Pics: Port Harcourt International Airport Puts on a new look

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This is what the newly renovated Port Harcourt International Airport looks like...but this is the departure area. the main airport is under construction and and so the arrival area is slightly different from what you see above. The pics were taken just last Friday. Continue steadily to see more pics...

President GEJ summons Interior Minister, Comptroller-General of NIS

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President Jonathan today summoned the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Parradang, to explain last Saturday's unfortunate incident at the poorly organized NIS recruitment exercise where over ten people died during stampedes at various test centres.

R.I.P: 9 Died In Another Auto Crash

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Nine persons have been confirmed dead while many others sustained injuries in a ghastly motor accident that occurred along Ringim-Kano Road in Jigawa State at the weekend.   The accident, which occurred at about 4pm at Ganji-gebi village, seven kilometres to Ringim Local Government Area of the state, involved two buses, a Sharon (Volskwagen) and Hiace (Toyota) with registration number JHN 82 XA fully loaded with passengers.

According to a witness, Malam Mustapha, the accident occurred when one of the tyres of the Sharon bus burst and in the process collided with the Hiace bus, leading to an explosion.

4.4 Magnitude Earthquake hits LA, no casualties or destruction

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 A 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook the Los Angeles area today Monday March 17th. The residents were still asleep when the earthquake occurred. 

A US Geological Survey spokeswoman, Dr Lucy Jones said it was the strongest earthquake in Los Angeles since the last aftershocks from the 1994 Northridge quake.

Nollywood Actor Arrested For Ráping Daughter’s Friend [Photos]

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 Nollywood actor, Ganiyu Oyeyemi, popularly known as Ogunjimi was last week arrested for allegedly molesting his daughter’s friend in Osogbo, Osun State. The actor was arrested and detained on Tuesday by the Osun State Police Command after a 22-year-old lady (names withheld) laid a rape complaint at the police station. The case has, however, been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Osun for further investigation.

OMG!! Is this Lady's HIP Real or fake ? [SEE PICS]

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US to deny entry for Russia, Ukraine citizens in sanction list – White House

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The United States has imposed travel bans on Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych, as well as on Crimea’s Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov and Chairman of Crimean Supreme Council Vladimir Konstantinov. Washington has also threatened to extend sanctions imposed earlier on 21 Russian citizens, if the situation in Ukraine is not settled.

Immigration (NIS) tragedy: Families demand release of corpses

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Parents and family members of some  applicants, who lost their lives during the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment test on Saturday in Abuja, have demanded for the release of the bodies of their loved ones for burial.

The family members, who gathered at the National Hospital on Sunday, told the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who came to sympathise with them, that they wanted the bodies to be released for burial immediately.

Seven applicants, including a pregnant woman, died in a stampede during the exercise at the National Stadium, venue of the recruitment test.

Watch Out: Toothbrush can harm!

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An advertiser of toothbrush covers once complained about the way people store their toothbrushes after each use. He noted that while people would store their soaps in dry soap cases so that they don’t get soggy, the same thing couldn’t be said about the treatment we give our toothbrushes.

His major grouse is that after each use, we simply toss our toothbrushes into a container usually hung in the bathrooms or near the bathroom entrance. The ostensible reason for this is that we want to make them accessible once we are prepared to take our bath, which is almost always accompanied with tooth brushing.

T.B Joshua says authorities should search for missing Malaysia Plane between Indonesia & Indian Ocean

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T.B Joshua has directed Malaysian authorities and other institution searching for the missing Malaysian plane to look ‘between Indonesia and the Indian Ocean '. According to him, authorities must go deep in the ocean and they'll find scattered particles of the aircraft. The man of God had earlier indicated that ‘the plane concerned is deep inside the ocean '. He added that none of the 239 passengers will survive.

President Jonathan speaks Regarding the Bloodbath in Maiduguri

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There was panic in Maiduguri yesterday morning, Fri Mar 14 as residents were rattled out of sleep by sporadic gunshots and booming sounds of bombs as soldiers engaged a horde of Boko Haram members who had unleashed terror on the military settlement in the Borno State capital in a bid to rescue some of their sect members detained by the military.

“I woke up to hear loud sounds of gunshots, I was terrified. As the morning wore on the sounds continued and created panic in the city. Those who were rushing off early to drop their children in schools were forced to come back… the whole of this GRA was in confusion…I have never been this afraid”, Mallam Abdulmalik Abubakar, a resident of the GRA in Maiduguri told our correspondent.

SLS - GEJ: Sanusi to Jonathan - Allegations against me baseless

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The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, has described the allegations of financial recklessness levelled against him by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria as a malicious and calculated attempt to mislead President Goodluck Jonathan into believing that the management of the bank is guilty of misconduct and recklessness.

Bakare says he won’t receive Allowance

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Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that he will not partake of the N12m to be paid to each delegate to the three-month National Conference to be inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday (today).  Bakare, representing Ogun State at the conference, said he made the decision not to collect the money to be paid to delegates by the Federal Government in order to dispel any speculation that his motivation for accepting to take part in the conference was material.

R.I.P: Photos & Videos of Wesley Warren, man with the 132-pound scrotum dies at 49

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Wesley Warren, the man famous for his 132-pound scrotum, has died after suffering two heart attacks at the age of 49-years-old.
While he recently had surgery to get his scrotum shrunk, it was not the cause of his death, as he had the two heart attacks after being hospitalized for an infection.
TMZ reports:

According to reports, Warren passed away yesterday Friday March 14 at University Medical Center after suffering two heart attacks in recent weeks.
Warren’s friend told the Vegas Review-Journal, Warren’s been hospitalized for the last 5-and-a-half weeks for infections stemming from his diabetes, and suffered the heart attacks while in the hospital.

Fake Phones Worth ₦2.7bn Imported in 2013 – Minister of Communication

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Omobola Johnson

About one million fake mobile phone handsets valued at N2.7bn were imported into the country last year.

This is just as the Federal Government bemoaned the poor quality of service delivery by telecommunications operators in the country.

Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, made this known on Monday Consumer Roundtable on Phone Rights organised by the Consumer Protection Council, CPC, to commemorate the 2014 World Consumer Rights’ Day in Abuja.

Group (ERI) wants Enugu Govt House invaders fished out

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By TONY EDIKE
ENUGU — A group, Enugu Roots Initiative, ERI, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to compel security agencies to unravel the identity and the mission of the hoodlums who invaded Government House, Enugu, penultimate weekend, emphasising that such a serious matter should not be swept under the carpet.
It also commended the President for the flag-off of the 2nd Niger Bridge, and noted that the project would accelerate economic activities in the South-East and South-South zones.

Immigration (NIS) Tragedy: The Worst Is Yet To Come

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Sam Nda-Isaiah
— March 17, 2014
Did President Jonathan see the front pages of all the major Nigerian newspapers yesterday? If he did, was he able to sleep last night? Well, for the information of the president, most Nigerians who saw the photographs of applicants at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise couldn’t sleep. Nigerians are scared. They are frightened by the inexorable consequences of such level of unemployment. The augury for this country and indeed any other country in that situation is very dangerous.

The Calibre of weaponry: SEE What Troops Grabbed From Boko Haram's Fatal Camp -

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 Despite obvious challenges, Nigerian soldiers are along with their game and doing their best to end  the menace of Boko Haram ravaging the North East in particular and Nigeria in general. Military authorities said on Saturday that troops have captured an enormous armoury with an arms and ammunition dump owned by the dreaded terrorist sect.

The calibre of weaponry in the captured camp is mind-blowing. More photos
below… …the counter-terrorism operations continue!

Banker defrauds Emir of Kano of ₦17million

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A female banker identified as Amina Magaji, who works with one of the old generation banks has reportedly defrauded the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, to the tune of ₦17million.

The Emir reportedly opened the account with the said bank in 1967 but left it dormant over the years and the amount in the account grew to ₦46million. Amina who is highly placed in the bank got tempted and deceptively requested for a cheque book, claiming it was for the emir. She started operating the account and withdraw monies from the account to the tune of ₦17million.

VIDEOS: Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Employment Stampede

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