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  By Nana Asare Barimah. 22 January After being refused a loan at a bank in Kazan, Russia, a young woman tried to convince the bank manager to approve the loan by stripping in front of him.   Yulia Kuzmina, who is reportedly in her mid-20s, went to a bank …

  By brightwebtv/Nana Asare Barimah. 22 January. An Akwa-Ibom state woman identified as Iniubong Essien, has revealed how her friend, Aniedi, and her husband, Uduak Godwin Nseobot aka King Pele, a Councillor representing Southern II, Ward 6 in Ibiono Ibom LGA, abducted, stripped her naked and brutalized her.   According …

  Al-Qaida-linked jihadists attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in Aguelhoc in northern Mali’s Kidal region, killing at least eight peacekeepers, the U.N. mission in Mali said Sunday.   “The current toll is 8 blue helmets killed and several injured. The peacekeepers managed to neutralize some attackers and a prosecution …

  About 170 people are feared to have died in two separate Mediterranean shipwrecks, the UNHCR says. The Italian navy reports a ship sank off the coast of Libya with 117 people on board, while Moroccan and Spanish authorities have tried to find a lost boat in the western Mediterranean. …

  A controversial Indian spiritual guru has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2002 murder of a journalist who helped expose the sexual abuse of women within his sect.   Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, head of the spiritual organization Dera Sacha Sauda, received the sentence on Thursday through …

  The Duke of Edinburgh has been involved in a car crash while driving near the Queen’s Sandringham estate, Buckingham Palace has said.     Prince Philip, 97, was not injured in the accident, which happened shortly before 15:00 GMT. Buckingham Palace said the crash involved another vehicle and police …

  By brightwebtv. Com Singer Rihanna has taken her father to court in the US, accusing him of exploiting her name to further his entertainment business.   She claims her father, Ronald Fenty, and his business partner have falsely suggested that she is connected to their firm, Fenty Entertainment. Their …

Apple shares have fallen at the start of trading after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. Apple opened down 8.5% at $144.08. Late on Wednesday, the iPhone maker said it anticipated revenue of about $84bn (£67bn) for the three months to 29 December, …

As the partial US government shutdown entered its 13th day, presumptive Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi hit back at US President Donald Trump, saying there is “no amount of persuasion” he could use to get Democrats to agree to fund a wall on the southern border. House Democrats, who …

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys had led tributes to Daryl Dragon, the singer and pianist who achieved fame as half of musical duo Captain & Tennille. Wilson said Dragon, who has died in the US aged 76, was “a great guy and a hell of a musician and keyboard …