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PDP Will Transform Nigeria In 2019 – Atiku Abubakar

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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that the Peoples Democratic Party is the only party that will transform the country and take its economy back to its prosperity. Atiku expressed this in Kaduna at the weekend, when one of his supporters, Miss Zainab Musa Pindar, organised a reception for him at the Arewa House, welcoming him back to the PDP. A statement signed by Jacob Onjewu Dickson, spokesman for the Chairman of Atiku Care Foundation, Ambassador Aliyu Ibn Abbas, made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Monday, said…

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Boko Haram Insurgents Have Been Defeated In The North-east – Army Chief, Buratai

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Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), on Sunday declared that the Boko Haram insurgents have been defeated by troops in the northeast. Buratai made the declaration at a special service to commemorate the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, held at ST Bartholomew’s Military Church, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. Buratai, represented by Maj.-Gen. David Ahmadu, the Chief of Training and Operations, Army Headquarters, disclosed that the military has won the war against insurgency. He revealed that the military had recorded successes in the intensified offensive, routed and defeated…

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Blackwood Grills and Bar Berths in Ikeja

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This yuletide will be memorable for Lagos fun seekers, with the berthing of Blackwood Grills and Bar; especially those in the Ikeja axis. The new exclusive dancing bar cum restaurant, magnificently located on Olu Akerele Street, Ikeja, Lagos, is an architectural delight, parading immaculate surrounding, which makes it an ideal place for pleasure and business. With a hallow of paradise, the watering hole, unique features designed interiors, laced with contemporary furnishings, elegant styling with great attention to details. Trust, Blackwood exudes the cosmopolitan nature of Hammed Oke, the mercurial dude…

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No Sane Person Will Vote For You – Ohaneze Tells Buhari

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The Ohaneze Ndigbo, the leading Igbo social-political group, has told President Muhammadu Buhari that no sane person will vote for him come 2019 Presidential election. The National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Prince Uche Achi-Okpaga, pointed out that Buhari’s failure to check the menace of the herdsmen would affect his chances for re-election in 2019. Achi- Okpaga said that “no sane person would vote for a government that was not able to secure the lives of its citizens.” He noted that it was strange that the country’s security agencies, which he…

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“I Am Not Sponsoring Fulani Herdsmen” – Atiku

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Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has debunked an allegation that he is the chief financier of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). The association is the national body of Fulani herdsmen. Paul Ibe, Atiku’s spokesman, in a statement on Friday, described the allegation against Abubakar, who holds Tiv traditional title of Zege Mule U Tiv, as sad and false. Ibe said it was disheartening that in this period of intense grief in Benue State, Chief Paul Unongo would choose to level false allegations on the person of Abubakar. Unongo…

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Nigerian Nanny Gets $121,000 Pay Check From Oppressive Nsobundu Couple

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The Nsobundus, the Nigerian couple living in the Houston-area of the United States has been ordered by an American court to pay $121,000 as restitution to the Nigerian woman who worked for 20 hours a day for two years as the nanny to their five children. The nanny was not paid throughout the period. Now she has a N44m windfall. Chudy Nsobundu, 57, and his wife Sandra Nsobundu, 49, also were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas to seven months in jail and seven months of home confinement, plus…

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George Weah’s Life a Real Film, Unbelievable: Wenger

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Arsene Wenger has compared the life of George Weah to a film script following his former player’s election as president of Liberia. Weah, who played for Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan during a glittering career, last week secured a stunning run-off victory in the West African country’s first democratic transfer of power in decades. Wenger signed Weah in 1988 when he was the manager of Monaco, guiding his career for the next four years, and views the 1995 FIFA world player of the year as a shining example to…

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University of Zimbabwe Lecturers Disown Grace Mugabe’s Doctorate

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Former First Lady Grace Mugabe faces a corruption probe following a formal complaint filed by lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe’s Sociology Department over the manner in which she attained her doctorate. Mrs. Mugabe, who fell from grace when her attempts to succeed her husband Robert Mugabe were thwarted by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and then sacked Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in November last year, may face corruption charges as all faculty members have distanced themselves from supervising her research. Sources claim that staff members never handled Mrs. Mugabe’s research…

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I’m committed to Man United, just very lazy – Mourinho explains hotel living

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Do not worry Manchester United fans, laziness is the reason for Jose Mourinho’s hotel living as the manager reaffirmed his commitment to the Premier League giants. Mourinho has called the Lowry Hotel in Manchester home since replacing Louis van Gaal in 2016, while his wife still lives in London. The 54-year-old’s decision not to buy a house has come into question amid reported doubts over his future at Old Trafford, which Mourinho dismissed on Thursday. Explaining the reason for living in a hotel, Mourinho said: “I am very lazy and…

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Mark Zuckerberg Vows To ‘Fix’ Facebook

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to “fix” Facebook, in what he described as his personal challenge for 2018. In a post on his page on the social network, he said it was making too many errors enforcing policies and preventing misuse of its tools. Mr Zuckerberg has famously set himself challenges every year since 2009. Facebook launched in 2004. Social media firms have come under fire for allowing so-called fake news ahead of US and other elections to spread. Facebook in particular has been criticised for allowing Russia-linked political…

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