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Richard Branson counts losses as Hurricane Irma turns his home into shreds

British billionaire Richard Branson has revealed the extent of devastation to his luxurious Necker Island home in the wake of Hurricane Irma. The entrepreneur posted a video online showing how the storm has destroyed his British Virgin Islands home, with buildings blown away and trees ripped from the ground. The 67-year-old locked himself in his

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I’ve more energy after cancer treatment —Sen McCain

United States Senator John McCain, who recently returned to Washington after treatment for brain cancer, said on Sunday the disease was vicious but that the treatment was going well and he has more energy than before. “This is a very vicious form of cancer that I‘m facing,” McCain, a Republican, who ran unsuccessfully for president

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Gunmen abduct new couple, wife, friends on wedding day

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday morning abducted a new couple, Moses Yakubu, his new wife, best man, chief bridesmaid and some family members in Akunnu Akoko in the Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo state. According to a source, the new couple who were heading to Akure, Ondo state capital, from Okene, Kogi state, for

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Mama Taraba is courageous, APC’s sun about to set —Fani-Kayode

Former Aviation Minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, has applauded Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba for her courage in drumming support for former vice president, Abubakar Atiku over President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that the sun of the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC) is about

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Plateau United get N50m as 19th Nigerian league champions

Plateau United have won the 2017 Nigerian Professional League championship, beating defending champions Rangers International 2-0 on the last day, to clinch the coveted trophy and cash of N50million. The 2017 championship in the last few weeks was a cheek and jowl affair between United and Lagos based MFM FC, with just one point separating

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Eid-Kabir: DSS foils Boko Haram attack, 6 kingpins arrested

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it foiled sinister plans by terrorists of Boko Haram to cause mayhem and destruction during the Eid-Kabir festivities between September 1 and September 4. The secretive agency said the plan by the terror group that it identified as Islamic State for West Africa(ISWA), was to conduct gun attacks

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