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Aretha Franklin Is Dead

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American Queen of soul, Aretha Franklin has been confirmed dead after battling pancreatic cancer, her publicist told the Associated Press. A source revealed that her death was “imminent”, the 76-year-old had kept her sickness away from the public for years. According to Franklin’s oncologist, Dr. Philip Phillips of Karmanos Cancer Institute, she died of advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type. The self-taught artiste started her career in her father’s church in Detroit. However, it was not until 1967 that the self-taught pianist came into national limelight with her hit song, Respect.…

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Miracle Baby, Jobs, Healings At Apostle Suleman’s Enugu Crusade

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  A second characteristic of being called to be a pastor, besides that inner compulsion to serve God, is that you develop a great compassion for people. The realization that all those people living and working around you are lost without Jesus, pierces your heart. You’re moved with the same compassion Jesus felt when He saw the crowds, “harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:36). The two-day Apostolic mission to the ‘Coal City’, Enugu, by the founder and senior pastor at Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) worldwide, Apostle…

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Atletico Blow Away Real to Seal Super Cup

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Saul Niguez scored a sensational volley to help earn Atletico Madrid a 4-2 UEFA Super Cup triumph in extra time against city rivals Real Madrid. Diego Costa’s wonderful goal after 49 seconds, the fastest in Super Cup history, got Atletico off to a flyer in Tallinn on Wednesday. But Karim Benzema headed in Gareth Bale’s brilliant cross and Sergio Ramos converted a penalty awarded for a Juanfran handball to turn the tie around for Julen Lopetegui in his first game in charge of Madrid. Despite Diego Simeone serving a touchline…

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Paternity mess: Pastor who fathered child by church member exposed

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  Justice Fred Myers, a Canadian judge, has dismissed a request by a pastor, Martin Kofi Danso, to extend a publication ban that would keep his identity secret in a paternity case just because the publicity could damage his reputation and hurt him financially. Myers removed the publication ban, which another judge had imposed at the end of July, exposing the pastor, who was in court on allegations that he had fathered a six-month-old child with former church member, Chris-Ann Bartley. Martin Kofi Danso, who is the founder of Miracle Arena for…

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Gov. Tambuwal affirms Buhari’s not healthy, says he’s under pressure to contest the presidency

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  Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that it is true that President Muhammadu Buhari has health challenges and also accused a cabal of running Buhari”s government. Tambuwal also declared that he had been under tremendous pressure to join the 2019 presidential race. Addressing thousands of youths and students who stormed the Governor’s Office in appreciation of his involving the youths in his administration, Tambuwal said, “We supported Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 to become President unconditionally and we admit that Buhari has integrity but that’s not the only…

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Ortom kicks against EFCC’s request for minutes of Benue’s security meetings

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of deliberate witch-hunt as the anti-graft agency asked for minutes of the state’s security meetings. The governor, reacting to EFCC’s demand for minutes of Benue State Security Council meetings between 2015 and 2018, decried the level of harassment and intimidation of officials of his government by the anti-graft agency since he dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the PDP. He stressed that the commission had not relented in persecuting him since his defection. In a…

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Tony Elumelu Foundation to host 5000 African entrepreneurs

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The fourth edition of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) annual Entrepreneurship Forum is set to hold on October 25, 2018 in Lagos. The gathering is expected to bring together over 5,000 entrepreneurs, global investors, leaders from African public and private sectors as well as developmental organisations at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. The event offers a unique opportunity to generate ideas, forge networks and bring policymakers and the private sector together, in a spirit of robust debate and interaction. The Forum will include an interactive session with President Uhuru Kenyatta…

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Landlord arrested for leading gang of robbers to rob neighbour

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A 40-year-old landlord, Adegbite Taoheed, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for leading a gang of robbers to rob his fellow landlords in Soyoye, Abeokuta North council of the state. Taoheed, a member of the landlords’ association in Oke-Odo, was reported to have recruited other persons to rob the residents of valuables. Parading the suspects, who had been shot, at the headquarters of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the robbers stole an SUV belonging…

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Osinbajo orders probe of abuses by SARS as IG rejigs squad

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Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria Vice President, yesterday directed the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to commence investigations into allegations of abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria police, otherwise known as SARS. He also ordered the Police boss to overhaul the squad with immediate effect, to make it strictly intelligence-driven and restricted to the prevention and detection of armed robbery, kidnapping, and apprehension of offenders linked to the stated offences, and nothing more. Osinbajo’s directive to the police boss came following the outcry against the special police…

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Lagos ranked third least liveable city -Global survey

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According to the 2018 Global Liveability Index released by The Economist Intelligence Unit and World Bank, Lagos state has been ranked third among the ten least liveable cities in the world. The report, which rated Lagos 138th of the 140 cities on earth, said it based the report on five parameters. It cited the criteria to be political and social stability, education, culture, environment, infrastructure and access to healthcare. In the report, Lagos was rated 37.5 per cent and 33.3 per cent in healthcare and education. It said Lagos recorded…

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