Friday, October 11, 2013

14-Year-Old Pupil Bags ₦1 Million For Rescuing Boy In Boat Accident!



A 14-year-old pupil, Divine Toruemi, has been rewarded with ₦1m for rescuing a son during a boat accident in Mgboudohia waterfront, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Also, Mohammed Kenubu, who rescued a baby in a bomb blast in Kano, received ₦750,000; while David Adekunle, who cannily got the authorities to arrest some armed robbers, got ₦500, 000. The trio earned the Indomie Independence Day Heroes Awards for 2013 at an event organised by Dufil Prima Foods Plc in Lagos. They were among the 14 children earlier selected for performing bravery act by the organisers. Congrats dearies!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor set to serve half a century jail term in UK



Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK, Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed. Sweden and Rwanda had also offered to imprison him following the rejection of his appeal last month by a UN-backed special court in The Hague.

It ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt. He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war. Mr Wright made the announcement in a written statement to Parliament.
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National Union of Electricity Employees Threaten Nationwide Blackout If FG Doesn't End ASUU Strike In 7 Days




Labour activist and General Secretary, National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Joe Ajaero has given the Federal Government 1 week to solve its differences with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) or cripple the Nation with the mother-of-all-strikes.
Ajaero who was speaking throughout the opening of an exercise workshop organized for labour leaders in Enugu, threatened to ally with other unions in the united states to participate ASUU on a solidarity stike if the impasse persists.
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Naija Woman Or Foreign Woman?



Am just wondering if anyone can comment on what they think.If you date or marry a white woman,they’ll tell you they love you and won’t care about anything,they’ll give you love and care.If they don’t love you ,they’ll open up and let you know why they no longer love you.But why,mostly Nigerian woman won’t open up how they feel towards you, even if they no longer love you they won’t say it, mostly when the guy has Money.
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9 members of a family, 13 the others killed in fresh strike in Plateau by cattle rustlers



A man and eight members of his family were attacked and killed in the early hours of today Thursday October 10th by men suspected to be cattle rustlers. The man identified as Tsok Gwom, who's a cattle rearer, lived in a residential area in the Bajin Kogi area District of Barkinladi LGA of Plateau State, was killed alongside his wife, his sister, an added woman, five children andthe man's neighbour. Eyewitnesses said armed men numbering over 30 stormed the region around 2.00am and massacred the family. The gunshots they fire during the attack alerted vigilante members in the neighborhood who launched a reprisal attack, killing about 12 of the attackers. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations officer in Plateau, Felicia Anslem, said policemen have been deployed to the area.

Agagu's Son, Feyi Agagu Flown Abroad As Situation Worsen



Inspite of the claims by aero medical experts last Friday that Feyi Agagu, a survivor of the October 3, Lagos plane crash and son of the late governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, was responding well to treatment, new reports say he was yesterday flown abroad for better medical attention.

Besides Feyi, another survivor of the air crash, simply identified as Akin, has already been transferred abroad for medical attention.
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HEARTLESS: Person Eliminates Wife Over Money, Grinds Her In to 7 Parts



Police in India on Wednesday arrested 41-year-old Sudhir Maskare for allegedly murdering wife Deepti, 30, and disposing of her chopped body parts into Wainganga River, Hudkeshwar.
Sudhir, who had a love marriage in 2003, cut Deepti's body into seven pieces after killing her at their Mahalaxmi Nagar home in Manewada on September 11. After disposing of her body, Sudhir lodged a missing complaint with the police.
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WICKED: Woman grabbed and Squeezed Man's Testicle Until He Bled



A person has revealed that his drunken ex-roommate brutally attacked him. According to police reports, Sonny Dolquist says that after his drunken ex-roommate came over to grab her stuff, she attacked him and squeezed his testicles to the point these were  bleeding.  33-year-old Jennifer Singletary reportedly arrived as Dolquist's to pick her stuff only to discover that he had already put them out on the porch on her behalf
Things took a change for the worse when Singletary allegedly forced her way inside, started throwing things and punched Dolquist in the head. Throughout the scuffle, Singletary put Dolquist's testicles in a vice-like grip before Dolquist was able to throw her from the house.
Singletary was arrested and place in jail

Nollywood Actor Osita Iheme gets Another Honour



Nollywood actor Osita Iheme, popularly referred to as Paw-Paw was honoured as a ‘New generation ambassador'by Rotary International. This increases the many awards the actor has received, like the 2011 conferment of the Person in the Federal Republic (MFR) award by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The 30-year-old actor was honoured at a Rotary International event that was held at the National Theatre, Lagos.
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"A Call For The Resignation Of Aviation Minister Is Not Only Stupid, But Wicked " -AGN President




Ibinabo Fiberisma may be the AGN President and the organizer of Miss Earth beauty pageant which just held. Ms. Ibinabo is angry at people who required the resignation of the Aviation minister, Stella Oduah following the recent plane crash. Find her letter below.

CRY MY BELOVED COUNTRY NIGERIA!
NCAA AND NIGERIAN AIRLINES - WHO MAINTAINS THE NIGERIAN AIRLINES'FLEET

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Kabo Airlines suspends pilot that nearly crash land Airplane last week



This was disclosed in Abuja, Tuesday, by the Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Fola Akinkuotu during an interactive session with news men. It could be recalled that the Kabo plane was conveying 512 passengers from Kano Airport , en route Saudi Arabia when it'd to accomplish a crisis landing at the Sokoto Airport. Following the plane landed, it had been found that its tyres were deflated and it damaged some parts of the instrument landing system at the airport. The pilot also did not comply with the directive given by air traffic controller on duty that the plane should land on runway 08 , but alternatively diverted to some other runway. The passengers who were on pilgrimage to Mecca were safely evacuated and subsequently transferred to some other aircraft which took them to their destination.

Sefiu Alao's Partner Dies: Fuji Musician losses wife To Heart Strike



Fuji musician Sefiu Alao Adekunle popularly called JJC is bereaved. Sefiu Alao lost his wife of many years, Alhaja Nimota Adekunle on Monday at a private hospital in Lagos state. According to doctors report, Alhaja Nimota Adekunle died of heart attack in the early hours of October 7, 2013 after all medical efforts to resuscitate her proved abortive. Popularly called Iya Rafiat, the late wife of the Egba-born Fuji musician was laid to rest in Abeokuta Ogun state around 10:35 am on Tuesday in accordance to Islamic rites.
May her soul rest in perfect peace. Ase !!

180 B’Haram insurgents killed by Camerounian soldiers – Military



A fierce gunfight launched  against the fundamentalist Islamist group, Boko Haram, by Camerounian soldiers has led to  the killing   of no fewer than 180 insurgents and two gendarmes  around a Nigerian  border with Cameroun.
It was gathered that during the battle which took place on Tuesday evening, many of  the wounded insurgents   were also arrested.
About 200 rifles, 70 machine guns and heavy military hardware were said to have been  recovered from the insurgents by the soldiers.
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Individual without traveling knowledge lands plane after pilot comes sick and eventually died



A brave aeroplane passenger without flying experience was forced to take control the controls and make an emergency landing yesterday after the pilot fell ill &  eventually died.  The hero passenger was helped by two instructors who guided him fly the Cessna into Humberside Airport, in north Lincolnshire, from the ground.
Some witnesses described the plane bumping on the runway and sparks coming off the leading of it.

Roy Murray, one of many flight instructors who helped the passenger land the plane, told the BBC the passenger had no flying experience and did a'remarkable job '.
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Heart-breaking history of Adebola Omowale who died after being rejected medical treatment in a hospital for stab wounds




Adebola Omowale,the 40-year-old man which was allegedly stabbed to death, last weekend, by some military officers in a viewing centre around Lekki beach area in Lagos state might have survived if he had received urgent medical attention after the incident.  In reality, it had been revealed that the injured man walked to a nearby hospital, clutching his intestines in his hands and then be told by nurses that he wouldn't be treated unless he produced a police report.

 Crime Alert learnt that after several pleas for him to receive, at least, first aid treatment pending when sympathizers who stumbled on a healthcare facility with him provides the report, the badly injured man reclined to fate and laid on a pavement helplessly, waiting for succour.
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ASUU strike not politically motivated, NLC tells Jonathan



NIGERIA Labour Congress,NLC, yesterday, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to discountenance the impression that ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was a political action against his government as nothing could be farther from the truth. After that it advised the President to tackle the crises in the education sector and prevent a shut-down of the sector.

 NLC in a statement by its President, Abdulwaheed Omar, told President Jonathan that 
those telling him that the strike was politically motivated were the President's enemies who rather than tell him the reality preferred to indulge in sycophancy, hypocrisy and boot-licking. 

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Shooting Stars Striker, Moses Ogaga Dies



Shooting Stars have announced the death of theirstriker Moses Ogaga. Ogaga passed on this yesterday while his family was taking him to Kano from Ogbomosho for furthertreatment of his fever. He was admitted at a private hospital in Ibadan where he was treated for typhoid fever. He was 26. May his soul rest in peace.
This sad news is coming just days after another Nigeria league player, Sanni Abacha who played for Kwara United died in Ilorin.

Oyedepo, Dangote, Adenuga and others to pay ₦400m luxury tax on private jets




Based on a story by Encomium magazine, Bishop David Oyedepo, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr. Mike Adenuga are among the most effective 10 Nigerian billionaires who will probably pay countless millions of naira annually as luxury tax due to the imposition of a whooping $4,000 luxury tax by Aviation Ministry on private jet owners and operators per departure.
 
Some of these super rich Nigerians make use of their jets 3/4 times in weekly either within or outside Nigeria and for every trip, it is a cool $4, 000 tax. Carry on after the break. - Top 10 List

ASUU Strike Will Be Over Soon, Says Mr President Jonathan



President Goodluck Jonathan promised yesterday to finish the doctors'and university teachers'strike. The teachers'is over 90 days. Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will also be on strike. The professionals are blaming the federal government for failing to generally meet up with the agreement reached with them. Jonathan promised to finish the strike when he received the leaders of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), led by its President, Dr. Osahon Enabulele.

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Boko Haram Chief, Shekau Exhibits Gripped Assorted Tools From Nigerian Troops, Vows Fresh Attacks




Leader of the most wanted and dreaded Boko Haram Terrorists, Abubakar Shekau,  who claims he's still alive yesterday, appeared in a new video, displaying assorted weapons which he claimed his fighters seized from the Nigerian troops during face-offs.

“The weapons are here for anyone doubting our capacity to see. We have snatched armoured tanks, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), Hilux 4 wheel trucks and  assorted ammunitions, all from the Nigerian security forces who are claiming that that they have decimated us,” Shekau claimed.


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"Senator Smart Adeyemi Talks about Associated Airline Crash", says Plane Was On Test Flight



Senator Smart Adeyemi, PDP, Kogi West, have said that the Associated Aircraft that carried the corpse of Late Agagu to Ekiti for burial and killed MIC Boss, Deji Falae and others was on test flight, in respect to what people told him during the investigations. The plane departed Lagos for Akure on test flight and was under repairs before then and was supposed to carry only engineers for the flight test and not passengers.
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Farmer Butchers His Lover's Husband



The Plateau State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a 25-year-old farmer suspected to have killed one Nanbol, the husband of a woman he was going out with.

Mrs Yakbyen Nanbol, Samson’s lover aged 25, was also paraded.
According to the words of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Olakpe, Samson committed the offence in Langtang North Local Government 
Area on Sept. 13.

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Boko Haram Leader, Mallam Abubakar Shekau Is Dead – JTF




Investigators of the Joint Task Force (JTF) who have been probing the video of the leader of the dreaded Islamic militant sect, Boko Haram, Mallam Abubakar Shekau have rubbished a supposed video of the militant leader, which indicated he was still alive.

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How Jonathan blocked Alamieyeseigha’s extradition to the UK



  • UK Requests Diepreye Alamieyeseigha’s extradition
  • Why Jonathan is ignoring the request   
  • Mohammed Abacha in new money laundering scandal
Nigeria Intel investigation has learned that the British government has requested the extradition of convicted former Bayelsa state governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha to stand trial in Britain, a move that is being blocked by President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Madalla bombing: Boko Haram Suspect, Kabiru Sokoto files N300m suit against FG



The alleged mastermind of the Christmas day bomb blast that killed about 44 persons and wounded 75 others at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, in 2011, Kabiru Umar, a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto, yesterday, instituted a N300 million suit against the Federal Government.
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Armed Groups Attack Nigeria’s Embassy In G’Bissau




ARMED groups Tuesday attacked the Nigerian embassy in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau, a country of about 1.7 million people. The reason for the action is not yet known.

The event is happening just as the country is preparing for its general elections slated for next month.

Guinea-Bissau currently has an Interim President, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, who emerged in May 2012 to head a transitional government following the sacking of the country’s democratically-elected government by a military coup.

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I Won’t Resign – Speaker Of The House Of Reps, Tambuwal




Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Aminu Tambuwal Tuesday debunked rumours that he is under pressure to resign.

Tambuwal made this disclosure in a statement issued and signed on his behalf by his Media Aide, Mallam Imam Imam.

In the statement it was expressly stated that ”he is  not under pressure from any quarter to resign his appointment.”

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Video + Photos: Python Nabbed on Camera Vommiting a Dog It Swallowed




A massive python was spotted coughing up a dog it devoured on the streets of Bangkok.

A cellphone video of the grisly regurgitation shows the snake stretch its huge jaw out wide and back up until the canine is completely out of its system, reported Nine News.
“The video tells me that the python was being stressed — like someone was poking at it — because the python will have a much more difficult time defending itself if it has a huge meal in it,” reptile expert and conservationist Jim Nesci told the Daily News.

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PHOTOS: Lagos SG Close Down the Headquarters of Lord's chosen Church





The headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen and Charismatic Revival Church on Ijesha, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, were sealed off by the Lagos State Government over environmental nuisance.
The Officials of the Ministry of the Environment shut down the Church in the morning of on October 6, 2013, and prevented the worshippers from having their Sunday service usually attended by thousands of faithful.
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Missing Woman Lawyer Discovered dead, Mutililated In Her Chambers



 Authorities in Abuja are examining the suspected killer of a lady lawyer, Mrs. Ijeoma Micah, whose lifeless body was discovered mutilated, yesterday, in her chambers in the highbrow Maitama part of Abuja. Ijeoma, who owns Micah and Micah Chambers, was discovered dead in her company three times after she was claimed to have gone missing. Her husband, who it had been discovered, arrived from London on Wednesday morning, hurried to her company, because it was gathered that he hadn't heard from her for couple of days , only to find her lifeless body.
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Guber poll: Tinubu, Akande head to Anambra for Ngige



The National leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to lead the interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, to Anambra on Tuesday.

They will attend Sen. Chris Ngige’s Governorship flag-off at the Holy Trinity field in the commercial city of Onitsha.
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NATIONAL CONFAB: We don’t have ‘no-go’ area




LAGOS — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the proposed National Conference will firm up the country’s unity and not threaten its corporate existence.

“I will, therefore, like to allay the fears of those who think the Conference will call the integrity of Nigeria into question. This National Discourse will strengthen our union and address issues that are often on the front burner, and are too frequently ignored,” he said while inaugurating the 13-man Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday.
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Ohio day care worker accused of raping 2 children in her care




(CNN) -- A day care worker in Ohio is accused of raping two of the children she was trusted to care for.

Heather Koon, 25, was arrested Friday at her home in Oberlin and charged with two counts of rape, the Lorain County Sheriff's Office announced in a statement.

Koon was a full-time employee of ABC Kidz Childcare in Elyria from August 2012 to March, according to Carlos Johnson, the day care's attorney.
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Suntai's Deputy Involved Car Crash



The Taraba state acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, on Monday was involved in a road accident along the Gombe/Bauchi Road.  Umar was said to be on his way to pay a condolence visit to Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State over the death of his sister last week when the accident occured.

According to report, some vehicles in Umar’s covoy collided with others on the convoy of the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Suleiman Rilwanu Adamu, at about 11.32 am at Shafuri village in  
Bauchi.
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Ex-Plateau State Governor, Chief Solomon Lar, Dies - R.I.P



Report reaching us says first civilian Governor of old Plateau State and pioneer the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Solomon Lar, is dead.

21-year Old Precious Okeke Wins Miss Africa UK Pageant



Precious Okeke, a Nigerian model fought off fierce competition to win the 2013/2014 Miss Black Africa UK pageant, held at the Royal Regency Hall in east London.

By far the toughest contest since the inception of the pageant two years ago, there were 30 finalists from 17 African countries who made it to the last stage.
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Pastor Wale Ojo recounts his shocking experience on the Associated Airline plane which crashed (Must Read)



A close friend of mine told me his experience on that same plane which crashed . The Agagu family claims that the plane was in a bad state and that Feyi Agagu almost didn't want to board the plane after seeing it's condition Coincidentally I just found this real-life experience written by  Pastor Wale Ojo on his facebook wall with the title"The crashed plane and my plain experience
It was in February, 2012. A Revival in Port-Harcourt and a quick visit to two friends of mine in Abuja surged me to journey home. In twenty-four years I had not seen Tony Akhiotu, now Managing Director, DAAR Communication. Nothing of course would be wrong to say hello to him as he was expecting me. The Adebayos too, (Wole & Anita) extended to me a warm invite to visit their place. The choice was no longer mine; I had to see my friends in the capital of Nigeria, that’s what friends are for. A table had been prepared before me in the presence of my friends.

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Fani Kayode Got a message for Stella Oduah - "May God Deliver Us From This Vampire Minister!'





Nigerian court releases Russian naval sailors



The court in Nigeria, West Africa, has released from custody seven Russian naval sailors from the crew of the patrol ship Myre Seadiver, which was detained in October 2012 at the port of the city of Lagos by the authorities of that African country under the pretext of the transportation of allegedly incorrectly declared firearms, the Russian Embassy in Nigeria said on Tuesday.
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"I saw policemen kill my dad",says Six-year-old girl



A six-year-old girl, Mariam Adeniji, is currently in shock after witnessing the killing of her father, Rafiu Adeniji, who was allegedly shot dead by policemen on Sunday.
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Check out Top 10 Richest People in Africa 2013 - Ventures



Ventures Africa magazine has released their list of the top 10 Richest People in Africa 2013.
The combined fortune of Africa’s 55 billionaires is $143.88 billion. The average net worth of the members of this exclusive club is $2.6 billion, while the median age of the richest people in Africa is 65 years. The oldest billionaires are Kenyan industrialist, Manu Chandaria, and Egyptian property tycoon, Mohammed Al-Fayed, both aged 84. The youngest billionaires are Mohammed Dewji of Tanzania and Igho Sanomi, a Nigerian oil trader. They are both 38 years old.
Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt lead the pack with the highest number of billionaires at 20, nine and eight respectively. Algeria, Angola, Zimbabwe and Swaziland only have one billionaire each. In all, there are 10 African countries represented on the list.
Three women made it into the rankings. The richest of them is Folorunsho Alakija, a Nigerian fashion designer and oil tycoon worth some $7.3 billion by our estimates.

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Who made the US the policeman of the world? ('Notions of exceptionalism almost always end in tragedy' - analyst)



"History shows that notions of exceptionalism almost always end in tragedy. But I think that is also a function of empire because how you’re going to justify the kinds of actions that the US takes around the world unless it can be couched within the rhetoric of freedom, within the rhetoric of liberty and within the context of so-called deep-promoting democracy. This is how the US does it," Eric Draitser, an independent geopolitical analyst based in New York City and the founder of StopImperialism.com, told The VOR

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"The only good migrant is a dead migrant" as Italy grants citizenship to Lampedusa dead. survivors remains illegal



Letta meeting with Pope Francis on Friday (Photo: Palazzochigi)

"The only good migrant is a dead migrant", is that what they're saying? Italy grants citizenship to Lampedusa dead 

BERLIN - The death toll of the shipwreck near the Italian island of Lampedusa reached 194 over the weekend, as divers recovered more bodies from the sea.
The search continues, with about 200 migrants still missing, while 155 were rescued after their boat, which was carrying people mostly from Somalia and Eritrea, caught fire and capsized on Thursday (3 October).
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Nigeria set To Experience A Lunar Eclipse On October 19 & Solar Eclipse On November



According to International Time U.T.C, A Lunar Eclipse will occur On October 19 and a solar eclipse will occur on November 3 2013 which will be visible in some parts of the World. It will be visble in some cities in Nigeria eg. Abuja, Ilorin, Kaduna, Lagos and other cities mostly in north central and west.  

Kindly send Photo(s) or Video(s) of the captured Eclipse to omooduarere@gmail.com
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Monday, October 7, 2013

Police Aggression: Nigerian Police kill 2 at Makinde area of Oshodi




LAGOS—Angry youths at Makinde area of Oshodi, Lagos, yesterday, staged a protest over the death of one of them, Rafiu Adeniji, who was allegedly shot dead by a policeman attached to Agege area on Sunday.
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Dangote to chair World Economic Forum



President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been appointed a co-chair of next year’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Kloster, Switzerland.
The Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, Prof. Klaus Schwab, in a letter inviting the business mogul to co-chair the sitting, said the WEF was of the belief that Dangote’s participation would contribute significantly to the substance of the discussions.
Schwab said in the letter, “The discussions aim to stimulate an unparalleled global dialogue among the relevant leaders from the government, business, academia, civil society and the media.
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How To Get A Woman To Sleép With You



Wanting her in your béd doesn't have to wait until you two have serious relationship. Whenever she's ready, that's the most appropriate time to make it happen.
The key to understanding how to get women into béd lays in your ability to notice and decode her body language. Know that all women are different; a woman’s flirty attitude may be identical to another woman's normal behavior and you should learn to differentiate it.
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Photo: Man Sends a Note to Neighbours Who Get Really Loud During $-éx



Men, be cautious: if you get it on like animals in the zoo with your maté and are inconsiderate of your neighbours, you may be labeled a wife béater. Just like in the note below: PHOTO: Man Sends a Note to Neigbours Who Get Really Loud During S-ex Do you think the neigbour chose the right way to explain?
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