Davido, Wizkid, Small Doctor, others win 2018 Headies awards

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Popular entertainers Davido and Small Doctor are among the numerous artistes that won the 2018 Headies awards early on Sunday. While millionaire Davido won the award as Best Pop single and artist of the year, Small Doctor won the 2018 best street hop artiste. Others are MI- Best rap single; Teni- Rookie of the year; Reminisce- Best rap album. Others are – Innocent Idibia (2face) and Ayodeji Balogun (Wizkid). The awards on Saturday night, stretching into the early hours of Sunday were given at the 12th edition of HEADIES which…

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Chairmanship candidate killed at Delta APC ward congress

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The Police Command in Delta has confirmed that a chairmanship candidate died in the All Progressives Congress ward congresses in Ughelli South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Andrew Aniamaka, said Mr Jeremiah Oghoveta, was stabbed to death during the exercise at Jeremi Ward 3, Okwagbe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the deceased was stabbed to death by one Tete Pippah. Pippah was said to have attacked Ogheveta during an argument that ensued when the deceased accused him of hijacking the electoral materials meant…

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Alex Ferguson goes for brain surgery

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Legendary former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has undergone emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage, his old club announced on Saturday. “Sir Alex Ferguson has undergone emergency surgery today for a brain haemorrhage,” said a United statement. “The procedure has gone very well but he needs a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery. His family request privacy in this matter.” Ferguson’s son, Darren, the manager of English third tier club Doncaster, missed his side’s League One match against Wigan on Saturday. “Darren Ferguson will not be at Saturday’s…

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Ailing McCain organises own funeral, bars Donald Trump

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Sen. John McCain, who was a former U.S presidential candidate, is organising his funeral and has barred President Donald Trump from attending when he dies. The Arizona Republican Senator loathed Trump so much that he planned to dish him from beyond the grave, reports said. The ailing Arizona Republican, who has brain cancer, is organising his funeral – and close associates have reportedly told the White House that Trump would not be invited. Trump Instead, Vice President Mike Pence, who served with McCain in Congress, would be asked to attend…

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Doyin Okupe: Ex-President Obasanjo coalition’s candidate will defeat President Buhari

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A former presidential spokesperson, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has said the Coalition for Nigeria Movement will present a candidate who will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. He, however, said the group was not formed to either attack the Buhari government or to discredit the APC. Okupe, in a statement on Saturday, said since it would be difficult to defeat an incumbent, the CNM was created as a broad platform with a view to presenting a candidate who would contest against Buhari with the hope of defeating the…

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Mo Salah: We’ll win Champions League

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Mohamed Salah has reacted to Liverpool’s qualification for this season’s Champions League final. Salah helped Liverpool to beat AS Roma 7-6 on aggregate in the semifinal to book a show down with Real Madrid in Kiev. Speaking with Norwegian TV, Salah said “I said at the beginning we will try our best to win the Champions League.” Salah had a relatively quiet evening as Roma bounced back to beat Liverpool 4-2. The 4-2 defeat in Rome was enough for the Reds to sneak through 7-6 on aggregate, with Salah having…

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President Buhari’s impeachment: Mission impossible

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he Chairmen of the Committees on Public Accounts in the National Assembly – Kingsley Chinda (House of Representatives, PDP Rivers, Obio/Akpor Constituency) and Mathew Urhoghide (Senate, PDP Edo South) – have both had cause to ask the respective Chambers of the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing the withdrawal of $496 million from the Excess Crude Account, without prior approval of the National Assembly and/or appropriation. This has caused much partisan rowdiness in the National Assembly and an aborted clash between PDP supporters of…

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Buhari praises U.S for launch of kleptocracy initiative

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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Donald Trump on the launch of Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. Buhari said at the White House on Monday at a joint press briefing that the initiative was spearheaded by the United States Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering. “We hope that we could continue to count on U.S. support in this area,” he told Trump at the official meeting. He thanked the U.S. government for the cooperation Nigeria had received in its effort to recover stolen funds. “Our two governments have put…

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Federal government earmarks N2 billion to boost agric-business in FUNAAB

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Determined to boost agricultural development in the country, the Federal Government has allocated over N2billion to the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB). Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, who made this known while commissioning multiple projects at the institution on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, said the intervention was targeted at making FUNAAB a world class agricultural training institution. He lamented that FUNAAB had lagged behind in terms of infrastructural development following its inability to access over N2billion allocated to the institution since 2013…

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Sudan must ‘terminate’ Noth Korea ties before terror tag talks: US

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Sudan has to “terminate all business ties” with North Korea before any talks could begin for removing Khartoum from the US “terrorism” blacklist, a top US official said Monday. Washington lifted its decades-old trade embargo imposed on Khartoum in October, but kept Sudan in its list of “state sponsors of terrorism”, which Sudanese officials say makes international banks wary of doing business with Sudanese banks, and in turn hampers an economic revival in the African country. BLACKLIST Sudanese officials have been pushing to remove Sudan from the blacklist — which…

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