#4 of 11 World Most influential Women 2014

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Nigeria

The Nigerian economist could be the country's Coordinating Minister of the Economy. She was appointed by Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 while she was a Managing Director at the World Bank. She once was Minister of Finance throughout the tenure of former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

    

#5 of 11 World Most influential Women 2014

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Beyonce Knowles, Musician, U.S.A
2013 was an eventful year for Beyonce. She sang for President Obama, performed at the Super Bowl, and headlined the  most profitable tour of the season by shocking the entire world with a shock “visual album” in December. It became iTunes'fastest-selling album ever, selling 828,773 units in the very first three days. Alongside husband Jay-Z, Beyonce will soon be co-headlining the On The Run Stadium Tour which begins on June 25, and will feature 18 shows across North America.

    

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'B'haram attack is because Pres. GEJ won an election & some people are angry about it' - Okupe

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Addressing a concern on allegations that everyday a large number of bodies are being  transferred from the military headquarters prison called Dubar and deposited at a hospital in Maiduguri with the bodies showing signs of torture and brutality, he replied that the Nigerian Government and the military is struggling with an orchestrated plan  to cause disaffection, alleging that people that are angry with the fact Pres. Goodluck Jonathan won an election are doing everything inside their capacity to fight his government. What he said below

"You do not understand the holistic problem of Nigeria. President Jonathan has committed an offense. His major offense is that he won an election when some people in Nigeria, very strong and powerful feel that he ought not to have won and power ought not to be where it is currently resident. So people want to take this power by all means, at all cost, playing all sorts of gimmicks and all and they have a lot of money and a lot of influence both within Nigeria and outside Nigeria" he said. Continue.

Beyonce Flaunts her nlpples in new photos

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She also flaunted her hot and s3xy beach body in a backless bathing suit and denim shorts and snapshots of her playing with daughter Blue Ivy.  Beyonce The singer seems not be bothered about the recent elevator fight between her husband Jay Z and her sister Solange which went viral. Beyonce has been lambasted in the past for being too s3xy. When she performed 'Drunk in love' at the 2014 Grammy awards, she faced lots of criticisms for her provocative performance. This recent sexy selfie is sure to get tons of people talking. 

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Police Did not Ban Peaceful rallies

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*Only advisory notice issued

The Police High Command wishes to inform the general public that the Force has not issued any order banning peaceful assemblies/protests anywhere in Nigeria. It notes however that against the backdrop of current security challenges in the country, coupled with a recent intelligence report of a likely infiltration and hijack of otherwise innocuous and peaceful protests by some criminal elements having links with insurgents, the Police only issued advisory notice, enjoining citizens to apply caution in the said rallies, particularly in the Federal Capital Territory and its environs.

Producer Sossick involved in a terrible car accident (Photos)

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 Super producer/artiste resposible for giving us hits like “Julie'by Shank,'Ife wa gbono'by Tiwa Savage,”Pon pon pon” by Dagrin and a number of others, was involved in an incident last week on his way returning  from a meeting on the island. He suffered a fracture, cut to his tongue and bruises. He's currently receiving treatment at an exclusive hospital where close sources say he's answering attentively o treatment. 
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Four-Storey Church Building Collapses In Onitsha

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Contrary to earlier reports, five persons is believed to be trapped in the rubble of an uncompleted four-storey building that collapsed on Monday in Onitsha, Anambra.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the building, which collapsed at about 1:00pm., is part of a structure being erected for a primary school at St. Christopher’s Anglican Church, Odo-akpu, Onitsha.

According to an eyewitness, the collapsed building may have trapped at least five workers plastering its interior.

Great mistake ? World Cup - Keshi picks Yobo, drops Mba, Uzoenyi

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After hours of waiting on Monday, Stephen Keshi released the final World Cup list at midnight. And as the drama and suspense that preceded the release, the list also came with some surprises.

Joseph Yobo will play in his third FIFA World Cup finals and have opportunity to become Nigeria’s first-ever century — international after he was named in the African champions’ final list of 23 for Brazil 2014 but African Nations Championship Most Valuable Player, Ejike Uzoenyi and AFCON winner, Sunday Mba failed to make the final cut. Gabriel Rueben and Babatunde Michael made the list.

Men Supplying Ammunition to Boko Harams Nabbed

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The three suspects, who were heading to the North from Imo State, were intercepted in Nsukka, Enugu State, by officers and men of the Nigerian Army while travelling in a bus.Items recovered from them include 40 AK47 magazines, 4 boxes of AK47 live ammunition,100 pieces of live cartridges, one piece of Denin Mopol khaki and charms concealed in a cap.

Post Of The Day: Africa does not Need GMOs

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Zimbabwe will maintain a ban on GM crops and foods and announces that the government is working on initiatives to increase productivity in the country without resorting to GMOs. Zimbabwe is facing increasing pressure to allow GMOs into the country. Heck no, Monsanto. Africa doesn't need your GMOs.

FFK Dumps APC, Defects to PDP, Explains why

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Controversial and outspoken two-time former minister Femi Fani Kayode has left the APC and explains why he left the party in a statement released this evening...see below...

I declared for the APC in June last year in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state well before the party was registered by INEC. I formally joined the party, amidst great fanfare, on 7th February 2014 in my hometown Ile-Ife and I registered my membership on that day. The registration was done outside the Ooni's palace and it was done in the prescence of the media, numerous party leaders in the state, including Hon. Rotimi Makinde, who represents Ile-Ife at the Federal House, and all the other key leaders of the APC in the state and Ife-Ife including Chief Akantioke and Alhaji Soko Adewoyin the former  Deputy Governor of Osun state. After registering we proceeded to pay a courtesy call on my traditional ruler, the Ooni of Ife, and from there I went to spend a few days with Governor Rauf Aregbesola who, together with Governor Kayode Fayemi, I am close to and I consider to be friends.

NATO stays in Afghanistan to expand to Central Asia

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US President Barak Obama says NATO is staying in Afghanistan all the way through 2016. To make the stay more comfortable the Alliance proceeds with securing its positions in oil-rich and otherwise important locations along the Russian and Chinese borders. How does NATO view its cooperation with the Central Asian states? Should Moscow see those moves as a challenge to its regional interests?

NATO doesn't have role as defensive alliance since Cold War end - expert

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On 30 May,1982 Spain joined NATO and became its sixteenth member. Since NATO's formation in 1949 the organization accepted new members six times and as of 2014 NATO unifies 28 states in Europe and North America. Michael Binyon, foreign affairs writer at The Times, expressed his opinion on exactly how reasonable a potential futher enlargement of NATO would be during his interview with Radio VR.

What are your forecasts for the further NATO enlargement? Would the organization manage to move eastward in Europe?

Washington seeks to build up forces on Russia's border, restart Cold War - former Reagan advisor

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 Paul Craig Roberts

What is your focus for the further NATO enlargement? Would the organization manage to move towards building up the bases in the Baltics and Eastern Europe?

The purpose of the call from Washington to build up forces on Russia’s border with Eastern Europe and the Baltics is to restart the cold war. Washington needs a threat in order to continue to supply hundreds of billions of dollars annually to its military security complex. This complex is very important to Washington. It is very powerful and much of the money that the tax payers are required to give up in order to fund in armament industry and the security industry, returns to politicians in form of campaign contributions.

Russia, China, non-aligned countries should call to abolish NATO - expert

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On 30 May 1982 Spain joined NATO and became its sixteenth member. Since NATO's formation in 1949 the organization accepted new members six times and as of 2014 NATO unifies 28 states in Europe and North America. Rick Rozoff, the owner and manager of the Stop NATO website and international mailing list, shared his views about the possibility of further NATO enlargement and on how should the international community and Russia react to it during his interview with VR.

What are your forecasts for the further NATO enlargement? Would the organization manage to move eastward in Europe?

Obama in Poland: the real danger is from the West

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On June 3-4 president Barack Obama is going to Poland before moving on to the G7 summit in Brussels. Obama’s visit  is theoretically devoted to the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Poland’s first post-communist parliamentary election,  in 1989.

Obama though is unlikely to talk much about the past, he is much more likely to want to discuss the future, especially about the "containment" of Russia (the State Department’s new policy line on Russia, first hailed by the former US ambassador to Moscow, Michael McFaul, in his recent opinion piece in The New York Times).

Read more: Russia, China, non-aligned countries should call to abolish NATO - expert

In Warsaw, Obama will meet the Polish and American pilots of the Poland-based F16 fighter jets, a new symbol of this "new" containment. (It should not be forgotten that the "old" containment policy was launched in late 1940s on the advice of the great American diplomat George F. Kennan, also a former ambassador to Moscow, who  from the 1990s opposed NATO’s expansion and other hostile US and allied action against the new, non-communist Russia.)

Pics: Chibok girls who escaped from Boko Haram visit Borno State Governor

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 The Chibok girls who allegedly escaped from their Boko Haram abductors today June 2nd visited the Borno state Governor in his office today. See more photos after the break...

Coach Stephen Keshi releases 23-man list for the 2014 World Cup

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Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi has released his 23 man list for the 2014 World Cup starting in a few weeks. See below

Goalkeepers:

Vincent Enyeama (Lille/FRA), 

Chigozie Agbim (Gombe United),

Austin Ejide (/ISR)

Sudan retracts claim that woman sentenced to death is going to be freed

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A few days ago, we heard that Meriam Ibrahim, the woman sentenced to death in Sudan for apostasy will soon be freed after the country's Foreign Minister Abdullahi Alzareg was quoted as saying that Sudan was committed to protecting the woman. But according to new reports, that's not happening as the Foreign Minister is now saying quotes attributed to him was taken out of context. 

The country has officially denied that Meriam would soon be released. Now they are saying Meriam's release will depend on whether a court accepted an appeal request made by her defence team.