DANGOTE SPLASHES N130M ON SUPER EAGLES FOR REACHING FINALS

The President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has splashed the sum of N130 million on the Nigerian national team, the  Super Eagles for reaching the finals in the ongoing 29th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in South Africa. 
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Queen B ,Beyonce covers March issue of Vogue magazine

In her recent interview with Vogue, Beyonce admits she doesn't read comment sections on websites to avoid getting her feelings hurt...

From Vogue Magazine 

Beyoncé cannot insulate herself from every crazy and idle rumor. When she encounters a story about herself on the Internet, she reads only the story. She stops there. She doesn't let herself scroll down into the comments sections, which have a tendency to become cruel, ad hominem free-for-all.

“Don’t scroll down!” Beyoncé advises, laughing. “You’re definitely going to get your feelings hurt.”

Former Special Court Investigator Prince Taylor Sentenced to 2-1/2 Years in Prison

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, February 11, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Prince Taylor, a former Defence investigator at the Special Court, must serve a total of 2-1/2 years on his conviction of interfering with Prosecution witnesses, Justice Teresa Doherty ruled today.
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Happy Birthday Kefee Obareki

Branama Queen adds a year to her age today.Happy birthday  to you  hip hip hurray

Meet Shakira's baby boy,Milan

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Man Tattoos His Name Across Face Of Girlfriend He Met Just 24 Hours Earlier and now They'Re Now Getting Married!

A tattooist has inked his name across his girlfriend's face less than 24 hours after they first met.
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'I Did Breast Implant But I Was Never A Stripper'- BBA Winner, Karen Igho

In an exclusive interview with the NET, winner of Big Brother Africa Amplified, Karen Igho, opened up on a variety of issues, including the reality show, her relationship with Denrele Edun and the infamous squabble at a Smirnoff gig.

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Kim Kardashian Risks Outrage fom public After Posting Picture Of Her Designer Handgun

Kim Kardashian has sparked outrage after posting a picture of a jewel-encrusted hand gun online.
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Teenager Suffers from Stroke, Rendered Blind, Brain-Damaged After Smoking the 'Fake' Marijuana

Emily...hooked up to an ECG

A teenager from Cypress, Texas, has been left with brain damage, paralysis and is unable to see after smoking 'synthetic marijuana' that she bought from a gas station last December and is also suffering a series of strokes.

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LETTER TO MR PRESIDENT

Dear President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,

Firstly, a very warm welcome from your week long trip to Switzerland and Ethiopia. How did your parley with the group of ‘Eminent Persons’ go? I hope the same you had with the leaders of Netherlands, Norway and Costa Rica; as well bosses of Huawei, Total and Coca-Cola will yield some interesting results.

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SKIN SHADES RIVALRY WITHIN AFRICAN RAINBOW

Africans everywhere must count their blessings for a unique gift in their variety of colors that occur naturally by genetics and celebrate it. While African Americans championed “black and proud” era in the sixties to reclaim their beauty, we seems to have forgotten what it took and have neglected beauty of different hair styles. Africans have become so complacent, they even bleach to heighten their skin and hair that grow naturally. 
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Govt, General Electric seal N160bn investment deal

The Federal Government on Thursday signed an investment deal of $1bn (about N160bn) with General Electric of the United States.
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Senate To Probe Corpses Dumped In Ezu River

The Senate on Thursday mandated its Committees on Police Affairs and Security and Intelligence to carry out a thorough investigation into the discovery of over 30 dead bodies that comprised mostly of males.
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BRIBERY SCANDAL: FG ARRAIGNS FAROUK LAWAN TODAY

The federal government will today arraign the former chairman of the House of Representative Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Hon. Farouk Lawan, and the secretary of the committee, Mr. Boniface Emenalo, before an Abuja High Court for allegedly receiving $620, 000 bribe from a businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola, to remove his two oil firms, Zenon Petroleum and Forte Gas Ltd, from the list of companies indicted in the fuel subsidy scam. 
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TOOTHLESS LAWS, FASHOLA LEAVE OKADA RIDERS AND TRADERS ALONE

The recent ban on motorcyclists popularly known as Okada by the Lagos State Government on 475 roads in the metropolis indicated another infamous creation of armed robbers in the state. The enforcement of its new traffic law restricting the operations of commercial motorcycles a.k.a Okada on the some of the restricted routes could add another round of congested traffic hold ups in state. Over 3000 motorcyclists have been seized by the law enforcement officials, yet Okada riders still ply some of the restricted routes in the state.
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First Bank opens banking lounges for the affluent

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has opened lounges in Lagos and Abuja, designed to provide priority services, comfort, security, luxury, as well as access to financial advisory services to customers.
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AfDB to invest $150m in Nigeria's rice production

Nigeria's quest for self-sufficient status in rice production by the year 2015 has received a boost, as African Development Bank (AfDB) unfolded plans to invest $150 million (N23.7 billion) in the country's rice value chain under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA).

According to the Chief Operations Officer, AfDB, Dr. Patrick Agboma who disclosed this yesterday at the opening of a two-day stakeholders workshop of the Bank Pre-Appraisal Mission on Rice Value Chain Development Programme (RVCP) in Abuja, the support is also part of the scheme.

Farouk Lawan, Emenalo Remanded In Prison Custody

SAN FRANCISCO, February 01, – An Abuja High Court Friday afternoon remanded the former chairman of the House of Representative Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan and the secretary of the committee, Mr. Emenalo Boniface, in prison custody till February 08, 2013 when their bail application is expected to be determined.

NOT ALL POLITICIANS ARE CORRUPT - ANENIH

 Former Board of Trustee (BOT) Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih has stated that although there are corrupt persons in every society not all Nigerian politicians are corrupt as some people think. 

An Open Letter To The Federal Republic Of Germany: Africa Is Not A Country

How can the German Federal Cultural Foundation believe that 2 million Euros will promote cultural relations with the whole continent of Africa (and not even involve the Africans in the process)?