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Mad Over You Changed My Life & My Son Opened A New Chapter – Runtown

Singer, Douglas Jack Agu, wouldn’t forget the year 2017 in a hurry. According to him, it was the year his entire life started to change. Even though the singer had other hit songs before putting out the song, Mad Over You, he said that song actually launched him to greater heights. He told Sunday Scoop, “Even while […]

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Trump never said Nigerians live in huts – White House

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House Press Secretary has denied the story by New York Times claiming President Donald Trump said Nigerians live in huts and that Haitians have AIDS. The New York Times had quoted Trump as saying Nigerians never return to their huts after seeing America. Read here The American leader was reported to have said […]

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I am bigger than Nigeria… – Rochas Okorocha

“Everyone from Imo State is a member of my family. I see the whole of Imo State as my family. Rochas is bigger than Imo State. I am bigger than Nigeria…when I say “bigger”, I mean that this is not the only place I belong to. I mean I have gone beyond being an Imo […]

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Interesting: World’s fastest police car doesn’t chase suspects

Nowhere else in the world can you hail a police car and snap a selfie with the driver. Nowhere else in the world is that police car likely to be a Bugatti Veyron, Ferrarri FF or Lamborghini Aventador. This is Dubai, where the police force has just been presented with a certificate by Guinness World […]

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Davido speaks on supremacy battle with Wizkid, friends’ death

This year has been a bittersweet one for Davido. Apart from releasing monstrous hits and bagging international awards, he also lost three of his close friends. He was even accused, allegedly, of knowing about the death of one of them. In an exclusive chat with Saturday Beats, the singer acknowledged that it had been a […]

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We saw the light and we followed it…

Christmas is the greatest day in the history of mankind. The day Christ came down from heaven to save mankind from obliteration. Christmas as many think is not all about celebration of the flesh, but also a time of reflection of the purpose of Christ’s coming. Christmas is the celebration of the light, and Christ […]

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Nigeria risks losing American aid over Jerusalem vote

Nigeria risks losing American aid for voting against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. On Thursday, Nigeria voted along with 127 other countries that voted against Trump’s position at the UN general assembly. The New York Times reported Trump as saying before the vote : “All of these nations that take […]

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Pope Paul VI set for sainthood in 2018

Pope Paul VI, who led the Catholic Church through a tumultuous reform period in the 1960s and 1970s, could be elevated to sainthood in 2018 after a second miracle was linked to him, according to reports on Friday. La Voce del Popolo, a weekly published by Paul VI’s northern Italian diocese of Brescia, said on […]

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I saw unbelievable things when I assumed office – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he saw “unbelievable things” when he assumed office in 2015. Femi Adesina, his spokesman, quoted him as saying this while receiving supporters under the aegis of the Governance Support Group in Abuja. “Some of the things I saw here were unbelievable. I still shudder and wonder how a country can survive […]

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Four million Nigerians became jobless this year – NBS

Between January and September this year, a total number of 4.07 million Nigerians became unemployed, an analysis of the unemployment report for the third quarter released by the National Bureau of Statistics has revealed. The bureau in the report, made available to our correspondent on Friday, stated that the number of Nigerians that became unemployed […]

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Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuit dismissed by judge

A sexual abuse lawsuit against Michael Jackson‘s entertainment company has been dismissed by a judge in California. Celebrity choreographer Wade Robson originally filed the lawsuit in 2013, after claiming that Jackson sexually abused him over a seven-year period before he hit puberty. Robson later amended the claims in his lawsuit, stating that Jackson’s entertainment company MJJ […]

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Revealed: Speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives, Dogara spent 12 months in the womb!

The average duration of a pregnancy is nine months — but Yakubu Dogara spent a year in his mother’s womb, prompting fears that he was going to be an “abnormal child”. According to his biography, ‘A Reed Made Flint’, made available to only TheCable, the unusual duration of the pregnancy brought back sad memories of […]

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Traffic offenders in Nigeria to pay N100, 000 fine – FRSC

Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says plans are underway to compel traffic offenders to pay one hundred thousand naira as penalty for a traffic offence. Oyeyemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on […]

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Teacher fired after allegedly applying to marry 16-year-old student

An Oklahoma teacher was fired over an allegedly inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student after she filed for a marriage license, according to multiple reports. Cassandra Renae White, 34, and a 16-year-old boy filed for a marriage license in Cleveland County near Okalahoma City on December 13, according to KFOR. The marriage was signed off by […]

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Jerusalem: Donald Trump threatens to cut aid to countries that support UN resolution

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, has threatened to cut financial aid to countries that back a United Nations resolution opposing the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Mr. Trump earlier in December formally recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and said the U.S. embassy will be moved to the disputed city. The U.S. decision was condemned […]

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‘Nothing is working’: Serena Williams pleads for baby advice

Serena Williams has pleaded for help dealing with her new baby’s teething problems… Proving motherhood can still be a struggle even if you’re one of the world’s top athletes,  Serena described herself as “so stressed” as she tried to console her baby through the teething process. She wrote to her ten million followers: “Teething- aka the devil […]

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‘The Wedding Party 2’ rakes in N73 million in three days

Nigeria’s blockbuster movie “The Wedding Party 2-Destination Dubai,” has made over N73 million its opening weekend, its producers said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the movie was released in cinemas across the country on Friday, December 15. This feat is now the highest ever in the Nigerian Box Office, breaking the N36 […]

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One can’t make decent living as a journalist in Nigeria – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said the journalism profession cannot guarantee a “decent living” in Nigeria. He said this while declaring open the retreat of the state house press corps in Abuja with the theme ‘Journalists and Retirement Plans’. The Vice-President said to avoid the pains of working and going home without benefits, all employees, […]

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