CONTINENTAL POWERHOUSES IN HIGH STAKES TANGO: NIGERIA SET TO BECOME AFRICA’S LARGEST ECONOMY IN 2014 ; REBASING BOOSTS GDP TO US$405 BILLION, SET TO LEAPFROG SOUTH AFRICA AT US$370 BILLION

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Africa's Largest Economy 20144

In about three weeks from now, when the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) releases the rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) it will show that Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as Africa’s largest economy, which will have great economic and geopolitical implications.

Jet Li batthles overactive thyroid Problem ( Get well soon!)

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Jet Li

Chinese action star and martial arts hero, Jet Li, has said that he is being treated for an overactive thyroid, but he is determined to fight the condition head-on.
The superstar who is known for his kung fu skills,  discussed his diagnosis during the recording of a talent show he is judging in China.
During the recording of the show on Tuesday, the 50-year-old actor appeared to have a fuller face and heavier frame. He said his weight has fluctuated but he is taking it all in stride.
Li, even  joked about his weight gain and said “I’m fat, I don’t have the time to lose it. It’s a fact!”
According to a Daily News report:

Wellness of pregnant woman assaulted by Lebanese Manager worsen

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According to a report by Premium Times, the healthiness of the factory employee assaulted by her Lebanese boss causing her to lose her 7 months pregnancy, has significantly ruined & requires urgent body transfusion.

"I just finished talking with the surgeon that did the emergency surgery and he said her condition has worsen sharply since yesterday. Her stitches were removed today but the doctor said she is very weak and under serious emotional trauma. He said she needs immediate blood transfusion or else her situation would get worse,” Alexandra Ossai's lawyer told Premium Times

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Bachelor party turns deadly in Maiduguri as Boko Haram Launches assault on party-goers.

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Around 11pm Saturday evening December 28th, three guys thought to be members of Islamic militant Boko Haram invaded a bachelor celebration at Tashan Alade community in Maiduguri and Launched fire on the party-goers, eliminating seven of these people and hurting many others.    An eyewitness who survived the attack claimed the guys came in two motorcycles , joined the celebration like they were visitors and before anyone knew what was happening , they presented their weapons and started firing indiscriminately. They fled the scene after ensuring many people were dead.

Nigerian Forces Kill 56 Boko haram Terrorists In Alafia Forest

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F1 icon Michael Schumacher in coma after a terrible skiing crash

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 Retired Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher, 44, is fighting for his life after he fell and hit his head on a stone while skiing off piste together with his 14-year-old son Mick in the resort of Meribel in the French Alps yesterday morning Sunday December 29th.

Doctors who treated the seven-time Formula 1 world champion said he'd ‘have died' had he not been wearing a collision helmet. But regardless of the helmet, Michael Schumacher suffered serious head injuries that's left him in a coma because of the accident. The German driver required immediate brain surgery as he arrived at the  medical facility and is being kept in an induced coma, officials said.

Nigerian man killed in India, Simeon Obodo, buried in his hometown in Obogwe-Umunwaku

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The 35-year old Nigerian who was killed in Gao, India, on October 30, Simeon Obodo, has been buried in his hometown in Obogwe-Umunwaku community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo.

A representative of the family, Ejike Esinkoye, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday.

Mr. Esinkoye, who said the funeral service of Mr. Obodo took place on Monday at St Paul’s Catholic parish Obogwe-Umunwaku, expressed dismay that the Federal Government did not send any official delegation to the burial.

Criminal attacks in Volgograd and in Nigeria have much in common – Russian Foreign Ministry

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Cynically planned on the eve of New Year celebrations, this strike is another attempt by terrorists to open an internal front, spread panic and chaos, cause inter-religious hatred and conflict in Russian society, says Russian Foreign Ministry.

The terrorist attacks in Volgograd are an attempt to trigger inter-confessional strife in the Russian society. This came in a report of the Russian Foreign Ministry’.

Anti-drone protest: gov't can not support poor persons, but has income for UAVs- activist

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Lots of worried Americans organized anti-drone protest and educated the general public on December 28th in protest of the newest drone center that's to start in Horsham, Pennsylvania. While their state has offered that the center will take a lot of job, activists come to mind that the centre will become a main goal for terrorists to attack. Our source met with three advocates who would like the whole drone challenge turn off for good and security of the folks and the betterment of society.

Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World [Pics]

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#6 Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World

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 #5 Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World:
Creflo Dollar

American Bible teacher, pastor, and the founder of World Changers Church International, Creflo Dollar, has an estimated net worth of $27 million. As his name suggests, this preacher’s “manna” comes in form of the green buck.

  

#5 Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World.

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 #5 Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World:
Chris Oyakhilome:

 This is the man behind Believers’ Loveworld Ministries, a.k.a Christ Embassy.His church has an estimated net worth of $30 million – $50 million last year, the charismatic preacher was at the center of a $35 million money laundering case in which he was accused of siphoning funds from his church to foreign banks.

  

#4 Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World

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  #4 Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World:
Benny Hinn

Israeli televangelist,Toufik Benedictus “Benny” Hinn has an estimated net worth of $42 million. He is best known for his regular “Miracle Crusades” – revival meeting/faith healing summits that are usually held in large stadiums in major cities, which are later broadcast worldwide on his television program, “This Is Your Day”. Hinn was born on December 3, 1952.

  

#3 Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World

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  #3 Top 10 Richest Pastors In The World:
E A Adeboye

This messenger of God was listed in an African magazine, NEWSWEEK, as the most powerful man in Africa and one of the top 50 global power elites in 2008/2009, among others such as President Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy. Pastor Adeboye heads the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), something he has done for the last 28years.Amongst his posessions are private jets.

   

No one hurt in twin explosions in Dagestan - Interior Ministry of Russia

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The interior ministry of Russia’s North Caucasian Republic of Dagestan has refuted reports that five people were injured in a twin blast near shops in the town of Derbent.

"According to our data, no one was injured in both explosions," a ministry spokesman told Itar-Tass on Sunday. Earlier in the day, a source in the local police told Itar-Tass that five people had been wounded in an explosion near a liquor store in the town of Derbent. Another source said that one more explosion had occurred near another shop, where no one was hurt.

Researchers find possible medicine to stop AIDS

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Scientist at the Gladstone Institutes have identified the precise chain of molecular events in the human body that drives the death of most of the immune system’s CD4 T cells as an HIV infection leads to AIDS.
A typical scene at an emergency ward of a Lagos State government hospital before the protracted doctors strike. 

Just in: Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka’s Daughter, Iyetade Soyinka Dies

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Iyetade Soyinka, a daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has died. Ms. Soyinka, who was born June 6, 1965, died at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital where she was being treated for an undisclosed ailment.

The demise was disclosed in a report closed by Jahman Anikulapo, an aid to Mr. Soyinka, one of many world's foremost dramatists and champion of the 1986 Nobel Reward in literature. The report observed that the late Iyetade Soyinka was students at the Team College and Queens College, Ibadan before she studied Medicine at the School of Ibadan.

Man Sets family Ablaze, claims wife's STDs Made His Joystick to Shrink (Pictured)

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He brought out his manhood and asked me to look at it. He said his wife infected him with a disease and that was why his manhood was small. The wife accused him of stealing her money (N14, 000) and he admitted it. He told her ‘didn’t you know I’m a thief?’ Then, he told her she would not live to see the New Year.

See The List Of Nigerian Celebrities Who Died Between 2011 & 2013

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Nollywood has been around for over 20 years , It's affect has been good in the African cinema. Unfortunately, there are a few popular personalities and actresses who'd incredible influences but are no more now. This is the record a few of the popular deaths which have rocked Nollywood since 2011. Listed link below are Number Of Nigerian A-listers Who Died Between 2011 and 2013, may their soul rest in peace.

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There Is No Hell Fire; Adam & Eve Not Real – Pope Francis Claims ( Do you agree ?)

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One person who's out to reveal money old “secrets” in the Catholic church is Pope Francis. A few of the beliefs which can be used in the church but despite the supportive character of God are now put aside by the Pope who had been lately name The Person of The Year by TIME Magazine,  observed.
In his newest revelations, Pope Francis said:

“Through humility, soul searching, and prayerful contemplation we have gained a new understanding of certain dogmas. The church no longer believes in a literal hell where people suffer. This doctrine is incompatible with the infinite love of God. God is not a judge but a friend and a lover of humanity. God seeks not to condemn but only to embrace. Like the fable of Adam and Eve, we see hell as a literary device. Hell is merely a metaphor for the isolated soul, which like all souls ultimately will be united in love with God.”