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Nigerian who may become first black British PM

On May 7, 2015, a Nigerian, Chuka Umunna, could make history by becoming the first black Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Born in London in 1978, Chuka was bred in the UK. His late father, Bennett, hailed from Anambra State while his Irish mother, Patricia, is a solicitor. Co-incidentally, Chuka shares startling similarities with […]

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Woman Breaks Bottle On Friend’s Head Over Ebola

A man who hugged a female friend in Ajah, Lagos got more than he bargained for when she smashed a bottle on his head. The victim, Ademola Ojikutu, was attacked by his pal, Bunmi, after he grabbed her from behind without her approval. The lady was said to have reacted by smashing a beer bottle […]

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19-yr-old rapes chicken to death in Ondo, says “A spirit directed me to do it” (Photo)

A-19-year-old apprentice welder (names withheld) was caught yesterday making love to a hen. The fowl reportedly died during the act. The taboo was said to have been committed by the apprentice at Continental area of Akure metropolis. The suspect, according to Vanguard, had committed same taboo with a goat in his home town, Afo in Ose […]

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I have two or three years to live – Pope Francis

Pope Francis has said he might have only two or three years left to live. On a plane trip back from South Korea, he told journalists he believed he only had limited time left to complete his reforms of the Roman Catholic Church. Asked about how he copes with his popularity, he said: ‘I try […]

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DSS, Police invade Glass House

The secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was  like a battle ground yesterday, when reinstated President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari  returned to the Glass House at exactly 11.30 am in convoy of seven cars fully armed. Before Maigari’s arrival, other board  members, Chief Mike Umeh, Deji Tinubu, Shehu Adamu and Chief Rumson Baribote, were sited […]

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Ebola: Five Nigerian Patients Almost Fully Recovered – Health Minister

Five of the Nigerian patients being treated for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have almost fully recovered, Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu said in a press statement today.  In addition, he said that a female nurse was discharged yesterday. Professor Onyebuchi confirmed that nano silver, an experimental drug he had announced on Thursday would be deployed […]

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Van Persie has no chance of playing –Van Gaal

Robin van Persie has “no chance” of featuring for Manchester United against Swansea City on Saturday, according to manager Louis van Gaal. The striker returned to pre-season training late after reaching the World Cup semi-finals, under Van Gaal, with the Netherlands. And, asked whether Van Persie might be fit enough to play on Saturday, Van […]

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Nigeria Replies US Govt on the Efficacy of Ebola Drugs

Contrary to the wide held opinion by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that trial and experimental drugs being administered in West African countries including Nigeria, on Ebola patients may lack clinical standards,  the Federal Government Friday said such comments were not helpful. FDA had on Friday said that the “by law, dietary […]

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Ebola Virus Particles Can Be Transmitted By Air – Prof. S.A. Omilabu

College of Medicine and University of Lagos Professor, Consultant Virologist and Ebola expert, Professor Sunday Aremu Omilabu speaks with Sahara TV about the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria… Watch Here :

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Ebola: Nurse, husband who escaped quarantine relocated to Lagos with 20 others

Nigerian Minister for Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed that the Lagos nurse who travelled to Enugu against medical advice is now back in Lagos and is under quarantine with her husband. The suspect, identified as a nurse, said to have travelled to her home town to visit her family, is now under surveillance with […]

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Ebola: Why my husband travelled to Nigeria – Patrick Sawyer’s wife

The widow of late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who brought Ebola into Nigeria, has defended her husband’s decision to travel to Nigeria, saying he did so in desperate search for a country with better healthcare system than his own country. In an article published earlier yesterday, TMZ Liberia Magazine quoted Decontee Sawyer, who is a […]

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Ebola: 21 persons isolated in Enugu

This is official. Lagos is not the only state in Nigeria that has been hit by the deadly Ebola Virus Disease; Enugu has become the next in line. Twenty one persons out of the 198 so far quarantined because of the virus are in Enugu, says the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku. Maku told State […]

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Telecom companies to switch-off fake phones from networks — SON

The Federal Government will soon order telecom companies in the country to effect a nationwide switch-off of over 12.6 million counterfeit phones from networks by using the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. This was disclosed by Dr. Joseph Odumodu, Director General Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON). Speaking during an interactive forum with Phone Brand […]

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DC Exclusive: Hon. Chief (Mrs.) Doofan Abu-Amali And Her Family Visit Anyiin, Benue State After The Fulani Invasion (Photos)

Hon. Chief (Mrs.) Doofan Abu-Amali, publisher of the papyrus monthly magazine and the initiator of Pamsa awards along with her husband, Chief Hon. Abu Sylvester Amali, a grassroots politician visits her paternal hometown, in Anyiin, logo local government, Benue state Nigeria after the Fulani herdsmen invasion that left the village chattered and disturbed. However peace […]

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Sawyer was mad to bring Ebola here – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, described the late American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer’s visit that heralded the entry of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into the country, as “pure madness.” This came as the Federal Government appealed to Nigerians not to panic and adhere to the highest possible personal hygiene measures and safety guidelines issued by the […]

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Panic At Murtala Muhammed International Airport As Passenger Collapses And Dies

Troubling reports today claim that a passenger due to fly out to Accra from Murtala Muhammed International Airport today collapsed and died at the arrival hall.  With fear surrounding the recent Ebola outbreak, passengers and staff panicked at the development, many even fleeing the scene. However, the deceased was tested for the Ebola virus, and […]

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Nigerians beg Obama to give Lagos nurse vaccine as she recounts her encounter with Sawyer (Photo)

Nigerians on different social media platforms on Saturday asked President Barack Obama to give a vaccine, ZMapp, being developed in the United States to treat a Nigerian nurse, Justina Ejelonu, reportedly infected with Ebola. On such websites as Facebook and Twitter, the petitioners begged Obama to release the vaccine to Ejelonu and other Africans suffering […]

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Ebola: Two dead, 20 others hospitalised over excessive salt consumption

At least two persons have been feared dead with 20 others hospitalised in various hospitals in Plateau State after consuming excessive quantity of salt and bitter kola to prevent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) attack following a viral message on social media that it could prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. A medical worker at […]

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