We Must Not Give Up On Nigeria – Tinubu

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday urged the Muslim Ummah to imbibe the lessons learnt during the holy month of Ramadan.

He made the call in his Sallah message to Muslims in the country. Tinubu also urged them to continue to pray for the unity of the country.
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Very Depsirate: I’d Give Anything To Work With Jesse Jags, 2face – Eva Alordiah

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My name is Eva Alordiah, I am an Isoko girl from Delta state. I am from a very simple Christian family, I am a lover of animals. I am a Computer Science graduate. I have always loved music and I think doing music now will not be a surprise especially, to my parents. This is something I have always loved. I am also, a professional make- up artiste.

I have my own make- up outfit here in Lagos. I am currently doing music and make- up together. I wanted to be an animator because of my love for cartoons. I also love to draw and that was why I studied Computer Science. What I really wanted to do was computer animation but the course was not in any Nigerian University curriculum.

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FG To ASUU: FG to give varsities N1.1tn in five years.

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Details of the  Monday/ Tuesday marathon meeting  between President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of Academic Staff Union  of  Universities have begun to emerge.

The PUNCH  gathered on Tuesday evening that a key component of the agreement reached by the parties was  that the Federal Government  would  inject N1.1tn into public universities in the next five years.

A reliable source, who made this known, also hinted that the strike would be called off anytime next week.

He  said the government team which was led by President Goodluck Jonathan would release   N220bn yearly into the sector beginning from 2014.

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The 3 Looks She’ll Give You If She Likes You

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Girls, as hard as they try to be understood are very easily understood by the right intellectual guys. Here are the 3 Looks she’ll give you that let you know she’s definitely in to you.

3. Catch her looking more than twice-

So you caught her looking at you? Doesn’t mean anything. Could happen to anyone. You caught her looking at you another time?! Still wouldn’t get your hopes up as there might just be something funny looking on your face. But damn, you catch that chick looking at you three times… Something’s up! You’re all she’s thinking about. Even while she’s either talking to someone else or actively doing something else, she’s wishing she was doing that or talking with YOU. There’s something about you that she wants and this is definitely a sign of interest.

Heartless: Butcher ‘Chopped Up Pregnant Partner, gives Her Body To Vultures

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A Spanish Butcher has been arrested after he allegedly killed his pregnant girlfriend and then chopped up her body to feed in bite sized pieces to vultures. Police believe Jose Miguel Tamayo, 32, murdered his girlfriend Carolina Bernal Gomez, 30, after discovering she was carrying a child.

Her remains are believed to have been fed to the  birds at the only nature reserve in Europe which is home to wild vultures north of Madrid. The couple’s relationship was reportedly stormy before Ms Bernal Gomez, from South America, fell pregnant.

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#GoodPeopleThings: Actress Yvonne Jegede and movie producer Chinny Love give back to the needy family

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 A woman approached actress Yvonne Jegede on her way to have groceries in Ajao Estate recently, saying how she is really a big fan of her movies. The lady later cried and pleaded for assistance; she said she and her children had been residing in a church, and barely had food to eat. Yvonne followed her to where her children were and after seeing their condition decided to simply help her. A week later Yvonne and her friend movie producer Chinneylove payed them a trip and gave them food stuff. They also gave them money to rent a place to stay. See more photos following the break.

Check Out What APC Wants To Give To Nigerians

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"Our eight cardinal programmes, which we shall be articulating in the days ahead, represent a summary of how we intend to rescue the long-suffering citizens and rescue our nation.

“These are: War Against Corruption, Food Security, Accelerated Power Supply, Integrated Transport Network, Free Education, Devolution of Power, Accelerated Economic Growth and Affordable Health Care.

"Our Guiding Philosophy will derive its impetus from these principles:Belief in, and the fear of God; upholding the rule of law; preserving national unity; pursuit of a just and egalitarian society; building of strong institutions; commitment to social justice and economic progress; and promoting representative and functional participatory democracy."

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If Care’s Not Taken, Nigeria’ll Go The Way Of Egypt, I Refused to Give Up - Muhammadu Buhari

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Three time Presidential candidate, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari(rtd), has warned political leaders in the country to take a cue from what happened in Egypt a few days ago.

Egyptian President, Mr. Mohammed Morsi, was on Thursday overthrown by the country’s military after days of protest near the Presidential Palace.

Speaking at the public presentation of two books by Malam Nuhu Ramalan, Head of Political Science Department of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Zaria, the former Head of State said:
“I encourage young men to buy the books to know their history. Although I know history would keep on repeating itself, as it (has) just been in Egypt. Nigeria would not be an exception, and by the way we are going only God knows where we are going to end up, but I hope we would end up well”.

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SAD: Boy dies rather than give iPad to thieves

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For many, a digital gadget offers a lifeline to explore a wider world. For some, it's a curse. A 15-year-old boy who refused to let go of his Apple iPad was dragged along a Las Vegas street and died after the potential thieves, driving an SUV, ran him over, police said. 

On Sunday, Metro Police in Las Vegas announced two arrests in the crime. The suspects, identified as Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Samuel Solid, 21, both of Las Vegas, face charges of open murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery.

The teen was identified as Marcos Vincente Arenas, 15, of Las Vegas. He was a freshman at Bonanza High School, officials with the Clark County School Distriannouncedct told the Las Vegas Sun.

‘South East govoment to give Achebe befitting burial’ – Orji

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Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has expressed shock at the death of Professor Chinua Achebe, a literary Icon who just passed away. And Orji captured the shock of his death in the deceased literary words: “Things have fallen apart, the centre cannot hold, we are no longer at ease.”

The governor, however, said the governors of the South-East would do their best to give the departed a befitting burial. Ugochukwu Emezue, Chief Press Secretary to Orji, said that Ndigbo has lost a literary icon, a legend of all times and a hero whose novels remain a reference point in and outside the country.

The governor who lamented the exit of Prof Achebe maintained that he was yet to come to terms with the sudden demise of this statesman of international repute. He declared that the late Prof Achebe impacted positively on the lives of people through his literary works.

Achebe, the Abia governor stated, would be remembered for always standing up for Ndigbo at all times, despite all odds.

“Though Professor Achebe was challenged through an accident that affected his normal movement , he waxed stronger, impacting knowledge to the younger ones as a lecturer abroad” , the governor added.

House of Representatives Rejects Bill to Give Unemployed Graduates Allowance ( Pls Share Your Point Of View)

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The House of Representatives on Wednesday threw out a bill seeking to provide monetary incentives to all unemployed graduates in Nigeria.
The bill, which was sponsored by Arua Arunsi (PDP, Abia), sought to amend the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Act 2004 to cater for unemployed graduates of tertiary institutions who could not secured employment.
Mr Arunsi had argued that the bill was to design and implement programmes to combat mass unemployment for graduates that are between the ages of 18 to 35 years and also between third to fifth year of post-graduation experience.

Most of the lawmakers present at the chamber stoutly opposed the second reading of the bill on the ground that it failed to meet critical criterion of filling gaps inherent in the existing laws it was seeking to amend.

Lagosians Troop Out In Large Numbers To Give Super Eagles Rousing Welcome

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Lagos residents on Friday gave the Super Eagles a rousing welcome as they arrived at the Domestic Terminal 1 of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, popularly known as the General Aviation Terminal.

The Super Eagles on Feb. 10 at the South Africa National Stadium defeated the Stallions of Burkina Faso 1-0 at the finals of the 29th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

The Eagles were in Lagos at the invitation of the Lagos State Government to be honoured for emerging victorious at the competition.

Oil workers give strike notice

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OIL workers have issued a three-day strike notice to the governments of Rivers, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Imo, Enugu, Abia, Anambra and Benue  over alleged unfair labour practices by the management of Onne, Rivers State, Free Trade Zone, Cross  FTZ.

Under the aegis of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, the workers demanded immediate recall of workers sacked for engaging in union activities and stop  every act of impunity and injustice being meted out to oil and gas workers in the FTZ.

Worshippers give Bishop Oyedepo 700 cars as offering

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This actually happened a few weeks back but I'm only just hearing about it. According to sources in the know, during Winners Chapel Cross Over service on Tuesday January 1st in Canaanland, Ota, Ogun state, worshipers of the church made donations of over 700 exotic cars to the church. People who felt they had been richly blessed in 2012 came to the cross over service with different donations, most significant was the number of exotic brand new cars and SUVs that flooded Canaanland. The people who donated them dropped the keys and documents of the cars during offering. The church auctioned the cars at very cheap prizes to its members. Some cars were sold for as less as N300k.