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  • More Important Than Football

    PROTESTS in Brazil's biggest cities are over the billions of Dollars the country is pouring into preparations for the 2014 World Cup, the first in Brazil in 60 years. Hungry, unemployed youth are on the streets – they consider their future more important than the FIFA Confederation Cup, the 2014 World Cup, and the Olympic Games in 2016. "If your kid gets sick, take him to the ...

  • Kidnapped 82-yr-old man buried alive in “evil forest”

    BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASEBENIN-- THE remains of an 82-year-old retired Inspector of Police, Elder Samuel Ekhoruyimen, who was allegedly abducted by some youths of Ewudu village in Ovia North- East Local Government Area of Edo State have been discovered in an ‘eveil forest’ near the village. However, his remains suggest that he was buried alive in a grave dug before his abduction. Pa ...

  • Benin opposition denounces election fraud

    Following a chaotic election process, Benin's government claims incumbent President Thomas Boni Yayi won the first round outright. Opposition leader Adrien Houngbedji cries ...

  • Issoufou wins Niger model vote

    The elections in Niger, gained by long-time opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou, are described as a "model" for Africa. Also the democratic transition process is ...

  • Benin protesters won demanded vote delay

    Benin last month saw mass protests, demanding a delay of the elections planned for 27 February as 1.4 million voters were missing in the electoral roll. Now, the Constitutional Court has given them ...

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Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

As a raw, provocative portrayal of the horrors of black poverty in America, Lee Daniels Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is drawing sharply mixed responses, with some praising what they see as its brutal honesty while others view it as ... ...

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  • Ondo female legislator suspended over fetish objects possession

    By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE -- A female member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Fola Olasehinde was, yesterday, suspended indefinitely for being in possession of fetish objects including miniature coffins. The suspended member is representing Ose council area of the state constituency. Her indefinite suspension was announced on the floor of the House by the Deputy Speaker, Dare Emiola after a ...

  • OAU female student caught allegedly flushing baby down toilet

    BY GBENGA OLARINOYE Ile-Ife -- Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, yesterday, reportedly apprehended a female student of the institution (names withheld) who allegedly attempted to flush her new born baby down a toilet. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at the popular Moremi Hall of residence on the campus. The incident, which shocked the university ...

  • Armed gang kills 48 in Zamfara raid JTF

    KANO(AFP) – An armed gang has raided a northern Nigerian village and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, a state official said Wednesday. The attack saw gunmen move house to house as well as take positions atop a hill and open fire, the official said. Houses were also burnt, but it was not clear how many. ';There was an attack by armed ...

  • How EFCC uses mobile phones to get evidence

    By Soni Daniel ABUJA--A forensic analyst with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Muktar Bello, yesterday, explained how the agency was using mobile phones to track oil theft, a booming business in the country. Bello is also a witness in the ongoing trial of Joseph Amaechi and 13 others, in a case of illicit oil bunkering before an Abuja high court. He used the data extracted ...

  • Appeal Court upholds death sentence for bus driver

    By CHRIS OCHAYI ABUJA -- The Appeal Court in Port Harcourt has upheld the ruling of Rivers State High Court which sentenced a bus driver, Emeka Mbachu, to death for killing Clifford Azubuike, a special marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC. Azubuike was killed while on patrol on November 3, 1995, at the 1st Artillery Junction, along Aba-Port Harcourt highway in Rivers State. The driver, ...

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