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2Face Idibia gets Chieftaincy Title in Kaduna as “Tafidan Kudendan of Kudendan”

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2face Idibia   has just been awarded the chieftaincy title  ‘Tafidan Kudendan of Kudendan’  meaning ‘Ambassador of Peace’ by His Royal Highness Galadima of Kudendan Chiefdom for his role in the Vote Not Fight campaign. He was joined at the ceremony by his lovely wife  Annie Idibia  and Chocolate City boss,  M.I .

Man sentenced to 13 years in prison for the murder of a Nigerian in London

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   Today Tuesday, Nov. 24, Evan Edwards, 20 (right), was jailed for 13 years at the Old Bailey after admitting to the manslaughter of 22-year-old Babafemi Junaid (Left), Metropolitan Police UK states. Babatunde was stabbed on February 7, 2014 and later died in hospital. A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as a single stab wound to the heart. Babafemi became the inadvertent focus of an attack by a group after a disturbance on a 155 bus spilled out onto the street. e was not on the bus but was waiting at the bus stop when the disturbance spilled out onto the pavement at Stockwell station. As he attempted to get away from the fracas when he was targeted, chased and attacked by the group. During the attack one of the attackers was witnessed waving a knife, when Babafemi fell to the ground. He managed to run to his car which was a short distance away but, as a result of his injuries, crashed his car into the back of a bus soon after. The same group that initially atta

INEC to Conduct Supplementary Governorship Election in Kogi on Dec 5th

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In the aftermath of the sudden death of projected winner of the Kogi State governorship election,  Abubakar Audu,  the   Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)   has announced that it will conduct a supplementary election in the state on Saturday, December 5th. The news was revealed via a public notice which hit the Internet today:

Ooni, Enitan Ogunwusi, Returns From The Forest With The Traditional Crown

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Photos: Supporters of Pro-Biafran leader, Nnamdi Kanu storm Abuja court

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Forbes names Dangote, Putin among world’s most powerful

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The Forbes magazine, in its annual ranking of ‘The World’s Most Powerful People’, has listed the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, as the most powerful ahead of Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and United States President, Barack Obama. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is also listed among other world leaders. Observers view Putin’s ranking could be traceable to Russia’s capacity to check the US threat to attack Syria. The Russian President has been so ranked by the magazine for the third year in a row. “Putin continues to prove he’s one of the few men in the world powerful enough to do what he wants,” Forbes noted. Merkel, earlier ranked as the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes, rose from the fifth position in the overall ranking last year to second place in 2015. Her firm bearing in tackling the influx of Syrian refugees and the Greek economic crisis pushed her to the new level. The list has 73 people who are presidents, financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneu

No going back on N5,000 allowance to jobless youths – APC

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  The All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that it will not renege on its campaign promise to pay 5,000 Naira each monthly to 25 million most vulnerable Nigerians, while calling on the citizens to ignore the mischievous attempt by the PDP to confuse and mislead them on this issue. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary , Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said even though the PDP-led Federal Government plundered the common wealth in its time, it (APC) has devised creative means not only to pay the money but also to fulfill its other campaign promises to Nigerians. It said the non-implementation of the payment policy so far is due to the fact that it was not included in the 2015 budget, which was prepared by the PDP-led Jonathan Administration, and also because of the need to first block all financial leakages. ”Now, the Buhari administration has been busy putting into place measures that will make it possible to start