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Principal impregnates student in Kogi
By BOLUWAJI OBAHOPO, Lokoja The Principal of Baptist High School, Ekinrin/Adde, in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State Mr. Ajayi Ajibulu has been accused of impregnating one of his students and trying to abort the pregnancy. Sources from the town revealed that the girl (name withheld) was a regular caller at the Principal's house who was a friend to her father, a retired Army ...
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S-East has fared better under Jonathan – Col Akobundu
By Tony Edike ENUGU – THE South East Zone has fared better under President Goodluck Jonathan than any period since the First Republic. This is the verdict of the National Vice Chairman, South East zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Colonel Austin Akobundu (rtd.), who added that the decision of the zone to give the President total support in 2011 was the smartest political move ...
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2015 Anenih’s agenda for Jonathan
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Chief Anthony Anenih's capacity for doing the political impossible is legendary. Last Sunday he got on his marks for the challenging job of selling President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term With a reputation stretching back twenty years as a political enforcer, Chief Anthony Anenih was certainly in his elements last Sunday at the closed door caucus ...
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Sexiest in Nollywood 3 is on vote your nominees
The best 5 looking good to qualify We are in the final round of selecting the 5 men and women who join the 20 men and women who are already set to go in the quest for the Sexiest Man and Sexiest in Nollywood 2013. Following a popular demand from our readers we have decided to shift the final selection further down the calendar to allow for everyone equal opportunity to get in the ...
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Emergency Rule A flurry of commendations
Uzo Azubuike What he has done is in tandem with the provision of section 305. State of Emergency does not warrant the dismantling of democratic apparatus. President Goodluck Jonathan has shown that he is a committed democrat. He has shown that he is not taking advantage of the security situation to pursue vendetta. What happened during President Olusegun Obasanjo's time was part of the ...
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Declaration of state of emergency belated – Save Nigeria Group
By Our Reporters Mixed reactions have continued to trail President Goodluck Jonathan's campaign to crush the Boko Haram insurgents which had crippled the economy of northerners in last two years and resulted in the death of over 3,000 Nigerians. The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, yesterday expressed total support for the effots by the Federal Government to flush out Boko ...
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Yoruba Unity Forum to host Southern Nigerian Peoples Confab
The next conference of Elders and Leaders of the Southern Nigeria People Assembly, the first to be hosted by the Yoruba Unity Forum, under the leadership of Yeye Oodua, Chief Dr. (Mrs.) HID Awolowo, is taking place from 19thMay at 12 noon to 20thMay, 2013, from 9.00 a.m at Eko Hotels and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos. According to Senator Anthony Adefuye, Co-ordinating Secretary, SNPA South ...
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Census finds Christianity in Britain losing ground
Almost 10 percent of young people in the United Kingdom now identify themselves as Muslim and fewer than half as Christian, 2011 Census figures show. The new analysis of the 2011 data released Friday shows Christianity has been losing ground even faster than thought among those born in the country, The Daily Telegraph reported. A report last year said the Census found 4.1 million Christians, ...
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Nigerian soldiers kill 21 suspected Islamist fighters in northeast
Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.The fighting happened Thursday in the Sambisa Forest Reserve, just south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which soldiers previously targeted hunting for fighters belonging to the ...
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Can eating yams really give you twins
By Bimpe Adea If you are a woman of a certain age, better think twice before you down those plates of yam, or you may get pregnant with twins. Did you know that a small town in Oyo State called Igbo-Ora has the highest number of twin births in the whole world? Population experts say that the small town of about 100,000 people in the south-west has the world's highest twinning rate. In ...
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Why my father honoured Oshiomhole – Crown Prince Eridiauwa
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, BENIN CITY Edo state stood still last Saturday May 12, 2013 for Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, when his people in Edo North senatorial district, known as the Afemai people conferred a traditional title of Oshiosimua (Divine Redeemer) on the governor. The Auchi Sports Complex where the grand reception held was filled to the brim. It was a very remarkable and joyous ...
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I paid N2700.000 for triplets says victim of baby factory
Ababy delivery syndicate was recently unearthed by the Police and a key suspect arrested and paraded in Lagos, alongside two other women who were believed to have paid certain sums of money respectively, to be delivered of babies. Forty three years old Joy Ibe who lives at Ajah area of Lagos, said she has been married for 18 years without any issues, a dilemma that prompted her to run up and ...
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Eagles will thrash Kenya in Nairobi says Hamilton
Former Super Eagles coach, Paul Hamilton has tipped the Stephen Keshi led team to top Kenya in their June 5 World Cup qualification match in Nairobi Kenya. The Eagles put themselves in a precarious situation, when they played out a 1-1 draw at the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar and now they must win in Kenya to keep alive their hope of featuring at the Brazil 2014 World Cup. 'I am ...
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May Mary and a house for God
By Muyiwa Adetiba Iam not sufficiently grounded in the Catholic traditions to understand why the month of May is devoted to Mary, the virgin mother of Christ. It could be because the first two alphabets of the name and the month are the same and they therefore sound alike. It could be more. I hope someday, to know more about this (Fr Kukah where are you?) What I do know however, is that every ...
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How five Police officers were shot by irate mob
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Few days ago, Otukpo the traditional headquarters of the Idoma kingdom and the home town of the Senate President, David Mark, was engulfed in a major crisis that shook the very foundation of the town. The crisis which started as a protest by the irate youths who were protesting the citing of a private university by the Senate President, at Asa 111 area of the town, led to ...
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Debt Allegation Omotola’s counsels fined for delay
By Benjamin Njoku The case of breach of contract involving a Lagos based up and coming lawyer, Mr. Keshi Elvis of Megafield Solicitors and Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, holding at Ikeja Magistrate court is due to come up on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. HVP exclusively reported the story in September, 2012 when the claimant went to court to seek redress. It would be recalled that Mr. ...
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Teenager two others electrocuted in Makurdi
By PETER DURU, Makurdi Ateenager and two others have been reportedly electrocuted in parts of Makurdi town after they allegedly tampered with Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, power transmission lines. Saturday Vanguard gathered from eyewitnesses yesterday that the victims met their untimely death in the process of vandalizing PHCN cables and illegal manipulation of the lines at ...
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Jay Z coming to Nigeria
By OPEOLUWANI OGUNJIMI America's music superstar, Shawn Carter, a.k.a, Jay Z will be storming Nigeria as part of his African tour come October, this ...
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What binds my husband and I – Omoni Oboli
By Bimpe Ade With over 30 movies under her belt including the critically acclaimed "The Figurine" by Kunle Afolayan and "Anchor Baby" Omoni Oboli has become one of the prominent names in Nollywood. She dishes on her career, family, success, and upcoming projects. She also speaks on the journey of Nollywood, and explains why her husband is always by her side even she's ...
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Kunle Afolayan opens up Japan for African films
By Benjamin Njoku Award winning actor and movie director, Kunle Afolayan, is making another groundbreaking entry into the Asian movie market as he takes his recent works, "Figurine and Phone Swap" to Tokyo, Japan. His foray into Tokyo is on the invitation of Cinema Africa, a non-profit organization established in 2006, to develop understanding and appreciation of Africa in Japan ...
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Ibinabo relives memories of her prison diary
Ibinabo, AGN boss Put on the hot seat, the moderator, Segun Arinze, himself former president of AGN took the mother of three, through the tortuous journey of her life. Responding to some of the questions put across to her by the audience, Ibinabo admitted that she went through hell in the past. While her ordeal lasted, she said, she put her trust in God who saw her through. ';Because I ...
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Friendly against Mexico will ginger us – Keshi
Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi stated that the result of the friendly match against Mexico on May 31 in Houston, USA will boost his team's preparation for the 'swim or sink' World Cup qualifying match against Kenya on June 5. Keshi said that he was working to get a good result from that match adding that the Mexico game will test his team's intention to win in Nairobi. ...
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FG considering World Bank loans for roads – Onolememen
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief Faced with paucity of funds, the federal government is considering taking loans from multilateral organizations such as the World Bank and the African Development Bank, ADB, to fast track its road development programme. The Minister of Works, Arc. Mike Onolememen, told journalists in Abuja, yesterday, that concessionary loans from such organizations were better ...
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Gaskiya College at Fifty
By Bisi Lawrence Jonathan Olatunde Lawrence was a born intellectual. He was blessed with a high capacity for original thinking and the acquisition of knowledge. He was therefore outstanding in almost all his endeavours. He found music easy where others strove to acquire the art. He was an artist who could have made painting his profession. In sports, he was the captain of his school's ...
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Ancient tree falls kills over 50
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA, Owerri, Over 50 people are feared dead and a yet to be ascertained number were critically injured when a tall tree known as Osisi Ukwu Uko, collapsed on buildings, as well as those transacting their business in a market located under the tree. Saturday Vanguard gathered that the tragedy struck at Umudagu Mbieri, Mbaitoli local council area of Imo State late Thursday night, ...
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Nigeria calling on US for misconception help
Nigeria is one of the main producers of drug lords and immigrants and is beset by political instability and groans under the weight of poverty and human strife. At least, this is the perception many in the world have, a perception that is all too narrow in its scope.
Nigeria has an enduring reputation as an exporter of criminals, drug lords, terrorists and immigrants. Such perceptions are only amplified by the recent attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, or the arrests every year of various Nigerian drug lords in countries around the world. Read more
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