Ghana pulls down Jonathan, Buhari billboards

Jonathan and Buhari The campaign billboards of two Nigerian presidential candidates erected in Ghana’s capital, Accra have been pulled down following an order by the country’s (Ghana) national security agency. The billboards of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party featuring President Goodluck Jonathan, as well as those of the main opposition All Progressives Congress of Muhammadu Buhari, located on Accra roads, were pulled down over the...

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Youths can promote peaceful election

As the countdown to the February 14, and 28, 2015 elections in Nigeria begins, it is time to call on the Nigerian youth to make them violence-free. This is a golden opportunity for them to participate freely and support a free and credible election. Their involvement to be vigilant and promote peace-building activities before, during and after the elections is crucial to having violent-free elections. So much fear has been expressed regarding ...

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Power your ideas into productivity

Even as most Nigerians complain about the challenges facing the country, more people are praying for more problems. This is because within those problems lies the power to transform the country. You only need to be calm and persevere to see the possibilities. The difference in perception is the reason why many people are running away from Nigeria. Foreigners who see the possibilities are rushing in, facing and tackling the challenges. And they are making in-roads in several industries in the country. While many people have creative and...

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Is the military still searching for Chibok girls?

On the night of April 14, 2014, Boko Haram insurgents stormed Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, seized close to 300 schoolgirls and disappeared into the night. It’s been 10 months since the abduction, the girls have not been found. The abduction, which provoked global outrage, gave rise to a global advocacy movement, the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. In the wake of the abduction, the world seemed to stand still as the...

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Psychology: A simple trick to improve your memory

(Getty Images) Want to enhance your memory for facts? Tom Stafford explains a counterintuitive method for retaining information. Related Is tech making you smarter? How to save your memory How to learn like a memory champ The best way to debunk myths The worst way to learn? 'Brain change' in US footballers Some...

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Oshiomhole to Jonathan: Don’t expect Edo people’s votes

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has advised the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan, against banking on the votes of people of the state. He stressed that Edo people will not re-elect the President in next month’s presidential election owing to his abandonment of the state. According to...

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More equipment for military this week, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that the Nigerian military would take delivery of some additional platforms this week as part of his administration’s efforts to end insurgency in the North eastern parts of the country. He made the disclosure at Ilorin when he paid the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim...

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Boko Haram: Presidential convoy trapped in Maiduguri

President Goodluck Jonathan’s advanced team to the Borno State capital Maiduguri‎, for the presidential campaign that held on Saturday is trapped and currently taking refuge at the Department of State Security (DSS) command, following the attack on the city by Boko Haram. Those trapped are the media, security and medical...

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FG still pays subsidy on petrol –PPPRA boss

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has explained that even with the pump price of N87 per litre re­cently announced by the Federal Government, it is still subsidising the pump price of petrol in favour of consumers. The Executive Secretary of PPPRA, Mr. Farouk Ahmed, who made the clarification in a press state­ment...

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Ebola crisis: WHO promises reforms

The World Health O r g a n i z a t i o n (WHO) has set out plans for reform, admitting that it was too slow to respond to the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. At an emergency session in Geneva, director-general Margaret Chan said Ebola had taught the world and the WHO how they must act in the future. She said...

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Bird flu spread to 7 states

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Develop­ment, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, last week disclosed that the Avian Influenza (bird flu) recently reported in Kano and Lagos states, has now spread to five other states. He listed the states to include Kano, Lagos, Ogun, Delta, Riv­ers, Edo and Plateau, stating that 21 commercial farms, nine live bird...

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Rejected, oversized dress fetched me beauty pageant crown-Cassandra Iwule, Miss Imo-USA

She is the reigning Ada Imo-USA (Miss Imo USA) and currently contesting for Miss Nigeria-USA. At 19, still studying Health Science at Queenborough Collage in the United States of America, she already runs a pet project – Dera Unity and Cultural Foundation (DUC Foundation), with offices in America and Nigeria. She is Cassandra Chidera Adaeze...

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Abandoned ships threaten maritime safety

The Nigerian maritime domain is facing the worrisome challenge of increasing number of shipwrecks and abandoned vessels that litter its navigable channels. The development, experts say, constitutes grave security and safety challenge as criminal elements now using the wrecks as a base to at­tack serviceable ships...

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The CNN report on Nigerian army

I watched the recent CNN segment on the Boko Haram terror vis-a-vis the state of the Nigerian armed forces; and I was ap­palled at CNN, appalled at the misguided ‘soldiers’ that granted them the interview; and thus concluded that CNN has, in relation to Nigeria of this era, changed its name to ‘Celebrating Negative News’. I wager that...

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Boko Haram kills 15 in Borno village

Boko Haram gun­men yesterday killed 15 people, including a vil­lage leader, near Mai­duguri, security sources and residents said. It was learnt that the insur­gents attacked Kambari vil­lage and killed 15 people and burnt the village. The attack on the village occurred after the terrorists had failed to enter Maiduguri. The...

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I’ll create 1m jobs in S-East, exploiting coal for power generation, export—Buhari

   Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (ret), weekend, promised to create no fewer than one million jobs for youths in the South-East by revamping huge coal deposits in Enugu for genera- tion of electricity and export.Buhari made the promise at Enugu West APC zonal rally, in Orie, Awgu Market, Awgu Local Government Area of the state.The presidential hopeful, who was represented by the state...

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…Yar’Adua, Justice Abdullahi wrote WASC with me –APC candidate

The presidential can­didate of the All Pro­gressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed that he wrote the University of Cambridge/ West African School Certif­icate examinations in 1961 with the late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and Justice Umar Abdullahi, retired president of the Court of Appeal, among others. Speaking...

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Jonathan will retire Buhari from politics – PDP chieftain

   Amid growing c o n c e r n in certain quarters that the emergence of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) as the flag bearer of All Progressives Congress, APC in next year general elections may pose a serious challenge to the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan, a governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples...

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Steven Gerrard to leave Liverpool at the end of 2014-15 season

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will leave the club at the end of the season but will not play for a rival. The 34-year-old midfielder made the announcement on Friday midway through a season when he has no longer been a guaranteed starter. Gerrard said he’s “making the announcement now so the manager and team are...

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Father Christmas arrested …For defiling 5-yr-old schoolgirl

Santa Claus or Father Christmas, as he is often called in this clime, is known for rewarding good conducts. Now, what happens when this rewarder of virtues becomes the wrongdoer? That is exactly what played out recently at a Christmas party or­ganized by a nursery and primary school in the Ojodu-Abiodun area of Ogun State. During such...

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