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Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address the General Assembly in New York on Tuesday on the bombing of the UN building in Abuja.

The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ban is scheduled to begin his address to the 193-member Assembly at 4.30 p.m in New York (9.30 p.m in Nigeria).

The special session of the General Assembly is coming on the heels of Friday’s suicide car bomb attack on the UN building in Abuja, that killed at least 23 people and injured scores of people.

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The National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Tuesday congratulated Muslims for the successful completion of Ramadan fast.

In a goodwill message, Oritsejafor urged Muslims to take advantage of the 30 days spiritual rejuvenation to imbibe the true Islamic teachings which include charity and compassion for fellow human beings.

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pro-business political party, led by Russia’s third richest man, on Friday criticised the presidency for becoming an all-powerful monarchy.

This comes as it set out to woo disgruntled middle class voters ahead of December’s parliamentary election.

The Right Cause party, headed by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, also called for more powers for the Duma lower house of parliament, as it published its manifesto for the looming poll.

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The Sultan of Sokoto , Alhaji Sa’ad
Abubakar III, on Saturday urged Muslims in the country to look for the new Moon
of Shawwal on Monday , Aug. 29 .
The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that this is contained in
a statement signed by Ahmed Abdulkadir on behalf  of the Chairman ,
Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Prof. Abubakar Gwandu  and
given to newsmen in Sokoto.
According to the statement , this is to inform the Muslim Ummah
that Monday , 29th of August , 2011 which is equivalent to 29 th day
of Ramadan , 1432 AH shall be the day to look for the birth of the new
moon for the month of shawwal , 1432 AH.

Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.

The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon.

Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond.

“The evolutionary history and amazing density of the planet all suggest it is comprised of carbon — i.e. a massive diamond orbiting a neutron star every two hours in an orbit so tight it would fit inside our own Sun,” said Matthew Bailes of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.

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The Lagos District of the Assemblies of God Church is to devote its 2011 annual conference to seeking divine intervention to the socio-economic problems of Nigeria.

The district Superintendent, Rev. Joseph Okafor, said this at a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday.

The cleric said that the conference would also focus on national peace and unity.

He said that Nigeria needed the intervention of God to address its security and many other challenges.

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Ailing Nokia on Thursday unveiled two cheap cellphone models inspired by the African markets, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals.

Nokia shares have roughly halved this year as the firm struggled to keep up with the pace of smartphone development while also losing ground at the cheaper end of the market to Asian brands like ZTE and G’Five.

The Nokia 101, which comes with slots for two different SIM cards, will be available this quarter for about 25 euros (35.22 dollars), excluding taxes and subsidies, while the Nokia 100 will be available next quarter for about 20 euros.

Nokia’s first dual-SIM model reached the market only last quarter, enabling smaller rivals to benefit from growing demand for such models which are increasingly popular in countries such as India.

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The Nigerian Communication Satellite (NigComSat) will provide the best and cheapest satellite services to subscribers within Africa, the NigComSat Managing Director, Alhaji Tumasaniyu Ahmed-Rufai, has said.

Ahmed-Rufai told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that the satellite had been designed to effectively focus on African with better reception.

He said, “Our services are better, our foot prints are better than any satellite that is over-seeing Africa. The design of the satellite also took into consideration the weather conditions of Africa.

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A 23-year-old dry cleaner, Awwal Bawa from Tunga Giwa village in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Monday night committed suicide.

He reportedly hanged himself in his room in Minna, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

NAN learnt that the man’s body was found hanging in his room at about 2 p.m. in the afternoon by his neighbour, who alerted a nearby Police Divisional and Area Command office around Agwan Mahurta, near the Central Mosque Minna.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that before hanging himself, Awwal had reportedly attempted to kill himself by taking a deadly chemical popularly called ‘’otapiapia’’ (rat poison) before his neighbour stopped him.


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