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Nordic PMs didn’t just throw shade at Trump’s Saudi orb moment, or did they?
This viral photo of Prime ministers of five Nordic countries holding onto a ball seems to be a mimicry of President Trump's moment with Saudi King Salman and Egyptian President…
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Norway donates N3.6bn to Boko Haram victims in North East
Norway has donated a sum of N3.6bn to girls and women who have been victims of Boko Haram in northeast states. Doune Porter, United Nation’s Children Fund Chief of Communication…
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Waziri Adio: Recession as opportunity for reversing resource curse
And, sadly, it came to pass. It is well predicted that most countries blessed with natural resources, even in the best of times, perform worse economically than countries not so…
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Siasia releases 35-man provisional list for the Rio Olympics
Samson Siasia, head coach of the U-23 team has released the 35-man provisional list for this year's Rio Olympics. He included in the list, Super Eagles players such as John…
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‘Show some diplomatic maturity, don’t deport Biafrans to Nigeria’ – MASSOB tells Norway
The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has urged the Norwegian government to halt its plan to illegally deport Lotachukwu Okolie and Onyedikachi Ani. Lotachukwu Okolie, who's currently…
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Still on Tompolo’s warships: We hear 2 Brits & 1 Norwegian have been arrested
by Iyobosa Omoregie Two British businessmen have been reportedly arrested on suspicion of bribing a Norwegian official alleged to have been involved in the controversial sale of the former naval…
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Tompolo alleges blackmail over warship acquisition
by Iyobosa Omoregie Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, has reacted to media reports that he has acquired 7 warships from the Norwegian government. Tompolo, who is a former leader…
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Malala Yousafzai becomes the youngest ever winner of Nobel peace prize
by Kolapo Olapoju Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Pakistani education campaigner has been announced as the joint winner of the 2014 Nobel peace prize. Malala became a global personality after…
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Three scientists win ‘Nobel Prize for Medicine’ for discovering the brain’s internal GPS
by Kolapo Olapoju American, John O'Keefe and Norwegian couple, May-Britt and Edvard Moser, won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, 6 October, for discovering the brain's 'internal positioning…
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10-year-old boy drives parents’ car and tells police he’s a dwarf who forgot his licence (PICTURED)
by Adeola Balogun A 10-year-old boy who was caught by police driving his parents' car in Norway told police that he was a dwarf who had forgotten his driver's licence.…
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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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Alkasim Abdulkadir: To the children of Mamudo who were cut down in search of light (Y! FrontPage)
by Alkasim Abdulkadir In Mamudo the children received death instead of an education because they obeyed God’s command of seeking knowledge, -Iqrah. The children of Mamudo were cut down in…
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Die hard! Moment diver’s hand gets stuck inside mouth of monstrous monkfish (PHOTOS)
This Russian diver had intended to land himself a nice catch after jumping into the fishing waters off Norway. But as these pictures show, he instead found himself as the…
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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…
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TICKER: Israeli Navy boards ‘Estelle’ Gaza-bound ship
The Israeli navy boarded the Gaza-bound "Estelle" ship seeking to break Israel's naval blockade on Gaza, an army spokesperson confirmed at 11:40 am on Saturday. The army said the…
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YNaija Editorial: No, #Aluu4 is a matter of crime and punishment
Our job is to "reduce crime by bringing more offences to justice, and to raise public confidence that the system is fair and will deliver for the law-abiding citizen." In the aftermath…
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Moving: Olympic winner has duplicate gold medal made to honour rival
by Adeniyi Abdul Score one for sportsmanship. Hungarian swimmer and recent Olympic champion Daniel Gyurta has revealed that he will be honouring a fallen rival in a very special way.…
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