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White House dishes harsh economic decision on Chinese
The White House has embarked on an aggressive new steps in an attempt to reduce a $337bn trade deficit with China, announcing that it will impose a 25% tariff on $50bn of Chinese goods containing “industrially significant technology”. “From now on, we...
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ABRIDGED VERSION OF PRESIDENT MUHAMMAD BUHARI’S SPEECH
The FOLLOWING SPEECH WAS GIVEN BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 2018 DEMOCRACY DAY CELEBRATION, TUESDAY, 29TH MAY, 2018 My Dear Nigerians! Today marks the 19th year of our nascent democracy and...
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First female president of Paraguay to emerge
Paraguay is set to have a woman president for the first time in its history, although temporarily, after outgoing leader Horacio Cartes stepped down Monday ahead of schedule. Vice President Alicia Pucheta, 68, will complete Cartes’s mandate after he resigned...
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Uniosun shut down activities
The Osun State University was Monday closed down by the authorities following the institution’s non-academic staff union protest. The university’s Governing Council maintained that the closure took immediate effect because of the protest “now pose danger...
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Cristiano Ronaldo wins the UEFA Champions League best goal of the Season at Bale's expense
Cristiano Ronaldo's overhead kick against Juventus in this season's Champions League quarterfinals was the best of all goals the competition witnessed according to UEFA's Technical Observers. Ronaldo's spectacular effort in Real Madrid's 3-0 first leg...
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Atiku's son looses custody of children to Ex-wife
Son of Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Aminu Atiku today lost custody of his two kids to his ex wife, Fatima Bolori. A Magistrate Court in Lagos granted Mrs Bolori full custody of their children which hopefully will put an end to their...
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Woman arrested during wedding
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ) in Borno said it had arrested a 27 year-old spinster, Zainab Abdullahi, over alleged theft of N12, 000 at a wedding ceremony in Maiduguri. Abdullahi said that the suspect was usually dressing in...
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Gov Ajimobi's masterful at bathing corpses
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday disclosed that he washed dead bodies as a youth to pay his tuition fees while schooling abroad. Ajimobi said this at a South-West Youths Regional Summit in Osogbo. While urging the youth to have a positive...
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NECO releases 2017 Nov/Dec SSCE exams results
The National Examination Council has announced the release of the 2017 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination results. The Registrar of the Council, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, announced the results on Tuesday at its headquarters in Minna....
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Open grazing now an offence
OPEN grazing of cattle was banned yesterday by the Federal Government – to stem the growing anger sparked by the killings in Benue and other states. All herdsmen must henceforth ranch their cattle. The decision was taken at the end of a six-hour meeting...
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Foreign reserves increase
Foreign reserves have hit a three-year high at $40.4 billion, data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have shown. The figure indicated an increase of about $1 billion between December 2017 and January 2018. The CBN said the new reserves level was...
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North Korea to participate in this competition
North Korea is to send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking place in South Korea in February, officials from the South said. The breakthrough announcement came as the countries met for their first high-level talks in more than two years,...
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Politicians sponsoring killers should be arrested- Governor
The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Monday in Yenagoa urged security agencies to treat political leaders who sponsor criminals as criminals themselves. According to Dickson, such political leaders should be arrested and prosecuted like...
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Netanyahu son hurls gaffe
Lawyers for Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanayhu, tried to stop the broadcast of an embarrassing audiotape in which Netanyahu’s son Yair suggested his father helped push through a $20bn deal to the benefit of a gas tycoon. The recording of the...
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Phillippe Coutinho Displayed at Camp Nou [Photos]
Philippe Coutinho has been presented as a Barcelona player for the first time. The Catalan giants are reported to have agreed a deal worth up to £142million with Liverpool to bring the Brazilian playmaker to Camp Nou, after a series of bids failed in...
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Nigeria releases Nations Cup List
Three professionals and 13 home-based players have made the final list to the 2018 Nations Cup for men, which takes place in Gabon from January 17 to 28. The three professionals are Adamolugbe Oladunjoye (Qatar), Ani Obinna (Morocco) and Kalu Philip (Israel)....
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Ibadan to reopens
The authorities of the Polytechnic, Ibadan, on Saturday disclosed that the institution will reopen on January 8 for the 2017/18 academic Session. The Registrar Mr. Hezekiah Fehintola, said that academic activities will commence on Monday, 15th Jan. for...
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The Gracefullest Weah by Salaam Rasak O.
A groundbreaking event ensued on December 26th, 2017, in Liberia as the first African Footballer to win Ballon D'or, FIFA player of the year, George Weah, was elected as the President of Liberia in a run-off election, defeating the major contender, Outgoing...
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Wenger handed ban
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been sanctioned for misconduct after the club’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion in the English Premier League last Sunday. The Frenchman was on Friday handed a three-match touchline ban and a fine of 40,000 pounds....
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Crocodile kills 90-year old Man [DETAILS]
A 90-year-old tourist was killed and another tourist left on life-support when crocodiles attacked them as they paddled an inflatable boat in Zimbabwe’s Matopos National Park, a parks official said on Friday. John Bowman, 90, and Rosemary Mitchell, 65,...
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US imposes New sanctions on Iran
The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on five Iranian companies it alleges are working on part of the Islamic republic’s illegal ballistic missile program. “These sanctions target key entities involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program, which...
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Northern Sudan in tremor
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake on Thursday rocked Merowe area in northern Sudan, some 350 km north of the capital Khartoum, according to the Public Authority for Geological Research of Sudan’s Minerals Ministry. “Earthquakes have occurred in Merowe area since...
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Envoy releases Number of Nigerians in France
The Nigerian Ambassador to France, Dr. Modupe Irele, said on Thursday that about 30,000 Nigerians are currently living in France. Irele said in Lagos that the number included Nigerians living in France as business owners, as well as those studying in...
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Another Statue upsurged in Ghana
With criticism yet to settle in some quarters over what has been dubbed out of shape statue for great footballers like Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego Maradona, a sculptor has unveiled a statue of Michael Essien which has been described as the worst of them...
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Ethiopia to release this calibre of prisoners
Ethiopia's prime minister has unveiled the release of all political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention centre which allegedly used torture to extract confessions. Hailemariam Desalegn told a press conference charges would also be dropped...