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EFCC Traces N1.1 Billion Pension Fund Fraud To Female Accountant’s Account

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There seems to be no end to the Police Pension fund scandal. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said yesterday that about N1, 141, 309, 080.25 has been traced to a chief accountant in the Police Pension Office, Mrs. Uzoma Cyril Attang. The fraud was allegedly perpetrated through seven ...

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�Keshi must return to Nigeria by Monday if he likes his job” � NFF angry with Eagles coach

Emeka Inyama, a board member of the Nigeria Football Federation, has stated that Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi, has travelled to the US without permission and must return from his California base by Monday. The former Mali and Togo boss left the country and failed to attend the meeting of ...

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Man Kills Wife Over Fear He Had Given Her HIV

A wife has been killed by her own husband over an HIV fear and it’s making international headline news. 64-year-old Eugene Maraventano killed his wife, Janet, 63, because she was ill and he was worried that he gave her HIV, cancer, or another disease. And he was having this worry ...

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82-Year-Old Church Deacon Caught Having Sex With Donkey In Zimbabwe

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An 82-year-old Seventh Day Adventist deacon is bracing for a dose of unwanted attention from his village after he failed to control his penchant for sex and allegedly had intercourse with a donkey. The detestable incident which left villagers in Filabusi’s Gangabezi village, Zimbabwe shell-shocked transpired sometime last month. According ...

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Power Generation drops by 1,074MW.

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The poor supply of electricity being witnessed across the country currently is as a result of a significant drop in power generation from a peak of 4,517 megawatts attained on December 21, 2012 to 3,443MW on Tuesday April 9th. The drop in power generation, according to the Ministry of Power, ...

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Ex-Super Eagles Goal Keeper, Peter Rufai May Go To Jail in Belgium

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Former Super Eagles goalkeeper and 1994 African Nations Cup gold medalist, Peter Rufai worked very hard to be in form and maintained good name. He was in goal for Nigeria’s senior national team for over a decade, and kept goal for European clubs such as K.S.C Lokeren, K.S.K Beveren (both ...

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Father Sells His 6-Month-Old Son To Pay For Visa

The level of desperation people exhibit these days is just sickening: A father, Mr Onyekachi Ekwelum, who sold his six-month-old son to raise money to process his travel documents, has been charged before a magistrate in court to defend his action. Mr Ekwelum allegedly hatched and executed the act without ...

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Mountain Of Fire Ministries Overseer Splashes N40million On 1st class Graduates In His Church

The General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, MFM, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, last weekend, splashed N40 million on 77 members of his�church who graduated with first class honours degree from different universities across the country. And this isn’t even the first time he’s doing so. Last year, he ...

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�Lover boy” Corps member stabbed in the eye by girl friend

A corps member, Emmanuel Oyelara serving in Ohaozara Local government area of the state was weekend, stabbed in his left eye by�one of his girl friends for allegedly having an affair with another�lady within the area of his place of primary assignment. Oyelara who is now lying in a critical ...

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Female protesters go topless in support of International Topless Jihad Day (NSFW)

Feminist Ukrainian protest group FEMEN have struck again: going topless near mosques and Tunisian embassies across Europe on Thursday to express support for embattled FEMEN activist Amina Tyle. We’re free, we’re naked, it’s our right, it’s our body, it’s our rules, and nobody can use religion, and some other holy ...

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Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female Prime Minister, dead at 87

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a towering figure in postwar British and world politics and the only woman to become British prime minister, has died at the age of 87. She suffered a stroke Monday, her spokeswoman said. Thatcher’s funeral will be at St. Paul’s Cathedral, with full military ...

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Russian Billionaire Plans To Make Humans Immortal By 2045

A�Russian billionaire has unveiled plans to make humans immortal by converting them into �Terminator-style” cyborgs � a creature that’s part human and part machine � within the next three decades. Thirty two-year-old mogul, Dmitry Itskov has been pushing the project forward since 2011 when he founded the 2045 Initiative. His ...

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Benin-Oore Auto Crash Manifest Released

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has posted on its official Facebook fan page the passenger’s manifest of the ill-fated auto crash that occurred Friday 5th of April at Ugbogui Village along the Benin-Ore road. A Dangote truck reportedly hit a petrol tanker after its tire burst, which also involved ...

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Pastor Arrested Over March’s MMIA Robbery Attack.

On Tuesday, Lagos State Police Command, paraded seven suspects of a robbery gang that attacked the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, last month, killed two policemen and injured several others. Among the suspects, was the General Overseer of The way of Joy church located in Egbe, a Lagos suburb. ...

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Meets Oprah Winfrey.

Global economist and Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala photographed with Oprah Winfrey and Dr Tererai Trent at the 4th annual ‘Women InThe World’ summit which took place at the�Lincoln Center in New�York. We would love to know your thoughts on this post. Drop your comments

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Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka Is Dead

Reports indicates that the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka is dead. It was gathered through a family source that Mrs. Funmilayo lost battle to cancer few hours ago. She was 52 years old. Until her demise, Funmilayo has been deputy to Dr. John kayode Fayemi since October ...

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Over 100 People Killed As Tanker Explodes In Benin-Ore Expressway

A petrol tanker explosion that�occurred�early Friday on the ever busy Benin-Ore expressway in Nigeria has killed not less than 100 people. Most of those who lost their lives in the inferno, according to eyewitnesses, are passengers who were locked in when the explosion occurred and could not escape from their ...

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Fashola Urges Lagosians To Stop Drinking Free Beer

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola has urged residents in Lagos to be cautious� of drinking freely declared alcohol at social centres by unknown persons. The governor called for the caution while addressing security bodies, transport union and community development groups in the state on the recent growing ...

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Barack Obama cuts his own salary to reduce debt

United States of America’s President Barack Obama plans to give back 5 percent of his pay in a gesture of solidarity with government workers who must take unpaid leave as a result of deep spending cuts that went into effect last month. The president’s self-imposed pay cut would be effective ...

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Lagosians to enjoy free BRT bus rides throughout April

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Courtesy of RLG Communications Nigeria, BRT rides will be free in Lagos throughout the month of April. RLG, a subsidiary of AGAMS Group of Companies, is a pan African company engaged in the production of communications equipment such as mobile handsets, electronic notebooks, tablets, laptops, LCD TV monitors, and has ...

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