Suleja Bombing: Suspects were promised 72 virgins each – Witness

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An Army Officer told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday that four suspects of the Suleja bombing were promised 72 virgins each as incentives. The officer, whose name was not given for security reasons, was testifying in the case filed by the State Security Service against the six accused Suleja/Madalla bomb attack.

Meet 10 Finalists Competing For N10Mn Grand Prize

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As we count down to the final episode of the hit Reality TV show, Nigeria’s Got Talent, this Sunday 9th December 2012, meet the ten finalists slugging it out for a grand prize of N10 million.

Name:                                    Amarachi Uyanne

State Auditioned:                    Benin, Edo State

Act:                                       Dancing

Date of Birth:                        17/07/2004

Educational Status:                South Point Primary School, Benin

Occupation:                          Student

In her words:                        I started dancing at age 5. It is a gift and a passion that God deposited in me.

Amazingly, Bode George, Convicted Criminal, Wins Leadership Award!

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The All Africa Students Union (AASU) has picked former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George as the winner of its 15th edition of the Africa Leadership award. George’s nomination was based on recommendations by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the ratification by the executive council of AASU.

Disclosing this was the Nigerian representative at AASU and Project Co-ordinator of the award,

Olufemi Lawson, who said that George was selected from among the many nominees for the 2012 award based on his commitment to youth development and his defence of democratic institutions.

The award would be conferred on him on December 12, during which a distinguished leadership lecture would be delivered.

AASU is a regional students organisation, headquartered in Accra, Ghana with over 54 African countries as members.

Past recipients of the ASUU bi-annual Africa Leadership Award included former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Kofi Anan, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Afe Babalola, a former minister from South Africa, and Nobel laureate, late Prof Wangari Maathai among others.

INEC deregisters Chris Okotie’s party; 27 others - List

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In a press statement signed by the Secretary to INEC, Abdullahi Kangama, the commission based its action on the power conferred on it by the 1999 constitution (as amended) and the electoral act 2010 (as amended).

Photos:Prisoner Trapped In Wall During Attempted Escape

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Rafael Valadao must have under estimated the size of his body when his attempts to escape jail ended in humiliation – when he got stuck in a hole he helped smash in his cell wall.
Firefighters had to free the 16-stone (approx. 102kg) prisoner when his belly stopped him making his break for freedom.

COVENANT UNIVERSITY EXPELS OVER 150 STUDENTS

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The University authorities of Covenant University, Canaanland, Ota in Ogun state, last Saturday expelled over 150 students for varied offences ranging majorly by offences of absentism from departure service (which is the last service held before students go home for vacation)  .
A source told us that trouble started when the Chancellor of the institution,Bishop David Oyedepo visited the school chapel unannounced and noticed that some students were loitering around the chapel,some talking and others were playing while the Vice Chancellor was giving a speech in the school’s chapel.

“It is stupidity to spend your last penny buying your pastor a jet” – Nollywood actor, Mr. Ibu. Do you Agree?

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Popular comic actor, John Okafor, more popular as Mr. Ibu, had waded into the debate about pastors owing private jets and living lavish lifestyles.

Mr. Ibu took to his Facebook page to express his opinions, and called people who donate their last penny to fund the purchase of private jets, as ‘stupid’.

“STUPIDITY is when you don’t have a bicycle and you give your last penny to your pastor to buy a jet…….” he wrote.

“IGNORANCE is when you believe it when your pastor tells you not to live a worldly life, yet he enjoys all the best things in the world;the fine houses, cars, jets, babes etc, while you
are waiting till you get to heaven to enjoy your own….”
He ended his post with: “Stop worshiping your pastors!!! Stay focused on Jesus The author and finisher of your Faith.And learn to study the word .#Somebody shout halleluyahhhhhh”

Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway: Tolling to commence at TP2 Dec 16

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Lekki Concession Company (LCC), has concluded plans to commence tolling at  the Conservation Plaza (TP2), the second toll plaza situated along the Eti-Osa Lekki-Epe Expressway between Chevron HG and Oluwa Nisola House, with effect from 12am on Sunday 16, December 2012.

Toll tariffs at the Conservation Plaza will be the same as the Admiralty Circle Plaza
Okada - N50.
Authorised commercial danfo buses - N80
Salon cars and tricycles - N120
SUVs, minibuses, pickup trucks - N150
Light trucks - 250, heavy trucks - 350

If you'd like to cuss anybody out for this toll, then please call - 0800 22 555 22.

Ghana Turns Deadly As Party Supporters Clash Over Election Results

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Supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) today stabbed a National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporter around Nkrumah circle in Accra according to police authorities.
The controversy over last Friday's election has degenerated in the last few days as supporters of Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo rejected the results of the election claiming it was marred by fraud. Mr. Akufo-Addo has vowed to test the results of the election before the courts.
However, his supporters have grown increasingly restless and embarked street protests and sometimes attacked journalists in the nation's capital.

Vice President Namadi Sambo to get a N2billion home

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Vice President is getting a home worth N2 billion from the government of Nigeria. There's a N50bn budget for the Federal Capital Territory and N2bn, according to the FCT Minister Bala Mohammed, is going into the construction of the official residence of Vice President Namadi Sambo, while N300 million is for the construction of the official residences of Senate president David Mark and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal; and his deputy, Emeka Ihedioha.

So my question is; if they are building new homes for these people, where were they living before now? First a N2bn 150-seater banquet hall, now a N2bn home for the VP. This is the priority of the Government of a country where more than half the population live on under $1 a day. #Standingovation

Ifeanyi Ubah's missing ship located, seized by London court

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The world of billionaire mogul behind Capital Oil, Ifeanyi Ubah is getting more complicated by the day...and his assets in Nigeria and across the globe are under threat of seizure and sale! While Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), which sued him over N28 billion indebtedness, is asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to sell his assets, the London court has made a major breakthrough.

My Employer Assaulted Me - Female Youth Corps Member Fights

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A female National Youth Service Corps member has taken the fight to her employer for allegedly assaulting her and plagiarising her work. Mary Agbo, 28 has waited for over a month for the first signs of justice for an wrong she says no woman should ever have to face violence against women in the workplace.

Part 2 My Employer Assaulted Me - Female Youth Corps Member Fights

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 Part 1 My Employer Assaulted Me - Female Youth Corps Member Fights

But on November 1, she filed a complaint at the Garki Police station against Abanah, 35, for allegedly assaulting her after she requested a Performance Certificate, the necessary documentation corps members must obtain from their employers monthly, and mandatorily submit to the NYSC to be entitled to their government allowance. She reported the assault to the NYSC on the same day and asked to be reposted from Garki Gazette citing fear for her life and an unsafe work conditions. “He slapped me and pushed me, I hit my ear hard on an iron fence by his garden. He started dragging my top (white NYSC vest) and my breast came out,” Agbo told the Police. “He brought out his hand again and slapped me. He called his manager and assistant to send me out of the premises which they did”.

Suspected Terrorists Hurl Explosives At Fully Loaded Luxury Bus In Kano

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The ancient city of Kano yesterday evening witnessed another bomb attack with an unspecified number of persons and passengers injured. Although details of the blast are sketchy as at press time but we gathered that the incident occurred after two unidentified young men hurled two improvised explosive devices at a luxury bus that was travelling out of the state. The blast which occurred around the popular Zaria Roadabout by Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano area, saw a luxury vehicle that had come off the round about and was on the Express road driving out of the state, being the target of attack.

The Game Changer: The Richest African Woman- Ms Folorunsho Alakija

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Nigerian billionaire Oil tycoon, Fashion designer and philanthropist, Ms Folorunsho Alakija (61) is now the richest black woman in the world. Alakija worth at least $3.3 billion. 
She earned most of her wealth from the oil and gas sector. She has overtaken Oprah Winfrey as the Richest Black Woman.

Nollywood's Enebeli Elebuwa is Dead.

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Pa Enebeli Elebuwa, Nollywood Actor Died in an Indian hospital where he was taken for medical care.
Enebeli had a partial stroke some months ago and passed on this morning after after several efforts to save his life failed.

RIP Pa Enebeli!

Lepers Ask For Increment In Ogun State

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Lepers in Ogun lepers’ colony on Tuesday called for an increase in the monthly stipend of N3,000 the government pays them.   Mr George Odunawo, the lepers’ spokesman made the call when members of Ogun NUJ visited the lepers’ settlement in Abeokuta as parts of activities marking the 2012 NUJ Press Week. Odunawo said the lepers need better welfare package as well as improved living conditions.
“The government should not forget us here as most of us are aged.”

Car Owner Shoots Snatcher Dead In Abuja

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A middle-aged man suspected to be a car snatcher was in the wee hours of Saturday shot dead at Kubwa by the vehicle owner, who is a police officer.
A policeman at the scene said a gang numbering three persons, trailed the jeep owner from a distance and almost succeeded in snatching the vehicle but the owner pulled out a gun and shot one of them.
He said the man died on the spot, while the other two escaped.
When our reporter visited Kubwa General Hospital, some policemen were seen with the corpse inside their van as they made effort to deposit the corpse at the hospital’s mortuary.

Man Dies After Drug-Fueled Séx With Another Man

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Indiana authorities investigating the death of a homeless man whose decomposing body was found in a freezer say he had been drinking, taking drugs and having séx with another man now accused in his death.
The body of 29-year-old Alex Shipp was found Sunday in the basement of a home in Kokomo, about 50 miles north of Indianapolis. The resident, Walter Logan, 52, was being held without bond on a preliminary charge of murder Tuesday in the Howard County Jail.

“Attack Obasanjo and lose your job” – Jonathan warns aides against insulting ex-president

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Following the ongoing war of words between the camp of President Goodluck Jonathan and former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, the president has cautioned his aides against attacking the former head of states through the media. Jonathan warned that anyone found guilty stands the chance of losing his job.