Female UNILAG Law School Graduate nabbed For Armed Robbery In Lagos; Chioma Ezekwesiri Leads 7-Man Robbery Gang -

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This is a Ọmọ Oódua - Naija Gist exclusive you have to read.  The popular saying “What a man can do a woman can do better” has been twisted in the case of Chioma Ezekwesiri, a 35-year-old University of Lagos graduate who was nabbed today for robbery in Lagos.

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On Point: ‘Bombing country to help its people is absurd’ – Ali al-Musawi

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In the course of a meeting of the League of Arab Countries, the Foreign Ministers approved a resolution calling on the UN to take measures against the Syrian government. Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia and Algeria opposed military intervention. Ali al-Musawi, adviser to Iraq’s Prime Minister, said in an interview to our source what kind of a threat such a bold position against West interests presents to Iraq.

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Lagos Commissioner embarrassed at Gani memorial occasion

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Tragedy: "Armed robbers went to my house in Jos and attacked my mother" - Super Eagles Striker Ahmed Musa

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Armed robbers raided the home of Super Eagles star forward Ahmed Musa in the Nigerian north central town of Jos on Wednesday night.  The CSKA Moscow forward told Naijanews.com.ng that the gunmen numbering about 10 stormed his house close to the Plateau State Government House in the posh neighborhood of Rayfield few minutes past 11 in the night and carted away cash and valuables.

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Confession: "My Election Was Rigged", says PDP candidate

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Mr. Afolabi Olawole (pictured above) is the councilorship candidate of the PDP in Shawo South West ward in the controversial Offa Local Government of Kwara State. The gentleman has come out to openly reject his announced victory at the just concluded council election.

He was declared winner of the election by Independent Electoral Commission of Kwara State (KWASIEC) in Saturday’s rerun election.

But Mr Olawole has confessed that he lost to Mr Adefioye Kayode, candidate of the APC:

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I Love Fufu With Okro Soup—Tonto Dikeh

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Tonto Dikeh is one actress that is full of controversies. Another thing that is very common to her apart from controversial issues is her American ascent. 
When she acts, especially as a spoilt brat in movies, the Ikwerre lady talks like the Americans, which also has brought about debates from her fans some of who think she over acts; while some see her as ‘fake’ because of her foreign ascent, others commend her for ‘being versatile.’

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Heartless: Father Chains His Blind Son In A Cave (PHOTOS)

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 A father has told how he’s turned his handicapped son into a real life caveman – chaining him unclad to a rock face in central China.  Astonishing pictures of tragic Cheng Xiangtao, 26 – born blind and mentally disabled – chained by his ankle to his cave in remote Chengling village, Henan province, have outraged the country.

Dad Cheng Yuanchao, 70, abandoned his son after losing his home and going to live with his daughters.
‘I have no home of my own now and nowhere to house my son. This is the best I can do. I visit him three times a day with food and water so he is never hungry of thirsty.

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Federal government of Nigeria approves 5-year jail term and N200, 000 fine for exam cheats

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The minister of Education, Prof Ruqayyat Rufai, announced yesterday that students caught from now on cheating during exams will face a five year jail term or N200,000 fine or both.

This decision was reached during the Federal Executive Council weekly meeting that held in Abuja yesterday. The new law states in part...

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Dangote signs multibillion dollar deal with Banks to build oil refinery in Nigeria

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Offa rerun election: PDP candidate rejects victory

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Councillorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Shawo South West ward in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Afolabi Olawole, has rejected the victory attributed to him following the recent rerun election held in the local government last Saturday.

He was declared the winner of the ward election by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission in Saturday’s rerun election.

He stunned his party, the PDP, and the public, when he declared that he did not win in the election.
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Why GEJ cannot fight corruption

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“When the head is rotten, it affects the whole body”

— A popular African proverb

At the inception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2011, Nigeria’s first minority president, the man whom much hope had been invested to clean the Aegean Stable shocked the entire nation. It was in the answer he gave to what had seemed to be an innocuous question that had left Nigerian bewildered. Jonathan had been asked why he had not deemed it fit to set a personal example in transparency by declaring his assets. The interviewer sought to know why he had not fulfilled the constitutional obligation. He wanted the President to tell Nigerians when he would submit his assets to public scrutiny as an example to other public officials.

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Pandemonium In Ikorodu As Clerics Who Died Ages back shows up on a wall of a Mosque + The Pictures -

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Barely a year after a child was reportedly born with a copy of the Holy Quran in Lagos and another born with an Islamic rosary, (Tesbah) in Sagamu, Ogun State. Last Tuesday, another amazing event occurred at Owode Onirin, Ikorodu, Lagos; as images of some clerics who died decades ago were believed to have made sudden appearances on the walls of Dawiz Central Mosque in the area.

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Pastor charged over demise of teen after ‘special' deliverance from witchcraft

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The pastor tied two ‘witch’ teenagers for three days during the ‘deliverance’. The police in Abuja on Wednesday filed a criminal suit against Isaiah Okoye, the Chief Overseer of the Sabbath Church in Dape Village, Life Camp, Abuja, for alleged culpable homicide. The police also listed Ngozi Ogbonna, a member of the church, in the suit.

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A suspected drug addict goes berserk, stabbing 6 people.

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Nigerian Drug Addict Ran Mad, Stabbed 6 People In Jigawa State
One of the victims, a 40-year old man, died from the injuries he sustained during the attack.
The incident happened in the Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident which occurred in the Ausar Quarters of Ringim town also left five people injured.
The victim was identified as Magaji Ringim, as a staff of the School of Legal Studies in Ringim.
Bala Shehu, a resident of the area, told NAN the suspected killer, popularly known as “AKT”, had been well known as a thug in the area.

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Strike against Syria unlikely to provoke clash with Russia - John Kerry

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Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday a US military strike on Syria over its chemical weapons use was unlikely to provoke a clash with Russia, a key Syrian ally that has blocked efforts to sanction Damascus at the UN Security Council.

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Senate panel approves plan to strike Syria

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The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Wednesday to approve President Barack Obama's plan to strike Syria in retaliation for the reported use of chemical weapons by leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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WikiLeaks releases Spy Files 3

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The WikiLeaks organization has released what they are calling “Spy Files #3”. The latest offering of documents showing nefarious US Government illegality contains 249 documents from 92 global intelligence contractors.

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Chairman of President Jonathan's PDP Bamanga Tukur threatens Atiku's PDP with suspension

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You all  know there are two PDP factions now therefore to tell apart we've to call one - President Jonathan's PDP and the one which broke away last weekend - former VP Atiku Abubakar's PDP. So the chairman of President Jonathan's PDP Bamanga Tukur today held a press conference in Abuja where he threatened members of Atiku's PDP with suspension, called them impostors and said the police should regard them as such. heheh. 2015 will soon be interesting. What he said at the press conference below.

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Rapper M.I is now Lagos State Ambassador for Energy

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It really could be the era of the Chairman! First, MI was named UN ambassador for the Smuggling of Migrants. He then became a Glo ambassador. And now, Africa's number 1 rapper could be the Lagos State Ambassador for Energy! Big congrats to  rapper M.I ! 

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Beverly Osu : ''Why I Got Nak-éd In The Big Brother House'' - (PHOTO)

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In this revealing interview, ex BBA Housemate talks about her relationship with Angelo and her experience in the Big Brother house.

Read excerpts from the recent interview : 

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