The Harlem Shake is a harmless humorous dance – unless you perform it next to a bonfire. A man in Germany had to be saved after his attempts to do the viral dance craze went drastically wrong. The 30-second clip posted on the internet shows four friends in the dark in front of a raging... Read More

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Femi Fani-Kayode: A word for our leaders

by Femi Fani-Kayode Why do we always take ten steps forward and twenty steps backwards? Why is our case and example one of constant failure, ineptitude, defeat, shame, lack and incompetence? What is wrong with the Federal Republic of Nigeria… On the 20th April 1653 (exactly 360 years ago to the day that I am... Read More

April 16, 2013

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Open letter to German Federal Cultural Foundation: Africa is not a country! It has 50 countries

by Safia Dickersbach One has to remind them very loudly that Africa is not a country as the German Federal Cultural Foundation apparently considers the more than 50 countries on the African continent to be culturally homogeneous enough to be able to entertain coherent “cultural relations” with Germany. Dear Sir or Madam, I would like... Read More

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April 12, 2013

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She’s back: Patience Jonathan makes first public appearance after trip abroad

by Isi Esene First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday, made her first public appearance after briefly leaving the country allegedly on a medical trip to Germany. Mrs. Jonathan who was dressed in a yellow, purple and brown gown (Boubou) with a purple head tie to match was with the president, Goodluck Jonathan, to receive the... Read More

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April 11, 2013

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‘Ifreke talks Sports: Why a German team will win the Champions League

by ‘Ifreke Inyang On Wednesday night, Bayern Munich and Barcelona joined Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund at the penultimate hurdle of Europe’s elite club competition. There are no surprises really, as it was only Dortmund who failed to make the last four in last season’s competition. More importantly, it is the first time in Champions... Read More

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March 13, 2013

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Japheth Omojuwa: #OccupyNigeria – Fueling the Nigerian awakening for active citizenship (Y! FrontPage)

We cannot continue to throw our empty bowls before the West and expect that we will attain prosperity on their charity. We must endure the pain and pleasure of earning our own wealth and prosperity, and enjoy the fruits of our own labour. #OccupyNigeria: Fueling the Nigerian Awakening for Active Citizenship As presented at Free... Read More

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March 4, 2013

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Debo Adejugbe: Jonathan and the misplaced second term debate (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe The Jonathan presidency is notorious for one thing: The aides pushes out “Oga’s” mind. They do it majestically, oscillating between the outrageously stupid and the awkwardly insane when dishing it out. “Oga” only makes an appearance when a retraction is necessary… The recent upheaval raised by the presidential reply/submission to its adversaries... Read More

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February 22, 2013

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Money ain’t a thing: Meet a family that lives without money (by choice) – and thrives (PICTURED)

A Berlin family of three has been living on practically nothing but love and the goodwill of others for more than two years and counting—not as a victims of the rough economy, but as activists who are on a money strike to protest what they call our “excess-consumption society.” “As consumers, we support the system,... Read More

Berlin, Germany, money, Raphael Fellmer

February 17, 2013

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“My intestine and tummy were opened. I actually died” – Patience Jonathan testifies

First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Sunday, said she died and woke up during the period of her ailment which necessitated her absence from the country for almost three months. In a thanksgiving service at the state House chapel in Abuja, the first lady said prayers offered by Nigerians sustained her while some people who had... Read More

Dame Patience Jonathan, Doctors, Germany, Goodluck Jonathan, surgery

January 24, 2013

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Mali crisis: US, UK, Germany, Canada issue travel warnings on Nigeria

Embassies of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Canada on Wednesday issued fresh warnings to their citizens, advising them not to travel to Nigeria. The embassies hinged their warnings on the deployment of troops in northern Mali, fearing attacks on Nigeria by Islamic terrorists with sympathy for the Malian rebels, especially on Thursday (today)... Read More

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January 23, 2013

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Health risk: Reps set to ban importation and sale of ‘energy’ drinks

by Isi Esene The House of Representatives yesterday put plans in motion to ban the importation and sale of caffeinated drinks, better known as energy drinks in the country. This is following a motion sponsored by a member, Yacoob Bush-Alebiosu, detailing the health risks of consuming such energy drinks. The House then went on to... Read More

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January 23, 2013

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Guess who’s back: Patience Jonathan returns from Germany (Report)

by Isi Esene Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday evening returned to the country from Germany where she had reportedly gone for medical treatment. Her special assistant on media, Ayo Osinlu confirmed her return but declined to give further details. According to Leadership Newspaper reports, Osinlu indicated that Patience Jonathan is getting ready to... Read More

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January 15, 2013

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First Lady, Patience Jonathan flown to Germany for medical check-up

by Isi Esene First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has been flown to Germany for medical check-up according to presidency sources. The First Lady had last year been in the European country for an extended period of time with many believing she was there to nurse an undisclosed ailment. Her media handlers, however, maintained that she... Read More

Andrew Azazi, Aso Rock, Germany, Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, patrick yakowa

January 14, 2013

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Patience Jonathan billed for Europe on medical tourism (Report)

by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan will, in the next few days, be out of the country to visit hospitals in Europe. Sources say the first lady is officially scheduled to visit Spain but there are speculations that she will also be in Germany for medical treatment... Read More

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January 3, 2013

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Taraba governor, Suntai, discharged from German hospital, steps out with family (SNAPSHOT)

by Akan Ido The Taraba State governor who was involved in a plane crash in October has been discharged from the German hospital where he had since been receiving treatment. This bit of good news was announced on Wednesday by the Taraba State government much to the joy of many Tarabans. The governor is currently... Read More

'brain dead, danbaba Suntai, Germany, Hauwa, plane crash, Taraba State, twins

December 1, 2012

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Report: Governor Danbaba Suntai suffered brain-damage in plane crash

by Akan Ido There are indications that the Taraba State governor, Danbaba Suntai, who was involved in a plane crash in Adamawa State recently might have suffered a brain damage. An online news portal is reporting that Suntai failed to recognise any member of a presidential delegation which paid him a visit in a medical... Read More

Abuja, Adamawa State, danbaba Suntai, David Mark, Germany, Hanover, Ibrahim Yakowa, John Onaiyekan, Mike Oghiadomhe; John Kennedy Opara, Taraba State, Vatican, Venerable Obioma Onwuzurumba, Yola

November 17, 2012

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SPOTTED: Heidi Klum steps out with new boyfriend/bodyguard, Martin Kirsten (she looks hot, by the way)

by Rachel Ogbu After hosting the MTV EMAs in her native Germany, there was no question that Heidi Klum was thrilled to be back with her boyfriend Martin Kirsten – who used to be her bodyguard but recently confessed she was in love with. They hot new Hollywood couple were spotted spending a relaxing morning... Read More

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November 14, 2012

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TICKER: It’s official: Deputy governor takes charge in Taraba as governor remains hospitalised

The Taraba State House of Assembly on Wednesday morning passed a resolution empowering Deputy Governor Garba Umar to step into the capacity of Acting Governor. This follows the absence of Governor Danbaba Suntai, who was flown to Germany last month after crashing a small plane owned by the state government into a farm near the Nigerian National... Read More

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November 3, 2012

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How Gov. Suntai governs Taraba State from his hospital bed in Germany

by Isi Esene Governor Danbaba Suntai who is currently receiving treatment in a German hospital after being involved in a plane crash in Yola, Adamawa State, is said to be calling the shots right from his sick bed. Suntai was flown to Germany a week ago in a Swiss Air Ambulance, a Challenger 604 with... Read More

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October 28, 2012

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Constitutional crisis brews as Taraba State remains ‘governorless’

by Isi Esene The expectations in certain quarters that the Taraba State deputy governor, Garba Umar, will be sworn in as acting governor following the plane crash which involved the governor, Danbaba Suntai, has been dashed. The governor is believed to have sustained serious injuries in the crash which many speculate has put him in... Read More

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October 26, 2012

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My wife is a “shining star” – GEJ praises Patience

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja described his wife, Patience as a “shining star” in his life. He said this at a brief ceremony to mark the 55th birthday of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan at the Presidential Villa. Reports say he thanked God for granting her good health and... Read More

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October 24, 2012

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Japheth Omojuwa: The US, Nigeria’s oil and signs of the last days (YNaija Frontpage)

It is good news for the world, it is a disaster for oil dependent mono-economies. A country cannot be more dependent on one source of income like Nigeria is on oil. One Newspaper headline had it like this yesterday ‘Anxiety as Nigeria’s crude oil export to U.S. slumps.’ This is not what those in... Read More

China, economy, Germany, nigeria, Oil, Petroleum, Shell, Vitol

October 22, 2012

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TICKER: Meet the woman who has not used money in 15-years, and she says she’s happy

Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she’s been much happier ever since. Heidemarie’s incredible story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged secondary school teacher emerging from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s Ruhr... Read More

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October 18, 2012

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TICKER: I did not go abroad for cosmetic surgery – Patience Jonathan

returned to the country on Wednesday after spending about seven weeks abroad. Mrs. Jonathan arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from a foreign country widely believed to be Germany. She returned in one of the aircraft in the Presidential Fleet As soon as she alighted from the aircraft, she denied media reports... Read More

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October 11, 2012

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Abimbola Adelakun: What truly ails Patience Jonathan?

by Abimbola Adelakun Since the news broke that Mrs. Patience Jonathan was hospitalised, there has been a systematic repetition of history. I take that back, history doesn’t repeat itself; such linguistic constructions in the intransitive mode shrewdly obscure the oft-unpleasant reality that the actors of history are active agents of concomitant actions that culminate in... Read More

Germany, illness, Oprah, Patience Jonathan, yaradua

October 8, 2012

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TICKER: #InCaseYouMissedIt: NTA airs Jonathan’s visit to his wife in Germany

President Goodluck Jonathan paid a secret visit to his sick wife, Patience, in Germany on Saturday. A short news item aired on the Nigerian Television Authority at 9pm showed the President’s visit to his wife, who is reported to be sick with an undisclosed ailment in Germany. The news item was accompanied by a short... Read More

Germany, nigeria, patience

October 3, 2012

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Another one: Patience Jonathan “has uterine cancer” – PM News “authoritatively confirms”

by Hauwa Gambo Apparently, if the Presidency thought silence would make this story go away, it miscalculated by miles. We’ve heard exhaustion, Parkinson’s Disease, food poisoning, ruptured apendicitis, uterine fibroid – and everything eles in between. Now, our friends at PM News say they have a scoop – and Dame Patience Jonathan actually has uterine... Read More

cancer, Germany, parkinson's, Patience Jonathan, sick

September 30, 2012

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Concerns rise over Seriake Dickson’s health as he prolongs UK trip

by Isi Esene The health condition of Nigeria’s public officers have continued to be an issue of interest with speculation currently making the rounds that the Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, might also be nursing an ailment. Dickson is rumoured to be in the United Kingdom attending to an undisclosed ailment holding him there for... Read More

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September 28, 2012

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Patience Jonathan declared fit, scheduled to return to Nigeria soon

by Isi Esene There are indications that doctors attending to the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, who is generally believed to be receiving treatment in a German hospital might soon be on her way back home. Reports say her doctors in Wiesbaden, Germany have given her a clean bill of health to return back to... Read More

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September 25, 2012

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President Jonathan rumoured to have detoured to Germany to visit recovering first lady

by Isi Esene There are speculation that President Goodluck Jonathan may have had a brief stopover at Wiesbaden, Germany, to visit the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan who is believed to be nursing an undisclosed ailment. Jonathan who reportedly left Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 9.30am, was expected to arrive in New... Read More

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Dancer falls into bonfire while trying to dance the ‘Harlem Shake’ (PHOTOS)

Femi Fani-Kayode: A word for our leaders

Open letter to German Federal Cultural Foundation: Africa is not a country! It has 50 countries

She’s back: Patience Jonathan makes first public appearance after trip abroad

‘Ifreke talks Sports: Why a German team will win the Champions League

Japheth Omojuwa: #OccupyNigeria – Fueling the Nigerian awakening for active citizenship (Y! FrontPage)

Debo Adejugbe: Jonathan and the misplaced second term debate (Y! Politico)

Money ain’t a thing: Meet a family that lives without money (by choice) – and thrives (PICTURED)

“My intestine and tummy were opened. I actually died” – Patience Jonathan testifies

Mali crisis: US, UK, Germany, Canada issue travel warnings on Nigeria

Health risk: Reps set to ban importation and sale of ‘energy’ drinks

Guess who’s back: Patience Jonathan returns from Germany (Report)

First Lady, Patience Jonathan flown to Germany for medical check-up

Patience Jonathan billed for Europe on medical tourism (Report)

Taraba governor, Suntai, discharged from German hospital, steps out with family (SNAPSHOT)

Report: Governor Danbaba Suntai suffered brain-damage in plane crash

SPOTTED: Heidi Klum steps out with new boyfriend/bodyguard, Martin Kirsten (she looks hot, by the way)

TICKER: It’s official: Deputy governor takes charge in Taraba as governor remains hospitalised

How Gov. Suntai governs Taraba State from his hospital bed in Germany

Constitutional crisis brews as Taraba State remains ‘governorless’

My wife is a “shining star” – GEJ praises Patience

Japheth Omojuwa: The US, Nigeria’s oil and signs of the last days (YNaija Frontpage)

TICKER: Meet the woman who has not used money in 15-years, and she says she’s happy

TICKER: I did not go abroad for cosmetic surgery – Patience Jonathan

Abimbola Adelakun: What truly ails Patience Jonathan?

TICKER: #InCaseYouMissedIt: NTA airs Jonathan’s visit to his wife in Germany

Another one: Patience Jonathan “has uterine cancer” – PM News “authoritatively confirms”

Concerns rise over Seriake Dickson’s health as he prolongs UK trip

Patience Jonathan declared fit, scheduled to return to Nigeria soon

President Jonathan rumoured to have detoured to Germany to visit recovering first lady

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