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This week, we taking you somewhere LOVEPOST has yet to go: the dance floor. We’re counting down 10 first

dance songs that break the mold. Ballads like “At Last” and “From This Moment” are totally fab jams, but if you’re

looking to step things up on your big day, try these newer classics on for size.

1. If You’re Looking for Hit: “We Found Love,” Coldplay (Rihanna Cover)
You’re looking for something that’s current, and something that people will recognize. Rihanna’s “We Found Love” is

the hottest thing on the charts right now, but it might be a little fast paced and clubby for your elegant reception. Have

you heard Coldplay’s cover? It’s the best of both worlds and would be the perfect background for your Viennese Waltz

(hey, we watch “Dancing with the Stars”…) Here’s to a love like Chris and Gwyneth’s!

2. If Twilight’s Your Thing: “It Will Rain,” Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars is the number one male crooner right now, and there’s no denying that the man does love songs right. Especially if those songs are written for vampire werewolf sagas. This is Breaking Dawn‘s anthem–but it could be you and your sweetheart’s too!

3. If You’re Looking for a Sweet Slow Jam: “Baby I’m Yours,” Shai

This is a romantic R&B masterpiece by the underrated 90′s group, Shai. Check out that harmony. It even has one of those sexy talking interludes!

4. If You’re a nigerian: oruka: by sunny ineji

In 1997, he became a nation-wide success with the release of his soar away, ‘Mr Fantastik’. Many thought he wouldn’t surpass that feat musically, but he did with a resounding success in 2003 after the release of the medley love and marriage song, ‘Oruka’. ‘Oruka’ became a standard wedding song and national anthem of sort.

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Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi will be fined 5,000 dollars for missing the Tuesday deadline to report to the Super Eagles' camp in Abuja.

Team Media Officer, Mr Colin Udoh, said on Tuesday in Abuja that Eagles officials were unimpressed with the player and had handed down the fine to the player.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Eagles are preparing for their Final Round Group B match in the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifying competition.

The team on Tuesday morning had its first training session after it opened camp on Monday in Abuja, with only 12 players available for a warm-up.

The number of players in camp, however, swelled to 21 for the afternoon training session, with Obi the only player absent out of the 22 players invited to camp.

``All players were expected to show up by lunch-time on Tuesday, but Obi called to inform officials that he would only come in on Wednesday as he needed time to attend to family matters.''

Udoh told NAN that the fine was standard practice, even as the player was still being expected to arrive in camp on Wednesday.

``The fine is for being late to camp, and this is as earlier agreed by all involved with the team.''


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The Obama flow line at Okoroma-Terekein Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa was rocked by an explosion on Sunday.

The explosion at the facility, owned by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), triggered pandemonium in the sleepy Okoroma-Tereke community.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the immediate cause of the explosion could not be ascertained but a source said it caused minor damage to the facility that supplies crude through Obama to the Brass AGIP terminal.

In an e-mail forwarded to some newsmen over the incident, the Italian energy group, Eni, said the company had moved in some personnel to effect repairs on the damaged part of the flow station.

According to it, ``Eni does not plan to introduce any force majeure on its oil export after the small incident at the pipeline, which is part of the Obama-Brass line.''

The statement further noted that “it is a very small incident. No force majeure is expected. Works to repair the damage will be completed in the next few hours.''

However sources from the area said the pipeline had been leaking oil into the creeks.

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When contacted, the Bayelsa police spokesman, ASP Eguaveon Emokpai, said he had yet to receive any formal report on the incident.

Dr Frederick Faseun, the founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), on Thursday appealed to the militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to desist from carrying out its bomb threat on Saturday.

MEND had on Wednesday warned that it would detonate a bomb in Abuja on Oct. 1, exactly a year after it set off bombs near the Eagle Square, Abuja, killing no fewer than 12 Nigerians, most of them security operatives, as the nation was marking its 50th independence anniversary.

Faseun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the reason for the appeal to MEND was to avoid the loss of innocent lives.

``I know that the leadership of MEND cannot get up to threaten to bomb without having its reasons, but care must be taken to ensure that nobody dies.''

The OPC leader, however, urged the Federal Government to do its best to ensure that it provided adequate security in the federal capital on that day.

He also cautioned the government against having any elaborate celebrations at the Eagle Square to mark the country's 51st independence anniversary.

``With the situation in Nigeria today, the best places to mark the Independence Day anniversary are the churches and the mosques.

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Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Wednesday said it had no plan to invest in crude oil refining in Nigeria.

Mr Mike Mullier, Global Leader (Crude Trading) in SPDC, disclosed this to newsmen after presenting a paper at the ongoing Africa Energy Week in Accra, Ghana.

He said that Shell was no longer considering investing in crude processing, adding that its downstream portfolio was already saturated.

The SPDC official blamed the development on the low returns on such investments as African governments were regulating prices of petroleum products.

According to him, the company’s investment direction is currently focused on highly profitable areas that offer growth opportunities and adequate returns.

NAN reports that Mullier’s statement may have sealed hopes of visible private investment in the domestic refining in Nigeria.

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The Federal Ministry of Health plans to establish Trauma Centers and National Blood Transfusion Service in the six geo-political zones.

Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, the Minister of Health, disclosed this in Gwagwalada in FCT on Friday, while receiving two mobile clinics donated by the Government of South Korea.

He said that the government would also establish National Emergency Ambulance Services to be manned by officials of the ministry, FRSC, NEMA, and the UN Decade of Action for Prevention of Road Traffic Injuries.

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A financial expert, Mr Godwin Ehigiamusoe, on Saturday warned that the problem of insecurity in Nigeria might undermine the economic reform plans of the government.

Ehigiamusoe, the Executive Director of Lift Above Poverty Organisation, said that Friday’s bombing of the UN House in Abuja threatened President Goodluck Jonathan’s economic plan.

Ehigiamusoe, who oversees some financial institutions across Africa, in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that such attacks had negative economic implications for any country.
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President Goodluck Jonathan said on Saturday that the Federal Government would work with the UN and world leaders to ensure terrorism was brought under control globally.

Jonathan made the statement shortly after inspecting the site of the bomb explosions at the UN House in Abuja on Friday.

The bombing on Friday morning claimed many lives and left others injured.

The president said that Nigeria was not in isolation on the issue of terrorist attacks and that the country was willing to cooperate with the international community to tackle the problem.
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USAID plans to eradicate polio in Nigeria within one year, Mrs. Dana Mansuri, its Mission Director in Nigeria has said.

Mansuri told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that “we are on the brink of eliminating polio from Nigeria forever and that will be within a year or two.

She fielded questions on the sidelines of activities marking USAID’s 50th anniversary in Nigeria.

“We are working very hard on a number of cases. It’s small and it’s achievable,’’ she said.

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The Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has assured Obafemi Martins of a place
in the team when he regains full fitness.

The assurance was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Super Eagles Press Officer, Colin
Udoh.

It said the 26-year-old Rubin Kazan player had not featured for the national team under Siasia.

The statement also said that the player was included in the team’s two games in March, a 2012 African
Nations Cup qualifier at home to Ethiopia, and a friendly against Kenya but was prevented by injury.

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consultant physician and nephrologist, Dr Olatise Olalekan, has called for the integration of dialysis into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to reduce the incidence of renal failure and death,

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that dialysis is a medical blood-cleaning process that replaces normal kidney functions.

“In the Western world, dialysis, which is one of the treatment modalities for chronic kidney disease is free; it is under their health insurance and so people who come down with this disease access dialysis in centres nearest to their homes,” Olalekan told NAN.

He noted that due to the high cost of dialysis in the country, patients had been selling their belongings, but die eventually due to insufficient funds for treatment.

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Some capital market operators have attributed investors’ renewed interest in Guaranty Trust Assurance to the parent company’s pronouncement to divest its stakes from the insurance firm.

GTBank announced its intention to divest from the insurance firm in compliance with a Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive.

Malam Garba Kurfi, Managing Director of APT Securities and Funds Ltd told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that trading in the company’s shares had buoyed the sector’s performance at the exchange.

Kurfi said that investors were capitalising on the company’s good management and the inherent value of being attached to GTBank to “engage in high volume purchase of the company’s shares”.

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Super Eagles Coach Samson Siasia on Wednesday in Abuja released the names of 25 players for the 2012 Nations Cup qualifier against Madagascar.

The Super Eagles had defeated the team 2-0 last year in the first leg of the qualifier in Nigeria and would be playing the return leg on Sept. 4 at the Antananarivo Stadium, Madagascar.

The players are Vincent Enyeama, Dele Aiyenugba and Chigozie Agbim on the goal keeper list.

In the defence are Chibuzo Okonkwo, Elderson Echiejile, Joseph Yobo Yussuf Ayila, Ambrose Efe, Adeleye Ayodele and Daniel Shittu, while the midfielders are Mikel Obi, Joel Obi, Fegor Ogude, Kalu Uche and Igiebor Nosa.

His striking force include Obinna Nsofor, Victor Anichebe, Ikechukwu Uche, Osaze Odemwingie, Emmanuel Emenike and Solomon Okoronkwo.

Others are Peter Utaka, Chinedu Obasi, Brown Ideye and Ahmed Musa.

According to Siasia, the team’s target is to win the crucial game against Madagascar which will determine the pressure they will put in the next game against Guinea later this year.

“Madagascar is a must win game for us; the most important thing is to make sure the players come on time.

“The players are to arrive in Nigeria next Monday before departure on Wednesday; any player that fails to arrive that day should consider himself as not being serious to play the game,’’ he said.

He said that the players, who would also be playing Argentina in a friendly match on Sept. 6, would depart to Dhaka, Bangladesh, the day after their game against Madagascar.

Siasia said qualifying for the Nation’s Cup would be a build up for their preparation for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

He also commiserated with the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) on the death of their colleague, Ajibola Oni of Brilla FM 88.9, Abuja and prayed for the family to bear the irreparable loss.

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Many parents put soft bedding such as pillows and blankets where babies sleep, despite warnings that the cushioning increases the risk of infant death, a U.S. study said.

That’s because many are under the impression that a soft sleeping environment means the baby will be more comfortable or protected from injuries, said Rachel Moon, from Children’s National Medical Centre in Washington D.C.

“When it comes to babies’ sleep environment, soft is not safe, it’s actually dangerous,” Moon, who is one of the study’s authors added.

Researchers know that black babies are at least twice as likely as white, Latino and Asian babies to die of accidental suffocation, strangulation or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as “crib death.”

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Sterling Bank and Equatorial Trust Bank (ETB) have begun “scheme of merger” talks ahead of regulatory approvals to meet the Central Bank Bank’s Sept. 30 recapitalisation deadline, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Sources at the two banks told NAN that the aim was to determine the structures on ground in both banks and their contributions.

According to the sources, the talks have reached an advance stage.

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Referees for Saturday’s London 2012 Olympic Games qualifying match between the Super Falcons of Nigeria and the Lionesses of Cameroon are due in Abuja on Thursday.

A statement signed by the Nigeria Football Association’s Chief Media Officer, Ademola
Olajiire on Tuesday in Abuja named the referee as Nabikko Ssemmanbo, to be assisted by Diana Junia Mukasa and Rehmah Kizito.

The statement said that the fourth official, Irene Namubiru, would fly into Nigeria on Thursday aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight from Addis Ababa.
Saturday’s match is the first leg of the final qualifying fixture that will determine one

of Africa’s representatives at the Women’s Football Tournament of next year’s Summer Olympics in London.

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The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, has announced the appointments of three new Permanent Secretaries into the Federal Civil Service.

They are Mr Olisaloke Emordi, Mrs Folasade Anjoni and Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwaobia.

A statement from the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation said President Goodluck Jonathan had approved the appointments.


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