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JOHANNESBURG - Struggle stalwart  Winnie Madikizela-Mandela  has passed away at the age of 81. The Mandela family issued a statement on Monday, stating, "It is with profound sadness that we inform the public that Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passed away at the Netcare Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday 2 April 2018. "She died after a long illness, for which she had been in and out of the hospital since the start of the year. She succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones. "Mrs Madikizela-Mandela was one of the greatest icons of the struggle against Apartheid. She fought valiantly against the Apartheid state and sacrificed her life for the freedom of the country. Her activism and resistance to Apartheid landed her in jail on numerous occasions, eventually causing her banishment to the small town of Brandfort in the then Orange Free State. "She kept the memory of her impriso...

Teddy A’s babymama has shared more photos of him and their son together. She shared the photos showering praises on Teddy A. The Dallas based Mauritanian Teddy A is such a good man, father and also her partner in crime – the beauty shared lovely photos of him with their son and wrote; I dedicate this post to the father of my son @iamteddya my friend my partner in crime, he’s an incredible man. A beautiful man, in mind and body, creative, talented, loving, intelligent, strong, focused, pensive , passionate, thoughtful, disciplined, calm man. He is a wonderful father who cares deeply about his fathering. He knows how important he is to his son, and the influence he has and will have on his life, and he reflects that in their relationship and their interaction. The first time he saw Jaiden he couldn’t help himself, he was holding him all night, I have to tell him Omo don’t spoil my pikin oo lol, he’s one in a billion😊 and I also thank all he’s fans y’all awesome🙌🏽...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for an Easter mass led by Pope Francis, who on the previous night, baptized eight people, including a Nigerian man known in Italy as the “migrant hero.” 31 year old Nigerian man, John Francesco Ogah, was named a hero after he intercepted another man attempting to rob a supermarket in Rome’s Centocelle neighbourhood on Sept. 26, 2017. Ogah who was at the time an illegal immigrant, had been begging for spare change outside the Carrefour market when a masked thief, armed with a meat cleaver, tried to steal 400 euros from the cashiers at the market. Pope Francis baptizes Nigerian beggar turned hero, John Francesco Ogah (photos) With nothing more than his bare hands, Ogah confronted the thief, wrested the cleaver away from him and then held him by the collar until police arrived. Scared that he would be arrested for not having legal papers, Ogah fled the scene of the attack. Using surveillance cameras at the...

John Okon, the owner of Collabor Hotel, an inn on Ige Street, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, has been arrested along with the hotel manager, Emmanuel Thomas, for allegedly hosting underage sex workers in the facility. It was gathered that operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, acting on intelligence, busted the hotel on Saturday, March 10, 2018, and caught a 15-year-old primary school leaver allegedly engaging in prostitution. The girl was said to have been brought from her village in the eastern part of the country by one Monica Ita, a few weeks ago, on the pretext that she (Ita) would get her a good job. Oone Destiny Bassey, 19, and 18-year-old Bright Effiong, who was said to have been at the inn for three years, were also picked up by the operatives. The hotel operators admitted to providing service for the sex workers, except the 15-year-old girl. The hotel manager, Thomas, said, “It is true that we provide rooms for sex workers where men visit them. We collect N...

A yet to be identified young man reportedly killed a dolphin at Ibeno local government in Akwa Ibom State. The photos were shared by a Facebook user. See photos below... A few weeks back, a hunter had reportedly gunned down a huge elephant at janiyi camp, idanre, ondo state and posed with the animal’s carcass in the pictures. It was gathered that the animal has been causing menace in the community, destroying the crops planted in the farmlands. Nigerians were still not convinced that was enough reason to get rid of the animal though as most had said the animal should have been taken to a wildlife reserve to be catered for..