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                         According to sources,a mother of two had a large chunk of her cheek bitten off by another woman at a friends party.The woman is identified as Kate Nield and she was attacked viciously at the home in Southport,Merseyside,and had to undergo plastic surgery to repair some of the damage.The attacker was said to have become more aggressive as she drank at the party and was asked to leave.She then returned to the house and launched a violent tirade at Ms Nield ,biting her face.The 26 year old mother of two was taken to Southport Hospital immediately after the incident.Yesterday doctors spent an hour performing a skin graft at Whiston Hospital.Skin was taken from her back of her arm and was put onto the damaged part of her face,near her lips.Speaking of the incident,whgich took place on thursday night,Ms Nield told the Liverpool Echo;'She was like a raving lunatic.She bit me and took a big chunk out of my...

                    To meet up with the renewed strategy of clearing the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists,the Nigerian Army yesterday saturday inducted a combat motorbike battalion at the Headquarters of 25 Task Force Brigade,Damboa,Borno State.The Nigerian Army also launched the second set of  1 00 wanted suspected Boko Haram terrorists at the occasion.The Chief of Army Staff {COAS},Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai while inducting the unit stated that the essence of the battalion is to open and secure motorways from various towns to and fro Maiduguri and other parts of Yobe state.Prior to the induction and launching ceremony,the Chief of Army Staff took time off to see and address troops located at Delwa and Bulabulin before arriving Damboa.On arrival,he inspected a Quarter guard at the Brigade's headquarters.Thereafter,he was briefed by the Brigade Commander,Brigadier General Lawrence Adeleke Araba and then showed him...

                   According to sources,dozens of protesters who heard about a planned Ku Klux Klan rally in Southern California,were waiting by a Southern California park when six people pulled up in a black SUV.They were dressed in black shirts decorated with the Klan cross and Confederate flag patches and took out signs that read ''White Lives Matter''.footages showed the Klansmen were quickly surrounded yesterday Saturday afternoon by the counter-protesters who shouted at them.Someone smasked the SUV's window.One KKK member stabbed a counter protester with the decorative end of a flag pole,setting off a vicious brawl where three people were stabbed,one critically,and two were assaulted.More photos below.                                                                   ...

                                                                  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission {EFCC} arraigned one Abdulaziz Abdullahi Eleyeye a graduate of Bayero University Kano before Justice J.K Omotosho of the Federal High Court 3,Kano on a one court charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence.The money he actually stole was N 1 ,300,000.00.More information on these matter later but mean while,on the 24th of February arraigned four people identified as Abdulaziz Dalha Musa,Abbah Muhhammad Bello,Bala Mohammed akari and Salisu Yusuf Juji before Justice Faruk Lawan of Kano State High Court on a two count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining  by false pretence.The Land scam money the 4 chiefs are N3.5 million.More photos below.                 ...

                       Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday saturday said his achievements in life can easily be attributed to the lessons he learnt and gained at the Federal Government College {FGC} Warri,Delta State.The Governor who spoke at the Golden Jubilee grand reunion of FGC,Warri,Delta State.The Governor who spoke at the Golden Jubilee grand reunion of FGC,Warri,his alma mater,said all the knowledge and discipline impacted in him during his secondary school days in the College contributed largely to who he is today,just as he urged his old school mates to come together and ensure the vision of the school is kept alive.The Governor who went down memory lane to recall some of his good old days said,''Indeed ,my becoming a governor can be attributed to what i gained and learnt from this school.We must come together,all of us to ensure that the vision of the establishment of the school must not die.So it is a...

                            In continuation of the clearance operations by troops to mop up the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists,troops have rescued  1 890 persons held captives by Boko Haram terrorists at various locations within the last two weeks.Those rescued include 800 Nigerians refugees that crossed to Cameroon  that were brought back to Banki town in Nigeria by troops of 2 1  Brigades 24 February.Troops of  1 2 1  Task Force conducted joint patrols with Cameroonian forces at Mararraba.Angwan Fada,Dale and Wizha Bokko Timit,Bokko Nasanu and Bokko Hidde up to Ngoshe in which they rescued  1 7 women and 28 children.Similarly,troops of 7 Division Garrison,in a joint operations with  1 1 2 Battalion,Army Headquarters Support Group and Armed Forces Special Forces at Gajibo,Maula,Gamai,Gamare,Maiwa,Warsale,Tangli,Tushi,Sowa,Hasanari,Changuwa,Malamaja,and Marya in Dikwa and Mafa Loc...

                        Gianni Infantino has been declared the winner of the just concluded FIFA President elections,managing an impressive  1 1 5 votes,ahead of Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa,who garnered 88 votes.Gianni Inantino takes over from the suspended Sepp Blatter,who's position was until now held on a temporary basis by Issa Hayatou.Gianni Infantino- 1 1 5,Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa-88 votes,Prince Ali bin al-Hussein-4 votes and Jerome Champagne-0 votes.One more photo below.                                                                                                                           ...