17 year-old violinist was found hanged in the bathroom of her Russian banker father's £9m west London mansion

A gifted teenage violinist was found hanged at her father's mansion just eight days after she performed at the Royal Opera House, an inquest has heard.

Katya Tsukanova, the 17-year-old daughter of Russian banker Igor Tsukanov, was found dead at her £9m home in west London on June 18 this year.

An inquest today heard that Katya, who was a student at the £12,600-a-term Wycombe Abbey boarding school in Buckinghamshire, had previously told a psychologist she was struggling to cope with GCSE exam stress, but was on a gap year before starting her A-Levels when she died.

Her father initially believed a cocktail of drugs, known as a 'Calvin Klein', may have contributed to her death, but the inquest heard she had alcohol but no drugs in her system. She died from fatal compression to the neck.


Westminster Coroner Dr Shirley Radcliff ruled that she had died by 'misadventure' and had not intended to kill herself.

Katya had trained at the Royal College of Music and had been named best young musician of the year at last year's Suoni dal Golfo festival in Italy.

She had performed a recital of Tchaikovsky works at the Royal Opera House in London just eight days before she was found dead.Her father initially believed a cocktail of drugs, known as a 'Calvin Klein', may have contributed to her death, but the inquest heard she had alcohol but no drugs in her system. She died from fatal compression to the neck.

Westminster Coroner Dr Shirley Radcliff ruled that she had died by 'misadventure' and had not intended to kill herself.

Katya had trained at the Royal College of Music and had been named best young musician of the year at last year's Suoni dal Golfo festival in Italy.

She had performed a recital of Tchaikovsky works at the Royal Opera House in London just eight days before she was found dead.

Her therapist, Tanya Lecchi, told the inquest: 'When she was low her motivation was affected and became pre-occupied with negative and self doubting thoughts.

'She said she sometimes thought that she did not want to live anymore but didn't want to kill herself.

'She described some hopelessness and some helplessness at times. She described low moods, particularly during her mock exams.'

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Down-to-earth Kate Middleton dons recycled skirt suit

The Duchess of Cambridge looked typically chic in a recycled Oscar De La Renta outfit as she arrived by train to open the £10 million Nook children's hospice in Norfolk today.

Kate Middleton, 37 - who is Royal Patron of East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) - was spotted wearing the same £2,736 peplum two-piece for a visit to the the Royal Opera House in January, and to a mental health conference back in February 2017.

The mother-of-three teamed the stylish magenta skirt suit with a £275 black Beulah London x Aspinal clutch bag and a pair of £520 black suede Gianvito Rossi heels.

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Photo: Super Eagles goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho undergoes a successful knee operation

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho has undergone a successful knee operation following a injury he suffered during a game.
 
The 21-year-old who plays for Omonia, on loan from Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain damaged his knee ligaments while playing in a friendly match for Nigeria against Brazil in Singapore last month.

Following the success of the operation on his kneel, Uzoho shared a photo of himself in the hospital and wrote: ‘And it was a success, I’m grateful to Every Prayer and Good wishes Said, Even the hidden Prayers said on My Behalf… I’m deeply grateful.. Now let the Healing Begin IN CHRIST ALONE.’

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Tourist plunges 260ft to his death while trying to snap waterfall selfie

A holidaymaker slipped and fell to his death while trying to take a selfie at a beauty spot where he allegedly ignored warning signs.

Bastien Palmier, 30, and a friend were visiting a 260ft high waterfall on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand when he tragically died on Thursday morning.

The friend said the French tourist ignored warning signs and clambered over a rope to venture onto the edge of the Na Mueang 2 waterfall, the same place where a Spanish holidaymaker died after posing for photos in July.

Mr Palmier was standing near the waterfall's cliff edge while taking a selfie or trying to get into position for a selfie when he slipped and fell to his death onto sharp, wet rocks and into the pool below.


Police and rescue workers retrieved the tourist's body, which was floating face down in the water.

He was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering gruesome injuries in the fall.

Mr Palmier's pal, Thomas Mechin, told police he had invited his "childhood friend" on a dream holiday to see him at his new home in Thailand.

Police said that retrieving the body was made more difficult by the slippery rocks, but after three hours the rescuers were finally able to carry him out of the waterfall by tying him to a stretcher, which was dragged up with ropes.

Police Liutenant Colonel Phuwadol Wiriyawarangkul said: "Tourists should not enter the prohibited area, as the park officers have closed it off for the safety of visitors.

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'My fellow police officer r.a.p.e.d my nine-year-old daughter'

A 45-year-old policewoman (name withheld) on Thursday narrated to an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a fellow Police officer, Mohammed Alidu, allegedly defiled her nine-year-old daughter in a Police barracks.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the policewoman was the second Prosecution Witness (PW2) in the trial of Alidu, a Police sergeant, for defilement.

The PW2 was led in evidence by the Deputy-Director, Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Akin George.


She said the defendant accosted her daughter (name withheld) on her way home from school, dragged her into his apartment and defiled her.

“We live at Makinde Barracks, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos.

“On June 29, 2018, I was at work when my husband, who was out of Lagos, called me to inform me that Sgt. Mohammed had defiled our daughter.

“I went to the Police station which is within the same compound of the barracks, and my daughter was in the Police station.

“My daughter told me that when she was coming back from school, Mohammed called her but she ignored him.

“She said he forcefully took her to his apartment, put her on a bed, tore her underwear and defiled her,” she said.

According to her, Mohammed was also at the Police station, begging and telling the divisional Police officer that it was the work of the devil.

The policewoman said her daughter was taken to the Mirabel Centre (a sexual assault referral centre) for medical examination, and doctors confirmed that she had been defiled.

During cross-examination by defence counsel, Mr. Sunday Odise, the policewoman told the court that the defendant lived near her residence.

“He did not have a house within the barracks. He was sleeping in a shop opposite our home,” she said.



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Lovely photo of DJ Cuppy and her sisters

DJ Cuppy and her sisters, Tolani and Temi pose together in adorable new photo. We love!

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Buhari ’eminently qualified’ to contest -Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Muhammadu Buhari was “eminently qualified” to contest the February 23 presidential election.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, prepared the full judgment of the apex court which is being read by Justice John Okoro.

The full judgment delivered on Friday was to provide explanations for the apex court’s summary decision of October 30 which dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging the victory of Buhari at the February 23 presidential poll.

In the full judgment of the apex court delivered on Friday, the court affirmed the decision of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which held that Buhari possessed the requisite educational qualification to contest the poll.

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Court remands father for raping 17-year-old daughter

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 45-year-old man, Aderemi Adeleja, who allegedly defiled his 17-year-old daughter, be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice.

The Chief Magistrate, Olufunke Sule-Amzat, who did not take the plea of the defendant, ordered that he should be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kirikiri.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the police charged Adeleja, who lives on Afariogun Street, Oshodi, Lagos, with sexual assault and defilement.


Sule-Amzat ordered the police to send the case file to the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions for advice and adjourned the case till February 2, 2020.

Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Benson Emuerhi, told the court that Adeleja committed the offence on November 2, around 11.44 pm.

He alleged that Adeleja r.a.e.d the girl while she was asleep.

Emuerhi said the case was reported at the Area ‘F’ Police Command, Ikeja, by the girl’s mother and later transferred to the Gender Section, Ikeja Police Command.

He said, “The offence contravenes the provisions of sections 35, 137 and 265 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.”

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Internet fraudster goes to jail (photo)

The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Osarumwense Henry Afuwa (alias Manasseh Jordan) before Justice A.O Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari.

The Commission prosecuted the convict for internet fraud to the tune of $1,000.

Trouble started for the convict following intelligence report on his cyber crime activities.

Scam documents and messages were found in his possession upon his arrest.

Further investigations showed that he posed as Manasseh Jordan, a pastor in United States in a fictitious WhatsApp Account, and at different times, defrauded foreign women through love scam.




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Ex-Information minister, Alex Akinyele, is dead

Nigeria’s former Minister of Information, Chief Alex Akinyele, is dead.

A statement by one of his sons, Constantine Akinfolarin Akinyele, confirmed that the Ondo chief passed away Thursday night after a brief illness.

Akinyele was a trained public relations specialist.

He served as the Minister of Information, then later became chairman of the Nigerian Sports Commission.

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LASG arrests 19 suspected land grabbers

The Lagos State Special Task Force on Land Grabbers has arrested 19 suspects for alleged trespass, illegal occupation, forceful land takeover and prevention of lawful entry by violence.

It was learnt that the suspects were arrested by officials of the LSSTFLG, led by the Coordinator, Owolabi Arole, and police officers attached to the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit in connection with a land on Plot 1, Block II, Ogudu Phase II Government Residential Scheme in the Kosofe Local Government Area of the state.

The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, who is also the Chairman of the Special Task Force, Moyo Onigbanjo, noted that the suspects had been handed over to the police for prosecution at the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja.




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Photos from Annie Idibia's 35th birthday party in Dubai

Annie Idibia turned 35 days ago. And the mum of two celebrate her 35th birthday special day in an all-white themed grand party in Dubai. Her friends and family were in attendance to support her. More photos below.....

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Kaduna Councillor in custody over N11m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has arraigned a Councillor, Theophilus Madami on a two-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence before Justice Mohammed Tukur of the State high court in Kaduna State.

The defendant, a Councillor, representing Kakuri Hausa Ward, Kaduna South Local Government, Kaduna State, was investigated when the Kaduna Office of the Commission received a petition against him.

The petition was forwarded to the EFCC by Ibrahim Ringim Haruna of Pyramid Supplied Services Limited that he defrauded the company to the tune of N11, 080, 000



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NDLEA destroys 40 hectares hemp in Ibadan

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Oyo State command, on Thursday destroyed about 40 hectares of hemp plantation at Aba Tade, in the Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State.

The state NDLEA Commander, Mr Ralph Igwenagu, said the command had previously destroyed six hectares of plantation in the Oke Ogun area of the state.

He noted that the discovery of the plantation was an indication that a good number of farmers in the state were engaging in hemp cultivation.

The commander said five suspects had been arrested in connection with the plantation, adding that investigation was ongoing.

Igwenagu said the agency was not only determined to destroy Indian hemp plantations, but also reduce its trafficking and abuse to the barest minimum.




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Electoral process has failed in Nigeria – Jega

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega has decried the failure of the electoral process to entrench good governance in Africa.

Jega stated this on Thursday at the University of Ibadan, UI, while delivering 2019 Convocation Lecture titled, “Towards Credible Electoral Process and Sustainable Political Systems in Nigeria: What role for Universities”.

He said, “All over Africa, and indeed, to some extent, throughout the developing world, the electoral process is failing to entrench good governance and stable and sustainable democratic political systems as a result of what can be termed as a deficit of electoral integrity”.


According to him, deeply embedded unwholesome practices, such as use of money, violence, incumbency powers, and a range of electoral malpractices and fraudulent activities in the electoral process grossly undermine its utility as a vehicle for liberal democratic development.

He revealed that dominant political classes can, and often do, hijack the electoral process through various means, to access power for selfish and self-serving objectives, rather than for democratic development that would satisfy the needs and aspirations of majority of the citizens in the country.

“In virtually all cases, ritualized elections, which lack integrity merely serve to legalize, if not ‘legitimize’, access and control of power into executive or legislative arms of government by people unconcerned with, or indifferent to, the requirements of sustainable democratic development. Hence, such elections do not catalyze, nor guarantee responsive and responsible representation and/or governance”, he said.



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Fuel tanker explodes at Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway old toll gate, two die

Two people have been confirmed dead after a petrol tanker exploded at the old toll gate end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, around Sango, Ogun State. t was reported that the fire started around 12.05am.

The spokesperson for the state fire service, Muinat Adeleke-Ashimi, who spoke for the acting Director, Margaret Adeseye, said two bodies were found around 4am.

She said, “The petrol tanker skidded off the road, which resulted in the fire. Our men arrived at the scene at 12.14am.

“The fire was extinguished around 4am when two casualties were found — a male and a female.

“We are presently damping the fire.”

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Nigerian policeman dies few weeks to his wedding

A Nigerian police officer has died in an accident few weeks to his wedding. According to his friend, Nwachukwu Nnenna, the deceased was set to wed on December 15th, 2019.

Nnenna took to her facebook to mourn his demise writing;


''To think that you were in my office few days to ur demise, I told you to hold on for some secs let me tidy up my table but then you left in a hurry..and you told me you will come back,you said you were preparing for ur wedding coming up on the 15th of December.2019 only for me to hear that you re dead...I still couldn't believe it until today when ur signal of "Death while in service" came to my table,I became shattered...R.I.P my good friend''.

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Atiku Abubakar’s impersonator sent to jail

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kano Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Aminu Ahmed for impersonating former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

He was convicted by Justice Sa’adatu Mark of the Federal High Court Kano on a two count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretense.

The convict was sentenced to six months imprisonments with an option of restituting the sum of N200,000 to the victim.

The convict was arraigned by the Commission sometime in March 2019 for defrauding one Auwal Iliyasu by posing as former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

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Fatoyinbo glorious in victory over Busola – Tonto Dikeh

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh is extremely elated that Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) has defeated Busola Dakolo in court over an alleged rape saga.

Reacting to the judgment, Tonto Dikeh posted a picture of Fatoyinbo on her Instagram page and simply said “GLORY!!”

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We didn’t call for Oshiomhole’s resignation - APC Governors

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday denounced purported call by the Director General of Progressive Governors’ Forum, Saliu Lukman on Wednesday asking the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole to convene a NEC meeting or resign.

According to them, the said the statement did not emanate and could not have emanated from the Progressive Governors Forum.

A source close to one of the governors, told the Nation that “The Director General is on his own sponsored errand.”


It was also learnt there has been no meeting of the Progressives Governors Forum or that of the forum’s executives to deliberate on current issues that could have warranted such volatile statement credited to the Director General.

APC National Vice Chairman (South-South), Hilliard Eta, dismissed Lukman’s statement, saying the director general was “speaking for himself”.



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