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North Korea declares itself a "full-fledged nuclear power"

In an open letter addressed to parliaments in a few countries, North Korea has declared itself a "full-fledged nuclear power" and accuses US President Donald Trump of "trying to drive the world into a horrible nuclear disaster." Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop whose country also recieved the letter called the message "unprecedented," noting that North Korea usually chooses different means to communicate. According to CNN, the document, dated September 28, appears to have been distributed about a week after Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly, when he said "the United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea." In the letter, North Korea condemned that statement as tantamount to a declaration of war, something North Korean officials said shortly after the speech. The United States d

Photo: Nigerian Man who would have won 21 million naira slumps after Chelsea’s 4-2 win over Watford spoilt his game ticket

According to reports, this football fan slumped right inside a betting shop shortly after Chelsea’s 4-2 win over Watford spoilt his game ticket. His friends say he would have won 21 million naira.

Cardi B dumps boyfriend Offset after video of him and South African Queen Twerk surfaces

Rapper Cardi B has dumped her boyfriend, rapper Offset after a video of Offset and South African Twerker surfaced on Twitter. Faith Nketsi, also known as ‘Queen Twerk’, took to her Snapchat and posted a video of herself with Migos rapper, Offset in South Africa. The rap group from Atlanta arrived in Durban on Thursday, ahead of the first South African performance of their highly publicised Culture Tour. As soon as she shared the video, someone managed to download the video and tag Cardi B, asking her how she felt about her man hanging out with Queen Twerk. Apparently, Cardi B saw the video and broke up with Offset, sje posted the photo above with the caption below:

Photos: Meet the pretty women fighters who helped defeat ISIS in Raqqa

These Kurdish female fighters celebrated in Raqqa this week after the defeat of ISIS militants, whose brutal rule over the city has come to an end after almost four years. The women said they fought the battle both for the Kurdish cause and to liberate the women of Raqqa. Recall that ISIS ruled the Syrian city with a barbarity that gripped the world, and women in particular experienced an oppression many never thought imaginable. They were forced to cover their bodies head to toe or risk public lashings. ISIS also captured and sold girls and women as sex slaves, particularly Kurdish-Yazidi minority women trafficked into Raqqa from northern Iraq. Shanda Afreen  has been fighting ISIS for four years. According to her, 'the leader Abdullah Ocalan -has concentrated on women's freedom, so we are fighting to free women and to liberate people mentally. Our fight is not only against ISIS, our fight is against the chauvinist mentality against women"

Billionaire environmentalist, Tom Steyer launches a $10 million campaign to impeach Donald Trump

On Friday, Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer announced that he plans to spend millions of dollars in a new campaign aimed at convincing Congress to impeach President Donald Trump. The campaign, called “Need to Impeach, ” kicked off on Friday with a video ad that will run on TV and online. In the ad, Steyer argues that Trump has “obstructed justice” and “brought us to the brink of nuclear war,” as video rolls of North Korean President Kim Jong-un and a missile. In the advert, Steyer says “a Republican Congress once impeached a president for far less,” referring to the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton for lying to a grand jury about having sex with a White House intern. “Yet today people in Congress and his own administration know this president is a clear and present danger who is mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. And they do nothing” he said. According to a statement from the campaign., Steyer is spending at least $1

Photos of the new Mr. Universe Nigeria winner - Rasheed Adegoke Kolade

On October 15th 2017 at the Germaine Auto and Axe Nigeria sponsored MENS FASHION WEEK NIGERIA, which also witnessed the finale of this year's MR UNIVERSE NIGERIA pageant, It was 6.1ft tall Banking and Finance Crawford University graduate, Kolade Adegoke Rasheed who walked away as the new Mr Universe Nigeria 2017/018. Rasheed who hails from Abeokuta in Ogun state beat 16 other hopefuls to emerge the new winner in a celebrity studded show which included Richard Mofe Damijo, Mai Atafo, Vimbai Mutinhiri, Lamboghini, Jon Ogah, Soma, Juliet Ibrahim, Ono Bello, Joan Okorodudu, Frank Oshodi, Pela, Mueyiwa Omatsola, Francis Beacon, Marcus Pius, Kennedy Mgboji, Tracy Ishmael, Ariya Ticket CEO and a host of others. From the international scene, in attendance included - Palse, Abbas Kajuika, Moshions, Quophi Akotuah, Abrantie the Gentleman, (Int'l designers from South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana respectively); and Nigeria's renowned designers - Stave

Here's what President Buhari told other world leaders at the D-8 summit in Turkey today!

President Muhammadu Buhari today in Istanbul, Turkey urged D-8 leaders to prioritize incentives and measures aimed at increasing trade and investments among member countries. Speaking at the ninth summit of the D-8, President Buhari said the private sector and business communities in the economic organization must be assisted with incentives to widen economic cooperation among member-states. In his words, ‘‘as the D-8, we need to intensify our activities with a view to enhancing various measures and incentives introduced to promote trade and assist the business communities from Member States to invest in our countries and widen our cooperation. We need to work hard to establish integrated manufacturing structures and markets. I will like to reiterate the importance of increasing trade and investment among our Member States,’’ he said, President Buhari also used the occasion of his speech to reiterate Nigeria’s commitment to international trade and devel