Chime Begins Annual Vacation, Jets off to the states.

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• Fail to indicate who takes charge in his absence
The vacation, according to a statement from Commissioner for Information, Chuks Ugwoke, commenced from June 18.
The statement, which was issued after the weekly state executive council meeting chaired by the governor however did not state how long the vacation will last.

Ekiti Poll: Police IG Restricts Movement in & Out Of The State

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In a bid to ensure maximum security, ensure proper coordination of security operations and organise a hitch-free election, devoid of electoral fraud in Ekiti State, Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has restricted movement in Ekiti state.

Abubakar has also deployed an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Bala M Nasarawa and five Commissioners of Police to supervise security arrangements. CP Ikechukwu Aduba will function as CP in charge of Ekiti State for the period of the election. The other Commissioners of Police are Danladi Y. Mshelbwala (Ekiti-North), Mohammed Ibrahim (Ekiti-Central) and Augustine Eubakhabokum (Ekiti-South).
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Our Governors Barred from travelling to Ekiti, Says APC

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• Alleges detention of Gov. Amaechi's convoy
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cried out that its Governors were being prevented by security agencies apparently acting
on ''orders from above'' from going to Ado-Ekiti for the party's final campaign on Friday for the Ekiti State Governorship election.
In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said at least three

I'm out of government - OBJ

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Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday said, he is out of government for good. He stated this at the 2nd World Sickle Cell Day event themed 'Improving blood safety in Developing nations' organised by the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. In his words, he said, "I am out of government for good. I am happy to be out of government. The Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation is charity based in London UK, established to improve human security for all in Africa.
Source: Daily Times

Coup d’ etat rumours unfounded – CDS

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The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, has refuted rumors of a possible coup d'etat by the military, stating that the rumour was unfounded.

ACM Badeh stated this on Tuesday June 18th while receiving the Director General of the National Orientation Agency , Dr Mike Omeiri in his office. He explained the Military would always work to protect the democracy of Nigeria and not destroy it.

"Rumours in some quarters of a possible coup d’état in the country are unfounded. Why should anyone be thinking in the negative fashion? Tell them we will not do it. Those spreading rumours of coups must be living elsewhere and not in Nigeria. The Armed Forces are defenders of democracy. We are an arm of democracy, so how can an arm of democracy work against the democracy that we are part of?” he said

OAU shut down following days of students' protest over school fees

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 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has been closed down indefinitely following days of students'protest over increase in their school fees that was the introduced in May.

The college administration this afternoon released a record announcing an indefinite shutdown of the institution and ordered students to vacate its premises by Thursday afternoon, citing'persistent disruption of normal activities and peace on campus consequently of violent demonstrations by students, led by the Student Union Executive'as their reason behind turning off the school. 

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Drumless Supporters Club

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The Nigeria Football Supporters Club were by world football governing FIFA stripped off their fanfare during the game between Nigeria and Iran decided at the Arena Da Baixada.
FIFA in collaboration with hosts Brazil before the game ordered that the Nigerian supporters must not be allowed to enter the stadium with their drums. It was gathered the move was purely for security reasons since the drums were sealed round without anyone knowing the content of what might be hidden inside.

Nigerian Family Gives up New Home In Belfast, UK after racist protest

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A Nigerian man whose home was subjected this week to a racist protest in Belfast said the incident was "like a flashback" to an attempted racial assault on him three years earlier.  Michael Abiona has been forced to give up the house he was allocated in the Knocknagoney area of East Belfast after racists turned up on his doorstep on Tuesday.  Five people including a woman held up banners with the slogans "Houses 4 Local People" and "We need Homes 2" on them.

Coach Stephen Keshi To Nigerians: I'm not God

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Nigerians dreaming about the likely defeat of Bosnia Herzegovina in Saturday’s 2014 Brazil World Cup game against the Super Eagles in Cuiaba should do so with plenty of caution.
Eagles chief coach Stephen Keshi stunned his audience at the post-match conference in Curitiba on Monday night when he stated categorically that he couldn’t guarantee anyone his team’s ability to beat their Bosnian counterparts insisting that: ”I’m not God to tell you with all conviction that the Super Eagles will beat Bosnia on Saturday.”

Video Post: Unidentified Woman found Dead on the Street In Benin

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King Felipe VI takes Spanish crown

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King Felipe VI took the Spanish crown Thursday, setting the stage for celebrations in the flag-festooned capital a day after his father quit the throne with tears in his eyes.

Felipe, 46, legally became king at the stroke of midnight (22:00 GMT) as an act of parliament signed by his father came into force, formalising the end of 76-year-old Juan Carlos' 39-year reign - reports AFP.

Naija commercial S3x hawker, Girl, Stabbed Army Officer To Death For Refusal To Pay ‘Extra round’

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Fear has gripped commercial s3x workers in Bayelsa State after one of them allegedly stabbed a soldier attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield to death for refusing to pay for a daybreak s3x romp.

The soldier whose name has been kept under wraps was reportedly stabbed twice in his stomach by his s3x partner from Edo State identified simply as Bini girl.
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Israel responds to attacks: war jets strike Gaza

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Israeli war jets carried out several airstrikes early Thursday, targeting training facilities that belong to the Islamic Hamas movement in northern Gaza Strip and Gaza city, security officials said. Officials in Gaza said several explosions damaged northern and central Gaza Strip as well as eastern and western Gaza city. Israeli jets hovered over the coastal enclave before carrying out the strikes, reports DPA.

Why Nigeria Could Not Defeat Iran – Keshi Opens up

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The Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi has revealed why the team, yesterday, June 17 ended up with a goalless draw with Iran in their first match at the on-going FIFA World Cup in Brazil. 
Stephen Keshi told FIFA.COM that he blamed their performance on lack of inspiration.
He said: 

"We played very well in the first half. The forwards were very active and they had a couple of chances to score, though we couldn't put them away. We lost our shape in the second half," he said. "I felt we could have won the game but we were lacking a bit of inspiration on the pitch."

2 women bags 5 months each for slapping a police man in Abuja

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An Upper Area court in Zuba, FCT, on Wednesday sentenced two women – Binta Mamman, 35, and Safiya Aliyu, 19, both of Deidei, Abuja, to five months imprisonment for slapping a police man.

The women had also been charged with using abusive language and public nuisance.

Malam Aminu Sa’ad, the presiding judge, handed down the sentence after the women pleaded guilty to the three-count charge of criminal force and assault, use of abusive language and public nuisance.

Sa’ad ruled that on the first count of criminal force and assault, the convicts shall serve a jail term of one month each without an option of fine. 
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More than 20 unknown poems by Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda found in archives

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Researchers have found more than 20 previously unknown poems of the world famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Experts plan to publish them in late 2014 - early 2015, reports TV channel Telesur. Specialists from "Pablo Neruda Foundation" discovered it, during their research through the writer's archives. Poems, some of which are written by hand, and some - typed, were found in one of the boxes that belonged to the writer.

American fighters begin reconnaissance flights over Iraq

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American F-18 fighter from the aircraft carrier "George Herbert Walker Bush" in the Persian Gulf began to fly reconnaissance missions over Iraq. This was reported on Wednesday TV "Fox News." According to its sources in the Pentagon, one of the goals of these flights is to demonstrate US commitment to decisive action on the situation in Iraq.

"It is not that important to see something, but to be seen," said the representative of the US military. He stressed that the F-18 are exactly fighter planes.

US arrests alleged 89-year-old Auschwitz guard

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An 89-year-old man has been arrested and denied bail in the United States for alleged war crimes as a teenage Nazi guard at Auschwitz. Johann Breyer, a retired machinist born in Czechoslovakia to a US mother, admits joining the SS aged 17 but denies being a guard at the concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. He emigrated to the United States after the Second World War got married and now has children and grandchildren.

Russian delegation not to attend PACE session - Russia's MP

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Russia will not attend the upcoming session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in spite of the appeal of the PACE president to State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin.

"PACE President Anne Brasseur asked State Duma Speaker Naryshkin in a recent telephone conversation to send the Russian delegation, even with limited powers, [to the session] for continuing the dialogue with Russia. We do not think it will be expedient to continue the seeming dialogue under these circumstances because the dialogue is possible only between equal partners," 

Cuba hopes to cooperate with Rosneft

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Cuba hopes to cooperate with the Russian oil corporation Rosneft when it develops its new oilfields, the Cuban Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines, Ruben Cid who is taking part in the World Oil Congress in Moscow said to Itar-Tass Wednesday. CUPET and Rosneft signed a memorandum recently in St Petersburg, under which the two companies will do the joint development of oilfields on the Cuban continental shelf.