2016-08-21 | iBasam

Governor Ganduje Reaffirms Commitment To Completion Of Ongoing Projects.

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The State Commissioner Ministry of Land and Physical Planning Dr. 
Farouk Bibi Farouk gave the assurance while inspecting the ongoing road 
construction works at Lamido and Kingsgarden – Kwanar Tudun Wada road in
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Dr. Farouk disclosed that the administration of Dr. Abdullahi Umar 
Ganduje awarded the construction of 11 new roads project within the 
Metropolitan and some of these roads had reached completion stage.<br />

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The Commissioner, who expressed
 satisfaction with progress and quality of work so far achieved by 
contractor of Lamido road, assured people of the area that the road 
would be completed in the next few days.</div>
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He stressed that it was part of
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While inspecting the 
construction work of Kingsgarden -Kwanar Tudun Wada road , the 
Commissioner revealed that all compensations of structures have been 
paid and the project was achieving tremendous progress.</div>
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 the Managing Director Kano State Urban Planning and Development Agency 
(KNUPDA) Arch. Bashir Mudi noted that so far the Contractors were </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">progression in line with</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> the conditions agreed on in terms of quality and scope of the said projects.</span></div>
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Governor Ganduje Reaffirms Commitment To Completion Of Ongoing Projects.

Governor Ganduje Reaffirms Commitment To Completion Of Ongoing Projects.

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Governor Bello Advises Citizens To Be Vigilant.

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Kogi State Governor, 
Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has called on the people of the state to be 
vigilant and security conscious by checking movement of strange persons 
in their neighbourhood  and report suspicious individuals to security 
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The Governor stated this today in Lokoja at the Jumat Mosque Prayers  to mark the 25th Anniversary of the creation of the state.</div>
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Bello disclosed that some people have recruited some 
miscreants and imported them  to the state to cause trouble, warning the
 trouble shooters to relocate from the state or meet the superior power 
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He assured the people of the state that the law 
enforcement agencies are working hard to fish out the miscreants out of 
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The Governor vowed to continue to ensure the unity of 
the state, adding that he is poised to lead the state through necessary 
reforms that will bring about even development in all sectors of the 
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“<em><strong>I am conscious of the circumstance that brought me to power and will only be answerable to God and the people of Kogi State</strong></em>,” he stated.</div>
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Governor Bello Advises Citizens To Be Vigilant.

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EFCC Doesn’t Torture Suspects- Magu

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 The
 first time in 13 years, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission 
(EFCC), yesterday opened the doors of its interrogation rooms and its 
cells to reporters to inspect.</div>
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Chairman of the anti-graft agency 
Ibrahim Magu said the Commission does not torture suspects because it is
 investigating non-violence crimes.</div>
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He added that the anti-graft agency had always put the interest of the country above any other consideration.</div>
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Magu, who personally conducted reporters
 round the EFCC cells and clinics for about an hour, asked Nigerians or 
organisations to feel free to go and inspect any detention facility of 
the commission in all parts of the country without notice.</div>
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He said: “I am telling you that our 
detention facility is one of the best in this country. I will be modest 
to say it is the best. You can look at the comfort we have provided for 
suspects, including state of the art toilet facilities.</div>
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“If you have any doubt, you can walk in 
to inspect our detention facility in Abuja or in any of our zonal 
offices at any time and without notice. We have nothing to hide at all.</div>
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“We did not tell all these suspects that
 you were coming for inspection, we wanted you to meet them in a natural
 state and form your opinion.</div>
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“We don’t torture people or suspects. Our kind of investigation is non-violence crime; we have no basis to torture people.</div>
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“We investigate financial crimes in line
 with international best practices. If the EFCC invites you, we must 
have done a lot of background check and all we will ask you is to 
corroborate our findings.</div>
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“After conducting the initial part of 
our investigation, we make sure we give bail to suspects. It is now left
 to these suspects to meet the conditions attached to the bail.”</div>
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He, however, said the commission was not opposed to criticisms.</div>

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Virgin Airline Owner, Richard Branson Almost Killed in Crash Horror 'My Life Flashed Before My Eyes'

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Multi-billionaire
 business tycoon and owner of Virgin Airline, Richard Branson, has 
narrated his near-death experience on a training cycle run with his two 
grown up children when disaster struck which nearly took his life. Read 
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A couple of nights ago I went cycling on Virgin Gorda with Holly 
and Sam as part of my training for the Virgin Strive Challenge. I was 
heading down a hill towards Leverick Bay when it suddenly got really 
dark and I managed to hit a ‘sleeping policeman’ hump in the road head 
on. The next thing I knew, I was being hurled over the handlebars and my
 life was literally flashing before my eyes.</div>
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I really thought I was going to die. I went flying head-first 
towards the concrete road, but fortunately my shoulder and cheek took 
the brunt of the impact, and I was wearing a helmet that saved my life 
(however, perhaps they should build bike helmets that protect the side 
of the face too – does anyone know of one?). My bike went flying off the
 cliff and disappeared. We’ve since recovered the crumpled bicycle, 
completely destroyed. My cheek has been badly damaged and my knee, chin,
 shoulder and body severely cut.</div>
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As I landed, once I realised I was alive, I began testing my 
movement. I really couldn’t believe I was alive, let alone not 
paralysed. Coincidentally, the first person to arrive on the scene was 
my assistant Helen, who had just returned from holiday. She was 
wondering who was lying prostrate on the road. I was so glad to be alive
 that I quickly was able to summon my sense of humour, and said to her:<em> “I’m alive! At least you’ve still got a job!”</em></div>
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George, one of the team, sprinted from the bottom of the hill and 
the team soon got me back home and patched up. I travelled to Miami for 
x-rays and scans, but have been extremely fortunate that apart from a 
cracked cheek and some torn ligaments I hopefully will be able to 
complete the Virgin Strive Challenge next month. My biggest hardship is 
having to drink tea out of a straw. Oh, and being called elephant man by
 a six year old!</div>
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My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at 
least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try 
again. At least I’m practicing what I preach – though a little too 
literally!</div>
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The date of the accident just happened to be the fifth anniversary 
of the fire on Necker Island. What a way to mark it! Thankfully, good 
fortune has smiled on me so far. It has been quite a year, I’ve been in 
the wars knocking my teeth out playing tennis not once but twice, and 
also being kissed by a ray and running into a bullet proof door.</div>
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Over the years I’ve had many brushes with death, not least in my 
ballooning adventures. In the documentary Don’t Look Down, which we’re 
releasing soon, my co-pilot Per Lindstrand quotes Napoleon: “I know he’s
 a good general, but is he lucky?” He says I have certainly been lucky –
 I wouldn’t disagree!</div>
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Today my son Sam mentioned another fitting quote, from Hunter S. 
Thompson: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention 
of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to 
skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn 
out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”</div>
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Article written by Richard Branson and published on Virgin.com</div>
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Virgin Airline Owner, Richard Branson Almost Killed in Crash Horror 'My Life Flashed Before My Eyes'

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Write Your Will Before Travelling For Hajj – Abuja Islamic Cleric Tells Pilgrims

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An
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intending pilgrims to settle their debts and leave their wills behind 
before travelling to Saudi Arabia.</div>
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Al-yolawi, who is the Chief Imam of Area
 10 Mosque, made the call while delivering Jumma’at sermon title:“ 
Essential tips for Hajj Preparations“ on Friday in Abuja.</div>
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“An intending pilgrim should settle his 
debts and leave behind him a clear record as well as writing all his 
wills or what he intends to pass to his family,’’ he said.</div>
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According to the cleric, the need to 
leave a will behind is because the journey to Holy land may be the final
 journey for a pilgrim.</div>
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He explained that hajj was a unique and 
extra ordinary journey in the life time of all pilgrims, adding that it 
was an invitation from Allah to the most famous acts of worship.</div>
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The cleric said that journey to hajj 
required high level of patience as it was always accompanied with 
difficulties, fatigue, physical and social abnormalities as well as 
intolerance from other pilgrims.</div>
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“One should not allow Shaitan (devil) to hijack him and spoil his hajj out of ignorance or annoyance,” he said.</div>
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Mr. Al-Yolawi said there was need for 
pilgrims to fulfill all the hajj requirements and avoid all things that 
would nullify his hajj rites with a view to getting all the spiritual 
benefits of pilgrimage.</div>
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“This emphasises on the importance of piety as first ingredient of one’s
 journey to Mecca, which means to maintain good relationship with your 
Lord by devoting yourself to obey him.</div>
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“The intention behind one’s journey to 
hajj must be for the sake of Allah alone as whoever performs any act of 
worship in order to please people or gain popularity has spoilt his 
action.</div>
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“Prophets Muhammad (peace be upon him) 
said: learn your rituals from me, for I do not know whether I would be 
performing Hajj after this Hajj of mine,” (Muslim Hadith no 1297).</div>
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Mr. Al-Yolawi admonished pilgrims to 
ensure that their sources of finance and other materials things were 
clean and legitimate because “Allah accepts only that which is pure’’.</div>
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He also warned pilgrims against taking 
photographs for whatever purpose while observing hajj rite, saying that 
such action could contradict pilgrims’ sincerity of performing hajj for 
the sake of Allah.</div>
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Similarly, the cleric said women having 
their monthly period should be in a state of Ihram when they pass the 
Miqat, adding that they should shower and do Talbiyah like everyone 
else.</div>
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Mr. Al-Yolawi, therefore, prayed to 
Allah to continue to protect Islam and safeguard Nigerian pilgrims as 
they take off to Saudi Arabia.</div>
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“May the Lord accept their Hajj, prayers, grant their supplications and bring them back to us safely and peacefully,’’ he said.</div>

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10 Things We Want In A Woman, According To Men

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10. She’s Independent</h2>
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No one gets into a relationship to be a 
babysitter. If she’s had a rough day at work, it’s great to be her 
shoulder to cry on. But if she can’t seem to function without you, 
you’ll eventually suffocate, and if you’re smart you’ll run for the 
nearest exit.</div>
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Independence is key to a happy 
relationship, for both the man and the woman. You’ll find you’re still 
getting to know her long after you’ve gotten serious if she has a host 
of interests and commitments outside of your relationship.</div>
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9. She’s Intelligent</h2>
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I hate to be the one to tell you this, 
but the bimbo routine gets real old, real fast. A woman who can meet you
 at an intellectual level is a total turn-on.</div>
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An intelligent woman will constantly 
surprise you and keep you on your toes. She won’t let you get bored or 
complacent. Besides, it’s nice to have something to talk about between 
all that headboard-rattling sex.</div>
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8. She’s Sexual</h2>
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While we’re on the topic, a great 
girlfriend has to be sexually compatible with you. For instance, if 
you’re into S&M and she’s more the “fluffy lingerie” type, that’s a 
problem. The two of you have to be on the same page — or, at least, if 
it’s what you really crave, she has to be willing to wear leather and 
use a whip from time to time.</div>
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Of course, this doesn’t imply that she 
has to know all the right moves straight away; it simply means that you 
and she have an undeniable attraction toward each other and are able to 
communicate your desires verbally (or with physical cues). It is 
important that you please each other in the bedroom — or on top of the 
dryer — whatever the case may be.</div>
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7. You’re Attracted to Her</h2>
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I know, this one is kind of obvious, but
 important nonetheless. A great girlfriend will not only want to look 
good for you, but also for herself.</div>
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Being seen with her should make you feel better about yourself. And this doesn’t mean that she has to be a <a class="sugar-inline-link" href="http://www.popsugar.com/Heidi-Klum" target="_blank" title="Latest photos and news for Heidi Klum"><span style="font-family: Thread-000022d8-Id-0000002e;">Heidi Klum</span></a> clone. Whatever floats your boat. Your mutual attraction should make you both want to stay looking your best.</div>
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6. She Respects You</h2>
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This is a biggie. Your girlfriend must 
respect you — otherwise you have to wonder why she bothers to be with 
you. This means that she takes the time to listen to you, even if you’re
 in a heated argument.</div>
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A great girlfriend will keep major 
disputes private rather than taking you down in public. She’ll make an 
effort to see things from your point of view (provided you do the same 
for her). The key here is that the respect be mutual — it’s very hard 
for one of you to respect the other while feeling disrespected. The 
golden rule has no better application than in terms of respecting your 
significant other.</div>
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5. She Lets You Be a Man</h2>
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Do not — I repeat — do not get involved 
with a woman who tries to get you to eat cottage cheese and fruit for 
breakfast and insists that you give up poker night with the guys. You 
will end up resenting her more than you can imagine. A good girlfriend 
lets you be a guy in all your glory, poker night and all. If she’s a 
great girlfriend, she’ll even bring you and your buddies a couple of 
beers and make you some of her famous sandwiches.</div>
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She has to understand that men and women
 are different and should allow you to be yourself. Just like you 
wouldn’t deprive her of going shopping with her best girlfriend, she 
shouldn’t expect you to give up the guys for her.</div>
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4. She Doesn’t Nag Without a Good Reason</h2>
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We’ve never met a man who was convinced 
to change his behaviour because of his girlfriend’s nagging. A great 
girlfriend knows this and chooses her battles wisely. She knows when to 
get upset and when to let it slide.</div>
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However, if you live together and you 
stay out all night without calling her, and she lets you have it, then 
you’re setting yourself up for disaster. This is a situation that nobody
 would let slide — not even a great girlfriend. Don’t push your luck 
with anyone, least of all your girlfriend.</div>
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3. She Gets Along With Your Friends and Family</h2>
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A great girlfriend will make an effort 
to get to know your people. She’ll help your parents out at 
Thanksgiving, try to understand your brother’s twisted sense of humor, 
and want to get to know your friends.</div>
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She’ll actually empathize with your 
sister’s getting dumped and suggest that you guys take her out to cheer 
her up. Not only that, but your friends won’t roll their eyes and moan 
when you mention that she’ll be joining you guys when she gets off work —
 she’s one of the crowd.</div>
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2. She Loves You</h2>
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If you have found a woman who loves you 
for who you really are and not who you pretend or try to be sometimes, 
you should definitely hang on to her. Of course, everyone has their 
slightly annoying habits that their mate has to contend with, but if she
 really loves you, she’ll be able to cope with these.</div>
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Another way to know if she really loves 
you is by observing the way she looks at you and treats you on an 
everyday basis. If the sight of you doesn’t seem to faze her either way,
 and she doesn’t really seem to care about what you have to say, she’s 
either playing very hard to get, or she sees you as just some guy. But 
if a surprise visit or phone call from you makes her light up, there’s 
no denying that she loves you.</div>
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1. She Makes You Want to Be a Better Man</h2>
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Stop making that face . . . Any man who 
has a great girlfriend or wife will tell you that she makes him want to 
be a better man. She doesn’t have to say or do anything; it just is that
 way. If you suddenly feel bad about how you treated your sister when 
you were younger or find yourself trying to get your finances in order 
to prepare for the future, you might want to think about your motivation
 for doing so. It could be love.</div>
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A chilling new video from ISIS shows a British boy and four other young 
children executing prisoners in cold blood in Syria.
The grotesque nine-minute video was supposedly recorded recently in the 
ISIS capital of Raqqa, in Syria. The video shows five boys - believed to
 be from Britain, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and Uzbekistan, holding 
handguns and wearing the desert camouflage.<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>One of the boys screamed something in Arabic and 
slapped one of the terrified captives who was kneeling down in front of 
him, on his shaved head before they raised their guns and killed the 
five men, 'atheist' Kurdish fighters who were captured during a battle.<br />
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According to The Sun, the British boy was identified only as Abu 
Abdullah al-Britani. He is white, blue-eyed and about 12 years old.<br />
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Abu means 'Son of' in Arabic, which suggests the boy may be the son of 
Abdullah al-Britani, a young British jihadist who got married in Syria 
and was killed in a drone strike.<br />
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The Times reports that one of the boys said in Arabic:<br />
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'No one can save the Kurds even with the support of America, France, 
Britain, Germany, the devils in hell.'
He then calls for the takbir and the other boys shout in unison - Allahu
 Akbar (God is Great) before raising their pistols to the sky and 
shooting the prisoners. Their bodies are later shown with bullet wounds 
to their heads.<br />
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The age of criminal responsibility in Britain is 10 years, so if the boy
 is captured and sent back to Britain to face justice he could be 
prosecuted for murder.<br />
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Source: The Sun/Daily Mail

5 ISIS child executioners shoot 5 Kurd prisoners each in the head in Syria

5 ISIS child executioners shoot 5 Kurd prisoners each in the head in Syria

A chilling new video from ISIS shows a British boy and four other young children executing prisoners in cold blood in Syria. The grotesqu...

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Lagos state gov donates N5m to family of tanker driver who died early this year

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the donation of 
N5million to the family of Late Adamu Slisu Dangwari, a petroleum tanker
 driver who lost his life in an unfortunate incident involving personnel
 of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) while on duty at 
2nd Rainbow Bus Stop, Mile 2 in Lagos early this year.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, 
Olanrewaju Elegushi, who made the donation on behalf of the State 
government to the Petroleum Drivers’ Association State Chairman, Tayo 
Abejoye, said the amount was to mitigate the effects of the painful loss
 of Dangwari on the family and assured that the case was still being 
investigated by the law enforcement agencies.<br />
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Prince Elegushi commended leadership of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers 
Association and its parent body, NUPENG for their intervention and 
maturity during discussions that led to a resolution of issues that 
arose from Dangwari’s death.<br />
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He urged the union to engage their members on the importance of
compliance with traffic laws, rules and regulations to avoid road
hazards.

Abejoye lauded the State Government’s gesture towards the family of the 
deceased and gave assurance that the union and its members would on 
their part continue to support the State in achieving its policies and 
programmes as regards the transportation sector.

Lagos state gov donates N5m to family of tanker driver who died early this year

Lagos state gov donates N5m to family of tanker driver who died early this year

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the donation of N5million to the family of Late Adamu Slisu Dangwari, a petroleum tan...

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Why I am in love with Pres. Buhari- Cross Rivers governor

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Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River yesterday said although he is a PDP 
member, he is in love with the style and ability of President Buhari.<br />
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“I am in love with the style and ability of President Muhammadu Buhari 
as leader of Nigerians. He does not see himself as a party leader but as
 father of the country. His efforts at streamlining the country’s 
resources, as well as tackling corruption drew me closer to him.  
Besides, he has shown me love even though I am of the PDP. He gives 
utmost and prompt attention to my requests”he said. </blockquote>

Why I am in love with Pres. Buhari- Cross Rivers governor

Why I am in love with Pres. Buhari- Cross Rivers governor

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Pres. Buhari arrives Kenya ( Photos)

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President Buhari has arrived Nairobi, Kenya to attend the 6th Tokyo 
International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi. 
He was received by  Kenyan Minister of Interior Joseph Kniserry. More 
photos after the cut..<br />
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Pres. Buhari arrives Kenya ( Photos)

Pres. Buhari arrives Kenya ( Photos)

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Kendall Jenner and Kim K share new Kanye West 'Famous' photos

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Wonder what Kanye is up to this time, lol. Especially after it was 
revealed that he has 4 minutes to do whatever he wanted at the upcoming 
MTV VMAs. Kendall Jenner and Kim K shared these photos on their Snapchat
 accounts. They are wax figures of Kanye West, Kim K, Chris Brown, 
Taylor Swift, Amber Rose, Donald Trump, Bill Cosby etc, from his Famous 
album, all naked in a bed. More photos after the cut...<br />
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Kendall Jenner and Kim K share new Kanye West 'Famous' photos

Kendall Jenner and Kim K share new Kanye West 'Famous' photos

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#Pendulum: Another Homecoming To Nairobi Kenya

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 By Dele Momodu </div>
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Fellow Africans, to say I love Africa is an understatement. It baffles me how most Africans hardly know Africa outside their individual domain. The owners of Africa hardly appreciate the beauty of their own continent. The knowledge of Africa is usually from other people’s narrative and perspectives. The best library collections about Africa belong elsewhere in far-flung places. Africans were kidnapped, stolen and forced into slavery centuries ago. Today, we are forced into voluntary slavery due to our lack of visionary leaders willing to turn the misfortunes of Africa to prosperity. The slave mentality has refused to leave us.</div>
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I read so much about colonialism and neo-colonialism in the novels and essays of the famous Kenya author, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who is certainly one of my favourite African writers. I was endlessly fascinated by the stories of the Mau Mau struggle for Independence. I bought and devoured Weep Not, Child; The River Between; A Grain of Wheat; Petals of Blood; Devil on the Cross; Decolonising the Mind; Writers in Politics; Detained; The Trial of Dedan Kimathi and Homecoming. I read and re-read Homecoming. I wonder what took over our brains in Africa that we stopped reading the African Writers Series, which was published and popularised by Heinemann Books, in those good old days. At least, it helped to introduce Africa to Africans. I knew so much about Kenya long before I ever visited one of the most popular tourist destinations in Africa by reading Ngugi, Meja Mwangi, Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga, Jomo Kenyatta’s (his monumental book Facing Mount Kenya is superlative) and others.</div>
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I got introduced to Ghana through reading African authors, Ayi Kwei Armah, Kofi Awoonor, Kwame Nkrumah, Ama Ata Aidoo, Kwesi Brew, Adu Boahen (historian), Kwesi A Dickson (former President of the Methodist Church of Ghana and President of the All Africa Council of Churches) and others; Cameroon through Mongo Beti, Ferdinand Oyono, Mbella Sonne Dipoko and others; Senegal through Mariama Ba, Sembene Ousmane, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Birago Diop, Kamara Laye, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Aminata Sow Fall, David Diop and many others; Egypt through Nawal El Saadawi, Naguib Mahfouz and Tawfiq al-Hakim; others knew Nigeria through Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Cyprian Ekwensi, Chukwuemeka Ike, Elechi Amadi, Buchi Emecheta, Amos Tutuola, J. P. Clark, Flora Nwapa, Ola Rotimi, Kole Omotoso, Christopher Okigbo, Mabel Segun, Zaynab Alkali, Gabriel Okara, T. M. Aluko, Molara Ogundipe, Niyi Osundare, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Festus Iyayi, Femi Osofisan, Ben Okri, John Munonye, D.O. Fagunwa, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Biyi Bandele and a long list of distinguished writers. Wow, I feel so nostalgic today.</div>
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We read all these great authors and most of the older generation were on our school syllabus and available in local bookstores. Many of us spent substantial sums of our annual bursary allowance on acquiring and accumulating books. I was a voracious reader of anything readable including tedious ones, I could hardly understand. It enriched my understanding of Africa and the world at large. Africa paraded many scholars in politics and power at the beginning before a generation of mostly “uneducated” leaders took over and ravaged what the West already described as a “savage continent” especially in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It is the background that informs what I look out for whenever I touch down in many African countries.</div>
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I have landed in Nairobi a few times, first as transit passenger and subsequently as proper visitor, in nearly twenty years. Somehow, each arrival had its uniqueness to it. On one occasion, I was coming from Mumbai on the defunct Bellview Airlines and we stopped briefly in Nairobi. We were allowed to alight to visit the duty free area only. I saw an airport that was not so impressive despite the hype surrounding tourism but it was still functional. On another occasion I was flying to Seychelles for a wedding. I flew in such a circuitous manner that I was dizzy with the circumlocution. I had flown from Accra to Lagos but missed my connecting flight to Nairobi. I was then advised to return to Accra to catch an evening flight which arrived mercifully the following morning. The woes continued when we were forced to fly through Lagos again for aviation fuel before flying to Nairobi where I had already missed my connecting flight to Seychelles. It was such an Israelites’ journey.</div>
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Exactly two years ago, I returned to Kenya, a country that had just been mercilessly whacked and traumatised by some terrorists on rampage and a terrible inferno that had ravaged the Jomo Kenyatta Airport a year earlier. It was not the best of times to visit but I had promised my friend, Jeff Koinange, formerly of CNN, I would attend his book launch and nothing was going to disturb or discourage me. The airport I met was a shadow of itself. We crawled through some holes and drove that night to my temporary abode at the Kempinski, Nairobi. The drive turned out to be one of my longest journeys ever and my heart was almost flying out of my throat because of the palpitating fear I suffered driving through the streets of Nairobi at such an ungodly hour. I couldn’t tell Kolade Elufidiya, the talented fashion designer, who had graciously picked me up from the airport, the ugly thoughts that danced kpalongo in my belly. Thank God, there was no calamitous incident on that occasion and I returned safely home to Nigeria.</div>
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As I flew out of Nairobi, I offered a prayer for the good people of that beautiful country and promised all I could modestly arrange to help promote Kenya to the world via the platforms it has pleased God to bless us with.</div>
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Another opportunity recently came for me to visit Kenya again when I received a letter of invitation from Mr Arrey Obenson, the Secretary General at Junior Chamber International (JCI) headquarters in the United States of America as follows:</div>
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“Please accept warm greetings from JCI World Headquarters in Saint Louis, MO!<br />
On behalf of nearly 200,000 young global citizens, it is with great excitement and enthusiasm that we invite you to speak at the African Youth Development Summit in Nairobi, Kenya from August 24 – 26, 2016. The event is organized by JCI (Junior Chamber International, Inc.) in collaboration with Tokyo International Conference of African Development (TICAD VI).</div>
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Taking place the days prior to TICAD VI at the Southern Sun Mayfair Nairobi Hotel, the African Youth Development Summit intends to connect young leaders from across the continent of Africa. United in common purpose they will articulate young people’s commitment to the development of their region and the important role they can play in mobilizing Africans to take ownership of their continent and its future. The event will provide the commitment of African youth to the Tokyo Conference of Africa’s Development (TICAD VI).</div>
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Youth representatives from the 54 nations of Africa will be selected to attend the Summit. They will use the experience to work toward organizing grassroots actions in their local communities, fostering participation of young people in policy making and empowering the next generation of African change-makers to lead in the development of their region.</div>
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JCI is an international non-profit organization that provides its members — 18 to 40- year-old active citizens – with development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change. Through projects in more than 5000 communities across nearly 120 countries, members seek targeted solutions to local problems, creating a global impact.</div>
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In summary, we invite you to serve as a Keynote Speaker at the African Youth Development Summit. Further details will be provided upon your acceptance of availability.</div>
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We look forward to your positive response.”</div>
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Of course, I wasted no time in accepting the invitation as someone who believes so much in the abilities of African youths to excel if given the right tutelage, mentorship and opportunities. We exchanged series of emails thereafter until we agreed on modalities for my visit to Kenya.</div>
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I flew out of Accra last Tuesday, August 23 and arrived Nairobi just before 6.00am local time on August 24, 2016. If I expected to crawl through the hole of an airport again like I did two years ago, a pleasant surprise awaited me. The burnt terminal had been rebuilt and airport formalities reduced to the barest minimum. I was able to get assistance in every part of the airport from friendly officers. My “visa on arrival” formalities took less than ten minutes to process and conclude, at a cost of $50. My baggage came out promptly on the conveyor belts that looked like what I always see always in the UK or America. I passed smoothly through Customs and straight into the chilly weather of Nairobi. I didn’t spend more than 20 minutes in total at the airport. Driving from the airport to Kempinski Hotel was even more pleasant. The roads had been generously rehabilitated since my last trip. I couldn’t stop singing the praise of President Uhuru Kenyatta. To most visitors, what concerns us is not so much the local politics of a country but the palpable development on ground.</div>
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Definitely, President Kenyatta has started re-directing Kenya from its old ways and striving to establish a very modern State. I saw several skyscrapers dotting the landscape of Nairobi. What I saw first-hand was a nation on forward march and I hope that ugly politics would not destroy Kenya again.</div>
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I was happy to deliver my speech yesterday and contribute and answer questions in well organised interactive sessions alongside two great journalists Eric Chinje and Henry Bonsu, who moderated our segment titled “Mobilizing youths through Media. I truly enjoyed myself and gained some fresh insights from different countries. I was delighted as always to meet many Nigerians doing our country proud. I have serious conviction that the challenges being faced by our country won’t last forever. The examples of Ghana, and now Kenya, persuaded me that developing a nation won’t take centuries to achieve. Before our very eyes, nations are transforming from rascality to responsibility.</div>
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As I was concluding this, African leaders started flying or landing in Nairobi including our own President Muhammadu Buhari and Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama who landed earlier and went straight into talks with the Japanese leadership.</div>
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I must thank the Japanese government for the decision to host the Tokyo Conference on African Development in Nairobi. I really admire how the Japanese stressed the fact that what Africa needs today is not aid and beggarly donations but partnership. Yes, that is the honest truth. Our continent is richly endowed although we have somehow failed to use what this for positive good for the continent and its people. We just need to harness the talents and resources that God has blessed us with and we will become phenomenal in world affairs. We have let ourselves down and have become the laughing stock of the world because of our failure to realise and fulfil our potential. We have chosen a slave mentality over a leadership mentality because of the mediocrity that we have allowed ourselves to enthrone as our leaders. The Japanese know we have promise. Unlike the West, they believe that, as partners, we can make the world a better place rather than make our continent a dumping ground for the dregs of the West.</div>
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Let us look within ourselves, search our souls and get down to serious business. May God bless us.</div>
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#Pendulum: Another Homecoming To Nairobi Kenya

#Pendulum: Another Homecoming To Nairobi Kenya

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Police foils assassination attempt on German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Czech republic

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An assassination attempt on Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and 
the third most powerful person in the world according to Forbes, was 
foiled in Prague, Czech Republic <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_822470708" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Thursday</span></span> by police and security officials during her official visit to the nation.<br />
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moved between Prague airport and Czech government headquarters” as 
Merkel arrived the country to hold talks with Czech Prime Minister 
Bohuslav Sobotka.</div>
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Czech police arrested the man who tried to “run down police” and police spokesman Jozef Bocan said the suspect was in custody.</div>
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 in central Prague to protest against Merkel with some labeling her as 
the 'next Hitler' after she decided to open the EU’s doors to refugees 
and migrants last summer.</div>

Police foils assassination attempt on German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Czech republic

Police foils assassination attempt on German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Czech republic

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Pastor arrested for impregnating two sisters, aged 14 and 18

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Pastor Kokih Emmanuel of the Cross Over Ministry in Kedjom Kekuh, Tubah 
sub division in Mezam in the North West region, Cameroon, has been 
arrested and remanded in custody for impregnating two sisters.

18 year old Akombom Marie Claire is 6 months pregnant while her younger 
sister Brenda Nyingmah, 14, is 3 months pregnant for the said pastor.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>The 29-year-old pastor accepted all the allegations and charges brought against him after police investigation.

The parents of the sexually abused girls have pleaded with the CPDM government to help them get fair justice for the man of God.<br />
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Source: Cameroon Report

Pastor arrested for impregnating two sisters, aged 14 and 18

Pastor arrested for impregnating two sisters, aged 14 and 18

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'What I told EFCC about Diezani' – Dauda Lawal

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The Executive Director in charge of Public Sector at First Bank, 
MallamDaudaLawal, has revealed what he told the Economic and Financial 
Crime Commission when he was detained sometimes ago.<br />
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Lawal, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said that he was actually 
questioned about his relationship with a former Minister of Petroleum 
Resources, Mrs.Diezani Alison-Madueke.<br />
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He said it was true that his “name has featured prominently in the EFCC 
investigations of Mrs.Deziani Allison-Madueke, the former Minister of 
Petroleum Resources under the government of President Goodluck 
Jonathan”.<br />
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Lawal also said he was “questioned by the EFCC over his alleged role or 
complicity in the alleged $25m acquisition of the Le Meridien Hotel in 
Port Harcourt.”<br />
He, however, denied the allegation that the former minister channelled the funds for the purchase of the property through him.<br />
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Lawal said, <br />
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“This allegation is malicious and without substance in any material 
particular. It must be stated clearly that Lawal is completely oblivious
 of the ownership status of the said hotel neither is he directly or 
remotely aware of any transaction involving the former Minister on this 
hotel.”</blockquote>
He said the allegation must have been fuelled by his close association 
with Allison-Madueke, which “is based purely on professional pursuits”.<br />
He added, <br />
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“As the Executive Director in charge of Public sector of the bank, it is
 incumbent on him to build the necessary bridges to attract all the 
benefits the bank can muster from the financial operations of the public
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“For the purpose of emphasis, MallamLawalDauda has never been a conduit 
for movement of illicit funds neither has he been involved in the 
purchase of any hotel either here or elsewhere. This much was told to 
the EFCC during his interrogation.”</blockquote>
He added that, <br />
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“The former minister, given the influence she wielded within the 
government and operations in the oil sector was certainly an asset to 
any corporate Organisation, especially the banks. </blockquote>
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All the banks in Nigeria and abroad actively sought to have banking 
relationships with her because she sat atop a sector which is the prime 
revenue spinner for the country. It is to Mr.Lawal’s credit that the 
First Bank group participated actively in offering financial services to
 the oil industry under Madueke.</blockquote>

'What I told EFCC about Diezani' – Dauda Lawal

'What I told EFCC about Diezani' – Dauda Lawal

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Ekiti state Assembly propose 6 months jail term for herdsmen who graze their cattle on undesignated area

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Fulani
 herdsmen who graze their cattle in areas that are not designated for 
grazing will soon be sent to jail for six months without an option of 
fine. This is according to a new bill titled 'Prohibition of Cattle and 
Other Ruminants Grazing in Ekiti, 2016' that was passed by the Ekiti 
state House of Assembly on Tuesday. The legislatures at their plenary 
unanimously passed the law.<br />
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The bill presently awaits the
 accent of the state governor, Ayo Fayose.  Speaker of the House, Kola 
Oluwawole, while speaking on the proposed law said;<br />
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“If
 the bill is eventually accented to by the governor, it will now become 
crime for any cattle, sheep and goat to graze on undesignated land for 
ranches in Ekiti".

Part of the new bill reads ″Anyone found violating the bill upon 
conviction shall be sentenced to six months in prison without option of 
fine. The Governor shall by an order designates land in each of 16 Local
 Government Areas in the state in respect of which Cattle or Ruminants 
may be permitted to graze.  No person shall cause or permit any cow, 
oxen, sheep as well as goat under his or her control to graze on any 
land in which the Governor has not designated as ranches” among others. 
The bill forbids movement of cattle by herdsmen and owners of goat in 
the Ekiti after 6 p.m. No cattle or other ruminants shall by any means 
move in the night, movement shall be between 7 a.m and 6p.m”</blockquote>

Ekiti state Assembly propose 6 months jail term for herdsmen who graze their cattle on undesignated area

Ekiti state Assembly propose 6 months jail term for herdsmen who graze their cattle on undesignated area

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City-Barca, Arsenal-PSG, Atletico-Bayern…See The full 2016/17 UEFA Champions League draw

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<strong>This
 season’s UEFA Champions League draw is now done, with one of the 
highlights being Pep Guardiola and recruit Claudio Bravo returning to 
their old club Barcelona to defend the colours of new club Manchester 
City.</strong><br />
Arsenal have again been handed an easy draw against
 the likes of Ludogorets and FC Basel, while last year’s semi-finalists 
Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich are in the same group.<br />
Ahmed Musa will fancy Leicester City’s chances of progressing from a group containing FC Port, Club Brugge and Fc Kobenhavn.<br />
Below is the draw in full:<br />
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<tr><th>GROUP A</th></tr>
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<tr><td>PSG</td></tr>
<tr><td>Arsenal</td></tr>
<tr><td>Basel</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ludogorets</td></tr>
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<tr><th>GROUP B</th></tr>
</thead><tbody>
<tr><td>Benfica</td></tr>
<tr><td>Napoli</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dynamo Kyiv</td></tr>
<tr><td>Beşiktaş</td></tr>
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<tr><th>GROUP C</th></tr>
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<tr><td>Barcelona</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manchester City</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mönchengladbach</td></tr>
<tr><td>Celtic</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Bayern Munich</td></tr>
<tr><td>Atlético</td></tr>
<tr><td>PSV</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rostov</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><th>GROUP E</th></tr>
</thead><tbody>
<tr><td>CSKA Moskva</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leverkusen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tottenham</td></tr>
<tr><td>Monaco</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><th>GROUP F</th></tr>
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<tr><td>Real Madrid</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dortmund</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sporting CP</td></tr>
<tr><td>Legia</td></tr>
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<tr><th>GROUP G</th></tr>
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<tr><td>Leicester City</td></tr>
<tr><td>F C. Porto</td></tr>
<tr><td>Club Brugge</td></tr>
<tr><td>København</td></tr>
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<tr><th>GROUP H</th></tr>
</thead><tbody>
<tr><td>Juventus</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sevilla</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lyon</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dinamo Zagreb</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

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Man City Officially Sign Bravo from Barcelona

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Manchester City have completed the signing of Claudio Bravo for a fee believed to be in the region of £17 million.</div>
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Bravo will earn around £100,000 per week
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what he earned during his two-year spell at Camp Nou.</div>
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The 33-year-old could make his City 
debut against West Ham on Sunday afternoon, and will also be registered 
in Pep Guardiola’s Uefa squad list for this season’s Champions League 
campaign.</div>
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He won two La Liga titles during his 
time with Barca, although he did not receive a medal from Uefa when the 
Catalans won the Champions League in 2015 because he did not feature 
during their European campaign.</div>
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in both the league and the Champions League was a major factor in the 
Chilean’s decision to link up with Guardiola.</div>
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Bravo arrived in Manchester on Tuesday 
to complete his move, although it is believed he was not present at the 
Etihad on Wednesday night as Joe Hart started what could be his final 
game for the club.</div>
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Barca had been keen to secure a 
replacement for the double-winning Copa America keeper, and the arrival 
of Jasper Cillessen from Ajax on Thursday morning allowed Bravo’s move 
to be completed.</div>

Man City Officially Sign Bravo from Barcelona

Man City Officially Sign Bravo from Barcelona

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Ronaldo Wins UEFA Best Player In Europe Award

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The forward has scooped the individual gong for the 
second time in his career after helping Real Madrid and Portugal to 
Champions League and Euro 2016 glory respectively</div>
Real Madrid and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for the second time.<br />

Ronaldo, 31, claimed the prize ahead of his club team-mate Gareth Bale and Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann.<br />

The forward, who first won the award in 2014, scored the winning 
spot-kick as Madrid beat Atletico in the Champions League final on 
penalties in May,<br />

And Ronaldo then went on to help Portugal to their first 
international title with victory at the Euros, scoring three goals 
during the tournament.

Ronaldo Wins UEFA Best Player In Europe Award

Ronaldo Wins UEFA Best Player In Europe Award

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Nasir El Rufai says the worst job to do in Nigeria today is to be a state governor

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<b>Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai, says that the worst job to 
do in Nigeria today is to be a state governor. According to El Rufai, 
state governors are presently dealing with unpaid salaries and other 
issues which they did not create. He said this today while speaking at the 
ongoing 4th APC Progressive governors lecture series in Kaduna state</b><br />
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 worst job to do in Nigeria today is to be a state governor. 
We(governors) are dealing with problems we didn't create but we are to 
solve"he said</div>
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Nasir El Rufai says the worst job to do in Nigeria today is to be a state governor

Nasir El Rufai says the worst job to do in Nigeria today is to be a state governor

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai, says that the worst job to do in Nigeria today is to be a state governor. According to El Rufai, ...

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Donald Trump campaign official says Hillary Clinton will be dead within a year because she's sick

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Imagine! John E. Jaggers, who runs the Trump campaign in Maryland and 
Northern Virginia, citing a wool coat Clinton wore on Nantucket to cover
 up alleged medical devices, has predicted that Hillary Clinton will die
 in a year's time and her vice-presidential pick Tim Kaine will rule USA
 for 8 years if Clinton is elected as president.<br />
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According to Jaggers, Clinton's decision to sport a long coat on a recent trip to Nantucket is not normal.<br />
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'How many of you would wear a wool coat in August?' Jaggers asked at a 
gathering called Women4Trump in Virginia's tony horse country community 
of Middleburg.</blockquote>
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'The woman who seeks to be the first female president of the United 
States wears a wool coat at every single thing. Have you ever stopped to
 wonder why? It's a big deal, folks,' Jaggers added. </blockquote>
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'This woman is very, very sick and they're covering it up. You're not so
 much talking about Hillary Clinton being president for eight years – 
you're talking about Tim Kaine being president for eight years,' he 
said, mentioning Clinton's running mate, a Virginia native. 'Because 
that's what we're dealing with here.'</blockquote>
 A Twitter user Mike Cernovich who was at Nantucket during Clinton's visit on Sunday tweeted: <br />
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'Wool coat and black pants in August? Yeah sick Hillary is TOTALLY NOT HIDING any medical devices.' </blockquote>
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New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani sparked conspiracy theories on Sunday when he said on Fox News, <br />
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Hillary Clinton for a long time has been seen wearing long coats and 
suits but joked about the matter on Monday night in an appearance on 
Jimmy Kimmel's show, when she let the TV host take her pulse and then 
opened a pickle jar.<br />
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'I do feel sometimes like this campaign has entered into an alternative 
universe,' Clinton said.  I have to step into the alternative reality 
and, you know, answer questions about, am I alive, how much longer will I
 be alive, and the like,' she said, before pronouncing herself 'healthy 
as a horse.'</blockquote>

Donald Trump campaign official says Hillary Clinton will be dead within a year because she's sick

Donald Trump campaign official says Hillary Clinton will be dead within a year because she's sick

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Oga Boss Retires From Music?

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Oga Boss Retires From Music?

Oga Boss Retires From Music?

Nigerian rapper/hip-hop recording artiste, Tobechukwu Melvin Ejiofor, popularly known...

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Kano State House of Assembly orders immediate removal of all Kwankwasiyya inscriptions

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The political feud between Governor Ganduje and his 
predecessor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has taken a new turn as the Kano 
State House of Assembly has ordered the immediate removal of 
Kwankwasiyya inscriptions on government buildings across the state. </div>
A
 motion filed by a member representing Kano Municipal Constituency and 
Chairman House committee on Education, Alhaji Baffa Babba-Dan-Agundi, 
was adopted by all the 40 members of the assembly.</div>
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All the 
44 LGAs of the state have been urged to comply with the directive within
 a month. The House further directed the the inscriptions be replaced 
with nams of some prominent citizens of the state such as Sheik Isyaku 
Rabi'u, Sheik Nasiru Kabara and Sheik Ja'afar Mahmud-Adam.<br /><br />Source: Daily Trust

Kano State House of Assembly orders immediate removal of all Kwankwasiyya inscriptions

Kano State House of Assembly orders immediate removal of all Kwankwasiyya inscriptions

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Georgia man sentenced to 40 years imprisonment for pouring boiling water on gay men

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Martin Blackwell of Georgia <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_282772741" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Wednesday</span></span> was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment after he poured boiling water on a gay couple he caught sleeping together.<br />
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Angry
 and disgusted at the same-sex couple, he filled up a pot with boiling 
water, soaked the two in bed and yelled, “get out of my house with all 
that gay.”</div>
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“You were soulless, malicious and a violent person on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_282772743" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">February 12</span></span>,” judge Henry Newkirk told him <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_282772744" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Wednesday</span></span>'</div>
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“You had so many outs where the voice of reason could’ve taken over.”</div>
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 woke up to the most unimaginable pain in my entire life,” Tolbert, who 
was scalded said during his tearful testimony. “I’m wondering why I’m in
 so much pain. I’m wondering why I’m wet.”</div>
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Georgia man sentenced to 40 years imprisonment for pouring boiling water on gay men

Georgia man sentenced to 40 years imprisonment for pouring boiling water on gay men

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I enlarged my boobs due to insecurities and pressure from society- BBA star Huddah Monroe

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The
 former BBA star revealed that she enlarged her boobs due to pressure 
from society and her personal insecurities. Photo on the left was taken
 when she went for BBA while the one on the right was taken after she had
 her boobs enlarged.  She wrote;<br />
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"And
 on top huh? Two bee stings😂 ... This is when I didn't have tits, I 
succumbed to the pressure of society because I was under depression due 
to the videos of me in Big brother shower hour.
Soooo I ended up getting fat transfer by reducing my butt to get fuller 
boobs .....................................I wouldn't tell anyone to do 
the same ! It's still natural coz it's my own fat , NO silicone but I 
will never advice anyone to go under the knife coz of what people think 
about their bodies , never make irrational decisions ,wait until you are
 mature enough .I was naive , young and stupid at that time . Love 
yourself ! Fuck the rest! Experience is the best teacher! Learn some of 
these things from me ........ ION, how many love the idea of HUDDAHkini?
 Bodysuits on my snap chat 😝. #WCW. #THROWback#2013 
#JWMarriottMarquis". </blockquote>

I enlarged my boobs due to insecurities and pressure from society- BBA star Huddah Monroe

I enlarged my boobs due to insecurities and pressure from society- BBA star Huddah Monroe

The former BBA star revealed that she enlarged her boobs due to pressure from society and her personal insecurities. Photo on the left w...

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