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.

The, APC, it added  was destined to fail because the emergence  was based on  personal hatred  for President Goodluck Jonathan even when the President was yet to make up his mind for the 2015 race.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin  Okupe, stated this in an interview on Liberty FM, Kaduna,  which  was monitored by our correspondent on Saturday.

“They just go around gallivanting and parading themselves. Who are they? Seventy per cent of their members are former PDP people. So, what new thing are they coming up with?” he said.

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Tonto Dikeh And Colleague, Friend Ik Ogbonna Today Went On a Charity Mission

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 Tonto Dikeh and colleague, friend Ik Ogbonna today went on a charity mission in Obalende, Lagos. To support Ije Africa's 'Fight Diabetes For Free' event.

Real Sh*t & Urine sold in Ho Municipality, Finland

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The Ho Municipality has begun an apparently bizarre policy where residents trade faeces and urine for cash.  The dry toilet technology is an initiative from the University of Applied in Finland where faecal matters are changed into manure for purposes of growing vegetables.  The urine is separated from the faeces and permitted to decompose for about 6-12 months. Saw dust is utilized in treating the faeces in a separate chamber to speed up dehydration.  Residents are ready to cash-in on the new initiative. Officials of the Municipality tell Joy News they will utilize the initiative to tackle open defecation locally and also produce manure to improve agriculture in the country. 

New Information showed Up In Connection With The Deaths Of Queen Diana And Dodi Al Fayed

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British police are looking into new information that has surfaced in connection with the 1997 deaths of Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Al Fayed, Scotland Yard said today.

“The Metropolitan Police Service is scoping information that has recently been received in relation to the deaths and assessing its relevance and credibility,” Scotland Yard officials said today in a statement. “The assessment will be carried out by officers from the specialist crime and operations command.
“This is not a re-investigation and does not come under Operation Paget,” the statement said.

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What is Wrong With This Photo ( O baby Pancake Version)

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Founder Of Zara Wealthiest Self-Made Woman Dies

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Rosalia Mera, a seamstress who co-founded a clothing store in northwestern Spain that grew into Zara, one of the world's largest retail chains, has died at the age of 69. She was Spain's richest woman.

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Boko Haram Film Producer Nabbed

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John Dada Adedayo, the producer of a new film called ‘Boko Haram,’ has been arraigned before court after he refused to wait for the Ghana Cinematography Exhibition Board to censor certain parts of the film before giving him the green light to distribute it to the public.

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Dele Momodu's Advice / Open Letter To Governor Akpabio

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Your Excellency, I find it necessary to write this open letter to you in order to let you know what I had always wanted to tell you as an admirer and keen watcher of your activities and commendable performance in the oil-rich State of Akwa Ibom. 

Let me confess that I was one of those who felt you were a media creation, all hype and gas, without any solid substance. Your hyperactive nature makes it natural for people to conclude that you are a noise-maker, attention-seeker and publicity-grabber.

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Bisi Akanda talks about Buhari, Jonathan, Amaechi and 2015

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You were quoted as saying that the All Progressives Congress is not so keen on the presidency come 2015. What then is your focus?

I will rather say I was misquoted. How would there be a major party in 2013 and such party will not be keen about 2015? We are very much keen about 2015. The only thing I said, maybe, beclouded the one I did not say. What I said was that our preoccupation as an interim leadership of the APC was to mobilise and register members, to conduct congresses and convention to establish a good structure, a durable structure for the new party and that the priority now is the Anambra election and possibly, the Delta State senatorial election which will come up anytime from now.

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SHAMELESS: Pastor Rap-és and Impregnates Senior Pastor's Daughter; Now Runs A Miracle Church

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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 run away to establish his own church, and performing miracles.

 He rapéd the girl in July last year when the youth of the church were having a special programme at night, but Damiolola’s mother said: “We did not know the girl was pregnant until January this year, while he (pastor) had hurriedly left in September 2012.”

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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.