AAU student dies shortly after being released from EFCC custody

A 22-year-old student of Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, Edo state, has died shortly after his release after spending two months in EFCC custody.



Austin Isaiah was allegedly arrested for something he "knew nothing about". He was held for two months before being released after he fell sick in custody, friends allege on Facebook.







Upon his release, he died on Monday, July 22, due to ill health.



Friends have taken to Facebook to mourn him while calling out EFCC for his "wrongful arrest".

17 year old killed in South Africa was not a xenophobic attack- Nigerian Citizens Association says

The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa has said that the attack on 17-year-old Dennis Chinonso Obiaju Okoroji and his friend in Johannesburg on Saturday July 20th, was not a xenophobic attack but a criminal attack.



Chairman of NCA South Africa, Benjamin Okoli, stated this in an interview with Channels TV. Okoli said preliminary investigations shows that the Okoroji was killed by armed robbers and not by angry South Africans.




This is not a xenophobic attack. This i purely criminality. The young boy was robbed and was shot whilst trying to escape''



Okoroji who lived with his guardian, Mr Mike Nsofor, in Rooderpt, Johannesburg, was said to have gone to a shop to buy an item with a friend when they were both chased by a yet-to-be identified person who opened fire on them. Obiaju died instantly.



His friend, Goodhope Oosthuizen, who was also with him when the attack occured, said the robbers first fired gunshots at him. He said the robbers fired gunshots at Okoroji after he picked up a stone and threw at them.

Rihanna reacts in shock as she comes across viral photo of a little girl who looks just like her

Everyone is believed to have a doppelganger somewhere and Rihanna just found hers.



A photo of a little girl who bears a shocking resemblance to the singer is going viral and a number of celebrities are awed by the resemblance.



Tyra Banks shared the photo of the girl and expressed her shock at the resemblance.







Riri also shared the photo and said it made her almost drop her phone.

Gabrielle Union and daughter Kaavia James look regal in African Print

Gabrielle Union seems to love to dress her adorable daughter in African prints.



Most recent photos of 8-month-old Kaavia James Union Wade shows her clad in a dress made from Ankara and a scarf to match



In this recent photo, her mother also donned a swimsuit and scarf made from African prints.

Corps member serving at Leadership newspaper shot during Shi'ites protest

A youth Corps member serving with the Leadership Newspaper in Abuja, was hit by a stray bullet on his chest during the Shi'ites and Police clash in Abuja on Monday July 22nd.



According to the media house, Aliyu who works with its Hausa section, was on his way home when the bloody protest started. A stray bullet hit him on the chest. Thankfully he was rushed to the National Hospital Abuja where he is recuperating.



Narrating how it happened, Aliyu said


‘’I was on my way home in a taxi after close of work when I got hit by a stray bullet which brushed through my chest.I did not even know that I was shot until I started feeling heavy on my chest. Then I was rushed to the hospital, ’’ Aliyu told the newspaper.



A fellow journalist and Youth corper, Precious Owolabi who was serving at Channels TV, was however not lucky. He died after he sustained gunshot injuries in his stomach.

Emotional moment US Army National Guard Sgt surprised his mum at work after being away for a while (video)

The emotional moment a US Army National Guard Sgt surprised his mother at work, after just returning from an assignment abroad, has moved viewers.



In the viral video, the young man named Christopher Williams is seen dressed in his uniform as he walks towards the sightseeing trolley his mother drives in Savannah, Georgia. In the trailer sat his mother and the moment she saw him, she stood and ran towards him screaming, "My baby is home."



She hugged him and refused to let go, then kept planting kisses on his face.



Watch the video below.

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"I was deeply offended by the ignorant person saying the pilot was a woman" Freeze says in reaction to comments made after plane crash landed in Lagos

Michelle Williams shared a new photo of herself to mark turning 40.

The former member of the R&B group, Destiny's Child, looked exquisite in an elaborate multicolored dress.

Sharing the photo, she wrote: "Well honey #thisis40"