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Arsenal’s Worst Start In 26 Years

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Having lost to Manchester City on the opening weekend, the Gunners have now suffered back-to-back defeats after coming unstuck against Chelsea Unai Emery has overseen Arsenal’s worst start to a Premier League season in 26 years. The Spaniard was handed the reins at Emirates Stadium over the summer after being chosen as the man to succeed Arsene Wenger. After 22 years of continuity in north London, it was always going to take time for a new era to take shape. A testing fixture release did little to aid Emery’s cause…

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Kofi Annan dies at 80

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Nobel Laureate and former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has died after a brief illness, at the age of 80. “It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th August after a short illness,” his foundation said in a statement. “His wife Nane and their children Ama, Kojo and Nina were by his side during his last days,” it said. Current UN chief Antonio Guterres…

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Two dead, three injured as three-storey building collapses in Abuja

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Two people have reportedly lost their lives in the collapse of a three-storey building under construction in Jabi District of Abuja yesterday. The building collapsed around 1.30p.m., killing two persons, while three sustained serious injury and were rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment. An eyewitness revealed that some workers were inside working on the fourth floor when the building caved in, but he could not give the figure.The Minister of the Federal capital territory (FCT), Musa Bello, who spoke at the site, also could not ascertain the exact number…

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Father of seven sentenced to death for killing pregnant wife

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Friday Uko, a father of seven, has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene Judicial Division for kicking and killing his pregnant wife, Mrs. Patience Uko. Friday, a native of Ikot Ossom in Obot Akara Local Government Area of the state, was sentenced to death on one count of murder. Delivering his judgment on Thursday, the presiding judge, Justice Ntong Ntong, explained that from the available evidence, the convict kicked his wife, who was three months pregnant, on August 14,…

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36-Year-Old German Virgin Auctions Her Virginity For $250,000

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German woman yet to have sex aged 36 has successfully AUCTIONED her virginity online for €250,000 – and says her age drove up the bids Mandy, from Germany, who works as a flight attendant, enlisted the help of Cinderella Escorts to sell her body online after coming across the website in a newspaper, and the lot has been purchased by an anonymous businessman in Munich. The aspiring singer, who said she realised the ‘right man’ she’d been waiting for might never come along, spoke on abstaining from sex: ‘It’s like…

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Kerala flood death toll rises up to 324

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Death toll caused by flood in the Indian state of Kerala has risen to over 300. It is so far the worst flooding to hit the region in a century, authorities said Friday, as troop reinforcements stepped up rescue efforts. The state — a key international tourist draw with its tropical mountains and beaches — has been battered by record monsoon rainfall in recent days and is “facing the worst flood in 100 years”, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. In a Twitter statement released by his office, he said there…

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Woman rescued from abductors, narrates ordeal

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The Rivers State Police Command has rescued a woman identified as precious from a group of ritual killers, who shot and killed one of their victims for ritual purpose. The woman, while narrating her ordeal said though she initially thought that she was abducted by kidnappers, it was when they killed the lady and made a call that she knew that they were ritual killers. Precious, who spoke with newsmen at the state police command in Port Harcourt, said she saw many persons, who were abducted earlier, including children, adding…

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FG declares two-day holiday for Eid-el-Kabir

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Tuesday, August 21 and Wednesday, August 22 has been declared public holiday by the Federal Government in celebration of this year’s Eid-il-Kabir. The Ministry of Interior made the announcement on behalf of the Federal Government on Friday. “The Federal Government has declared 21st and 22nd August as public holidays to mark the 2018 Eid-el-Kabir celebration,” tweeted on Friday Morning. Share on: WhatsApp

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Turkish club sells 18 players to buy 10 goats

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Gulspor, a Turkish football club have  sold 18 youth players and bought 10 goats in a bid to earn ‘extra money from milk sales’ which will be used to serve the club’s priority needs. The team’s president Kenan Buyuklebleb said  the step to buy goats was dictated by a  lack of available finance as there is no essential governmental or sponsorship investment for Turkish youth teams performing in lower leagues.  “We must have a constant income,” Buyuklebleb told CNN Turkey. “Funds are overloaded because there is no government or corporate…

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Married woman allegedly dies after marathon sex with lover

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The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, has confirmed the death of a 40-year-old woman, Monsurat Idowu, who reportedly died after alleged marathon sexual interourse with her 28-year-old lover Kelvin Micheal in Sango, Ogun State. Oyeyemi in a statement said the suspect has been arrested by men of the Police Command. Oyeyemi said “the arrest of the suspect was as a result of complaint by one Benjamin Okereke of the State hospital Ota who reported that the suspect brought the deceased to the hospital dead, and since…

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