Life as it is....!!!: Do not allow your marriage or any other thing to c...

Life as it is....!!!: Do not allow your marriage or any other thing to c...: We all know this but very few among many do their best to put it into practice because of the sad realities that usually show up at th...

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When with partner, women patients feel more pain

The presence of a romantic partner during painful medical procedures could make women feel worse rather than better, researchers sa...

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el-Rufai, Gov. Yero sign peace pack in Kaduna

As the March 28 and April 11 general elections approaches, a peace meeting at the instance of the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of zone 7 was held in Kaduna yesterday, where candidates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC) and other political parties signed a peace pact, agreeing to provide an enabling environment for peaceful poll...

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Funds mismanagements delays the fight against Boko Haram - buhari

 Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has identified misappropriation of funds provided by government for the fight against Boko Haram as the reason for the military’s inability to defeat the insurgen...

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Why you should know your partner inside out before marriage

I’m gonna marry her anyway (Marry that girl) Marry her anyw...

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Partnership against Boko Haram a must - ECOWA

The Economic Community of West African Heads of State and Government, have expressed serious concern over the humanitarian consequences of Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria and neighbouring countries and called for synergies between national, regional and international actions in the fight against the terrorist grou...

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How blood can reverse aging

Conversation about the work of the Gates Foundation, with a digression on Bitcoin and a coda on artificial intelligence. “The key is not Internet connectivity. It doesn’t in itself stop childhood mortality, or help farmers know what to plan...

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With election looming, politics of religion shifting

Less than two weeks from national polls, Nigeria’s ruling party is facing unprecedented shifts in the politics of religion that could spell trouble for the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonatha...

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Togolese court awards Ecobank ex-CEO $11.6million

 A court in Togo awarded Thierry Tanoh, the former chief executive of pan-African lender Ecobank , $11.6 million on Tuesday after he filed a wrongful dismissal suit following the bank’s decision to fire him last Marc...

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Obama sympathises with Jordan

US President Barack Obama will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II later Tuesday in a hastily arranged meeting just hours after a video emerged of a caged Jordanian pilot being burned alive by the Islamic State grou...

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There is no plans for interim government - Nigerian Army

Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that it was not aware of plans to foist an interim government on the countr...

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Nigeria to detain ships entering nation’s territorial water with foreign guards

THE Federal Government has said that it will not hesitate to detain any vessel entering the country territorial and coastal waters with security escorts on board, whether armed or unarme...

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Marketers embrace up for post-election Naira devaluation

Tumbling oil prices and political chaos have eroded Nigeria's lure for foreign investors, but they are likely to venture back if authorities will allow what some say is a much-needed currency devaluation...

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183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim brotherhood to face death in Egypt

An Egyptian court on Monday confirmed death sentences for 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood on charges of killing police officers, as authorities continued a crackdown on opponents, AFP and Reuters news agencies reporte...

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Chile's President proposes end to total abortion ban

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced plans to end a total ban on abortions in the predominantly Roman Catholic countr...

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Whitney Houston daughter's condition unknown

Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late US singer Whitney Houston, is in hospital in an unknown condition after being found unresponsive in a bathtu...

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Ecobank supports Nigerian army

The Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information has commended Ecobank Nigeria’s donation of N2.5 million towards the completion of a building project at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Informatio...

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Twin explosions killed five persons in Gombe

Two bomb explosions were witnessed on Sunday afternoon in Gombe metropolis killing five people including the perpetrators of the blasts barely twenty hours before President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign visit to the Stat...

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APC demands appology from AIT

The All Progressives Congress' Presidential Campaign Organisationl has asked the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission to investigate Africa Independent ‎Television (AIT) for broadcasting a fabricated hate documentary against its presidential candidate,  General Muhammadu Buhari (retd...

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Bin Talal begins pan-Arab news channel in Saudi

Outspoken billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on Sunday launched a pan-Arab satellite news channel aimed at challenging established networks in the regio...

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Chad loses 3 soldiers killing 123 insurgency

Three soldiers and 123 Boko Haram militants were killed when the Islamist group attacked a Chadian army contingent in northern Cameroon, the Chadian military said Frida...

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Nigeria orders sophisticated weapons from Czech arms dealers to fight Boko Haram

The government of Nigeria is buying Soviet-made tanks, amphibious vehicles and rocket launchers from Czech republic to combat the terrorist group, Boko Haram, according to a Thursday report by Czech daily, Mladá fronta Dnes (MfD...

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Three person-baby plan against church rules

Senior church figures have called on the UK government to block the creation of babies from three people...

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50-year-old woman to spend three years in prison for drugs peddling

Lagos – A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 50-year-old widow, Nwakpa Nwore, to three years imprisonment for dealing in Cannabis Sativa, also known as Indian hem...

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Maitatsine and Boko Haram

There was this three way push-and-pull at the weekend involving Gover-nor Rotimi Amaechi, General Muhammadu Buhari and a certain Alhaji Adamu Muhammed  concerning the violent pseudo-Muslim sect leader Muhammadu Marwa alias Maitatsine and how the lessons of that old case could apply to the ongoing Boko Haram wa...

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Zimbabwean man jailed nine years for eating python

A Zimbabwean has been jailed for nine years for eating python, a protected species, a Zimbabwean daily reported on Frida...

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Sugary drinks leads to early menstruation

The findings are important because early onset of menstruation is linked to a higher risk of breast cancer in later life, the paper said, although other experts saw flaws in the prob...

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Chadian soldiers chases out Boko Haram from Nigerian town

Chadian soldiers have smoked out the Boko Haram insurgents out of Malumfatori town in north-eastern Nigeria, a top security source sai...

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Boko Haram: 14,000 Nigerians flee to Chad

More than 14,000 people fleeing Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria have streamed into Chad since the beginning of 2015, according to a United Nations report on Wednesda...

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More Nigerian micro-finance banks may collapse

The Managing Director of Asha Microfinance Bank, in Nigeria’s western city of Lagos, Mr Aminul Bhuiya, on Thursday raised fears about the possible collapse of more microfinance banks in the country saying this was due to high cost of operatio...

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20 Nigerian Billionaires + Richest People in Nigeria 2015

What is the secret to the success of the top 20+ richest people in Nigeria? Who are the Nigerian billionaires and how did they amass their wealth? What are the business success secrets of the successful entrepreneurs in Nigeria? What does it take to become a billionaire in Nigeria? If the answer to any of these questions interests you, then please read o...

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12-year old Russian girl commits suicide after her parents caught her watching porn

A 12-year-old girl in Russia has committed suicide after her parents banned her from watching porn sent to her by older teenage friends.  The primary school sixth grade pupil Dasha Loginova from the western city of St Petersburg jumped from a 14th floor window after arguing with her parents.  Her parents had reportedly been furious after they found her watching porn sites on the internet...

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Australian of the Year award for campaigner Rosie Batty

A woman who became a campaigner against domestic violence after her son was killed by his father last February has been named Australian of the Yea...

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Ritual killings in Nigeria

Suspected ritualist on parade at Ondo Ahead of the February general elections, ritualists are said to be on the prowl in Ondo State. The gruesome murder of two teenage girls on the farm when they went to gather firewood for their mother to prepare dinner for their different families, recently placed the state on red alert of security authoritie...

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Soldiers open fire on Borno governor’s convoy in error

Troops in Maiduguri, Borno State, ‘mistakenly’ opened fire on the convoy of Governor Kashim Shettima   as it approached a military garrison near the airpor...

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Tougher action awaits Russia from the US

US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Wednesday that Washington was ready to increase sanctions on Russia over its actions in war-torn Ukrain...

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Tricks to improve your memory

If I asked you to sit down and remember a list of phone numbers or a series of facts, how would you go about it? There’s a fair chance that you’d be doing it wron...

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Nigerian military disregarded Baga town attack warnings

New evidence shows that the Nigerian military were repeatedly warned of impending Boko Haram attacks on Baga and Monguno which claimed hundreds of lives, and failed to take adequate action to protect civilians, Amnesty International claimed toda...

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Abuja consumers protest high cost of power

Business groups in Abuja, the Nigerian capital on Friday protested the hike in electricity tariff by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Compan...

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Mubarak's sons released from Egyptian prison

The two sons of Hosni Mubarak have been released from jail, a day after the fourth anniversary of the uprising that ousted the former Egyptian presiden...

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Litvinenko 'killed on third attempt'

Two prior attempts to kill ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko may have been made before he died from radiation poisoning in 2006, the BBC has learne...

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African leaders urged to do something about Boko Haram

African states should act quickly and collectively to curb the growing threat posed by Nigeria's militant Islamists, the African Union chief has sai...

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Argentina to dissolve intelligence body after prosecutor death

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced plans to disband Argentina's intelligence agenc...

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IS, loses Kobane and Diyala

Kurdish militia drove the Islamic State group from the Syrian town of Kobane and raised their flags on Monday, dealing the jihadists a heavy blow after months of heavy fightin...

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Angola reduces crude price to $40, trims budget

Angola’s cabinet has asked parliament to revise down the oil price assumption in the 2015 budget to $40 per barrel from its earlier projection of $81 per barrel, due to tumbling crude prices, the finance ministry sai...

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Over 5,000 IDPs seek refuge in Maiduguri

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday that it had so far registered 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) following last Sunday’s insurgents’ attack on Monguno, in Borno state...

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Zambia gets first female vice president

Zambia’s newly-elected President Edgar Lungu on Monday appointed Inonge Wina as the country’s first woman vice presiden...

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More Boko Haram fall to Nigerian Troops

Coordinated ground and air mop up activities by military personnel in the aftermath of diversionary terrorists attacks on Maiduguri and Konduga in Borno led to the destruction of dozens of more terrorists...

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Facebook unveils more apps in Nigerian and other African markets

Facebook said Monday it is testing a lightweight version of its mobile app for mobile phones with poor-quality Internet connections in emerging markets like Nigeria, South Africa, others...

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EU personnel not covering north-east elections

The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission in Nigeria has said that it will not deploy its personnel to the north-east zone during the February general elections due to the security challenges in the affected state...

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15 killed as clashes mar Egypt revolt anniversary

Clashes between protesters and security forces left at least 15 people dead on Sunday, the anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 revolt that toppled strongman Hosni Mubara...

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A former Golden Eaglets coach, Musa Abdulahi, is dead.

Aged 61, Abdulahi died of malaria-related illness at about 2 p.m. on Sunday in his Lokoja home in Kog...

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Kano as marketers refuse to sell petrol at N87 per litre

Kano – Petrol marketers in Kano are still reluctant to sell the commodity since the reduction in its pump price to N87 per litr...

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One of WWI's bloodiest frontlines

Looking at Slovenia’s Soča Valley today, with its aquamarine river rapids, waterfalls gently tumbling down steep cliffs and dense, overgrown emerald forests, I had a hard time imagining that the area once resembled the barren and grey Soča Valley of Ernest Hemingway's novel, A Farewell to Arm...

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Boko Haram attacks key Nigerian city of Maiduguri

Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram fighters have attacked the strategically important north-eastern city of Maiduguri, with dozens reported dea...

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