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Photos: Mercy strips down to wish Super Eagles World Cup win in Brazil...

The 6 foot 4 model, Cool FM OAP, actress and presenter teases the Super Eagles to victory in a series of football themed images. In the images, ‘Omo London’ as she is best known flaunts her endless...

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Boko Haram, Chibok Girls- Churches Declare Prayer Warfare, Prayer Haram

By Obinna Akukwe( profetobinna2@yahoo.com)The raging madness of Boko Haram insurgency had woken up a slumbering Christian community into frenzies of prayers, declarations and intercessions against the...

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George Bush marks 90th birthday with a skydive

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Former president George H.W. Bush turns 90 on Thursday and is marking the big day with nothing less than a skydive. The 41st commander-in-chief plans to parachute out of a helicopter...

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Jonathan in the eye of the storm

IT was Shakespeare in one of his philosophical treatises who asserted that “ambition is made of sterner stuff”. In this brief quote lies the philosophical underpinning of any aspiration or ambition for...

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Abducted girls: WHY FG should swap the girls with detainees – Sultan

Fears of a plan to Islamise Nigeria are unfounded, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III said yesterday. Sultan Abubakar, who is also the President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic...

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Jonathan, deal with the fifth columnist

I AM not too sure if the President is conversant with the modus operandi of a “Fifth Columnist” in any organisational structure, mostly in government. Because if he does, he would have been able to...

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Boko Haram Burnt 750 Churches — PFN

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has lamented that 750 churches have so far been burnt by Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram, and calls on the Federal Government to compensate...

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Sagay To INEC: Don’t Rig Ekiti, Osun Gov Polls

Kazeem Ugbodaga   Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against attempting to rig the forthcoming governorship elections in Ekiti, Osun...

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EXCLUSIVE: Emir of Kano, Sanusi, begs Jonathan as Police ends siege on palace

The newly-crowned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, has shelved his public defiance and begged President Goodluck Jonathan, personally and through intermediaries, to lift police siege on his palace and...

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Ekiti 2014: Nigerian military orders shoot at sight

“I have given the order to my men that whosoever is caught with any offensive weapons against the state should be brought down.” The Nigerian military has ordered soldiers to shoot “whosoever is caught...

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Finally, Sanusi Enters Palace To Ascend The Throne As Emir Of Kano…See pictures

The new Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has finally entered into the Emir palace to begin his ascension to the throne as the Emir of Kano. Sanusi arrived the palace lateafternoon on Friday from the...

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Ahead Of June 21st Election, Fayemi And Fayose Sharing Rice To Electorates

Two prominent contenders of the upcoming Ekiti State Governorship election, incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi and former Governor Ayo Fayose decided to show the people of Ekiti some love by sharing...

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Shocked GOC Orders Arrest Of Soldiers Who Deserted Biita

The General Officer commanding the 3rd Army Division in Jos, Major General JS Zaruwa was shocked to find so many soldiers roaming the streets of Michika in Adamawa State when he made a private visit to...

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The politics behind Sanusi’s emergence

By Emmanuel Aziken, Only simpletons would dismiss the kind of vicious politics that emit from the palaces of the nation’s traditional rulers. Contestants for elective political offices and their...

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That midnight call from Dora Akunyili

By Sola Ogundipe The phone call came just after midnight. As the strident and persistent tone startled me out of fatigued slumber, I clawed for my handset on the bedside table wondering who could be...

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Sanusi sues for peace with Jonathan

BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI, Abuja In a bid to consolidate his position as the new Emir of Kano, the erstwhile Governor of the Central Bank, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday, initiated moves to terminate...

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What President Sawyer told Nigerian Governors on life after office

BY HENRY UMORU,   Assistant Political Editor The day was Friday, June 6 and the locale was the Rivers State  government house when the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF under the leadership of the State...

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Ekiti 2014: IGP assures of adequate security during polls

The Inpector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has assured the Ekiti State people and other stakeholders of the readiness of the police and other security agencies to provide adequate security for...

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Maku Faults Politicians For Nigeria’s Crisis

Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, on Friday in Asaba, the Delta State capital, blamed politicians for the various crises in Nigeria. Maku, who made this known at the National Peace...

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Don’t Play Politics With Our Girls, Says Chibok Indigenes

Indigenes of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State have refuted claims in some quarters that over 200 girls were not abducted from their schools 60 days ago. Indigenes of the area were at a...

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