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Wolrd Cup: Nwankwo Kanu tips Nigeria for ‘big surprise’

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Nigerian legend Nwankwo Kanu is tipping the Super Eagles to impress at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Gernot Rohr’s men have not been at their best recently after a three-game winless run, which saw them lose to both Serbia and England. “The FIFA World Cup is the greatest football tournament on the planet – every team dreams of being part of it and I am sure it will be a very special event in Russia,” Kanu noted. “Nigeria will be a big surprise, for sure. We have good young…

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Politicians plan youth protest at National Assembly

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Renewed face-off between the Executive and the two arms of the National Assembly may head for the worse today as politicians have allegedly mobilized some youth to protest against the NASS leadership. Reliable sources informed newsmen this morning that the planned protest being sponsored by a Governor from the North West is to be spearheaded by one Yahaya Bello. The planned protest is believed to be a fall-out of yesterday’s joint decision by the House of Representatives and Senate to invoke its parliamentary powers on the President if he fails…

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Trump considers pardoning Alice Marie Johnson

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The U.S, President Donald Trump is reportedly considering issuing a pardon for Alice Marie Johnson after a meeting with Kim Kardashian West. Johnson, a great-grandmother from Memphis, Tennessee who became an ordained minister behind bars, has served more than 21 years in prison for a non-violent drug conspiracy offence. She was sentenced to life without parole in 1996, despite it being her first offence. Kardashian first read about her case in October 2017, and began tweeting about it, describing the sentence as “so unfair”. On May 30 she travelled to DC to meet…

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Massive fraud uncovered in Amnesty office, heads to roll

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There are palpable fears in the Presidential Amnesty Office Abuja, following the discovery of irregularities on Tuesday in previous deployment of delegates for educational programmes at some universities in the country. Mr Murphy Ganagana, Special Assistant to the Cordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme Prof. Charles Dokubo in a statement said the discovery followed a verification exercise ordered by the Coordinator on assumption of office. Ganagana said that a committee set up to ascertain the number of beneficiaries of the amnesty programme hitherto deployed to universities onshore for various educational programmes, discovered…

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Killer drug addict jealous lover arrested

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Mr. Muhammed Adamu, a drug addict, who killed his 24-year-old girlfriend out of jealousy, has been arrested by the Yobe state police. The suspect has confessed he killed Hauwa Muhammad because he discovered that his heart-throb had started dating another man. The Yobe Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdulmaliki Sumonu, has confirmed the arrest of the 30- year- old, who has made a confessional statement. “I am very happy to tell you that the perpetrator of the 29th May killing of Hauwa Muhammad has been apprehended and has made a confessional…

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MURIC: Falz’s ‘This is Nigeria’ is hate speech

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A Muslim group has condemned a video released by a Nigerian rapper for allegedly promoting negative stereotypes against Muslims, Chibok Girls and Fulani. Muslim Right Concern said Thursday that video like Falz the Bahd Guy’s help in giving “Muslim names to devilish and lowly characters.” But the rap artist insisted the video is a critique of Nigeria’s socio-political and religious ills. The video, a cover version of US performer Childish Gambino’s “This is America”, was released on May 25 with almost three million YouTube views already and since then generated…

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Don: Nigeria has highest cancer related deaths in Africa

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Nigeria has the highest number of cancer related deaths in Africa, with about 10,000 cancer deaths and 250,000 new cases each year, according to Dr. Emmanuel Tembe, a university don. Tembe, who disclosed this in a lecture titled “Beating the Plastic Pollution” to mark this year’s World Environment Day at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM), said that cancer related deaths are increasing in urban areas and cities, with pollution and chemical exposure being major risk factors. He explained further that plastics used in wrapping hot foods, water and…

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Qatar accuses South Arabia of ‘reckless behaviour’ after military threat

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Qatar accused its giant neighbour Saudi Arabia of reckless behaviour after a newspaper report that Riyadh had threatened military action if Doha installed a Russian air defence system. Qatar’s foreign minister told Al Jazeera he did not think the Saudi threat – reportedly made in a letter to France – was serious. But he accused Riyadh of using the letter to try and create a “disturbance” in a region already rocked by a year-long stand-off between Doha and other powers. France’s Le Monde newspaper reported on Saturday that Saudi King…

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Nigerian Army assures of victory over insurgency, kidnapping

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The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division, Ibadan, Maj-Gen. Okwudili Azinta, has assured Nigerians of victory over insurgency and kidnapping in the North East Zone and the rest of the country. Azinta gave the assurance on Monday in Ibadan at the opening of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps Warrant Officers/Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Training Week 2018 holding at the headquarters of 2 Division. The GOC said the Nigerian Army would sustain the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in order to ensure the internal security of the country and its territorial integrity. The…

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British government to expand Heathrow airport

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Britain’s government on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to building a third runway at London Heathrow, Europe’s biggest airport by passenger numbers, a long-awaited decision that has stoked decades of division and debate. “The time for action is now,” Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said after a cabinet meeting, as he laid out the controversial plan in parliament, which will vote on it in the coming weeks. “This is a decision taken in the national interest,” he added. The expansion project is highly contested, mainly over environmental and noise level concerns for…

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