Tag: years

It may take years to rescue Chibok girls – Defence minister

by Azeez Adeniyi The Minister of Defence, Mansur Ali has said it may take years to rescue all the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. While speaking with VOA’s Hausa service…

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Nigerian analyst emerges best in Africa

Nigerian analyst Adesoji Solanke, has bagged yet another award, as the best equity analyst in Africa at the annual Financial Mail Top Analyst Awards, Johannesburg. Mr Solanke was a nominee…

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Egyptian court sentences 3 Al-Jazeera journalists to seven years in prison (PICTURED)

by Zara Mustapha An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three journalist from media network Al-Jazeera English and sentenced them to 7 years in prison each, on terrorism-related charges. The verdict today attracted…

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First Bank unveils its new logo in celebration of 120 years in banking

by Oge Okonkwo Nigeria's largest financial services group, First Bank of Nigeria unveiled a new corporate identity on Tuesday, 28th January 2014. This came as part of activities commemorating the 120th anniversary celebrations.…

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Incredible: Woman spends 11 years knitting a coat for husband using her HAIR (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo A 60-year-old woman in China knitted a coat and a cap for 11 years using her own hair. The Chinese woman, who started when she was 49…

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Elnathan John: One long New Year’s day (A short story)

by Elnathan John Now every time you try to use the microwave, you think of cancer and malignant tumors taking over your organs and your father staring down angrily but…

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Opinion: How Nigeria’s MINT dream can become reality

by Uzoma Elenwoke If Nigeria gets our economy right, underdevelopment, corruption and political unrest will be a thing of the past. The society will absolve and deal with them. I…

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Opinion: It is just 14 years in prison. You can do it

by Saatah Nubari To all the gay proponents out there, I’m not mad that you’ve decided to support an abhorring act as this. I just wish your parents were gay.…

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Tunde Fagbenle: 12 Years A Slave and MKO Abiola’s fight for reparation

by Tunde Fagbenle It was my opinion on the current hit movie, 12 Years A Slave, the latest reminder of the gory years of slave trade, the sad lot of…

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Why Femi Kuti will not attend this year’s Grammy Awards

by Oke Efagene Son of late Afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti, who has been nominated for the 2014 Grammy awards in far away United States, will not be attending the prestigious…

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Dele Agekameh: On the sorry state of Nigerian roads

by Dele Agekameh Besides causing avoidable deaths to road users, the drivers of articulated vehicles also constitute some nuisance to other road users as they often block the highways at…

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Opinion: How to manage oil wealth through developmental funds

by Mohammed Dahiru Aminu The success in managing the oil wealth of Nigeria will enable the country achieve some set objectives including but not limited to assuming a prudent savings…

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ASUU strike: FG AGREES to spend N200 billion on universities yearly (READ)

by Oge Okonkwo In an effort to end the ongoing ASUU strike, the Federal Government has said it is committed to  spending N200 billion in the 2014 budget on universities in Nigeria…

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Father from hell: Saudi Islamic preacher gets 8 years in jail (and 600 lashes) for brutally beating his 5-year-old daughter to death (PICTURED)

A Saudi Islamic preacher accused of torturing his five-year-old daughter to death has been sentenced to just eight years in jail and 600 lashes. Lama al-Ghamdi died in October 2012…

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SHOCKING: How my father and his friend raped me for 7 years – 13-year-old girl narrates

by Oge Okonkwo A traumatized 13-year-old girl has narrated how she had been raped continually for seven years by her father, Stephen Chimaraobi, and his friend, Paul Oha in their Ojodu…

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The Red Army rapists, an aborted baby and the horrors that made Marianne Faithfull hate sex for 30 years

As she stepped out of a bath in Keith Richards’ country home, Marianne Faithfull had no inkling that she was about to be cast as the scarlet woman of the…

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BIZARRE: Woman preserves her dead son’s body for 18 years in the basement (PICTURED)

A mother whose son died 18 years ago pickled him in alcohol and stashed his corpse in the basement where she has cared for him ever since... all so his…

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Spot the difference: Superman fan gets 19 surgeries to look like his favourite comic book hero (PHOTOS)

When Clark Kent  wanted to transform into Superman, it was a fairly simple task. He would step into a phone box, spin around and the switch would be complete. But…

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10 choices you might end up regretting in 10 years

by Stephen Twitch ....carve your name on hearts, not stone. What you have done for yourself alone dies with you; what you have done for others and the world remains.…

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‘I’m a vicious alcoholic on the verge of dying’: Mike Tyson reveals he’s been lying for years about being sober

Mike Tyson has revealed that he is on the verge of dying from alcohol and drug abuse after years of lying about being sober. The former heavyweight champion made the…

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CLICK: The top 10 baby names over the past 100 years

by Circle of moms editors Have you ever noticed that some boy names are common in not only your child's generation, but also your own, that of your parents, and…

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Questionable conviction: Man who spent 40 years in prison set to be released today (PICTURED)

In  1972, a then-eighteen-year-old Louis Taylor was convicted of killing 29 people in a horrific fire at Pioneer Hotel in Tucson, AZ that occurred two years prior. In December 1970,…

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Fromer pupil blackmailed 83-year-old retired teacher for 10 years, took £75,000 to feed heroin habit (PICTURED)

A retired teacher was tormented for a decade by a former pupil who fleeced him out of £75,000 over ten years in a blackmail plot. Graeme Robertshaw befriended the victim,…

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Aston Martin found rotting in a garage after 30 years is put up for sale for £100,000 (PHOTO)

It may look like a rusty wreck, but this ultra-rare Aston Martin will still set you back a pretty penny - and will cost a further £250,000 to restore to…

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