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| Scene of the mad man and the pastor, at Oke-Ado, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday. Photo: Seye Adeniyi PEOPLE living at Oke-Ado area of Ibadan, Oyo State, as well as shop owners and automobile dealers along Molete road in the town, on Thursday, watched a drama involving a pastor and a mad man. The pastor, whose name is Timothy, according to an eyewitness, got to Ososami junctions of Oke-Ado around 5.20 p.m and went to meet the mentally-deranged man, popularly known as Tunde, who was sitting in front of a building in the area. According to Semiu, a shop owner around the spot of the incident, the pastor began to read the Bible on sighting the mad man, while he moved closer to him and laid the hand on his head. “At a point, there was a hot argument between the duo, which made the pastor to raise his voice as he was offering a deliverance prayer for Tunde, the mad man. The hot prayer lasted for over 15 minutes before another strange drama began...

Jos – A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, Mr. John Bare, his wife and child were, Wednesday, murdered by gunmen at Gwarim, Rim village. Baren, who until his death, was the Chairman of the party for Sharubutu Ward in the area was said to have be ambushed by suspected Fulani herdsmen as they returned from an outing about 3.30pm. The politician was said to have been on his way back from Riyom, where he attended a relation’s burial, when he and two members of his family met their untimely death. Member representing Riyom Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Daniel Dem, confirmed the killings, which he described as sad and uncalled for. He described the late politician as a committed party man, who worked hard to ...

David Cameron mistakenly left his eight-year-old daughter in a pub by herself and drove off without her, it was revealed on Sunday night.(JUNE 10, 2012) The British Prime Minister, who had been enjoying Sunday drinks with his family near Chequers, finally realised that his eldest daughter was missing when he arrived back at his official country residence. The Camerons had been drinking at the Plough Inn, in Buckinghamshire, with their three children and two other families . As they went to leave, Nancy went off to the toilet without informing them. The Prime Minister was driven back to Chequers, which is two miles from the pub, with protection officers in one car, while his wife Samantha drove their other children in another. Cameron presumed that Nancy was in the car with Samantha while she thought that their daughter had jumped in with the Prime Minister. A spokesman for the Prime Minister said that he was 'distraught' when he realised w...

Africa's women are increasingly taking center stage in Africa's politics, occupying positions of power across the 54-strong continent. Faces of eight women that have been shaping African politics in recent years.

A jilted bride has finally been granted a divorce from her cheating husband six months after her father caught him in the act with a waitress at their wedding reception. The unidentified German man apparently couldn’t wait to consummate the marriage and instead snuck away with a waitress for a quickie in the kitchen. He would have gotten away with it if his brand new father-in-law hadn’t come in for a quick snack, catching the two in a compromising position. The father immediately shut down the music and sent his quests home without telling them why.

A Chinese football fan died after going 11 nights without sleep as he tried to watch every single kick of the ball of Euro 2012. Jiang Xiaoshan, said to be supporting England and France in the tournament, died of exhaustion. Because of the time difference, he reportedly stayed up each night with friends and then went to work the following day. Following the Ireland versus Italy match, Sina.com said he went back to his Changsha home at 5am, took a shower, fell asleep and never woke up. Friends said the news of his death came as a shock, as he lived a ‘relatively healthy life’, and had played football for his university team just a couple of years before.

BYKINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — Investigations by Police detectives into the $620,000 oil subsidy bribe money collected by  Mr Farouk Lawan from oil magnate, Mr. Femi Otedola, have unearthed a wider financial scandal. It was gathered that oil marketers who were indicted in the report recently submitted to the government by the Aigboje Aig-Imoukuede-led panel that probed the fuel subsidy claims allegedly paid about $10 million as bribe to Lawan committee. Scam: Hon. Farouk Lawal seating before House Committee on Ethics and Privileges over $620 bribe Scam at National Assembly Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan. Vanguard gathered that while the Aig-Imoukuede-led panel uncovered fraudulent overpayments to many of the oil marketers to the tune of N422 billion, all the oil marketers in...