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Ghana bans flights from Nigeria, Liberia, others

Following the death of a Liberian victim of the deadly Ebola virus in the country, Ghana has banned flights from Nigeria and other West African countries… The Managing Director, Ghana Airport Company, Charles Asare, said it was part of elaborate emergency measures the authorities were implementing to prevent the virus from spreading into the West […]

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Gulder Ultimate Search 11 Regional Screening Begins (Venue & Dates)

The regional screening for this year’s Gulder Ultimate Search with the  theme ‘The Mission’ will commence on Saturday, 2 August in Port Harcourt, Awka, Benin and Lagos and will end on Monday, 18 August. The venues for the Port Harcourt regionals are Liberation Stadium, Lotus Hotel and Bougainvillea, while that of Awka will take place at […]

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Ebola Scare in Anambra as State Govt Seals off Hospital

Fears that the dreaded Ebola virus may have crept into Anambra state emerged Thursday following the discovery of the corpse of a citizen of the state brought in a cargo from Liberia and deposited in the morgue of one Apex hospital in Nkwelle Ezunaka, Oyi council Area of the state. The corpse it was gathered […]

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Ebola: 69 under watch, two isolated, says FG

The Federal Government has placed 69 persons who had first contact with the Liberian-born victim of Ebola Virus Disease, Patrick Sawyerr, on surveillance, while two persons have been quarantined, the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said. He also said government had not shut its borders for now, “except when it becomes necessary.” According […]

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Doctor Who Treated More Than 100 Ebola Patients Dies From The Virus (Photo)

Dr. Sheik Umar Khan, the Sierra Leonean doctor hailed as a “national hero” for treating more than one hundred Ebola patients, died yesterday of the same disease. (Dr. Sheik Umar Khan and health officials dressed protectively against the virus) According to Sierra Leone’s Chief Medical Officer Brima Kargbo, Sierra Leone has lost its only viral […]

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Lagos massage parlours where sex is ‘after-service’ bonus (18+)

Some people say that passion often flows when a man and a woman are left in a room long enough. This seems to be true of some service jobs that pitch both sexes together as service providers and clients. A cross section of masseuses in Lagos said many of the clients who visit their parlours […]

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Liberian Man With Ebola Virus Dies In Lagos

Mr. Patrick Sawyer, a WASH  consultant at the Ministry of Finance, who had been quarantined since falling ill after arriving in Lagos, Nigeria, for a conference last Sunday, has died.. A Liberian government official, speaking on condition of anonymity said the news of Sawyer’s death was relayed to Liberia by the Nigerian embassy, early Friday […]

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Rescue of Chibok Girls: We Are Trying to Avoid the Chechnya Experience, Says Presidency

The need to avoid a repeat of the 2004 experience when three hundred children were killed in an attempt by Russians  to free hostages held by Chechens in the North Caucasus region of Russia was responsible for the seemingly slow process of freeing over two hundred school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno […]

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NFF PRESIDENT, MAIGARI SACKED

THE executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on  Thursday approved the immediate dismissal of Alhaji Aminu Maigari as the president of the NFF. According to the communique released and signed after the meeting held in Abuja,”After thorough and exhaustive deliberations on the uncalled-for secrecy surrounding all financial dealings of the Federation and failure […]

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Female Bishop Touches Pastor’s Private Part During Church Service (Photo)

According to ReportGhanaNews, the Pastor (pictured above) was preaching to his congregation on a Sunday morning when he ask people with health problems to stand up and come close to touch a specific place on his body for healing. While everyone was touching the Pastor’s head, shoes and shoulder; this woman, a bishop of same […]

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NUC shuts Illegal Universities in Lagos

Two illegal universities have been sealed  in Lagos by the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC). The institutions, Evangel University of America, Egan,Igando, and Clinton University Study Centre, in Ojokoro, an outskirt of Lagos Statewere shut last Tuesday. According to the team of the NUC officials that led the operation, the ‘schools’ are unapproved private universities. Unsuspecting […]

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9 Players Who Made Themselves a Ton of Money at the World Cup

Every four years, a handful of players come out of nowhere, play well at the World Cup, and end up transferring to big clubs for a ton of money. Some of these guys pan out, while others fail. In other words, some end up making mega bucks while some end up depreciating in dollar value. […]

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Bloodbath averted as Police, Army clash in Anambra

The timely intervention of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) yesterday averted what would have been a bloodbath in Awka, Anambra State as some policemen clashed with a soldier. Trouble started at about 1pm at the popular Aroma Junction, Awka when policemen posted to the roundabout to check traffic, stopped every motorcycle operator (Okada riders), demanding […]

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FIFA ban: Nigeria beats deadline

A Jos High court on Thursday vacated an order which restrained the Nigeria Football Federation from functioning pending the hearing of a suit challenging the validity of the Aminu Maigari-led Nigeria Football Federation. Nigeria has therefore  met FIFA’s conditions to avoid being   banned   after   the Maigari board was reinstated following the ruling. The board was […]

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Abuja traders to shot markets, plazas today

The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS), the umbrella body of all traders groups in Nigeria, will close all markets and shopping plazas in the FCT today in honour of the victims of the recent EMAB Plaza bomb blast. President of the body, Ken Ukaoha told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that the market and plazas […]

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“Eagles lack organization, They showed the whole world the problems they had before the World Cup” – Arsene Wenger

POOR organization and not “lack of talent” has been identified as the reason behind the failure of Nigeria’s Super Eagles to progress beyond the round of 16 at the 2014 Fifa World Cup finals in Brazil. This is the verdict of the Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger who has been carrying out a post-mortem of the […]

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Banks to bar customers without biometric numbers

As part of the ongoing Bank Verification Numbering (BVN), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in conjunction with commercial banks plan to deploy 10,000 biometric data capture machines across 5,000 bank branches nationwide. The CBN had enjoined bank customers in Lagos to visit selected branches across the state to enrol and obtain their BVN, as […]

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Deeper Life Bans The Use Of iPads During Service

The use of iPads and android as a substitute for the bible during service has been banned by William Folorunso Kumuyi, the founder and General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church. According to Encomium Weekly, the ban was placed a few weeks back as a result of church members who were pretending that they were […]

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