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Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele Bello popularly known as Jenifa, has been named part of the cast in the upcoming Marvel movie “Avengers: Infinity War” and based on social media reactions, it can be said that many Nigerians are excited about it.

As seen on the movies full cast list, it was revealed that she will be a member of Dora Milaje.



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A voodoo message from his mother played a role in Belgian international, Romelu Lukaku’s rejection of Everton’s offer, Farhad Moshiri, a major stakeholder in the club has revealed on Tuesday.

According to AFP, Moshiri told fellow shareholders at the club’s AGM that the 24-year-old striker — who eventually joined Manchester United for £75 million instead of Chelsea despite the Blues thinking they had secured his signature — looked set to sign the new contract until he made a phone call to his mother.


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Senator Stella Oduah has described as untrue, recent reports that she plans to dump the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Oduah said that the reports were mere speculations.

She disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday.


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Apple Inc investors on Tuesday shrugged off concerns raised by two shareholders about kids getting hooked on iPhones, saying that for now a little addiction might not be a bad thing for profits.

Hedge fund JANA Partners LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) pension fund said on Saturday that iPhone overuse could be hurting children’s developing brains.



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Two Chinese clubs are reportedly locked in a bidding war to sign Borussia Dortmund’s striker and former CAF player of the year, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Chinese Super League (CSL) champions Guangzhou Evergrande are reportedly prepared to pay at least 70 million euros for the Borussia Dortmund attacker, trumping an offer by rivals Beijing Guoan.



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President Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately relocate to Benue State, Punch reports.

This is to prevent further loss of lives and forestall the crisis in the state from escalating and spreading.

The President gave the order last night, a statement by the force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood stated.


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The Police has arrested two suspected members of the gang of armed robbers who stormed the residence of a popular Nollywood actor, John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu.

According to Vanguard, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Chike Oti, said the suspects had been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery, SARS, for further investigation.



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Late African singer, Prince Nico Mbarga will be happier more than ever wherever he is in his death as his children are putting everything in their best to immortalise their late father.

Mbarga, a leader of the Rocafil Jazz music group and founder of the Panco system of music remains a celebrated African music figure known for his timeless popular ‘Sweet Mother’ song that still sweeps across the Africa and beyond till date.


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Of the 5,027 Nigerian migrants in Libya expected to return to the country, a total of 493 have touched down at the Port Harcourt Airport on Sunday at about 4.55 p.m.

The trapped Nigerians were jetted back to the country through the effort of the Federal Government under the auspices of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.


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The year 2018 is believed to be wrapped with lots of surprises and dramas, especially in Nigeria’s political sphere as the cloud of 2019 general election looms. This forecast is confirmed by Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili’s ‘simple agenda’ for 2018.

Ezekwesili last week declared her vow to end the ‘political and governance stagnation retrogression that our cyclical Low Equilibrium Political Russian Roulette has cost our country and people.’


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The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Sunday restated a widely held stance by federal officials that the Boko Haram insurgents have been defeated.

Mr. Buratai’s statement on Sunday follows similar ones by other officials of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.



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Arsenal FC, defending champions of the England FA Cup are out, knocked out by Championship League team Nottingham Forest.

The London club were beaten 4-2 Sunday evening, a loss that will reawaken the campaign to ease the long serving manager, Arsene Wenger out of the club, although a touchline ban by the English FA made Wenger himself a spectator today.



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Arsene Wenger has lamented his team’s sensational loss in the third round of the England FA Cup to Championship side, Nottingham Forest.

The defending champions were beaten 4-2.

Wenger who had won the trophy more than any other says his first-ever taste of defeat at this stage “hurts very much”.



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John Boyega is still single in 2018 and he is not happy about it.

The “Stars Wars” actor who spent the yuletide season in Nigeria with close family and friends took to his Twitter account on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 where he expressed his disappointment.



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Michael Wolff, the author of a bombshell book about Donald Trump’s White House Friday defended his scathing portrayal of the US president and said “one hundred percent” of those around him questioned his fitness for office.

Wolff, the author of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” said he spent three hours with Trump during the presidential campaign and in the White House, rebutting Trump’s claim he never spoke with the writer for the book.


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The All Progressives Congress (APC) described the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as dead and not capable of capturing Lagos in 2019.

The Assistant Publicity Secretary of the APC in the state, Mr Abiodun Salami, said on Wednesday in Lagos it was laughable, the bluff of PDP.

He said PDP had been completely decimated and so ,could not make any impact in the governorship election let alone winning.


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In order to boost sports in Bauchi State and promote youths with football talents from the state, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has announced the formation of a football club to be sponsored by him.

The Speaker disclosed this at the finals of the Dogara Unity Cup competition in Bogoro local government area.



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Winger, Ashley Young, is set to miss three of Manchester United matches after the English Football Association slammed him with a three-match suspension for violent conduct.

The 32-year-old, who stroke Dusan Tadic of Southampton with an elbow in Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Old Trafford, has accepted the violent charge according to United’s official website.



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The year 2017 did not end on a normal note for some of the illustrious families in the land. The curtain of 2017 fell on a very convivial note for members of the families of the literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, and Nigeria’s two-time finance minister, the first woman to hold that office to boot, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as their children, Uchechi Iweala and Chioma Achebe joined hearts in matrimony.



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Former Croatia midfielder Ognjen Vukojević believes a win for his country against Nigeria in their opening group D match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia will boost their chances of qualifying for the second round of the tournament.

Croatia will take on Nigeria at the Kalingrad Stadium in Kalingrad, Russia on June 16 before facing two-time champion, Argentina on 21 June and debutants Iceland five days later in their remaining two group games.



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A suspended member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Thursday met President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Punch reports

The member representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State who was at a time the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, refused to give details of the meeting while speaking with State House correspondents. He simply said it was a meeting between “a son and a father.”

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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, allayed reports that Yusuf Buhari, has been flown out of the country for further medical treatment.

“That is not true please,” he said.

The son of President Muhammadu Buhari had broken his limb and sustained a head injury from a bike accident Tuesday night.


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Pep Guardiola believes Barcelona are still favourites for the Champions League ahead of Manchester City because of Lionel Messi.

City made it 18 Premier League wins in a row with a 1-0 victory away to Newcastle United on Wednesday, a result that puts them 15 points clear at the top of the table.


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Former Ballon d’Or winner, George Weah, has won Liberia’s Presidential re-run election after clinching 12 of the 15 counties in the West African nation.

The ex-soccer star becomes the 25th president of Liberia.



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Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, University of Calabar, has advised the Federal Government to stop establishing more universities and enhance the standard of existing ones.

Mr. Iwuanyanwu gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Atta Ikeduru, Imo, on Tuesday.


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The Nigerian Army said its troops had been in pursuit of Boko Haram insurgents after repelling insurgents’ attack at Moloi area of Maiduguri.

Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri.



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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, stirred up a fresh controversy over his real age when he said he thought he was 74 but was told he was 75.

Buhari spoke when the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammed Bello, led a delegation to pay him Christmas homage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.



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Everton loanee Henry Onyekuru faces a long spell on the sidelines and will have to undergo knee surgery after suffering a ligament injury in Anderlecht’s 1-0 win over Eupen in the Belgian First Division A on Friday.

The Nigeria international was stretchered off the pitch in the 78th minute after a collision with Eupen goalkeeper Hendrik Van Crombrugge.



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The Liberia National Police has allayed fears of possible violence in Tuesday’s presidential run-off election, saying the threat level “is very low’’.

The U.S. government, through its embassy in Monrovia, had warned of possible violence before or after Tuesday’s presidential run-off elections in Liberia.



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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received a cross-section of Christian leaders in Abuja as they paid Christmas Day homage.

The Christian leaders were led by Cardinal John Onaiyekan.





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Arsenal’s boss, Arsene Wenger, has expressed joy that the club is the only churning out a large chunk of players trained from its own academic—the Arsenal Academy.

Among those he boasted of was Super Eagles’ forward, Alex Iwobi.



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Your Excellency, I first will give thanks to the ALMIGHTY ALLAH for intervening in the most possible positive way the health challenges you faced. The recovery brought a lot of fresh air to the country’s Democratic governance, and accordingly given you the green light to implement your vision and agenda for the socio-economic growth of the country. Now, this letter is simply to address the current $1 billion Dollars (approximately N365 billion Naira) approval the governors gave to fight various security threats in the country – ranging from boko haram, militancy, IPOB, kidnapping, to armed robbery. Now this huge sums of money is expected to be expended on the procurement of badly needed security infrastructures like armoured vehicles, tactical weaponry, gunboats, helicopters, war planes, and all-terrain trucks. Your excellency, we’ve done these purchases year-in and year-out and the vicious cycle continues without end and at huge financial drain in hard currency to the country’s badly-needed lean resources.


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