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FIRE guts London’s iconic KOKO nightclub (photos)

A fire started  last night at London’s KOKO club, a landmark of the city’s nightlife, but has been  controlled by the London Fire Brigade. The fire started shortly before 9PM GMT at the Camden venue, the London Fire Brigade said. ...

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New Year: Tinubu heads to State House to greet President Buhari (photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari today met behind closed doors with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the State House. Although the subject of the discussion of the meeting was not disclosed, Asiwaju Tinubu told ...

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Police officers arrested for brutalizing a civilian in Enugu state

Enugu State Police Command has paraded three of its officers who were caught brutalising a civilian identified as Mr Justice Obasi in a viral social media video. It was learnt that the incident which took place on January 4 along ...

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Lagos ‘forcefully’ takes ailing 14-day-old baby from Jehovah Witness parents after they refused her Blood transfusion

Way forward! The Lagos State Government, through the Office of the Public Defender (OPD), has recovered a severely jaundiced 14-day-old baby whose parents denied her life-saving blood transfusion on religious grounds. The baby girl (name withheld) was delivered prematurely at ...

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Saraki secures injunction stopping further demolition

The Saraki family says that it has secured an ex parte injunction restraining the Kwara State Government, the state House of Assembly and their agencies from further demolition of Ile Arugbo. One of the family’s lawyer, Abdulazeez Ibrahim, disclosed this ...

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Police confirm arrest of kidnap gang in Abia state

The Abia police command has confirmed the arrest of a kidnap gang comprising five men, who are in connection with the alleged abduction of a boy from Umuoba, the headquarters of Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state. ...

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Uproar as policeman allegedly kills corps member, two others in Bayelsa

Yenagoa, Bayelsa State boiled on Monday as a policeman reportedly shot dead three people. Those shot dead are a commercial driver and two of his passengers. The dastard act led to riot in the state’s capital. According to reports, the ...

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Man arrested and detained for allegedly using phone line previously owned by President Buhari’s daughter

A Nigerian, Anthony Okolie, has been detained by the Department of State Services for 10 weeks for purchasing and using an MTN SIM card previously used and abandoned by President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan. The telephone number was said to ...

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Soleimani Killing: Shiites protest in Abuja, burn US flag

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shi’ites on Monday led a procession and protest in Banex, Wuse Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The Shi’ite members were protesting over the killing of top ...

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Kylie Minogue and her family donate $500,000 in the wake of Australia’s horrific bushfires

Kylie Minogue has announced she and her family have donated $500,000 in the wake of the bushfires currently ravaging Australia. Taking to Instagram on Monday, the 51-year-old Aussie singer said the money was for ‘the immediate firefighting efforts’ and ‘ongoing ...

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Iran: US denies puling out of Iraq amid letter confusion

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has denied US troops are pulling out of Iraq, after a letter from a US general there suggested a withdrawal. The letter said the US would be “repositioning forces in the coming days and weeks” ...

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Killing Trump is not valuable enough to compensate for Soleimani’s blood – Top General in Iran

A top general in Iran has said that killing President Donald Trump would not be enough retaliation for the death of Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, suggesting that Iran’s response to the deadly US air strike would not stop with ...

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First woman to read news on BBC television dies at 93

The first woman to read the news on BBC television died after suffering a fall at home, an inquest heard. Nancy Wiggingon, who was better known as Nan Winton, was described as a trailblazer who paved the way for female ...

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Stampede in LASU as students rush to write GNS 102 examination today

A stampede at the Lagos State University, LASU, today led to some students sustaining injuries. The stampede occurred due to desperation of some students to force their ways into a 500-seat Computer Based Test (CBT) Centre at the school’s premises ...

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‘She smelled expensive’: Naomi Osaka reveals what it feels meeting Beyonce

Japanese sensation Naomi Osaka has revealed her excitement at meeting her idol Beyonce, saying the US singer “smelled expensive” and gave her a morale-boosting pep talk at a low point last year. The two-time Grand Slam champion, who will be ...

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Man is remanded in Ebonyi for beheading 2-year old boy and drinking his blood

An Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, remanded a 26-year-old man, Christian Nweke, in a correctional facility for beheading a two-year-old boy, Onyedikachi Nwali. The suspect, Southern City News gathered, allegedly beheaded the two-year-old boy and drank his blood, while ...

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Facebook To Introduce A ‘Shut The Fuck Up’ Reaction Button

  Facebook has announced that they will soon introduce a new reaction button that they are referring to as ‘shut the fuck up’. The ‘shut the fuck up’ emoticon will join the existing ‘like’, ‘love’, ‘haha’, ‘wow’, ‘sad’ and ‘angry’ ...

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Venezuela crisis: Two lawmakers claim Speaker role

Two lawmakers in Venezuela have both declared themselves parliamentary Speaker after a tumultuous day in the country’s politics. US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó and rival Luis Parra both claimed to be Speaker of the National Assembly on Sunday. Mr Guaidó, ...

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