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Monday, August 18, 2014

49 including One Killed As Falling Tree Hits Academy Building


One Killed As Falling Tree Hits Academy Building

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:55 AM PDT

A tourist was killed and two other people were injured when the roof of an ancient academy in south China's Hunan Province was struck by a falling tree on Monday afternoon. The tree with a diameter...

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No One Is A Threat To Me – Lace

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:47 AM PDT

ast rising artiste, Singer, Lace has said that he does not see anyone in the industry as a threat, stating that he's all out to do good music not compete. Lace who said this during a recent chat with...

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PHOTOS: Reigning MBGN Iheoma Nnadi Shares New Photos

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:45 AM PDT

The current Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Iheoma Nnadi stuns in new photos……..

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Musa Falls At Home With CSKA

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:38 AM PDT

Ahmed Musa and his CSKA Moscow teammates saw their winning run from the start of the Russian league halted by Spartak Moscow who beat them 1-0. The reigning champions of the Russian league have prior...

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Kurdish Push On Mosul Dam Aided By US Air Strikes

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:35 AM PDT

Kurdish forces aided by an expanded us air campaign have advanced to within kilometres of Iraq's largest dam, less than two weeks after it was captured by the islamic state group. General Tawfik...

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The Nigerian Government Is a Greater Threat To Its People Than Boko Haram

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:33 AM PDT

Our car gallops through the bumpy road, as night fast approaches. The glimmer of the sun is fading fast, and the stars are starting to illuminate our way. Our eyes are weighed down with tiredness. We...

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24 Killed, Including 7 In Their Sleep As Landslide Hit India

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:31 AM PDT

Heavy downpours in India triggered landslides and flooding that have claimed at least 24 lives since Friday, according to government officials.  In Uttarakhand state, seven people were killed in...

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Presidential Ambition: I Will Make Known My Stand At The Right Time – Saraki

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:29 AM PDT

A representative of Kwara Central District in the Nigerian Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has responded to rumours of his ambition to contest for the Presidency in 2015, saying he will make his...

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Ukraine Says Rebels Shot Down Fighter Jet

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:27 AM PDT

A Ukrainian fighter jet has been shot down while flying over rebel-held territory in the restive east, as Kiev accused Moscow of supplying rebels with a convoy of rocket launchers.  Ukraine's...

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Osun poll: No Birthday Gift For Sambo

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:24 AM PDT

The August 9 governorship election i n Osun State has gone the way the people of the landlocked state wanted it. They enthusiastically affirmed their approval of the candidate of the All Progressive...

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Ebola: Osun Bars Foreign Tourists From Festival

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:20 AM PDT

Osun State Govern­ment has declared that tourists from outside the state would not be allowed to par­ticipate in the forthcoming Osun Osogbo Festival sched­uled for Friday. This, the government said,...

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World’s Most Pierced Man Denied Entry To Dubai

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:17 AM PDT

The heavily tattooed German man whose face is embellished with horn implants and more than 100 piercings said Sunday he was refused entry to Dubai without reason, forcing him to skip a planned...

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NSCDC Probes Allegation Of Auctioning 14 Seized Trucks

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:16 AM PDT

The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has distanced itself from a report linking it with auctioning of seized trucks and trailers. State Commandant, Mr. Desmond...

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Top Celebrity Endorsements and Their Worth

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:11 AM PDT

Endorsements from various corporate bodies have become a major source of revenue for top entertainment celebrities. Musicians, comedians and Nollywood stars now smile to the banks on account of what...

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Ebola: Edo Govt Inaugurates C’ttee To Prevent Spread

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:09 AM PDT

Gov Adams Oshiomhole As part of the  efforts to prevent a spread of the deadly Ebola virus to the state, the Edo State Government Monday inaugurated a Rapid Response Committee . As part of the ...

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25 Borno Villagers Feared Killed In Fresh Border Attacks

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:05 AM PDT

AS violence remains unabated in Borno State, gunmen suspected of Boko Haram sect in over a dozen Toyota Hilux vehicles and motorcycles Sunday attacked four villages, and shot dead 25 people with...

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NFF Board Rejects Maigari’s Recall, Claims Danagogo Lied

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:04 AM PDT

Abuja — THERE seems to be no end to the crisis rocking the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF), as members of the Mike Umeh-led Executive Committee has told those celebrating the...

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Barcelona Coach Offers Hope To Elohor

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Nigeria youngster at Barcelona B team Godswill Elohor and his teammates' chances of breaking into the main team at Barcelona have been given a boost by new manager Luis Enrique. The Coach who was a...

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Jonathan: Okorocha Is An Embarrassment To Democracy

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:59 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has described Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State as an embarrassment to democracy and a disaster waiting to happen. Jonathan, who was represented by the Foreign Affairs...

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Jonathan Holds Security Meeting

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:57 AM PDT

 President Goodluck Jonathan Monday held security meeting with the nation’s security chiefs. The meeting which is a routine one, is held every Monday. There was  no briefing of journalists at...

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Maigari puts aside crisis, resumes

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:57 AM PDT

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Aminu Maigari, has returned to work as boss of the country’s football apex body on Monday. On resumption at about noon on Monday, Maigari made it...

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Hope Rising: How Patients Survive Ebola Virus Disease

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:53 AM PDT

The recovery and discharge of the first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patient from the isolation centre at the Mainland Hospital in Lagos has brought hope for those infected with the virus as well as the...

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How Nigeria Turned Her Majesty’s Prison Into A Place Of Pleasure

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:52 AM PDT

 Freedom Park, Lagos A major musical highlight in Lagos is the monthly Afropolitan Vibes show at Freedom Park. It is a chance for lovers of live music – no artificial, auto-tuned voices here...

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36 Groups Ask Court To Nullify Govs, Deputies Pension Law

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:48 AM PDT

Some non-governmental organisations in the country, numbering 36, and two activists, have asked a Federal High Court in Abuja, to nullify the various laws enacted by the various state Houses of...

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Kayode In Red Hot Water

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:47 AM PDT

Former Nigeria youth international Olarenwaju Kayode has landed in hot water with Maccabi Netanya following his straight red card in the Toto Cup Ligat Al clash against Hapoel Tel Aviv on Sunday. The...

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Kifasi Takes Over As Head Of Service, Pledges More

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:44 AM PDT

The new Head of Service of the Federation Mr Danladi Kifasi has pledged to deepen the on-going civil service reforms initiated by his predecessors. Kifasi made the pledge Monday in Abuja during a...

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Mysterious End: Family Of Five Found Dead In Ogun

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:42 AM PDT

Residents of the Temidire Community in Sabo, Abeokuta, were left in shock when 5 members of the same family were found dead in their home. The victims, a man, one of his wives and their 3 children,...

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Ogoni Now In Double Struggle

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:39 AM PDT

August 4 marked the third year anniversary of the formal release of the recommendations of the United Nations Environment Program on Ogoni to the Federal government. The government had in 2007...

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Chadian Soldiers Rescued 85 Boko Haram Captives

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:37 AM PDT

According to reports, 85 out of a 100 people kidnapped by terrorist sect, Boko Haram have been rescued by the Chadian army. 100 people were reportedly kidnapped on August 10 from Doron Baga in...

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INEC PVC Exercise Runs Into Hitch In Agbor As Computer Virus Wipes Out Registration

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:33 AM PDT

THE on-going collection of the Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) being conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, inec has run into hitch in Ika South local government area of Delta State...

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Narrow Escape: Iyanya’s Manager, Ubi Franklin, Survives Car Crash

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:30 AM PDT

Made Men Music Group (TripleMG) co-owner and manager of Iyanya, Ubi Franklin, was involved in a terrible car crash on Friday, 15 August, 2014 at Victoria Island, Lagos. The manager of some of...

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So Jonathan Allowed Aregbesola To Win

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:29 AM PDT

AFTER all the noise and the heightening of the blood pressure of Nigerians by the irascible All Progressives Congress, APC, it was a delightful surprise that the President and Commander-in-Chief of...

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Why Nigerians Will Survive The Ebola Virus

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:25 AM PDT

There’s a certain part of us that exist in a place that appears without reach. That part of us that never comes out unless there is an adversary that threatens to tear us way from our...

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EbolaBreakthrough: Five Nigerian Patients Almost Fully Recovered, Health Minister Says

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:22 AM PDT

Five of the Nigerian patients being treated for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have almost fully recovered, Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu said in a press statement today. Minister of Health Prof....

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“It’s Terrible”: APC Condemns Ribadu’s Move To PDP

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:21 AM PDT

The defection of the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been met...

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PDP Govt’ll Reverse Fashola’s Policies, Says Dosunmu

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:16 AM PDT

In this interview with ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in 2011 Lagos State governorship election, Dr. Ade Dosunmu, speaks on the politics of the state and other issues In...

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Nadal Pulls Out Of US Open

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:16 AM PDT

World number two Rafael Nadal has announced he will not be defending his US Open title at Flushing Meadows, New York, next week. The 28-year-old, who defeated top seed Novak Djokovic to claim the...

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Good Samaritan: Tony O. Elumelu Donates N100 Million To Fight Against Ebola

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:13 AM PDT

The former UBA Chairman has added his financial might to the struggle against the deadly disease The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony O. Elumelu has joined the struggle against Ebola in Nigeria as he...

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I Am Alive, Says Adebayo Faleti

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:10 AM PDT

Foremost writer, poet and actor, Adebayo Faleti, has dismissed a rumour going round that he is dead. There were some reports early today – Monday – that the legendary artist, who had been slowed down...

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Atiku Ready to Declare for Presidency, APC Plans for National Convention

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:09 AM PDT

There are indications that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is set to make good his intention to seek the presidential ticket of his new party, All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the 2015...

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Hilarious!! Police Officer Flees After Mistaking “EBOKA” For “EBOLA”

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:03 AM PDT

There was mini drama at Umunede new Road junction on the popular Asaba-Benin Expressway at the weekend as a policeman believed to have hailed from the northern part of the country, ran and shouted...

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Mark Hughes Defends Moses

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:00 AM PDT

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has leaped into the defence of on loan Nigeria forward victor moses who had a disappointing loan spell at Liverpool last season. Hughes said the on loan forward from...

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Breaking News! Popular Veteran Actor Adebayo Faleti Is Dead.

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:56 AM PDT

Veteran actor Adebayo Faleti is dead The Oyo Born Actor who had been sick for some time now passed on in Ibadan today. He was aged 83. Here are Some of the movies he's acted, written, and produced...

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Edo Inaugurates Rapid Response Committee On Ebola

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:51 AM PDT

The Edo State Government has on Monday inaugurated a Rapid Response Committee as part of efforts to prevent a spread of the deadly Ebola virus to the state.The state Commissioner for Health, Dr....

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Mikel will play— Mourinho

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:51 AM PDT

Chelsea FC manager, Jose Mourinho, has maintained that Nigeria's John Mikel Obi will be part of his team for the 2014/2015 English Premier League that started at the weekend. Many Nigerians feared...

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Coming Soon! Majid Michel, Alexx Ekubo,Rosemary Zimu in “Champagne”

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:42 AM PDT

Nollywood director Emem Isong releases first posters of her new movie “Champagne” Award wining filmmaker Emem Isong has released the poster for her directorial debut, Champagne. The movie...

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Strike: NMA Slams FG, Promises To Fight Ebola

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:42 AM PDT

The Nigeria Medical Association, oyo state chapter, has condemned the Federal Government directive, which suspended all resident doctors programme and sacked about 16,000 doctors in the country as...

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Nigeria/Lesotho: Nigeria U21 Coach Unhappy With Lesotho Walkover

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:37 AM PDT

Flying Eagles coach, Manu Garba, has said he was disappointed to eliminate lesotho from the 2015 African Youth Championship via a walkover after they had prepared to beat them on the pitch....

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Gaza Conflict: Peace Talks Continues As Deadline Looms

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:32 AM PDT

Israelis and Palestinians are trying to agree a long-term deal on Gaza's future and end weeks of deadly fighting before a five-day ceasefire expires. On Sunday, Israel's prime minister said any...

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