Author: niyidaram

Niyi is a senior data editor at NiyiDaram

Three men murdered two mentally disabled women to sell their corpses as ‘ghost brides’ for dead bachelors, police have alleged.One of the men posed as a matchmaker for the women but killed them with an injection of drugs before taking them hundreds of miles to face a grim burial.“Ghost weddings” date back almost 3,000 years, and involve elderly bachelors being given “brides” to be buried with when they die.Families in rural China consider it bad luck for a single man to pass into the afterlife without a female companion at his side.And despite efforts by Beijing to clamp down on…

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Nicki Minaj’s brother has four days to consider his plea in his child sex abuse case.Jelani Maraj, who was charged in December with raping a 12-year-old girl multiple times, faces 15 years to life in prison, Miriam Sholder of the Nassau County District Attorney’s office told the Daily News.The case adjourned in a Long Island court on Thursday and is scheduled to resume on Monday.The alleged victim was “someone Maraj had access to,” a source close to the case previously told the Daily News.The 37-year-old was arraigned Dec. 3 on a first-degree rape charge and freed  on $100,000 bail.Maraj’s younger…

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Popular on air personality Ifedayo Olarinde, better known as Freeze, has been reportedly fired by Cool FM.Reports say it was a result of his last controversial post where he shared a photo cuddling Basketmouth’s wife whom he referred to as an old family friend.Everyone has heard the story that they dated back in the days.Basketmouth who didn’t react publicly was reportedly instrumental to his sack and at the moment, Freeze is begging his employers to reconsider.He has since deleted the post about Basketmouth’s wife as well. See the photo here if you missed it.

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Wonder what Kanye is up to this time, lol. Especially after it was revealed that he has 4 minutes to do whatever he wanted at the upcoming MTV VMAs. Kendall Jenner and Kim K shared these photos on their Snapchat accounts. They are wax figures of Kanye West, Kim K, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, Amber Rose, Donald Trump, Bill Cosby etc, from his Famous album, all naked in a bed. More photos after the cut…A video posted by Kardashians & Jenners 👑 (@allthingskuwtkj) on Aug 26, 2016 at 10:31pm PDT

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Drake sure knows how to make a statement and impress his woman.Check out the giant billboard he bought to congratulate Rihanna ahead of 2016 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (Aug. 28), where she will be honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard AwardThe billboard reads:”Congratulations to Rihanna from Drake and Everyone at OVO.”The gesture didn’t go unnoticed by Rihanna. She replied on Instagram saying:”When he extra,”Rumors have been swirling that the two music stars are secretly dating, which would explain why Drake would go to so much effort to congratulate the singer.Drake, meanwhile, has multiple VMA nods for his…

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Senator Stella Oduah, representing Anambra North Senatorial District, on Friday lost her son after a brief illness in a private hospital in AbujaUnconfirmed reports say the deceased, whose name had yet to be known as of the time of filing this report, was 28 and that he died in the early hours of Friday.Oduah, who was a Minister of Aviation in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, sounded distressed on the phone when Punch contacted her on Friday afternoon.In a barely audible voice, she confirmed the report, saying her son died after a brief illness.One of Oduah’s colleagues, Senator Uche Ekwunife,…

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Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski sold the silver medal he won at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to help pay for the medication of a 3-year-old boy suffering from eye cancer.Malachowski wrote, according to Facebook’s translation: “In Rio I fought for gold,” “Today, I appeal to everyone — let’s fight together about something that is even more precious. The health of this fantastic boy.”According to Malachowski, the procedure to treat the rare form of cancer isn’t available in Poland; it is offered only in New York.Malachowski said on Facebook that siblings Dominika and Sebastian Kulczyk,who are among the richest Poles, “declared…

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