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Hurricane Nate made landfall outside Biloxi, Mississippi, for the second time along the US Gulf Coast as a category one storm in the early hours of Sunday morning. At 2am local time (7am GMT) it was located five miles north of Biloxi, and was travelling north. It is the first time hurricane has made landfall in Mississippi since Katrina caused widespread flooding and loss of life in 2005. Nate had already made landfall earlier on Saturday night at the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana. It had weakened slightly and had maximum sustained winds of 85mph (137kph), according to the National Hurricane Centre. Nate has already killed at least 30 people in Central America and is the fourth major storm to hit the US in less than two months. The storm surge from Hurricane Nate caused flooding along the seafront in Bliloxi, and across communities in Mississippi and Alabama.

Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti, in Ekiti state, witnessed it health centre engulfed in fire raised by the institution's student during a protest on Saturday evening. The  action of the students was due to the death of two of their colleagues at the school's poorly equipped clinic,  The two deceased were both student of Estate Management, o ne of them, Oluwafemi Vincent a final year student who was admitted to the sick bay was said to have complained of a severe headache gave up on life after he was allegedly abandoned by the health workers of the clinic. while the other  died a fter he was administered some drugs at the school clinic.

Super Eagles last night became the first African side to book their place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after a victory over Zambia in Nigeria soil Uyo.  The victory gave them an unassailable lead  of Group B ahead of the final round of matches. Alex Iwobi repeated his feat of being the thorn in the flesh of the Zambians as he scored again just as he did in the first leg in Ndola. Iwobi came off the bench in the second half to end Zambia’s hope of creating a final day climax on  November 6. Before Iwobi’s strike, Odion Ighalo, John Mikel Obi, Victor Moses and Moses Simon went close for the Super Eagles but failed to score. Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mwenne produced an acrobatic save to deny Wilfred Ndidi in the second half in a pulsating end-to-end encounter. Augustine Mulenga thought he had put Zambia ahead in the 22nd minute, but his effort was ruled out for offside. Fashion Sakala, Alex Ng’onga and Enock Mwepu had chances for the Chipolopolo but...

Mr. P Nigeria hip-pop artist Peter Okoye, one half of former music duo P-Square has signed a partnership deal with Empire, an American distribution company and record label based in San Francisco, California, USA. Peter who is now know as ‘Mr. P’, shared the news on his Instagram page. He wrote: “Thank you Lord Repost By @empire: “Just had a digital distribution deal with @peterpsquare! The official Empire page also made a post “Welcome to the #EMPIRE family @peterpsquare! Thank you for @kingkanja for the introduction & partnership!”. The record label has worked with artistes like Kendrick Lamar, Rich Homie Quan, Cam’ron, Busta Rhymes, Shaggy, Tyga, Migos, Remy Ma amongst others.  Paul, who is the other half of P-Square and also the twin brother of Mr. P called it quit few weeks back with a video of them and brother/ group manager, Jude Okoye in a fight making rounds on social media.