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                   The Islamic State has released disturbing footage from inside Kobane showing militants waging another ferocious attack on Kurdish territory, amid concerns the extremists are now in control of half of the besieged Syrian town. The propaganda clip, which appears to have been filmed professionally, shows militants firing assault rifles and machine guns from behind buildings in the embattled border town. In one harrowing scene, the clearly-filmed footage shows one of the terrorists attacking a building with a rocket-propelled grenade. Other scenes show the extremists relentlessly firing rounds at unseen targets, while their colleagues crawl inside the blasted walls of the abandoned buildings. continue...

                  She is 30 years old but that did not stop her secret love affair with 78-year-old politician, Adedayo Deru. But on September 30, 2014, it all ended – with the man collapsing on his lover’s chest and dying on the spot. In a case that has underscored the thin line between pleasure and pain, Deru went from a steamy sexual session on his lover’s bed to a roadside where his corpse was dumped after his death. The woman in the eye of the storm, Ijimo Ibrahim, a hairdresser, was still finding it difficult to explain her situation to police investigators at the Department of Criminal Investigation of the Ogun State Police Command, Eleweran, Abeokuta, when our correspondent visited on Wednesday. The police wanted to know how her lover died and how his body got to a roadside in the dead of the night. Continue

    The Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Philip Shaibu, Sunday Aghedo and three others were yesterday arraigned before the Oredo Magistrate Court on two count charge of assault on the member representing Etsako West Constituency 1, Mr. Abdul Rasaq Momoh. Shaibu, who represents Etsako West 2, and Sunday Aghedo (Ovia South West) were however released by the court presided over by Magistrate P. E. Asemota on self-recognition on the payment of N200,000 each alongside three others. the  thenationonlineng.  reports. Continue...

                           The National Caretaker Chairman of the Berom Youth Movement (BYM) Rwas Rwang Dalyop Dantong has cried on to the federal government to come and rescue Berom people from the hand of insurgents who have been terrorizing Plateau North senatorial zone of Plateau state. Continue...

                      There were shocking revelations at the weekend that an Army Colonel, some junior officers and soldiers who were taking part in the military offensive to reclaim communities taken over by the Boko Haram terrorists in Adamawa State, have been arrested for sabotage. Continue...

                        Earlier today, there was a riot and alleged jail break by prisoners at the famous Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos. The Sun Newspaper is reporting the reason for the unrest as the following: “the inmates were fed up with what they described as highhandedness on the part of the new Deputy Controller at the Maximum Security Prison, DCP Kayode Odeyemi. They alleged that he stripped the inmates of all the privileges given to them by former controllers. An inmate who spoke to Saturday Sun explained that before Odeyemi’s arrival, inmates were allowed to use their own generator sets, cook their food , make use of mobile phones and other privileges to make their stay in the prison comfortable but all these were withdrawn when Odeyemi resumed.” The riot was contained after a few hours. While prison authorities claim no prisoners escaped and no causalities were recorded, there are conflicting reports from ey...

                         Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughter, North West, is barely a year old and she already has more things in her ‘diary’ to boast of than most adults. From front row seats at the Paris Fashion Week to being featured in a magazine and more, the 16-month-old mini West is definitely living life on the fab lane. According to Daily Mail , North West is more stylish than you think as Kim has hired a personal tailor whose sole job is to make mini versions of her designer looks for North. The tailor also reportedly serves as a stylist and works with Kimye’s styling team to create all of North’s looks . Sounds all so fab! Now all the matching looks from Paris Fashion Week are coming back to memory, right? To be honest, a move like this doesn’t come as a surprise from the Kardashian-West family. While having her own stylist sounds ridiculous, there is no denying how stylish baby Nori’s parents a...