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Father kills son after being fed-up with taking care of him (Photos)

A Russian man killed his four-year-old son because he had grown tired of looking after him at home while his policewoman wife left for work. Maxim Gorev, 34, and wife Yevgenia, from Nizhny Novogorod, southwest Russia, had been together for 13 years and seemed liked a perfect couple to many. The man was a stay-at […]

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Widow meets man wearing dead husband’s face (Photos)

A woman whose husband fatally shot himself got a glimpse of his face again after not seeing him for nearly two years. Lilly Ross was 19-years-old and eight months pregnant when her late husband, Calen “Rudy” Ross killed himself in June 2016. Ten years earlier, Andy Sandness, 21, had held a gun below his chin […]

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Nigeria police ‘rated worst’ in the world

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is the worst in the world, according to the 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI). The WISPI was released by two bodies – the International Police Science Association and the Institute for Economics and Peace. The report measured the ability of the police to address internal security issues. The police […]

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Prostitute allegedly shoots man for performing sex act wrong

A 21-year-old woman has allegedly shot a man in the back of the head because he performed a sex act wrong, Fox News reports. Marissa E. Wallen, an escort allegedly told police she shot a man twice in the back of the head and left him for dead because he performed a sex act wrong. The victim […]

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‘The name Lai makes it very easy for people to say I lie’

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the fact that he is named ‘Lai’ makes it convenient for people to tag his utterances as ‘lies’. The minister said being the image maker of the APC when it was the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will find it hard to forgive him for “what happened to […]

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Mugabe says sacked VP inquired from oracle over his death’s date

Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe, has accused the recently fired vice president of his country of having secretly made enquiry on when he will die. Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe defended the sacking of his vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa barely 48 hours after the news broke. Agency report said that the 93-year-old leader claims that in Mnangagwa’s bid […]

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Germany to recognize ‘third gender’

Germany’s top court ruled Wednesday that lawmakers must legally recognize a “third gender” from birth. Once a law is passed, Germany would become the first European country to offer intersex people the option of identifying as a designation other than male or female. The court ruled that the current system, which “does not provide for a third […]

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Buhari returns to his office 81 days after rat invasion & spiritual cleansing

About 81 days after he returned to the country from his medical trip to London, United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday finally returned to his main office inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr. Buhari left Nigeria for another around of medical care in the United Kingdom on May 7 and returned on August 19. The president, however, did […]

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‘We have taken Nigeria out of hell’- Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the victory of his party, APC in the presidential election in 2015 signified the exit of Nigeria from hell and that nobody should pray for the return to power of the former ruling party, PDP. In an interview with newsmen in Abuja, the minister said the APC […]

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Ronaldo is FINISHED — Messi

Ronaldo has endured a nightmare start to the season, scoring just one La Liga goal for Real Madrid so far. There seems to be genuine concern at the Bernabeu that their talisman is finished, with the 32-year-old approaching the twilight years of his career. And Spanish website Don Balon claims that Lionel Messi thinks Ronaldo […]

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Dentist who fatally ran over husband after learning about his affair granted parole

A Houston dentist who fatally ran over her husband after she learned he was having an affair will be released from prison. Clara Harris was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2002 murder of her husband, 44-year-old David Harris. Officials announced on Monday that she was granted parole after serving 15 years, according to […]

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Okorocha to unveil statue of Liberia’s president today, despite outrage over Zuma’s own

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State is set to unveil the statue of another African president, weeks after a national outrage over the unveiling of a multi-million naira statue of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent in Owerri reports that Okorocha’s latest statue, a monument of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, is […]

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Over 70% of drugs circulating in Nigeria are fake — Global health leader

At least 70 per cent of pharmaceutical products circulating in Nigeria are fake, says Andrew Nevin, the Financial Services Advisory Leader and Chief Economist, Project Blue PWc Nigeria. Mr. Nevin said this in his keynote address at the opening of the 90th Annual National Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) in Umuahia, the […]

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Use of cell phone during mass is “very ugly thing”, Pope tells Catholics

Pope Francis on Wednesday chastised priests and bishops who take pictures with their cell phones during mass, saying they should focus on God instead. Francis told tens of thousands of people at his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square “lift up your hearts, not your cell phones to take pictures”, referring to a communion prayer […]

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Trump seeks $4 billion to counter North Korean missiles

President Donald Trump has asked Congress to approve an additional $6 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2018 — including $4 billion “to support urgent missile defeat and defense enhancements to counter the threat from North Korea.” In a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Trump also requested an additional $700 million to repair […]

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Ekwueme now receives visitors, sits up and eats, as FG yet to fly him aboard for treatment

The family of former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, has dismissed the report making the rounds that the elder statesman is dead. The family said the posts, which emerged on social media, yesterday, were unfounded as the elder statesman is still alive and his health condition improving. In a statement, yesterday, by the family spokesman, […]

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North Korea not interested in talks with US, plans more nuclear tests

  North Korea officials told CNN’s Will Ripley that North Korea is not yet interested in talks with the United States despite Trump’s conciliatory tone in South Korea. U.S. officials point out three American citizens are still currently being held in North Korean custody, and any diplomacy would also need to involve discussions for their […]

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Jersey Island gives conditions for repatriation of $300m Abacha loot

The government of Jersey Island on Tuesday gave conditions for the repatriation of $300m Abacha loot to the Federal Government. The Minister and Attorney General of Jersey Island, Robert J. MacRae, in a meeting with the chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commision, Ibrahim Magu, said the loot would only be released to Nigeria on the condition of […]

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