A mild drama played out on Thursday between the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and members of the House of Representatives as they exchanged words over the minister’s inability to properly address members on the state of the nation’s economy...
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It must be very hard for Ronaldinho's opponents: not only do they have to deal with his genius on the pitch, but also to contain their admiration for him walking off.
Raja Casablanca's players were so enamoured with the Brazilian and desperate for souvenirs from him in the Club World Cup that they grabbed at him.
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When you walk into her house, the first thing that catches your eye is her rich trophy cabinet at the corner of her living room. Mrs Jean-Louis, 63, is one of the most accomplished sports women Kenya has produced since Independence. Her prowess in martial arts saw her win many competitions and she boasts of over 100 trophies. She has won in judo and shooting and is accomplished in karate and aikido.
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A United Methodist pastor vowed Monday to defy a religious order to surrender his credentials for performing a same-sex wedding, saying church officials will have to defrock him if they want him out of the ministry.
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Over the weekend, Mariah Carey paid a quick visit to Nigeria where she performed at Access Bank’s annual Christmas gig on Saturday, December 14, 2013).
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Manchester City and Arsenal have been handed tough draws in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.
The draw for the knockout stages, which took place in Nyon on Monday, paired the Gunners with Bayern Munich, to whom they lost last in the knockout stages last season.
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The Union arrived at the latest decision to suspends its strike after a marathon meeting held at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State on Monday.
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South Africa's ailing first black President Nelson Mandela is putting up a courageous fight from his "deathbed", his daughter Makaziwe Mandela says. She told national broadcaster SABC that the anti-apartheid icon was "still with us, strong, courageous".
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One of the most notable among 23 Nigerians who made the list is an 11-year-old Nigerian girl, Zuriel Oduwole.Zuriel, whose Hebrew name means ‘For God is my Rock’, was featured in the magazine for her fight for the education of women.
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Pentecostal Bishops in the Niger Delta has banned five of its members from officiating in any bishopric gathering in the Niger Delta.
Explaining the reason for the decision in a statement signed by the acting National Secretary of the organisation, Bishop David Benedict, the organisation said the unnamed bishops committed a sacrilegious act when, in company of seven other clerics from the region, indulged in alleged disgraceful act “without minding their highly exalted position in Christendom”.
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Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dame Abimbola Fashola, has narrated how she escaped the dreaded breast cancer.
Speaking at a ceremony to flag off the first round of the Integrated Statewide Wellness Health Week, at Rauf Aregbesola Hospital in Mosan Okunola Local Council Development Area, Alimosho, Lagos, western Nigeria, Mrs. Fashola said consistent screening and early detection saved her from the killer disease.
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The academic war between Management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko [AAUA] in Ondo State and its striking lecturers has deepened following a report that the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Femi Mimiko has commenced recruitment of new lecturers to replace the striking lecturers, having refused to pull out of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities’ [ASUU] strike.
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23-year-old Indian lady, P.Ponradha was already set to marry J.Sithiraivelu when plans changed.
The festivities were already underway when the bride’s family learned the groom had vanished after an argument with his family.
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A Dietician in the Department of Dietetics, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Mr Peter Stephen, on Tuesday advised against peeling of yam before cooking it.
Stephen said in Benin that cooking yam with the skin reduced its sugar content.
He noted that yam and rice had high Glycemic Index (GI) which increased blood sugar level, and advised that yam should not be peeled before cooking to reduce the sugar content.
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A 14-year-old boy last month allegedly raped Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer before murdering her and dumping her body in a nearby wooded area, prosecutors said today.
APColleen Ritzer was a popular and enthusiastic math teacher at Danvers High School
Philip D. Chism was indicted by an Essex County grand jury today on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery, according to Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett’s office. Chism allegedly attacked Ritzer when she stayed after school to talk with him about an upcoming exam, according to prosecutors and students who were in the building that day.
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Pastor Kumuyi narrated why he changed his original name Ikumuyiwa meaning “death brought this” to Kumuyi.
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Andrew Hamblin, 22, is a pastor at the Tabernacle Church of God in the Appalachian mountains outside La Follette, Tennessee.
The church is part of century-old Pentecostal tradition in the region that takes literally an instruction in the Gospel of Mark that ‘they shall take up serpents.’
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A primary school teacher, Alade Adebayo, has been detained by police detectives in Ondo State, for allegedly flogging a four-year-old female pupil, Elizabeth Wanogha to death.
The deceased pupil was a student of a private primary school, Falaye Memorial Nursery and Primary School, located at Fanibi area in Akure metropolis.
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India is planning to put its rising population of primates on the pill to tackle the growing "monkey menace" in its towns and cities, government wildlife officials have confirmed.
Vasectomies and sterilisation programmes are also being developed as part of a broader plan to curb the chaos being caused by troupes of marauding monkeys as urban India expands into their traditional forests.
Thousands of red-bottomed Rhesus Macaques or Bhandar monkeys are the scourge of New Delhi, where they roam through government buildings, chew Internet cables, bite the unwary carrying food and steal from people's homes.
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Scientists say that if all smokers in the world switched from cigarettes to electronic cigarettes, it could save millions of lives.
In the UK there are currently about 100,000 deaths per year attributable to smoking, worldwide it is estimated to be more than five million.
Now researchers are hopeful that an increasing use of e-cigarettes could prevent some of these deaths.
But some groups warn that e-cigarettes could normalise smoking.
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During her launch party for her latest album, Lady Gaga became the first woman to pilot what is believed to be the first ever flying dress. The dress, christened Volantis, lifted Lady Gaga about 70 inches off the ground.
The battery-powered dress was developed by a technology company in London known as Studio XO.
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela is still unable to speak but uses facial expressions to communicate, his ex-wife has told a local newspaper.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said the 95-year-old remained "quite ill" but she dismissed speculation that he was on a life support machine.
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At the age of two he shocked the world after being pictured chain-smoking cigarettes.
Two years on he's now a normal, cheeky five-year-old - and, while he's managed to kick the habit, he now has another addiction. Food.
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Britain's first sex-change parliamentarian has told how she became a lesbian after she was raped.
Former UKIP MEP Nikki Sinclaire, 45, was born a boy but had gender reassignment surgery on the NHS 18 years ago.
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Now this is unbelievable! What a stunt?!

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A death row inmate has had his execution rescheduled so he can donate a kidney to his mother.
Less than a day before child killer Ronald Phillips was set to die by lethal injection, the governor of Ohio called it off.
Phillips, 40, who raped and killed a three-year-old girl, also wants to give his heart to his sister.
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A teenager has spoken expressed 'complete shock' at being told at the age of 17 she had no vagina. Jacqui Beck, 19, has MRKH, an rare syndrome which affects the reproductive system - meaning she has no womb, cervix or vaginal opening.
She was only diagnosed after she went to her GP about back pain - and mentioned in passing that she hadn't started her periods.
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