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Iraqi parliament wants US military out now

The Shiite dominated Iraqi parliament has voted to expel the U.S. military from the country. Lawmakers voted Sunday in favour of a resolution that calls for ending foreign military presence in the country. There are 5,000 U.S. troops present in ...

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Canadian social media influencer asked to pay ex-boyfriend $200k for damaging his reputation using Instagram

A Supreme Court judge in Canada has ordered a Canadian woman to pay her ex-boyfriend more than $200,000 after finding she had damaged his reputation using Instagram and other websites. Justice Elliot Myers made the ruling on Sept. 25, but ...

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Power cuts in South Africa extended till Monday

South Africa’s struggling state power firm Eskom said on Sunday that it would extend electricity cuts until 5 a.m. local time on Monday. Eskom said late on Saturday that it would cut up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) from the national ...

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Investigation begins into Turkish Airlines accident in Port Harcourt

The Accident Investigation Bureau has commenced into an incident involving an A330-300 aircraft, with registration number TC-LOL, operated by Turkish Airlines which occured at the Port Harcourt airport. The General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB, Mr Tunji Oketunbi, disclosed this in ...

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Iran withdrawing from 2015 nuclear deal amid tensions with US

Iran has announced it’s fully withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal , just days after President Donald Trump ordered a strike that killed its top military leader, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Iranian state TV said Iran will no longer comply ...

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President Duterte tells his military to prepare to evacuate Filipinos in Iran if hostilities escalate

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday directed the military to prepare to evacuate thousands of Filipinos in Iran and Iraq if hostilities escalate in the Middle East. Duterte issued the directive during an emergency meeting with defence, military and police ...

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Abducted Taraba chief escapes from captors

Daniel Mbatelen abducted by yet to be identified persons in Taraba State has escaped from the custody of his captors. According to a family source, Mbatelen ran into the family compound at Dan-Anacha on Saturday afternoon while they were holding ...

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Davido vows to shun America amidst US- Iran face-off

Davido, has said he won’t go to America till the tension between the country and Iran is over. Tension began between the United States of America and Iran after US drone strike ordered by President Trump assassinated a top Iranian ...

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NERC orders 78% hike in electricity tariffs

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Saturday announced the immediate review of electricity tariffs in the country from January 1. The order was issued to the 11 electricity distribution companies (DISCos) on December 31, 2019, but published on the ...

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Trump Threatens Attacks On A Symbolic 52 Iranian Targets If Tehran Strikes Back

In a series of tweets Saturday, US President Donald Trump responded to Iranian threats of avenging Major General Qassem Soleimani’s assassination in a US airstrike, by warning that the US will hit 52 Iranian sites, dear to Iran. His tweets ...

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Fire outbreak disrupts flights into Port Harcourt airport

A fire outbreak on the runway of the Port Harcourt International Airport, this evening, disrupted flight activities. It was gathered that the fire prevented a Max Air flight from taking off while an Arik flight had to return to base. ...

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Court remands Kano corps member in custody for murder

A Kano State magistrates’ court, sitting at Nomansland, on Friday remanded a corps member serving in Bebeji Local Government Area, Jepthan Makwin, in custody. Makwin is standing trial over the death of an eight-year-old boy. Makwin was accused of beating ...

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I’m ready to die for slaughtering LASU student — Pastor

The self-acclaimed Osun-based pastor, Segun Philips, who reportedly slaughtered a final-year student of Lagos State University, Favour Daley-Oladele, after her head was smashed by her boyfriend, tells Daud Olatunji about his role in the crime Do you really have a ...

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LASG welcomes students back to school for 2nd Term

Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo has welcomed students of both Public and Private Schools as they return to school for the 2nd Term 2019/2020 Academic Session on Monday, January 6. A statement issued on behalf of the ...

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Six tigers left to die in own excrement after owner moved abroad without them

Six tigers have been rescued from horrible conditions after being left to starve to death by their owner. Animal rights activists in Ukraine were tipped off about the tigers on December 30 and discovered the beasts kept in a makeshift ...

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Singer, Rod Stewart, 76, charged with assault in US

British rock singer Sir Rod Stewart has been charged after allegedly punching a hotel security guard outside a children’s party in Florida. The singer of “Maggie May”, who will be 76 on 10 January, was with his family at Breakers ...

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Nigerians can’t continue going overseas for treatment – President Buhari

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, said Nigerians should not continue going abroad for medical treatment. “Nigerians have suffered so much going abroad for medical treatment. This is not good for us and it must stop because ...

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Transgender teen shows off her transition scar (photos)

Transgender teen Jazz Jennings is proudly showing off her gender confirmation surgery scars for the first time since undergoing the procedure in June 2018. The 19-year-old reality TV star and LGBTQ activist took to Instagram on New Year’s Eve to ...

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Gunmen abduct three in Kwara, demand N50m

  Gunmen have kidnapped three indigenes of Obbo-Aiyegunle in  the Ekiti local Government Area of Kwara State on New Year’s Eve. According to the former chairman of  the council, Chief Ezekiel Gbadeyan, two men and a woman travelling home for ...

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Thousands turn-up in Baghdad for funeral of Iranian general killed by US

The bodies of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani and others killed in a US drone strike will be taken on a funeral procession starting in Baghdad on Saturday ahead of a public farewell for the slain military leader in Tehran the ...

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Australia in battle with out of control fires in four states

Three fires have combined to form a single blaze bigger than the New York borough of Manhattan, as Australian firefighters battle what has been predicted to the most catastrophic day yet in an already devastating bushfire season. The fires joined ...

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