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Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late singing legend Whitney Houston, was fighting for her life Monday after she was pulled unconscious from a bathtub over the weekend, her family said. The 21-year-old’s husband and a friend found her non-responsive in the bathtub of her home near Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday in an incident with […]
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Monday, January 26th, 2015
By Dr Jideofor Adibe | NNP | Jan. 26, 2014- My technical report for the Brookings Institution’s Africa Foresight publication on the 2015 presidential election entitled ‘The 2015 Elections in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges’, has become an issue between the PDP and the APC. As should be expected in an election year, one side wants […]
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Monday, January 26th, 2015
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will lead the military to the North-East to fight the Boko Haram insurgents if voted into power on February 14, his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), said on Monday. Osinbajo expressed concern over deepening insecurity in the […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
The Defence authorities have started taking delivery of some military hardware required for the prosecution of the war against the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East. Investigation revealed that the military hardware were imported from Russia, Belarus and other Eastern European countries. It was learnt that some of the items were received at the Port […]
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
The United States government has thrown its weight behind the Federal Government to conduct this year’s general elections despite the fact that the country is facing security challenges. This view was expressed on Tuesday at the US Department of States’ daily briefing in Washington. The US government also said that the recent incessant attacks by […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, January 9th, 2015
A Florida man has been charged with murder after police say he threw his five-year-old daughter off a bridge in St Petersburg. A police officer saw the incident after he followed John Jonchuck Jr, 25, for speeding, Chief Anthony Holloway said. The girl, who was dropped into 60ft (18m) of water, was found about an […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
By Our Reporter on January 7, 2015 Breaking News, Trending (KAMPALA, Uganda) The Ugandan military confirmed Wednesday that a senior leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army had surrendered in the Central African Republic, a victory for a U.S.-backed offensive that deepens the isolation of the feared rebel group’s top commander, Joseph Kony. Dominic Ongwen, the […]
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American Politics, Headlines, Oil Politics
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
UNITED States oil prices dropped below $50 a barrel on Monday, for the first time since 2009. The US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in February briefly dipped to $49.95 a barrel, before rallying somewhat to $50.20 a barrel. According to Agence France-Press report, the breach of the $50 level came as the Dow […]
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Saturday, December 27th, 2014

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Dec. 27, 2014 – “It’s a courageous and historically necessary step. It’s possibly the most important step of his [Obama] presidency.” Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ******* Not many people saw it coming yet it did. In fact, not many would think this day will ever come in the history […]
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Saturday, December 20th, 2014
The United States will “respond proportionately” to a North Korea cyber attack that damaged Sony Pictures Entertainment, President Barack Obama has said, after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Pyongyang was responsible. “We will respond. We will respond proportionately and we’ll respond in a place and time and manner that we choose,” Obama told an […]