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March 14, 2013
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We now have a black eye – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze If you are new to this morning tonic, you can view previous pieces here. Truth is that while on the one hand the Prez exercised the powers accorded him by law as ably pointed out by #DoyinOkupe, this particular decision gives the purported fight against corruption in our dear vaterland, one huge black eye. Every man... Read More
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March 9, 2013
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“Sum1 paid me to kill you, get spared, 48hrs to pay $5000″: Australians hit by waves of scam text messages

Police across Australia warned mobile phone users Monday to ignore a text message sent to “a large number of people” threatening death if they did not pay Aus$5,000 (US$5,150). “Sum1 paid me to kill you. get spared, 48hrs to pay $5000. If you inform the police or anybody, death is promised…E-mail me now: killerking247@yahoo.com,” read... Read More
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March 5, 2013
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2nd sinkhole forms in Florida, 2 miles from one that killed Jeff Bush (PHOTO, WATCH)

  This sinkhole formed Monday in Seffner, Fla., less than two miles from one that killed a man on Thursday. Officials in Seffner, Fla., are investigating a second sinkhole that has formed less than two miles from the one that opened up underneath a house on Thursday and killed Jeff Bush. The sinkhole is located... Read More
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February 16, 2013
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‘9-year-old’ mother is at least 12 – Mexican officials say

  Authorities in the Mexican state of Jalisco say tests have revealed that a girl who gave birth two weeks ago is between 12 and 13 years of age, not 9 as the parents had claimed. Jalisco state prosecutors also say the girl was impregnated by her stepfather and not her alleged 17-year-old boyfriend. Authorities... Read More
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January 28, 2013
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Tragedy: Family lose their 3 children (aged 10, 12, 14) in house fire in Sokoto

by Rachel Ogbu A father , Saidu Galadima was left devastated after his three children died in a fire disaster at Nakasarin Hardo in Sokoto South Local Government Area of Sokoto State. According to reports, the fire consumed the house late Saturday night, January 26 while the children slept. Eyewitnesses explained that neighbours, who rushed... Read More
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January 28, 2013
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I cannot kill the truth, Amnesty to end in 2015 – Special Advisor to Jonathan

by Rachel Ogbu Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has warned that the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), special intervention by the Federal Government will terminate in 2015. Kuku who is also the Chairman of PAP, directed his message to unemployed youths and women in the Niger Delta against continuous agitation... Read More
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January 25, 2013
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Enugu governor, Sullivan Chime, discharged from London hospital

Indication emerged Wednesday that Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may have been discharged from Wellington Hospital at St. John’s Wood, North West London, where he had an endoscopy operation. This is coming barely four days after Chime’s colleagues-Governors Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Gabriel Suswam (Benue) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) paid him a visit in... Read More
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January 16, 2013
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Cleaner steals a TRAIN and crashes it into a house at high speed (PHOTOS)

    A cleaner has been arrested after stealing a train before it crashed at high speed into a house, Swedish officials say. The woman was seriously injured when the train derailed at Saltsjobaden station, southeast of Stockholm, and collided with the building, police spokesman Lars Bystrom confirmed. She was flown to hospital in the... Read More
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January 7, 2013
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Eko for show: Lagos is Nigeria’s richest state, while Sokoto is the poorest – NBS

by Rachel Ogbu Information obtained on the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) website reveals that Sokoto is the poorest state in Nigeia. According to reports, the northern state has 81.2 per cent poverty rate. Next on the list is Katsina with 74.5 per cent; Adamawa, 74.2 per cent; Gombe, 74.2 per cent; Jigawa, 74.1 per cent; Plateau, 74.1 per cent;... Read More
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January 1, 2013
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President Jonathan visits Idris Wada in Abuja hospital, shuns journalists (SNAPSHOT)

President Goodluck Jonathan Monday  visited Kogi State governor, Idris Wada, at the Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, where he was receiving treatment from injuries he sustained in the auto crash that claimed the life of his Aide-de -Camp (ADC), Ibrahim Idris. Also, the state Deputy Governor, Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, who was on a foreign trip in the... Read More
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December 20, 2012
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Yakowa’s widow, 6 others in the running to become Kaduna’s deputy governor

by Rachel Ogbu No fewer than seven people are in the running to succeed Yakowa’s deputy, Alhaji Ramalan Yero, who was sworn in on Sunday as the 19th governor of Kaduna state since the death of the former governor. Many expect that the new deputy governor will come from Southern Kaduna, where Yakowa hailed from, to achieve a... Read More
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December 16, 2012
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6 brutal reasons why you are not yet married

by Tracy McMillan   You want to get married. It’s taken a while to admit it. Saying it out loud — even in your mind — feels kind of desperate, kind of unfeminist, kind of definitely not you, or at least not any you that you recognize. Because you’re hardly like those girls on TLC... Read More
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November 30, 2012
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African City Monopoly Games comes to Lagos this December

by Rachel Ogbu Bestman Games prepares to launch the first African city edition of the game Monopoly. Bestman Games said come December 11, 2012, the City of Lagos Edition of Monopoly will portray the strength of the city through one of the most famous board games in the world. With the support of the Lagos State Government, First Bank... Read More
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November 28, 2012
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“No amount is too much”: Police to spend N2 billion to fight terrorism next year

by Rachel Ogbu Caleb Olubolade, minister of police affairs announced new year plans to fight terrorism in Nigeria, recently he said the Nigeria Police Force has reserved N2 billion for logistics, intelligence gathering, and purchase of anti-terror equipment. Out of N319 billion in its 2013 budget Olubolade during his presentation at the 2013 budget defence... Read More
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November 11, 2012
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#SoFarSoGood: Dangote led Presidential Flood Relief Committee raises N11bn for flood victims

by Rachel Ogbu Aliko Dangote, co-chairman of the Dangote-Agbakoba Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and the Federal Government has donated to raise funds for flood victims. So far, the committee has realised over N11 billion in what was described as the first leg of its fund raising. Dangote and the FG donated the sum of... Read More
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May 24, 2012
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Get rid of the cultists: President Jonathan says all unqualified UNIABUJA Students must be expelled

by Chi Ibe “The long legs have been cut short”- this was basically President Goodluck Jonathan’s message yesterday, 23 May, when he ordered that unqualified students of the University of Abuja be expelled. President Jonathan pointed out that those students who were “smuggled” into the university by politicians who peddle their influence in getting their... Read More
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April 23, 2012
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Another committee releases report: Nigerians hate books – All in last week’s news… with a pinch of salt

Books hate Nigerians A committee set up by government to look into the immediate and remote causes of any problem of its choice, has submitted its report which revealed that Nigerians have “a mutually hateful relationship with the word ‘book.’” To buttress its point, the committee noted that “any process which involves books in Nigeria... Read More
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July 19, 2011
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Heard of the new ‘Skinny Jeans’ tax in Lagos? We present the news… upside down!

by Stanley Azuakola This week’s news, with a pinch of salt! Lagos to Introduce New Taxes The Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola has assured Lagosians that his government’s recent doggedness in demanding TV and cable taxes is only the beginning as it plans to introduce new taxes for blackberry users, individuals with more than 100... Read More
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