharaReporters investigation into criminal activity in the United States by one Aisha Buhari confirms that the perpetrator is not the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari. SaharaReporters began its latest investigation following the circulation of reports that Mrs. Buhari—wife of President Muhammadu Buhari—was involved in a bribe scheme in 2002 in which she wired the sum of $170,000 to disgraced former US Congressman William Jefferson.

The Department of State Services has arrested a former Chief of Army Staff  Lt.  Gen.  Azubuike Ihejirika (retd.). Sources said Ihejirika was arrested on Tuesday night at his Maitama, Abuja residence.