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    Politics Why We Can’t Respond To Obasanjo’s Statement Now — APC [Premium Times]

    The ruling All Progressives Congress says “at this time” it has no response to the blistering remarks by former President Olusegun Obasanjo asking President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek reelection. Mr. Obasanjo, in the statement Tuesday entitled, “The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for...
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    World 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off northern Japan – RT International

    6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off northern Japan Published time: 24 Jan, 2018 11:14 Edited time: 24 Jan, 2018 11:16 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck off Hokkaido, Japan Wednesday at a depth of 64km (40 miles). There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage. via RT...
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    World Mother And Her Lover Kill 4-Year-Old Son For Spilling His Meal (Photo) – INFORMATION NIGERIA

    A four-year-old boy from Pennsylvania, U.S., has been killed by his mother and her boyfriend after he was beating to death for spilling his breakfast. Lisa Smith, 19, and her boyfriend Keiff King, 26, of Willow Grove, who were arrested Tuesday … via INFORMATION NIGERIA –...
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    World Gay Couple Drags US Government To Court For Denying Their Child US Citizenship - Google News

    A gay binational couple filed a lawsuit on behalf of their 16-month son who they say has been denied American citizenship. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) A gay binational couple filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. State Department on behalf of their 16-month-old who, via More Top Stories –...
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    World Camels banned from Saudi beauty contest over Botox – BBC

    Twelve prized camels have been disqualified from a beauty contest in Saudi Arabia after their owners tried to tweak their good looks with Botox. Thousands of camels are paraded at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival to be judged on their shapely lips and humps. But judges stepped in when they...
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    World Europe slaps €997m antitrust fine on Qualcomm – The Register

    The European Commission has slapped a €997m (£872m) fine on Qualcomm for abusing its dominant market position – finding it paid billions to Apple to exclusively use its chips. The chip-maker blocked rivals by making significant payments to a key customer on condition it would not buy from...
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    Politics Presidency Silent Over Obasanjo's Letter After Tinubu, Akande & Buhari's Meeting - Nigerian Voice

    President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with national leader of All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu and the former Interim National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has has ended with both leaders keeping mute. The duo of Akande and Tinubu refused to speak to...
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    World Ghanaian Pastor’s Wife Mistakenly Posts Her Nude Video In A WhatsApp Group [PHOTO]

    The wife of one of the known pastors in Ghana has accidentally leaked her own sex video. According to what MandyNews.com gathered, the Ghanaian pastor’s wife mistakenly shared the video into a Whatsapp Group she is a member of. As to who she was sending the video too is not yet clear. It could...
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    World [VIDEO] Ghanaian Principal Records Himself Having Sex With His Student - Tori Mill

    The Headmaster of Breman Edumanu D/A Basic School in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central Region, whose name is Robert Sepey, who was caught in a sex tape with a 16-year-old student, is on the run. The District Police Command and chiefs and people of the town are currently on the...
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    Politics People see the glamour, not pains in being governor — Uduaghan – Vanguard News

    IMMEDIATE past governor of Delta State and member of the People’s Democratic Party, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed fears that the PDP might not be able to return to power in 2019. Uduaghan, a medical doctor cum politician while speaking on his experience and challenges while in via...
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    Metro Tension over the killing of NURTW leader, Kunle Poly’s aide – Instablog9ja

    There was tension at Idumota Area of Lagos Island, Lagos, yesterday, following the assassination of the personal assistant to a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Kunle Azeez aka Kunle Poly. . . The deceased is identified simply as Ganiu (aka Piero). via...
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    Metro 47-Year-Old Taraba Lawmaker Who Was Kidnapped & Murdered Buried Amid Tears (PHOTO) – Nairaland

    Governor Samuel Ortom today led the Benue State delegation (comprising Benue State lawmakers and State Executive Council members) to Takum for the burial of a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. Hosea Ibi who was recently kidnapped and later killed by his abductors. via...
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    Metro Judge Orders Immediate Release Of Detained Journalist, Tim Elombah – The Trent

    Justice Ajoke of the Abuja High Court in Wuse 2 on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 has ordered for the immediate release of Timothy Elombah, editor of Elombah.com who was arrested in the wee hours of January 1st, on the orders of the inspector general of police. via The Trent –...
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    Politics Buhari not under pressure to declare state of emergency in Rivers – BusinessDay

    It may not be true after all that President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State as alleged by the governor of the state, Nyesom Wike. Instead, the governor has been accused of being the one courting state of via BusinessDay : News you can trust...
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    Metro Customs Seizes 1150 Bags Of Foreign Rice In Kano, Jigawa – Leadership Nigeria Newspapers

    The Comptroller Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ of the Nigerian Customs Service, Alhaji Usman Dakingari said his command has intercepted over one thousand bags of foreign rice in Kano, smuggled into the country. Dakingari stated this while displaying the confiscated rice to journalists on...
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    Metro Cattle disease outbreak hits Katsina, kills 13 as govt vaccinates 3,000 – Vanguard News

    An outbreak of a cattle disease identified as Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia, CBPP has struck Katsina State and killing thirteen cows. President Buhari looking at cows File Photos The outbreak were said to have been recorded over the weekend in Hayin Sheka, Sabuwar Kasa in via Vanguard...
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    Metro Top highest paying federal government jobs in Nigeria – Nigeria News today

    Today, many Nigerians are interested in federal government jobs. But what can one expect from such work? What amount of salary can you get while working for the government? Unfortunately, there is an opinion about the federal government jobs, that it does not pay well, and it is also possible...
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    Politics Atiku Abubakar Reacts To The Burning Of Olu Falae's Farm - Punch Newspapers

    Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the burning of a farm belonging to former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olu Falae, by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Atiku said in a press statement by his media office in Abuja on Tuesday that arson is a punishable via Punch...
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    Politics APC National Working Committee meets on 2019 plans – Premium Times Nigeria

    The All Progressives Congress says it will take major decisions on its plans for the 2019 general elections at the meeting of its National Working Committee now holding in Abuja. The party said the meeting, which is the first by its NWC in 2018, will not discuss via Premium Times Nigeria –...
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    Politics Presidency Condemns Buhari's Critics, Lists 20 Achievements Of The President - The ScioopNG

    In response to criticisms by a member of the APC Board of Trustees and a former speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’abba, the presidency has released a series of purported achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari since taking office in 2015. via The ScoopNG –...
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