Author: Kelvin Funkeye

Newlyweds Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are the cover stars for Vogue’s March 2019 issue. The couple got married last September at a lower Manhattan courthouse after a twelve-week romance and a nearly ten-year friendship. They revealed to Vogue that they saved themselves for marriage. The couple said abstaining from sex till they were married was the perfect decision they ever made. Justin Bieber said that his religious beliefs were one of the reasons why he chose not…

It is hardly surprising that the Borno State Government has resorted to enlisting the services of local hunters to assist in the war against the Boko Haram Islamist insurgents. The recent trip of a delegation of Borno leaders to the Presidential Villa to cry for urgent help to contain the resurgence of terrorism showed a need for extra measures by all stakeholders. On Wednesday, January 30, 2019, Governor Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno State,…

Cambodian police say they have arrested two Romanians and three Nigerians after seizing nearly 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of methamphetamine from one of them as he prepared to board a flight to Hong Kong. Deputy National Police Chief Mok Chito said police on Wednesday found the drug, in a form known as crystal meth or ice, in a backpack belonging to Romanian Narcis-Manuel Olaru at the airport in Siem Reap in northeastern Cambodia. Olaru told…

The United States warned its citizens in Kenya on Monday that “credible information indicates Westerners may be targeted by extremists”. The warning comes just weeks after a deadly al-Shabab attack on an upmarket hotel in the capital, Nairobi, in which at least 21 people, including a US citizen, were shot dead. Sixteen Kenyans and a British citizen were also killed in the siege that lasted more than 19 hours.  The US embassy in Nairobi said…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday was set to deliver a State of the Union speech challenging Democrats to approve funding for his long-sought border wall, but stopping short of declaring a national emergency over it, at least for now. At 9 p.m. (0200 GMT Wednesday) before a joint session of Congress, Trump will likely stir contention with remarks on immigration policy, after his demand for $5.7 billion in wall funds triggered a historic 35-day partial…

 Former Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has accepted a one-year prison sentence for defrauding the Spanish state of 3.3 million euros ($3.77 million), a Spanish court filing showed on Tuesday, although the Portuguese will not serve any jail time. The filing said the tax ministry and Mourinho’s defense team had agreed to exchange the 12-month prison sentence with a daily fine of 250 euros for 24 months, equivalent to 182,500 euros, as under Spanish law…

Maize farming has been thrown into more confusion after the government indefinitely suspended importation of fertilisers to give itself more time to dismantle a cartel benefiting from the subsidy. The government’s decision caught many farmers off guard, as most were already tilling their land in anticipation of the fertilisers. This year’s planting season is set for March and April during the heavy rains season, especially in the North Rift region. Suspension of the subsidised fertiliser…

ABUJA (Reuters) – The Islamist militant group Boko Haram killed at least 60 people in the northeast Nigerian town of Rann on Monday, a day after it was abandoned by the military, Amnesty International and security sources said on Friday. The attack on Rann, home to a camp housing tens of thousands of people displaced by the Islamist insurgency, was one of the group’s bloodiest. It came two weeks after Boko Haram had overrun the…

A car bomb exploded at a shopping mall in Somalia’s capital on Monday, killing 11 people and wounding 10 in an attack that police said was probably carried out by Islamist group al Shabaab. The blast occurred in Mogadishu’s Hamarweyne district, a busy area with shops and restaurants. “Several dead people were removed from a wrecked building at the blast scene. So far death toll is 11 civilians and 10 others injured,” police officer Mohamed…

Celebrated Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim, has recently revealed when the doors of success opened up to her. The screen diva who was recently in an interview with Okay FM, a radio station in Ghana, talked about the particular event that opened doors for her into a successful career. She disclosed that after being called upon to host the highly coveted Glo CAF awards, the show had opened her up to many opportunities. Ibrahim said: “I…