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Three children have died of drowning while two others have gone missing in a devastating flood following three days of downpour that wrecked havoc at Okpoko in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. The flood also damaged at least 10 buildings in the area and properties worth over N100 million were lost. A resident of the area, Mr. Christian Aguchi said yesterday that the two missing kids had not been seen by their parents as their homes were among the buildings that were swept away by the flood, Vanguard reports.  "The three children drowned in the flood when it flowed into their residences. As we speak, two other children have not been seen by their parents. Even now that the rain has subsided, there are still floods flowing on some streets and one wonders where they are coming from. While urging the state." Mr Aguchi said.

Former US President Barack Obama and his former Vice President Joe Biden caused a stir on Monday when they visited a Washington, DC, bakery for lunch. The pair, whose bromance has always been a topic of conversation, spent about 45 minutes at Dog Tag Bakery in Georgetown, which runs a fellowship program for veterans. As Obama and Biden grabbed a bite to eat, they used the opportunity to meet the veterans. They took selfies with them and talked to them about their future business plans for about 20 to 30 minutes. "It was a pretty quick drop by, and they had lunch with us today," Dog Tag Inc.'s program director Claire Witko told local outlet WTOP. The bakery shared a video from the visit to its Facebook page. Another video shows Obama and Biden exiting the bakery and they were greeted with cheers as soon as they stepped out of the door. Watch the videos below.

Pop queen,  Beyoncé , 36 has reportedly been given 'unprecedented control' by  Vogue  editor-in-chief  Anna Wintour  over the September Issue Cover It was also claimed that the music icon has hired the first black photographer to shoot a cover, meaning it will be the very first time in its 126-year-history that a black photographer will shoot its cover. Two sources who are familiar with the agreement between Vogue and Beyoncé but aren’t authorized to speak to the press, were quoted on HuffingtonPost, as saying that 'The publication is contractually obligated to give Beyoncé full control over the cover, the photos of her inside the magazine and the captions, which she has written herself and are in long-form.' One of the insiders also disclosed that Beyonce has hired  Tyler Mitchell , who will be the first black photographer to shoot a cover in the publication’s 126-year history.   'The reason a 23-year-old black photographer is ph...

A rich divorcee accused her younger Romanian lover of scamming her of £500,000 but he insists they were in love and the hefty sum of cash was a gift. Christiane Shellard, 66, said she loaned Cristian Mihalea, 29, money to help him turn his life around, and instead he blew it on online gambling and fancy watches. Ms Shellard, from Surrey, says she was a "naive fool" to be duped by Mr Mihalea, who left her "completely unfulfilled" sexually after the pair met at a restaurant in 2016. But Mr Mihalea denies conning her. He says they were in love and the money she gave him was a gift. He added that he was heartbroken when Ms Shellard replaced him with a younger model. Ms Shellard is taking Mr Mihalea to court in an attempt to win back the £500,000. She told The Sun: I was a naive fool but I was smitten. I was recently divorced from my husband of 38 years. I was flattered with a boyfriend 37 years my junior on my arm. I was vu...

The first  son of the late Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor of Osun State, Mrs Olufunke  Kolawole, Tolulope Kolawole, has committed suicide. According to Punch, the 32-year-old married man ended his life in his apartment on Thursday last week at Halleluya Estate in Osogbo. He was said to have been frustrated as eveything wasn't working for him and he was unable to fend for himself. According to his neighbors, Tolulope had always complained bitterly about the downturn in his farm and also how life has been terrible for him since the passing of his parents. His mother, Olufunke  Kolawole, was abducted on her way to Abuja on an official assignment and eventually killed in Kogi State last year. A resident of the area, who identified himself as Remi Taiwo, said the deceased had confided in one of his friends residing in Ibadan, Oyo State, about how rough things were for him and that his wife had complain...

Yesterday, Iranian President  Hassan Rouhani  warned the United States that it could shut down international oil shipments in the strategic Strait of Hormuz if Washington continued to provoke Tehran. "We have always guaranteed the security of this strait. Do not play with the lion's tail; you will regret it forever" Rouhani told diplomats in the Iranian capital. The Iranian president has previously threatened to close the strait in response to US President Donald Trump's threat to stop Iranian oil exports through the waterway. The strait is one of the world's most important maritime trade routes and connects the oil-rich Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean. However, President Trump wasn't going to be threatened and he responded with a very stern warning to Iran never to threaten the United States again,

The mother of two shared these photos of herself flaunting her curvaceous curves in a strapless velvet swimsuit. See more photos below.

  Park Geun-hye, the South Korean former President who was jailed for 24 years for corruption, has been slammed with an additional eight-year jail term for receiving bribe from the country’s National Intelligence Service (NIS). A Seoul Central District Court gave the verdict on Friday after a separate trial on the allegation that she received bribe from the NIS and unlawfully intervened in 2016 selection of a parliamentary candidate for her party.   Geun-Hye was sentenced to six years for taking ?3.3billion ($2.9 million) from NIS, and two years for the electoral offence. The terms are to be served consecutively. On April 6, she was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for abuse of power, bribery and coercion.   This implies that the ex-President will now be serving 32 years in jail. "The accused received some ?3billion over three years from the three NIS chiefs," the presiding judge said. "Through this crime, the accused incurred a considerable amount of los...

Princess Love just shared a video showing her 2-month-old daughter, Melody, saying "I love you" twice! Well, sone followers are certain it's just a coincidence but it legit sounds like "I love you" Watch the video below and decide.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerian women to get more involved in political activities, saying from his experience, female politicians are more trustworthy than their male counterparts.     Obasanjo, who spoke at a retreat in support of women’s participation in government, political processes and the work place organized by the Initiative for Information, Arts and Culture Development in Nigeria in conjunction with the American Corner, Ibadan, cited the number of men who were prosecuted for several corrupt cases compared to women, and other factors as evidence of his assertion.   In the keynote address, Obasanjo said women’s contributions to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) were higher.  “No nation will become great when half of her population ends up only in the kitchen and ‘the other room’, or get disproportionately discriminated against in the higher echelon of corporate management and in governance.”    He c...

A woman took an unplanned bathroom break at Chick-Fil-A and ended up delivering her baby there in the restaurant's restroom. Falon Griffin began having contractions on Tuesday. She and her husband Robert Griffin made a stop on their way to San Antonio, Texas’ University Hospital to meet up with a family friend at a local Chick-Fil-A store so they could drop off their two older daughters with them before going to deliver their baby. As they stopped, Falon realized she needed to use the bathroom. It was after 10 p.m. at the time and Chick-Fil-A was closed but the couple banged on the windows to try and get the staff’s attention because Falon didn’t feel like she could wait until they got to the hospital. Falon was allowed inside while her husband waved goodbye to the kids. Afterward, Robert went inside the store and was told by the manager that his wife was “screaming” in the restroom, only for him to learn that she was in the process of giving birth. Writing about it in a...