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The life of a 300 - level student of Caleb University , Imota , Lagos State , Morrison Akinbule , has been allegedly brought to a tragic end in a circumstance involving his lover , identified simply as Chidinma . Chidinma has been arrested and is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba , for Akinbule ’s death, which occurred on Sunday. PUNCH Metro learnt that the duo started a romantic relationship three years ago and had a child together . They did not marry . It was gathered that Chidinma had visited Akinbule at his mother ’s house in the Gbagada area of the state around 9 pm on Saturday to pass the night. It was said they had a misunderstanding at night which resulted in a fight , during which Chidinma allegedly hit Akinbule ’s head on the wall . Akinbule ’s elder sister , who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday , said Chidinma had yet to disclose what caused the argument which led to her brother’ s death. The...

Hugh Hefner, the silk pyjamas-wearing founder of Playboy who helped steer nudity into the American mainstream, died Wednesday, the magazine announced. He was 91 years old. Hefner, who in 1953 founded a trailblazing brand that would help usher in the 20th century’s shifting attitude towards sexuality, died of natural causes in his Beverly Hills home — the famed Playboy Mansion — according to a statement from Playboy Enterprises. The consummate playboy outlived both the sexual revolution he fought for but also some of the famous buxom pin-ups to grace his groundbreaking magazine’s centre-fold. A self-proclaimed master of marketing, Hefner’s skill for self-promotion made it impossible to untangle his image from his empire. “My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights and sexual freedom,” his son Cooper Hefner,...