Diego Maradona ‘arrested’ at airport after ex-girlfriend sued him for $9 million

Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona was reportedly arrested this week after his ex-girlfriend sued him for a $9 million pay-out.

Local media in Buenos Aires claimed the football legend was detained when he flew into the Argentinacapital from Mexico.

Maradona was returning to his homeland from Mexico where he is manager of club side Dorados de Sinaloa when he was reportedly confronted and then issued formal notice of the proceedings against him from Rocio Oliva.

It was also reported that Maradona was spoken to regarding a court action filed by his former partner Rocio Oliva, who he dated for six-year before they broke up in December last year.

Chinese engineering student in the U.S.found guilty of using fake iPhones to defraud Apple of 1,500 devices

Over the period of two years, a Chinese national in US sent devices that looked like iPhones to Apple, saying they wouldn’t turn on and should be replaced under warranty.

According to police reports, he didn’t just submit a couple of the devices, he delivered in person or shipped to Apple around 3,000 of them. Apple responded by sending almost 1,500 replacement iPhones, each with an approximate resale value of $600, but the devices that Quan Jiang sent Apple were fake.  

Jiang, 30, a former engineering student at a community college in Albany, Oregon, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to trafficking in counterfeit goods, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Portland announced. The presence of fake iPhones and other high-tech gadgets has become an issue in global resale markets, with some counterfeit versions operating so well it’s hard for users to tell the difference between them and the genuine products.

'‘Thank you for not converting me to Islam'' - Rotimi Amaechi tells President Buhari

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Wednesday jokingly thanked President Buhari for not converting him to Islam, saying he has been attacked severally for associating with a President who many assumed was planning to Islamize Nigeria.

Amaechi said this at the valedictory Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House Abuja yesterday Wednesday, May 22nd.

The former Rivers state governor narrated how he was almost chased out of Christ the King Catholic Church in 2014 for supporting the president, who they alleged was trying to Islamise the country.

“Mr President, let me thank you for not converting me to Islam. I say that specifically because in 2014 when I walked into Christ the King Catholic Church, I was literally chased out of the church as a governor because I was accused of supporting a man whose agenda was to Islamise Nigeria.

And in Rivers state they began to call me `Alhaji Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’. I thank you because they have dropped the `Alhaji’ and back to Mr Chibuike Amaechi,’’ he said.

Amaechi said some persons initially thought that the president would be an autocratic leader only for him to turn out to be an “extreme democrat’’.

“I was told in the course of the campaign that you were autocratic and therefore you would not be democratic. Most of us are not happy that you have moved from your autocratic nature to an extreme democrat that everything puts to test of the people, to the extent that the people now feel that the only way things can go on in this country is by the rule of law.

“We all know that the rule of law is the beginning and the end of this government. Talking about the financial impunity that we saw before, people were making money without having any productive capacity for that’’ he said

Literary critic, Ikhide Ikheloa slams Reno Omokri for his insensitive comment following the death of renowned Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina

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]Nigerian literary critic Ikhide Ikheloa, popularly known as Pa Ikhide, has slammed Reno Omokri for the insensitive comment he made following the death of renowned Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina at the age of 48.

Wainaina passed away on Tuesday night at a Nairobi hospital. Shortly after his death was announced,  Reno took to Twitter to say his death should be a lesson that being LGBTQ is a risky lifestyle and leaves people susceptible to HIV/AIDS.

His comment came at a time when friends and family members of Wainaina were grieving and a number of people called him out for his wrong timing and insensitivity.

Pa Ikhide also blasted him on Facebook, writing: "Reno Omokri, you are despicable, and for this I am #BLOCKING you."

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The little madam in the photo is so cute!

Tonto Dikeh shades her ex-husband as she shares photoshopped image of her getting married to Bobrisky

Tonto Dikeh has thrown a jab at her ex-husband again.

The mother-of-one shared a photoshopped image of her getting married to Bobrisky then included a caption that mocked her ex-husband, Olakunle Oladunni Churchill.

"The wedding I didn't pay for," the caption reads in part, adding, "Bob with you atleast I know say I no go spend one naria to marry you!!! #Mymoneysaved"

Recall that Tonto Dikeh revealed that she was the one who sponsored her wedding to Churchill and paid for everything down to her groom's shoes. Churchill, while reacting to this, said what they had wasn't exactly a wedding but a traditional introduction to make things official since Tonto was already pregnant. But he didn't deny that she paid for it.

Nipsey Hussle’s alleged killer Eric Holder indicted by grand jury on murder charges, faces life in prison

Slain rapper, Nipsey Hussle’s alleged killer Eric Holder has been indicted by a grand jury on murder charges.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced the arraignment this week, explaining Holder was indicted on May 9 on one count of murder, two counts each of attempted murder and assault with a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

“The indictment, which was unsealed today, also includes allegations that Holder personally used a handgun and caused great bodily injury and death,” the news release read.

Holder had already been charged on April 8, but the indictment will allow the case to skip a preliminary hearing and head straight to trial. If convicted, Holder could face a maximum sentence of life in state prison.

Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad dragged to court over alleged age falsification

Tochi Michael, a 46-year-old businessman has dragged Justice Tanko Muhammad, the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court over alleged age falsification.

According to reports, in the originating summons with suit No. FCT/HC/BW/CV/79/2019, filed before the court in April, the petitioner alleged that the CJN deliberately falsified his date of birth.

Michael alleged that the acting CJN falsified his date of birth from December 31, 1950 as contained in all his official records, including that of WAEC, to December 31, 1953 upon his appointment as a judicial officer.