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Several hurt as plane catches fire at Florida airport
4:04:30 PMFemi Ajasa

Several people were injured when an airliner caught fire while taxiing to a runway at Fort Lauderdale in Florida on Thursday, authorities said.

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APC, PDP members join PPA
4:04:28 PMFemi Ajasa

Lokoja - N0 fewer than 4,800 members from the two major political parties in the State, the People's Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi Central Senatorial District yesterday defected to the Progressives Peoples Alliance, PPA. 2,900 defected from the All Progressives Congress while 1900 defected from the ruling PDP.

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Pope pardons scandal-tainted Legion of Christ
4:02:09 PMadekunle

Pope Francis has granted a "plenary indulgence", or religious pardon, to the ultra-conservative Legion of Christ movement, mired in a paedophile scandal, provided its members perform acts of penance, Vatican Radio said Thursday.

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China ends one-child policy
3:54:35 PMadekunle

China announced the end of its hugely controversial one-child policy on Thursday, after decades of strict, sometimes brutal enforcement left it with an ageing population and shrinking workforce that has heightened the challenges of slowing economic growth.

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University of Ilorin @ 40: A Tribute
3:49:37 PMTony Chinonso

Underestimating people and institutions can produce some startling surprises. Let me confess that I was a pessimist about the prospects of the University of Ilorin back in the 1980s. Despite knowing it was there, it just never occurred to me that I would have anything to do with it.

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Carneiro tables case against Chelsea
3:38:39 PMFemi Ajasa

Lawyers for former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro have served notice on the club that she intends to seek a claim for constructive dismissal, according to media reports on Thursday.

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Amaechi's Ministerial Confirmation: A Victory over forces of darkness - APC
3:35:36 PMadekunle

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has described today's confirmation of the immediate past Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as a Minister by the Senate as a victory over the forces of darkness.

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Oliseh includes Iheanacho in Eagles squad for Swaziland tie
3:23:23 PMIkenna Asomba

Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh on Thursdsay, included Manchester City youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho in the list of players called for the 2018 World Cup second round fixture against Swaziland.

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Dele Giwa's Murder: Omeben lied, I gave statements to police twice - Soyinka
3:17:29 PMadekunle

FORMER London Bureau Chief of Newswatch Magazine, Kayode Soyinka, who was present when Dele Giwa, the co-founder of the magazine was murdered in 1986 through a letter bomb, has dismissed as lies comments by a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Chris Omeben, that he fled after the attack and was never questioned.

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Video: How PDP staged a walkout to protest Amaechi's ministerial confirmation
3:01:03 PMTony Chinonso

Video: How PDP staged a walkout to protest Amaechi's ministerial confirmation

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Wednesday, 28 October 2015

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Help! My secret lover is cheating on me
3:40:08 PMFemi Ajasa

Help! My secret lover is cheating on me

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Tanzania Elections: Controversy, as opposition calls for annulment
3:37:07 PMIkenna Asomba

Tanzania's opposition presidential candidate Edward Lowassa on Wednesday called for a total recount of Sunday's election for the presidency, citing voting irregularities in Tanzania's tightest elections in more than 50 years.

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Breaking news : Sanusi II strips Bayero's eldest son of Ciroma title
3:23:39 PMadekunle

Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II has striped his predecessor eldest son, Sanusi Ado Bayero of his Ciroma title.

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50 Anambra disabled persons receive training from NGO, Obiano's wife
3:19:05 PMTony Chinonso

AWKA-THE South Saharan Social Development Organization, SSDO, a non -governmental organization, NGO, and the wife of Anambra State governor, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, have put smiles on the faces of 50 persons with disabilities by empowering them with equipment and seed money to start mobile phone repaid business. The beneficiaries, comprising 30 males and 20 females drawn from various parts of Anambra State, were trained for three months at the Aguleri Rehabilitation Centre by SSDO, with the support of Oxfam Novib, an international donor agency.

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Blatter blames 'bad losers' as seven candidates retained
3:14:34 PMadekunle

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter blamed England, the United States and Michel Platini for the corruption scandal engulfing the organisation on Wednesday as seven candidates, including Platini, were confirmed in the running to succeed him.

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5 migrants die, dozens missing after boats sink off Turkey
3:10:04 PMadekunle

At least five migrants including three children, died Wednesday after four boats sank between Turkey and Greece, as rescue workers searched the sea for dozens more, the Greek coastguard said.

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Sacked priest accuses Vatican of making life 'hell' for gays
3:06:07 PMadekunle

A high-ranking Polish Catholic priest who was sacked after he came out as gay has accused the Vatican of making the lives of homosexuals "a hell", in a letter sent to the pope seen Wednesday by AFP.

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Naira Devaluation: Emir Of Kano speaking for neo colonialists - NLC
3:04:16 PMIkenna Asomba

Following the call by the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, where he asked the Federal Government to devalue the Naira, and also remove the subsidy on petroleum products, Nigeria's apex workers' union, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has asked Nigerians to ignore the call.

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'N1.4trn fine: MTN in moves to change Nigerian management team'
2:48:16 PMadekunle

According to a report, Senior executives at the company, who are in Nigeria to meet with the regulator to discuss the fine, will decide on whether to make changes to senior management, which is headed by local Chief Executive Officer Michael Ikpoki.

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In Photos: Ooni-elect, Ogunwusi, storms Ile-Ife
2:45:17 PMFemi Ajasa

In Photos: Ooni-elect, Ogunwusi, storms Ile-Ife

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Tuesday, 27 October 2015

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Court jails Islamic cleric for inciting Aqsa violence
4:00:37 PMAbiodun Alade

An Israeli court on Tuesday ordered the jailing of a firebrand cleric whose Islamist group has been accused of inciting a wave of violence over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

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NNPC staff shoots boy dead for 'chasing' daughter
3:43:06 PMTony Chinonso

CALABAR-TONGUES are wagging in Calabar, Cross River State, over why the police are yet to arraign in court a dismissed staff of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, who allegedly shot dead a 22-year-old secondary school leaver, Douglas Ochaga Ojugbo, on March 10, for hitting it off with his daughter. Health officials from Calabar Urban Development Authority, CUDA, buried the remains of Douglas, who was preparing to write his 2015 JAMB-UTME examination, in a shallow grave on the orders of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in the area without identifying him. The DPO said the killer informed the police that Douglas was an armed robber, who came to rob him in his house.

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Nigerian Breweries launches first ever locally brewed Apple Cider, Strongbow
3:33:10 PMAbiodun Alade

Strongbow Apple Ciders, the world's biggest and most popular cider brand is set to enter the Nigerian market this month courtesy Nigeria's leading brewing company, Nigerian Breweries plc

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IMF paints Nigeria, Angola, African nations dark, gloomy
3:31:27 PMIkenna Asomba

This year's slump in commodity prices and the end of a flood of cheap dollars has pegged back African growth to its weakest in six years and things could get worse if the global economy continues to flounder, the IMF said on Tuesday.

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Gowon faults presidency on crushing of Boko Haram in December
3:27:51 PMadekunle

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon on Tuesday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari and the Military over the claim that Boko Haram insurgency would terminated before the end of December, 2015.

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Iheanacho vows to end Crystal Palace's Wembley dream
3:26:08 PMAbiodun Alade

Kelechi Iheanacho is hoping lightning strikes twice when City take on Crystal Palace in the Capital One Cup fourth round.

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Thriving oil theft: Why no end in sight
3:16:42 PMTony Chinonso

IN a determined bid to carry out the Federal Government's order to put crude oil thieves out of business the military, particularly the Navy, has since intensified its offensives to locate and to destroy all equipment or products belonging to illicit refinery operators caught in the act. In the Central Naval Command, CNC, hub of Nigeria's oil/gas production and highest with records of oil thefts, hardly a week passes without the Navy torching large wooden boats laden with volumes of stolen crude as well as locally fabricated refining machinery and thousands of litres of refined products, mostly diesel abandoned by the clandestine operators.

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'Love-making with my husband no longer turns me on'
3:14:01 PMFemi Ajasa

I'm married to my childhood sweetheart. We lived together for a few years then got married three years ago. He's a lovely and responsible man and I'm lucky to have him. We have a great relationship, apart from the physical side. His love-making no longer turns me on as it used to.

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NGF congratulates Aregbesola on emergence of Ogunwusi as Ooni of Ife
3:13:26 PMadekunle

THE thirty- Six state governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors` Forum (NGF) Tuesday congratulated Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state on the emergence of its 51st Ooni of Ife, Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi of Giesi Ruling House of Ile-Ife.

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Mikel, Oscar start for Chelsea
3:07:42 PMAbiodun Alade

Jose Mourinho makes three changes to the team who started on Saturday, bringing in Baba Rahman, John Mikel Obi and Oscar.

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