Tuesday, 29 July 2014

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New virus lives in half the world’s population

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 07:43 AM PDT

Odds are, there's a virus living inside your gut that has gone undetected by scientists for decades. A new study led by researchers at San Diego State University has found that more than half the...

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Jonathan commiserates with El-Rufai on son’s death

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 07:27 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday commiserated with a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on the death of his son, Hamza.In a statement by his Special...

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Ideye signing is a risk

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 07:21 AM PDT

With the Premier League season just weeks away, West Bromwich Albion smashed their transfer record on striker Brown Ideye, paying an initial £10m for the Nigerian forward. He is a big, powerful...

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Vincent Enyeama: The Golden Year

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:46 AM PDT

Vincent Enyeama's inclusion in the Goal 50 for 2014 comes as no surprise given his performances over the past 12 months, but a year ago it would have triggered incredulous double-takes around the...

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Child abductors in Akwa Ibom face death sentence -Akpabio

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:41 AM PDT

The akwa ibom state Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has said that anybody found guilty of abducting a child in the state will face death sentence like a kidnapper under the state Child's Rights and...

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Police, Army Clash: 5 Dead In Zuru

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:36 AM PDT

Barely few hours to Eid-el Fitri celebration that climaxed the 30-day- Muslim Ramadan fasting, operatives of the Nigerian army and the police clashed yesterday, resulting in the death of one soldier...

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Police parade female cult member, armed robbers in Delta

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:33 AM PDT

A 21-year-old lady was among 11 members of a youth cult group arrested by the police in Asaba while performing their initiation rites. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina...

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I’ll break 2nd term jinx –Ajimobi

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:30 AM PDT

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of oyo state yesterday vowed to break the jinx working against those seeking to rule the state twice as governor. He said he would be the first governor of the state that...

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Policeman Accidentally Shoots Self Dead In Aba

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:21 AM PDT

Inspector Sunday Mefo, a police officer attached to the Patrol and Guard (P&G) Unit at the Aba Central Police Station (CPS) in Abia State, allegedly shot himself dead accidentally on Sunday, July...

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Obiano Appoints Special Adviser From Hausa Community

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:15 AM PDT

In the spirit of the celebration of the Eid El Fitri, the Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, has announced the appointment of a Special Adviser from the Hausa Community. For the very first time...

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SHOCKING: 43-year-old auto mechanic kills self over inability to pay rent

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:44 AM PDT

Following threat of eviction from his landlord over his inability to pay his house rent, one Mr.  Obi Orji, 43, an auto mechanic reportedly killed himself, Monday, July 28, in Minna. It was learnt...

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Chelsea & Tottenham target Emenike will let Fenerbahce decide his future

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:37 AM PDT

Nigerian international has revealed that he is happy at Fenerbahce, however, if he has received any offers he will let his club decide on his future. "For now, I can't say much on transfer because I...

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I will sell Mikel, Torres or Cech – MoU

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:33 AM PDT

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho has declared that Nigerian midfielder, John Obi Mikel, could be on his way out of the club. Mikel has been consistently linked with a move away from Chelsea but it...

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B’ Haram kills seven in Adamawa

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:11 AM PDT

Suspected members of Boko Haram have carried out an attack on Garkida, a village in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State, killing four soldiers, three civilians and left many people injured....

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Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:59 AM PDT

The Founder of Trinity House, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, has claimed that he has found a solution to the deadly Ebola disease, which has killed no fewer than 670 people and infected more than 1,000 in...

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Weightlifting rocked by failed test

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:55 AM PDT

The future of weightlifting as a core sport in the Commonwealth Games programme has again been thrown into doubt after Nigerian 53kg gold medallist Chika Amalaha tested positive for drugs. The...

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PDP’s end will be ugly – Tinubu

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:46 AM PDT

A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has predicted that the end of the Peoples Democratic Party will be disgraceful. He alleged that the impeachment of some All Progressive Congress...

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BREAKING: Ebola: 59 People Quarantined In Lagos

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:31 AM PDT

Lagos State Government today revealed that they have been quarantined by the health department after being exposed to the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian citizen who passed away in Lagos due to the...

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El-Rufai loses son in auto crash

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 04:13 AM PDT

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has lost one of his sons in a car crash. Hamza El-Rufai died Tuesday morning in Abuja. The father of the deceased broke...

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Liberia: Letter From Lagos – Wish Liberia Had Done This Much to Curb Ebola

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 03:39 AM PDT

BLOG Lagos — On the day my country, liberia turned 167, I touched down in Lagos, nigeria to see for myself what really happened to Patrick Sawyer and how he died.  Sawyer, a WASH Consultant, at the...

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Five Nigerians who might make big moves

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 03:19 AM PDT

Nigerian stars such as Ideye Brown and Kenneth Omeruo have already secured moves since the World Cup. One senses, however, that one or two more Super Eagles may soon follow suit. This article...

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Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 03:11 AM PDT

Gaza has seen one of its heaviest nights of bombardment in three weeks, after Israel's prime minister warned of a long conflict ahead. Gaza's only power plant was damaged as Israel carried out 60 air...

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Why I returned to PDP –Igwe

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 03:05 AM PDT

A  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart and returnee in Abia State, Chris Igwe, has confessed that his return to the party was made possible by the achievements of Governor Theodore Orji. Speaking...

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Why Ogun APC crisis persists, by Adegbuyi

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 02:43 AM PDT

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Adegbuyi, has said the crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of the party has remain intractable because some politicians in the state are...

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Malala stands up for kidnapped Nigerian girls

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 02:19 AM PDT

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai came to international attention in 2012 when she was shot by Taliban gunmen because she spoke up for the right of girls to be educated. Her story inspired the...

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AP not part of impeachment plot against Ajimobi –Ladoja

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 02:17 AM PDT

National leader of Accord Party (AP) and former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, on Monday, dissociated his party members in the state House of Assembly from the alleged impeachment plot...

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Again, APC raises alarm over plot by PDP to rig Osun poll

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 02:11 AM PDT

All Progressives Congress (APC) has spoken of how the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Presidency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Police and the Army plan to work...

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Three nabbed with cloned Ekiti govt letterhead, blank cheque

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:57 AM PDT

The police in Lagos have smashed a syndicate allegedly specialised in swindling members of the public through false offers from state governments. Large quantity of fake documents and letter head...

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Europeans out to destroy African culture, says Alaafin

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:42 AM PDT

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, has, in far away Brazil, lampooned the Europeans for deliberately setting out to destroy other cultures with their own cultures, described as...

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APC Govs’ attack on Jonathan frivolous –Group

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:33 AM PDT

An Igbo group, Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria (NCSN) has condemned a communiqué issued by governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) blaming President Goodluck Jonathan for the twin bomb...

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Govt Allays Fear of Ebola Disease Outbreak

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:25 AM PDT

Lagos and Abuja — The Federal Ministry of Health and the Lagos State Government Monday allayed fear of Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the country.  The assurance is coming on the heels of...

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Okagbare Storms to Sprint Gold, Set New Games Record

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:20 AM PDT

Africa’s fastest female sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, last night stormed to the 100m gold and a new Commonwealth Games record. The gold medal is the third to be won by Team Nigeria at the...

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Don’t be cowed by terrorism, Jonathan tells Nigerians after Ramadan

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:44 AM PDT

The president asks Nigerians to be strong despite growing insecurity and bloodshed. As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-el-Fitri, which marks the end of Ramadan fasting, President Goodluck...

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Heroic Granny Shoots Robber in the Head

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:16 AM PDT

Phyllis Law, 63, was minding her business on Friday night when two robbers decided to break in her home. Her home had already been broken in before, so Phyllis had reached the last straw. She pulled...

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5 Reasons You Need Your Girlfriends

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:09 AM PDT

I know this is a loaded statement, but here goes: I have always said that I don't trust women who don't have female friends. You know the type — the girl who spends her time exclusively with men. She...

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Body of Ebola victim cremated in Lagos

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:02 AM PDT

The body of the first victim of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria,   who died in Lagos on Friday, has been cremated. Details of the cremation were not available at press time but Sunday Vanguard...

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Bomb Scare in Kaduna as Traders Close Businesses

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:57 AM PDT

A bomb scare in Kaduna  Monday  forced  traders to close shops in the metropolis. Many people  had ran helter-skelter   to remain alive. It started when curious  traders  along Ahmadu Bello Way, the ...

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Nigeria isolates Lagos hospital where Ebola victim died

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:52 AM PDT

The Nigerian city of Lagos on Monday shut down and quarantined a hospital where a man died of Ebola in the first recorded case of the highly infectious disease in Africa’s most populous...

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BRT Probe: Falana requests Fashola to remove Justice Adebajo as chairman

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:28 AM PDT

A senior advocate of Nigeria,  Mr. Femi Falana yesterday urged the Lagos state governor,  Mr BabatundeFashola, SAN, to reconstitute the judicial commission set up by the Lagos State government to...

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3 dead, 7 injured in new Kano suicide attack (UPDATE)

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:10 AM PDT

A female suicide bomber in Nigeria's Kano city killed three people and injured seven others on Monday in an attack targeting women who had lined up to buy kerosene, police said. "A female suicide...

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Asari Dokubo Blasts Buhari Over Kaduna Bomb Attack

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 05:27 AM PDT

elf-acclaimed Niger Delta warlord and leader of Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari yesterday accused former Head of State, General Mohammed Buhari (rtd.) of...

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Kaduna Bombing: ‘Homosexual cross-dresser’ arrested after bombing kills 80

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 05:21 AM PDT

Nigerian authorities who arrested a "homosexual cross-dresser" as the "mastermind" behind a failed assassination attempt, which killed 80 bystanders, have been accused of using the suspect as a...

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Bakare wants FG to apologise to Boko Haram over killing of leader

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 05:10 AM PDT

Lagos—CONVENER of the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said one of the ways to end boko haram insurgency is for the Federal Government to apologise to members of the sect over the...

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Whizkid and Davido at War Again

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 05:01 AM PDT

Many industry watchers thought the two young kids, Wizkid and Davido have buried their differences and show of supremacy but it seems all is not well again. The duo are said to be on collision once...

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BREAKING: Many feared killed in Kano bomb blast

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 04:54 AM PDT

Just a day after a bomb explosion killed at least five people in Kano State, another explosion has occurred in the state. Today's explosion occurred near an nnpc mega station, Hotoro Quarters, along...

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How to keep a woman in your bed

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:52 AM PDT

Last week, I wrote an article about how to get a woman into bed. A friend of mine wrote the rejoinder, published today. I feel it is worth publishing and may be even be more important. Perhaps next...

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Team Nigeria glowing in Glasgow

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:45 AM PDT

Nigerian athletes started on a good note on Sunday as they booked semi-final tickets at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Reigning Nigeria champion Mark Jelks in Heat 3 in 10.28 seconds to...

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W’Brom target Moses, Burnley for Efe

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:35 AM PDT

The transfer coast appears to be getting clearer for Nigeria's victor moses. West Brom have said that they are hoping to push ahead with a loan deal for the player who failed to tie down a regular...

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Boko Haram abducts wife of Cameroon’s deputy Prime Minister

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:59 AM PDT

Cameroonian authorities said extremist sect boko haram abducted the wife of the country's deputy prime minister Sunday. The wife of Deputy Prime Minister Amadou Ali and her maid were kidnapped in...

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Everton To Sign Ramon Azeez

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:52 AM PDT

Everton boss Roberto Martinez have made a move for highly-rated Nigerian starlet Ramon Azeez but faces a battle to land the midfielder. Toffees boss Martinez has been tracking the 21-year-old for the...

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Nigeria would have been in turmoil if Buhari, Bauchi were killed, says Jonathan

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 02:47 AM PDT

Mr. Jonathan expresses sympathy to those who lost their lives in the bomb attack. President Goodluck Jonathan said calamity would have befallen Nigeria if former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari and...

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Breaking News: South Africa Appoints Mashaba New Bafana Bafana Coach

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 09:25 AM PDT

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has appointed Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba as the new Bafana Bafana coach.  The 63-year old takes over from Gordon Igesund whose contract had...

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Breaking: Appeal Court Upholds Obiano’s Election, Dismisses Ngige, Nwoye’s Petitions

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 09:02 AM PDT

The Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal  Saturday upheld the judgment of Anambra Election Tribunal which upheld the election of Willie Obiano as duly elected governor of Anambra State as declared...

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BREAKING: Home Coming: Drogba Rejoins Chelsea

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 08:46 AM PDT

Chelsea have re-signed veteran striker Didier Drogba on a one-year deal. The 36-year-old, who competed in the recent World Cup, was a free agent following his exit from Galatasaray in the off-season....

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US monitoring Ebola outbeak, aiding bid to stop spread

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 08:28 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US officials are closely monitoring the outbreak of deadly Ebola virus which has now reached Nigeria, and is working with governments and aid groups to try to stop the spread. "Our...

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Glasgow: Amalaha’s gold excites Danagogo

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 07:55 AM PDT

Glasgow (Scotland) – The Minister of Sports, Mr Tammy Danagogo on Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland, expressed satisfaction with the performance of Team Nigeria athletes at ongoing Commonwealth Games....

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Boko Haram clashes with Cameroon soldiers in cross-border attacks

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 06:28 AM PDT

YAOUNDE – Nigeria’s Islamist militant group boko haram has carried out two cross-border attacks into cameroon since Friday, killing at least four soldiers and prompting the Cameroonian...

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Omisore, APC trade words over Governorship poll

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 05:43 AM PDT

Senator Iyiola Omisore, the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, has vowed that no amount of propaganda from the ruling the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the...

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I didn’t predict PDP’s defeat in Osun – Fayose

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 05:33 AM PDT

Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, has denied predicting defeat of pdp governorship candidate, Iyiola Omisore, in the August 9, 2014 governorship poll. A statement? by the...

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Keshi In With An Outside Chance

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 05:23 AM PDT

SAFA will on Saturday, July 26, announce the new Bafana Bafana head coach, with Nigerian Stephen Keshi in the mix. While former Bafana coach Carlos Quiroz is leading the race for the hot seat,...

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Cameroon sends 14 Boko Haram members to prison

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 04:57 AM PDT

YAOUNDE – A military court in Cameroon has handed down prison sentences of up to 20 years to 14 Boko Haram members, the country's state broadcaster Crtv reported. The defendants, who were arrested in...

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