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Brawny Atiku Abubakar Hits The Gym For 2019

Reno Omokri shared this photo of Atiku Abubakar in the gym with the caption “Atiku Abubakar, the type of leader Nigeria needs. Fit in body. Astute in business. Broad minded and accommodating to people of other ethnicities and religious groups’.”

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Several Women Repeat Accusations of Sexual Misconduct by Trump

Several women who came forward during the 2016 campaign to accuse Donald J. Trump of sexual misconduct renewed their allegations publicly on Monday, betting that recently aggressive attitudes against harassment will give their stories new life and demanding that Congress investigate the president’s actions. The women said that they were frustrated that their stories about what they […]

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Doctor faces trial for having sex with patients

A 63-year-old doctor went on trial in the southern German state of Bavaria Monday, accused of having sex with his patients. The prosecution claims the physician, who has not been identified under Germany’s strict privacy laws, exploited the trust of three of his mentally unstable patients to have sex with them, sometimes without treating the […]

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Stop blaming Nigerian governments for unemployment – Saraki

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday urged Nigerian youth and the people in general to quit blaming government or its programmes for the high level of unemployment in the country. Speaking at a one-day public hearing on youth development and empowerment at the National Assembly in Abuja, he acknowledged that there is a crisis […]

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Pep Guardiola hits back at Jose Mourinho after Manchester derby victory

Pep Guardiola hit back at Jose Mourinho after the Manchester United boss accused his City side of diving and being ‘lucky’ during the Manchester derby. Man City clinched a record-breaking 14th successive Premier League victory at Old Trafford on Sunday as goals from David Silva and Nicolas Otamendi secured the three points. Mourinho suggested City’s […]

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Okorocha scores FG low, says 89% of Nigerians unhappy

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, scored the Federal Government very poor in terms of addressing poverty in the country. Governor Okorocha disclosed this in a statement in Owerri, through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, when officers of the Nigeria Air Force led by the Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command, AVM […]

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Idyllic President Buhari heading to France today

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Monday for a summit in Paris, capital of France. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said over 50 world leaders would attend the summit. He said the Nigerian leader would be accompanied by the governors of Adamawa, Kano […]

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Man wrongly diagnosed of being HIV positive loses job

An Indian man from Uttrakhand was denied a visa to work in Dubai after he was wrongly diagnosed as being HIV positive by a lab in south Delhi. Salim Ahmed was referred to Neutech Medical Centre in New Friends Colony, Delhi, by a tout to get a mandatory medical check-up that is needed before applying […]

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PDP looters funded Buhari’s 2015 campaign – Senators, Reps

Peoples Democratic Party members at the National Assembly have hit back at President Muhammadu Buhari over his comment that looters would not return to power in 2019. The President, in a veiled reference to the PDP, was quoted to have made the statement on Thursday, at an interactive session with community leaders and stakeholders in […]

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I fulfilled my campaign promise, Trump tells Clinton, Bush, Obama

US President Donald Trump rewound the videotape Friday to show how three predecessors — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — made promises on Jerusalem that they later backtracked on. “I fulfilled my campaign promise – others didn’t!” he boasted on Twitter, posting a video montage of his predecessors to prove his point. […]

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Terror attacks still likely in Abuja, others – US, UK

The United States and the United Kingdom have insisted that the risk of attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in the Federal Capital Territory and other states remains high throughout the festive season. The two missions in their security advice cautioned their citizens against all but essential travels to Bauchi, Zamfara, Kano; Kaduna; Jigawa; Katsina, Adamawa, […]

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Babangida ‘backs’ Atiku’s presidential bid

A former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, on Friday declared his support for Atiku Abubakar, as the former vice president intensifies consultations for a presidential run in 2019. Mr. Babangida, Nigeria’s leader from 1985-1993, said media reports that he advised Mr. Abubakar not to run for election during a closed-door meeting Thursday was ‘laughable’ because […]

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‘Lead us not into temptation’ not appropriate translation, says Pope Francis

Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church should adopt a better translation of the phrase “Lead us not into temptation” in the “Our Father,” the best known prayer in Christianity. “That is not a good translation,” the Pope said in a television interview on Wednesday night. Francis said the Catholic Church in France had […]

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We Are Not Recruiting, DSS Warns Nigerians

The Department of State Services (DSS) has asked Nigerians to be mindful of persons requesting money from them to get recruited into the Service. According to a statement from the Service, this is in reaction to reports that some fraudulent people were extorting job seekers with the assurance of securing an employment with the DSS. […]

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Plot to kill British Prime Minister foiled

The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday that two men arrested last week had been charged with terrorism offenses and would appear in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that the men were arrested by its Counter Terrorism Command on November 28. It identified them as Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, […]

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President Buhari vows to win next election

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Kano on Wednesday for a two-day official visit to the state. Mr. Buhari was received at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, members of the State Executive Council, Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, traditional rulers as well as politicians, among others. A mammoth crowd was also at […]

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Trump ignores world leaders, formally recognises Jerusalem as Israel capital

President Donald Trump on Wednesday formally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The president also directed processes commence to formally move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. World leaders including the EU and Arab countries had cautioned against the move saying it could further worsen the crisis in the Middle East. The […]

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Hospital fires doctors who mistakenly declared newborn dead

  An Indian hospital has fired two doctors fired for mistakenly declaring a newborn baby boy dead. The baby was born at the Max Super Speciality Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, last Thursday but pronounced dead two hours later, the boy’s grandfather, Praveen Malik, told CNN. His mother had given birth to twins but […]

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