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This one deserved his MFR: Meet Mohammed Zakari, the man who returned N6 million
by Stanley Azuakola Nigerians are still debating over the recent award of national honours to 155 individuals by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. As is usually the case, it is a question of…
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Opinion: Rural women deserve to be healthy too
by Florence Opeyemi Fasetan Every woman should have access to the quality of maternal healthcare that would provide reasonable assurance of safe childbirth. For Nigeria, the available statistics in this…
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Driver sentenced to death for murder of lecturer (after 12 years)
by Stanley Azuakola For murdering a lecturer and stealing his car, a driver, Kehinde Olude was sentenced to death on Thursday by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja presided…
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Jonathan orders immediate stop to the planned N5,000 note, CBN bows
by Isi Esene Special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Reuben Abati on Thursday disclosed to newsmen that the president has ordered the suspension of the planned introduction…
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See you in court: Nigeria Governors’ Forum sues FG over deductions from excess crude account
by Stanley Azuakola Once again, The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) said on Thursday that it would return to court to challenge the Federal Government’s deductions from the Excess Crude Account,…
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The showdown continues: Senate threatens President Jonathan with impeachment
by Stanley Azuakola The relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly can only be described as frosty at best. Before the National Assembly went on recess, the House …
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TICKER: More topless photo troubles: Heidi Klum to sue mag that published hers
Kate Middleton is more of a trendsetter than she knows. The poised Duchess of Cambridge, who recently won an injunction against a French magazine for running topless photos of her,…
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TICKER: ‘I’m back in Afghanistan, I wonder what lies before me’: The tragic last tweet of British woman killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul
A British woman killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul wrote a tragic last message on Twitter just weeks before she died, asking: ‘I am back in Afghanistan and wonder…
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TICKER: Missing Kutcher? Demi Moore photos raise worry on frail look (PHOTOS)
Earlier this week her ex-husband Ashton Kutcher looked overjoyed as he put on a very public display of affection with new girlfriend Mila Kunis. But Demi Moore cut a very…
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TICKER: Very low: US magazine accused of photoshopping baby bump on Kate Middleton to “confirm” their story
A U.S. publication appears to have Photoshopped a baby bump onto the Duchess of Cambridge's slender frame. Star magazine, which claims to reveal that Kate is pregnant with twins, published…
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TICKER: Wyclef: “She made me believe the child was mine”, as he talks Lauryn Hill, and more in new autobiography
Former Fugees frontman Wyclef Jean is dropping his autobiography, Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story, and gives insight into what caused the tensions between him and Lauryn Hill that lead to the…
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TICKER: #MoreChrisBrownRage: New browser plug-in blocks any mention of Chris Brown on the Internet
It appears that Canadian music channel Aux has a bone to pick with Chris Brown. The company has created a plugin for Google’s Chrome web browsing application that blocks any…
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TICKER: Tyler Perry cancels “Madea” tour, and tells fans “I don’t tour to make a living”
The multi-talented screen writer and playwright/producer/actor, etc., Tyler Perry, took to his own blog to apologize to his fans for canceling the final “Madea” tour that was scheduled for this…
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TICKER: Just sad: Soldier predicted own death to father
A soldier told his father that he had reason to believe that he was going to be killed by someone in his own unit. Shortly thereafter, he was dead. Greg…
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TICKER: Obama compares himself to Jay-Z, but what do they really have in common?
Obama was all smiles while schmoozing 100 donors at Jay-Z’s 40/40 on West 25th Street, where supporters paid $40,000 a plate for the privilege of getting within arms length of President…
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TICKER: Anti-gay US fast food chain bows to pressure, agrees to stop funding anti-gay groups
The right wing just learned what it’s like to lose a fight to the LGBT community. Chick-fil-A stirred a great deal of controversy once it was disclosed that the chicken…
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TICKER: Trayvon Martin never touched George Zimmerman’s gun, DNA evidence reveals
Florida prosecutors today released evidence in the murder case against George Zimmerman which revealed, among other things, that Trayvon Martin never touched George Zimmerman’s gun. The Orlando Sentinel reports: Among the new…
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TICKER: Woman ‘mistakenly’ married her father, realised mistake after her father-husband’s death
An Ohio woman is so horrified by a recent revelation that she has had to seek therapy.Valerie Spruill found out that her late husband was also her biological father. A…
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SNAPSHOT: Ex-beauty queen Munachi Abii looking HOT on the cover of La Mode
by Hauwa Gambo No, no, no - don't pass the mic on this one. Former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and rapper, Munachi Abii is the confident beauty on the…
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Opinion: Mourinho playing a dangerous game
By Dermot Corrigan On the contrary, having a personality as compelling and colourful as Mourinho managing one of the world's top clubs is good luck for everyone involved in football,…
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Opinion: The rape along Enugu-Oturkpo-Makurdi, A3 Expressway
by A. O. Izukanne Growing up, I got to know the Obollo Afor-Otukpo-Markurdi route as the major route going to Northern Nigeria from the East. This expressway is known…
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#ThisShouldConcernYou: AfricaMagic/MultiChoice Africa announces the first ever AfricaMagic Viewers’ Choice Awards
by Reuben Daba AfricaMagic and MultiChoice Africa have jointly come up with a new initiative which they call The AfricaMagic Viewers' Choice Awards. They made the big announcement during a special episode…
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4 things we learnt from Wednesday’s Champions League Games
by 'Ifreke Inyang On Wednesday, we were all glued to our TV screens, for more Champions League action from all across Europe. The drama was just as intense, if not…
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TICKER: Mother discovers on Facebook that her 30-year-old daughter is dead
A heartbroken mother has told how she discovered that her only daughter was dead via Facebook - after police failed to tell her in time. Cheryl Jones, 49, was horrified…
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TICKER: Jilted boyfriend breaks into his ex-girlfriend’s home and hangs himself on her four-poster bed to ‘shock’ her
A jilted lover distraught that his ex-girlfriend was in a new relationship broke into her home and hung himself on her four-poster bed to 'shock' her, an inquest heard. Matthew…
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TICKER: Married nurse, 52, carried out a two-year affair with teenage patient at a mental health centre
A married 52-year-old nurse who had a torrid two-year affair with a teenage patient at a secure mental health unit has been jailed for 18 months. Jeanette McCleod had sex…
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TICKER: Sad Photo: Two brothers kill police, put up billboard with photos of victims’ bodies
Two Tennessee brothers who say they killed a deputy officer and his friend in self-defense have hung photos of the dead men’s bodies outside their property as a warning to…
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TICKER: British paper reports: “Man caught illegally smuggling 36 giant African land snails into Glasgow”, it’s a Nigerian travelling with snails
WHEN a group of 36 stowaways were collared at Glasgow Airport, there was no chance of a quick getaway. That’s because the crafty gang were giant African land snails found…
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Opinion: Radical Islamic terror ‘flicks’ insult humanity far more deeply than an idiot film about Muslims by a felonious con man
by Dennis Hamill If New Yorkers stormed embassies with murderous rage after 9/11, the NYPD would wrap us in huge orange nets, but the video of the twin towers falling,…
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Opinion: Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Christ?
by James Martin If I make it to heaven and Jesus introduces me to his wife, I'll be happy for him (and her). But then I'll track down Matthew, Mark,…
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