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Australia’s James Bond brags about sleeping with more than 1000 women

  Australia’s one and solely James Bond, George Lazenby, now 80, has boasted about bedding a thousand girls in his 007 heyday after showing within the franchise’s 1969 movie. The previous automobile salesman is the one Australian to have ever ...

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Policemen open fire in Lagos nightclub, kills one, two others injured

The Lagos Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the arrest of five policemen, allegedly involved in the shooting to death of a 27-year-old man, Maliki Mohammed, at a Club, located on No. 28/30 Balogun Street, Oshodi. It was ...

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Fire outbreak in Owode-Onirin market in Lagos, destroys over 30 shops

  A mysterious fire has gutted the popular Owode-Onirin market in Lagos, destroying over 30 shops. The fire started at the metal section of the Owode-Onirin market and swiftly spread to other areas of the expansive market on Sunday, the ...

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China introduces mandatory face scans for all phone users

  China will require telecom operators to collect face scans when registering new phone users at offline outlets starting Sunday, according to the country’s information technology authority, as Beijing continues to tighten cyberspace controls. In September, China’s industry and information ...

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Nine people including two children die in South Dakota plane crash

  At least nine people, including two children, were reportedly died on Saturday, November 30th after a plane crashed in rough weather near Chamberlain, South Dakota, authorities said. A Pilatus PC-12, a single-engine turboprop passenger plane, had as many as ...

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Canada set to deport family who said they fled Nigeria over fear of their daughters being subjected to female genital mutilation

Canadian authorities are reportedly set to deport a family who fled Nigeria over fear of their daughters being subjected to female genital mutilation.   CBC reported that Rasheedat Bakare, her husband Afeez, their son Faaiq and daughter Faiqah all fled Nigeria and ...

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I Won the election, Adeyemi Remains My Political Wife – Dino Melaye

  Despite losing the Kogi West Senatorial election, embattled Senator, Dino Melaye insisted that he won the election and that his conqueror, Senator Smart Adeyemi remained his political wife. INEC’s Returning Officer of the election, Professor Olajide Lawal, had said ...

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10 people killed, 8 injured in Bauchi road accident

10 people were killed in multiple fatal road accidents that occurred on 29th November 2019 at about 8pm at Filling kokuwa, Rimi-Zayam village along Toro-Bauchi road. The Public Relations Officr of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi State command, Rilwan ...

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Watford sack head coach Sanchez Flores after just 85 days in charge

    Watford have sacked manager Quique Sanchez Flores less than three months after bringing him back for a second spell as head coach. The Premier League club announced the decision on Sunday, the day after a 2-1 loss to ...

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Policemen almost arrest man for using football coach Mourinho as WhatsApp DP

  A Nigerian man has taken to Instagram to narrate his alleged encounter with some police officers who almost arrested him because he used a photo of Tottenham coach, Jose Mourinho as his Whatsapp DP.   According to @chu_chu_sam, the ...

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Zahra Buhari publicly supports the social media bill, says people blame her for her father’s action

Zahra Buhari-Indimi who held the first edition of her “An Afternoon with Zahra” which was organised in Abuja by her foundation ZMB Homes, publicly expressed her support for the social media bill which has ignited controversy in the last few weeks. ...

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ISIS claims responsibility for London Bridge stabbing attack

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for the deadly knife-attack in London on Friday, November 29, 2019.   The terrorist organisation said Usman Khan, 28, who killed two and injured five ...

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Man builds transformer from scrab and it’s generating power in Aba. (Photos)

  An unidentified man is currently trending on twitter for creating a power generating transformer,   According to twiter user, @GospelJosiah who shared the photos, the young man built the transformer from scraps,  though he gave no further details about ...

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Pastor flogs church members for not attending service (Video)

    A shocking video of a Ugandan pastor flogging his church members for reportedly not attending service is making the rounds on social media. Pastor Paul Muwanguzi was seen in the viral video with a cane flogging several people ...

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Fully loaded petrol tanker caught fire on Otedola bridge in Lagos

The Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol with registration number KJA-900XR, on Saturday burnt fire on the Otedola Bridge. The Public Affairs Officer of LASEMA, Mr Nusa Okunbor, made the disclosure in ...

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Suya vendor allegedly stabs boy to death over N100 bread

  An unnamed tea vendor has stabbed one of his customers to death following a disagreement over N100 bread. The incident happened at 10pm on Monday November 25, at Juba Alaro Junction off Liasu road in Idimu, a Lagos suburb. ...

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EFCC arrests students and teachers during raid in Yahoo-Yahoo Academy in Akwa Ibom

  Operatives of the EFCC, Uyo Zonal Office in a joint operation with some of the Commission’s operatives from Abuja, in the early hours of Thursday, November 28th, stormed a building described as ‘YAHOO ACADEMY’, allegedly used solely for the training of ...

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London Bridge terror attack ‘was a revenge attack over the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’

Usman Khan, the terrorist who stabbed two people to death on London Bridge on Friday, November 29, may have been acting in revenge over the death of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.   Al-Baghdadi died after he blew himself up ...

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Air Peace boss, Allen Onyema questioned by EFCC over alleged $44.9m fraud

Detectives at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC have grilled Allen Onyema, the chairman of Air Peace airline over his indictment in a $44.9 fraud by the US government.   Recall that last week, the US Department of Justice ...

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Third Term: I can’t see how Buhari can tell us he wants to stay longer than 2023, after swearing by the Holy Koran – Dele Momodu

Dele Momodu in his weekly column ‘Pendulum’ writes about the rumours surrounding President Buhari and a possible third term agenda.   According to him, ‘on a serious note, I choose to believe President Buhari on this occasion. I can’t see ...

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Dear Aisha, China also kill their corrupt public officials, can you advocate for that to be in our laws?- Nigerians tackle Mrs Buhari over her support for social media regulation

Nigerians on Twitter are reacting to the news of first lady, Aisha Buhari, showing support for the controversial social media bill. At a function in Abuja yesterday November 29th, Mrs Buhari said if China with over 1.3 billion can regulate their ...

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LASTMA officer stoned to death during traffic sanitization exercise in Apapa

The General Manager of LASTMA, Olajide Oduyoye has condemned in its entirety the continued attack on the officers of the agency in the course of carrying out the function of traffic management which has been entrusted to them by a ...

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