Federal Government To Empower Six Million Youths

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The Federal Government has expressed hopes to fully develop the capacity around six million Nigerian youths through Integrated Youth Empowerment Programme (IYEEP) launched with the Mara Foundation within 12 months.

In collaboration with Mara Foundation, FG said it hopes to lessen the amount of youth unemployment throughout the country.

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Egypt's PM Calls for dissolution of Muslim Brotherhood

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Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi has proposed the legal dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood and the idea is being studied by the government, a government spokesman said.
Beblawi had made the proposal to the minister of social affairs - the ministry responsible for licensing non-governmental organisations, Sherif Shawky said.
"It is being studied currently," he said.

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26 souls lost, 215 missing in Philippine ferry disaster

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CEBU (AFP) – Philippine rescuers searched Saturday for more than 200 people missing after a crowded ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank almost instantly in thick darkness, with 26 already confirmed dead.

The St Thomas Aquinas ferry was carrying 870 passengers and crew when the accident occurred late on Friday night in a dangerous choke point near the port of Cebu, the Philippines’ second biggest city, authorities said.

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Kano Gov Pardons 370 Prisoners

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The Kano State Government pardoned 370 prisoners in the past two years, the state’s Commissioner for Justice, Alhaji Maliki Kuliya, announced in Kano on Saturday.

Kuliya, who made the announcement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano, said the prisoners were released from various prisons after the state’s Committee on Prerogative of Mercy recommended the release to government.

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Badagry mafia victim Ifechukwudi Nwanipor laid to sleep

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The remains of Ifechukwudi Nwanikpor, the 24 year old who was one of two young men brutally murderedby villagers from the Tozukame community area in Ajara, Badagry on Sunday July 21, was laid to rest at the Badagry Cemetery in Lagos yesterday.   Policemen watched as both men – Nwanikpor and Kazeem Onayemi (26) were beaten and killed by the community members after being labelled armed robbers.

Mourners and family members came out in their numbers at the Badagry cemetery but couldn’t hold back their tears at the burial.  Now the Badagry community that lynched him is offering his family N2.5 million compensation.

Ex B2k member Raz B on life support after bottle attack in China

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Former B2K member Raz B, who has been living in China for the past three years, was smashed in the face with a bottle on Thursday night. According to TMZ Raz was performing at a club in Zhejiang when he noticed a fight pop off in the crowd. Raz left the stage to try and break up the fight and got hit in the mouth with a glass bottle by one of the brawlers. 

Security moved in fast and both Raz and his attacker were taken to the police station, but after it was determined that Raz was not at fault he was released to the hospital. 

Raz required a 1-hour surgical procedure and 4 stitches to repair the wound to his mouth. His attacker was ordered to pay him $5,000 for medical expenses.

The morning after the attack Raz B did not wake up. He's now on life support. 
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Young inventor dazzles Jonathan with power-generating football

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday expressed delight over the creativity of a 25-year-old Nigerian, Jessica Matthews, who invented a power-generating football called SOCCKET ball.

Matthews, who is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Unchartedplay, was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja to present the ball, which can generate three hours of light from 30 minutes of play to Jonathan.

She also presented an energy-generating skipping rope to the President.

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Obasanjo’s attack on younger politician is opinionated Says IBB

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Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has allayed fears of a break up of Nigeria by 2015. He said contrary to the prediction by the United States of America , the nation would remain an indivisible entity. He said what was predicted was a grand design to create fear in the minds of Nigerians, which should be discarded. He added that Nigeria is a country which reports about it are over-exeggerated.

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Five-year-old girl kidnapped at Redemption Camp

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According to a story by Punch, five-year-old girl, Oluwaseun Ogungbemile, (pictured above) was abducted at the Redemption Camp of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, on Friday August 9th.

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#GoodPeopleThings: "Why I Gave my kidney to save my brother's Life" - Comedian D-Don

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Popular comedian and OAP Iruvwe Okeremute aka De-Don donated his kidney to his ailing elder brother, Morris Okeremute, who urgently needed a transplant to survive. De Don traveled to India a few weeks back to donate his kidney. He explains why he did it in a new interview

"My cousin started having this kidney problem in 2009. My elder sister donated her kidney to him at the time but unfortunately in January 2013 the kidney failed because he didn't take his drugs for some weeks because the drugs he ordered from India arrived late. Se when he needed another kidney it was natural that I donate to him. It wasn't difficult making up my mind because I needed to save his life. I equally had a proper awareness about kidney donation and also the fact that nothing happened to my sister who had donated before. She even had another baby boy after the donation.

Fake doctor takes delivery of over 90 babies In Two Years

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A man who holds a secondary school certificate, Stephen Nwankwo, but worked as a doctor in a fake hospital has been arrested alongside the owner of the hospital.

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El-Rufai in agony because he’s not in govt — Presidency

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The Presidency on Saturday said 70 per cent of members of the newly registered All Progressives Congress were those the Peoples Democratic Party had rejected.

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Bisi Akanda talks about Buhari, Jonathan, Amaechi and 2015

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The interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, in this interview with select journalists in his Ila Orangun home, speaks on a wide range of issues. Excerpts:

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SHAMELESS: Pastor Rap-és & Impregnates Senior Pastor's Daughter; Now Runs A Miracle Church ( IMAGINE)

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A 29-year-old pastor standing trial for raping and impregnating his senior pastor's daughter in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has try to escape to determine his own church, and performing miracles.

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5 year-old girl abducted at Redemption Camp

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Punch reports:

It was learnt that the girl, in company with her parents, had gone to the camp at Kilometre 46 on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, to attend the one-week annual convention of the church that ended on Sunday. The girl, who is the youngest child of her parents, was last seen playing with two of her cousins on Friday, August 9

The victim’s aunt, Omotade Odunowo, told our correspondent that the matter had been reported to the police.

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Fake doctor takes delivery of over 90 babies In Two Years

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Nwankwo said they took delivery of over 90 babies within the two years he worked in the hospital established by 39-year-old Gabriel Onyema, another secondary school leaver, who lives in Ghana and sells paper.

The suspects spoke with journalists while being paraded on Friday at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja.

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Man Turned Impotent After Being Accidentally Shot by Lagos Policeman (PHOTO)

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When Tayo Ajasa, 34, left his house at about 11 p.m. on August 5, 2013, to find something to eat, he had not idea about the danger that lurked around the corner at the Janet Fagbemi Street, scene of the incident.
 The victim, Tayo Ajasa, is the father of two, born in Ogun State. He works as a drives and came home late at that fateful evening. Tayo decided to go to food vendor in Diamond estate, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos, to get something to eat for his late diner.

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See Bad Habbits That Destroy Your Heart

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The heart is one of the most important organs in the human body, as it is responsible for pumping blood and delivering all the nutrients your body needs in order to function correctly. Nonetheless, some of our habits take their toll on our hearts and we do not realize this until it is too late. In this article you will find 7 bad habits that destroy your heart:

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Pastor Tunde Bakare Lambastes New APC Party "They Are Bunch Of Looters"

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The former running mate to General Buhari blasts the member of All Progressives Congress calling them bunch of looters.
Tunde Bakare claims most of the member in this new party are even richer than their states after looting them dry.
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You are not sure if you will participate in the 2015 elections?

With who? The collection of rogues, right, left and central?

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Just In: Jigawa deputy speaker dies in fatal car accident

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The Deputy Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Inuwa Sule Udi, (pictured in Agbada) died last night Thursday August 15th while returning to his home in Ringim from Kano. Sule Udi died with his driver in a car accident that occurred at Jogana Village along Kano- Hadejia road during heavy down pour. He was 52. He is survived by two wives and many children.