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• Outcry as Cannes festival accused of airbrushing star’s thighs

  29-03-2017 23:31
  
  The official poster for this year’s Cannes film festival sparked an outcry Wednesday over claims that Italian actress Claudia Cardinale’s thighs had been airbrushed to make them thinner.
  French media poured scorn on the festival for seemingly tampering with a photograph of Cardinale swirling her skirt on a Rome roof in 1959. claudia cardinale
  “Claudia Cardinale dropped a dress size in one swirl,” said the left-leaningLiberation, while the culture magazine Telerama questio
  
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• Otobo to Suleiman: My God is more stronger than your God

  29-03-2017 23:31
  
  Stephanie Otobo, a Nigerian Canadian singer who accused Suleiman of having extra-marital affairs with her and others, was yesterday in a video clip said that apostle Suleiman upon all that has happened chose to hide the truth from people. She said that her God is stronger than apostle Suleiman’s God, and has more connection than the God of Suleiman.
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• NNPC warns against fake vacancies adverts

  29-03-2017 23:31
  
  By Prince Okafor
  THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, warned job seekers against falling prey to fraudulent text messages, social media adverts and forged letters for job placements in the company.
  NNPC, in a statement through the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, said: “NNPC is not conducting any recruitment exercise. We will advertise vacant positions whenever we want to embark on recruitment.
  “We wish to appeal to members
  
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• George Michael’s funeral held in private

  29-03-2017 23:31
  
  George Michael’s funeral took place in private on Wednesday, three months after his shock death at the age of 53, the legendary British pop star’s publicist said.
  (FILES) This file photo taken on May 8, 2007 shows British pop star George Michael (L) arriving at Brent Magistrates Court in west London, as he faces charges of driving while unfit through drugs.
  British pop singer George Michael, who rose to fame with the band Wham! and sold more than 100 million albums in his career, has
  
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• NGOs raise alarm over CEDAW

  29-03-2017 23:24
  
  By Oboh Agbonkhese
  Concerned non-governmental organisations, NGOs, and rights activists have raised alarm over what they described as “the hidden dangers” in the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW, and the Comprehensive Sexuality Education, CSE.
  Speaking at a briefing on the African Regional World Congress of Families organised by Foundation for African Cultural Heritage in Lagos, the Director, Dr. Okafor Theresa, said CEDAW, a United Nations, UN, co
  
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• Chelsea to make Hazard best-paid player in Premier League with £300,000-a-week deal

  29-03-2017 22:40
  
  CHELSEA will open talks with Eden Hazard on a new £300k-a-week contract next month.
  Chelsea’s Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on December 3, 2016. AFPNegotiations on an improved deal were scheduled to take place at the end of this season.
  But Stamford Bridge chiefs have decided to bring talks forwar
  
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• President Buhari’s ratification of Paris Agreement commendable – Ita-Giwa

  29-03-2017 22:37
  
  Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa, a former Presidential Adviser to  ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
  In a statement issued in Calabar on Wednesday, Ita-Giwa, however, appealed to Buhari to quicken action on the implementation of the agreement.
  “President Muhammadu Buhari deserves commendation for signing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
  “We are now appealing to him to ensure that t
  
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• Osinbajo off to France for OECD anti-corruption

  29-03-2017 22:34
  
  By Levinus NwabughioguVice President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday night departed Abujafor Paris, France to attend the meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD’s Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum.
  Yemi OsinbajoA statement from his office stated that OECD forum would bring together global leaders, Government ministers, business leaders and civil society representatives to discuss issues “including the cost to society of corruption, the use of political
  
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• Ife crisis: War is bad, civilized people should avoid promotion of conflicts – Aregbesola

  29-03-2017 22:31
  
  Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has said that civilized people should avoid destructive actions and promotion of conflicts.Aregbesola speaking at the inauguration of a six-man commission of inquiry into the civil disturbances in Ile-Ife recently also said that war is bad and must be avoided by all means.Aregbesolat
  He went further to say ‘we must always first explore and exhaust all options for peace and seriously consider the cost of conflict before promoting it’ and t
  
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• Stop saying things that aren’t true, Jeb Bush tells Trump

  29-03-2017 22:03
  
  Jeb Bush has some advice for his onetime rival President Donald Trump: “Stop saying things that aren’t true.”
  SIMI VALLEY, CA – SEPTEMBER 16: Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump (L) and Jeb Bush argue during the republican presidential debates at the Reagan Library on September 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, California. Fifteen Republican presidential candidates are participating in the second set of Republican presidential debates. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFPT
  
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• Melania Trump makes case for women’s ’empowerment’

  29-03-2017 21:58
  
  First Lady Melania Trump made the case for women’s “empowerment” at a ceremony Wednesday honoring a dozen activists who have overcome great odds to advance human rights around the world.
  US President-elect Donald Trump (R) and his wife Melania Trump arrive for a leadership luncheon at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC on January 19, 2017.
  Twenty-four hours before he takes the oath of office as the 45th US president, Trump arrived in Washington on Thursday, determi
  
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• How the world reacted to Brexit

  29-03-2017 21:55
  
  Here are key reactions and commentary following Britain’s launch of the process to leave the European Union:
  – ‘Already miss you’ –
  “We already miss you… There is no reason to pretend this is a happy day” – EU President Donald Tusk.
  – ‘Interlinked relationship’ –
  Demonstrators march onto College Green outside The Houses of Parliament at an anti-Brexit protest in central London on June 28, 2016.
  EU leaders attempted to
  
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• No turning back: Britain launches EU exit process

  29-03-2017 21:52
  
  Britain launched the historic process of leaving the EU on Wednesday, saying there was “no turning back”, but its European partners were quick to warn of the difficult path ahead.A woman walks past a house where “Vote Leave” boards are displayed in Redcar, north east England on June 27, 2016
  Britain’s historic decision to leave the 28-nation bloc has sent shockwaves through the political and economic fabric of the nation. It has also fuelled fears of a break-up of t
  
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• Photos: Cross River Gov Ayade locks out SSG, Govt House Staff

  29-03-2017 21:45
  
  WORKERS in the governor’s office Calabar were on Wednesday locked out of their officeson the instruction of the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade at 7.33am when he arrived his office and found that most workers were yet to report for work.
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• Photos : GOV. Ambode, Bola Ahmed Tinubu commissioning projects

  29-03-2017 21:08
  
  L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left); Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Oluranti Adebule; Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Senator Olamilekan Adeola Solomon during the commissioning of the newly built Aboru-Abesan Link Bridge and adjourning roads in Church Street, Giwa Street, Victor Fagbemi Road, Ogunfayo Road, Ogundare Street, Salami Kazeem Street in Alimosho Local Government
  
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• Brexit request can be revoked, draft EU Parliament position paper says

  29-03-2017 21:07
  
  The European Parliament said in a draft position paper on Wednesday that Brexit can be revoked.
  The draft, seen by Reuters on the day that Article 50 on Britain’s leaving the European Union was invoked, also said there should be transitional arrangements to smooth the divorce but no more than three years.
  London-based EU agencies, the European Banking Authority and the European Medicines Agency, must move as soon as practicably possible, the draft paper said.
  The draft sets the red lines f
  
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• Foundation flags off ‘abolish widows maltreatment’ campaign

  29-03-2017 21:02
  
  •Edo State House of Assembly Speaker endorses initiative
  By Dayo Adesulu
  Basking in the euphoria of the successful hosting of the 2016 edition of International Widows’ Day in Lagos, Felix King through his foundation, Felix King Foundation (FKF) has taken the initiative a notch higher with the plan to launch ‘Abolish Widows Maltreatment’ campaign in Benin, the Edo State capital on  June 23, 2017.
  The campaign, which has been endorsed by the Speaker of the Edo State Hou
  
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• Drinktec 2017 kicks off, as Nigeria is rated largest consumer of Champagne

  29-03-2017 21:00
  
  By Lawani Mikairu
  This year’s Drinktec 2017 fair, on Tuesday, kicked off in Lagos. It is the World leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry. The Lagos edition of the fair, which will last for 3 days, is a precursor to the major drinktec fair that will take place at the Messe Munchen exhibition centre in Munich, Germany from September 11th to 15th.
  According to the organizers of the fair, on display at the Drinktec fair in Lagos and Munich, is the entire process chain in
  
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• Sevilla gets one-match partial stadium closure over Ramos abuse

  29-03-2017 20:24
  
  Obscene chants from Sevilla fans targeting former favourite Sergio Ramos earned the La Liga team a one-match partial stadium closure, Spanish football authorities ruled on Wednesday.The incidents took place at a highly charged January 16 La Liga encounter when Sevilla ended Real Madrid’s 40-match unbeaten streak at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
  It was the third game in 10 days between the sides including a home and away Copa del Rey clash decided by a dramatic late Ramos header.
  In a volatile
  
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• AU Commission condemns attacks on African students in India

  29-03-2017 20:19
  
  The African Union Commission says it is “extremely appalled’’ by the heinous attacks against African students in Noida and other cities in India.
  The AU in a statement on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, obtained by NAN in Abuja, said it deplored the violence unleashed during the riot that started on Monday, targeting Africans of various nationalities, particularly Nigerians.
  The Commission said the action had resulted in the loss of innocent lives and serious injuries as well as
  
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• Market capitalisation shed N40bn amid confidence crisis

  29-03-2017 18:35
  
  Profit taking persisted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday with the market capitalisation dropping by N49 billion in one day.
  The market capitalisation lost N49 billion or 0.56 per cent to close at N8.742 trillion against N8.791 trillion posted on Tuesday.
  The loss was due to sale pressure by investors to take care of their basic needs.
  Also, the All-Share Index which opened trading for the day at 25,406.72, dipped 139.04 points or 0.55 per cent to close at 25,267.6
  
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• 128 Nigerians, other migrants drown in Mediterranean Sea in 21 days, says UN agency

  29-03-2017 18:35
  
  International Organisation on Migration (IOM), said 128 migrants, comprising Nigerians and other West Africans, died while crossing Mediterranean Sea to Europe between March 6 and 26, 2017.
  The UN agency in a statement by its spokesman Flavio Di Giacomo, stated that the number made it 649 deaths recorded in the first 86 days of 2017.
  The IOM spokesperson said other nationals included Gambians, Ivorians, Ghanaians, Malians, Senegalese and Guineans (both Guinea-Bissau and Conakry).
  Di Giacomo expl
  
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• Boko Haram: Yobe Govt. plans effective post-crisis reconstruction

  29-03-2017 18:33
  
  The Yobe Government on Wednesday said it had mapped out areas of focus for effective post-conflict recovery and reconstruction of persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency and their communities.
  Alhaji Musa Jidawa, the Secretary, State Committee on Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, made the disclosure in an interview with the Newsmen  in Damaturu.
  Jidawa said the recovery plan would focus on provision of food and non-food items, water and sanitation, shelter, health, education and pro
  
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• Whistle blower: Abuja varsity sacks 2 senior staff

  29-03-2017 18:21
  
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
  ABUJA—-TWO senior staff of the University of Abuja who recently dragged the management of the university to the anti-graft agencies have been sacked by the Governing Council of the university for alleged insubordination after being placed on suspension for eight months without salary.
  But the disengagement of the two staff for allegedly exposing corruption in the institution has drawn the ire of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, who has c
  
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• Presidency must have reasons for persisting on Magu for the job- Hon. Ogbonna Nwuke

  29-03-2017 18:05
  
  By Levinus Nwabughiogu
  The face off between the Presidency and the Senate is rather unfortunate. Unfortunate in the sense that the reaction of the Senate whose president is under investigation for alleged corrupt practices sends wrong signals at a time that the entire country wants the corruption war prosecuted to a logical conclusion.
  There must be a strong reason why the Presidency believes Magu is the right man for the job but those strong reasons which support Magu’s choice, in my opin
  
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• Bala Ngilari, convicted appellant, former Adamawa governor, whereabouts unknown

  29-03-2017 18:02
  
  By Umar Yusuf
  Yola- Former governor Bala Ngilari of Adamawa state, convicted and released from prison under controversial circumstances is alleged to be on the run.
  NgilariThis came as the two prison officers in Yola prison allegedly connected in the shoddy deal that masterminded the release of the former governor from jail, Deputy Controller of Prison(DCP) Ababakar Abaka and Superintendent of Prison John Bukar have been suspended and detained in prison.
  One report has it that, moment after the
  
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• Unconducive chamber: Assembly rushes plenary session, rejects Rochas’s transitional c’tee

  29-03-2017 18:01
  
  By Chinonso Alozie
  Speaker Imo state House of Assembly, Mr. Acho Ihim, Wednesday, hurried his colleagues to make snappy their presentation due to an unconducive nature of the chamber.
  “Members please be fast in your presentation you can see that everybody is sweating and fanning themselves” the speaker said.
  Cross-Section of members of House of the Reps debating removal of fuel subsidy during Special Session in Abuja.The speaker’s displeasure came when he noticed that some of
  
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• Ministerial nominee: Bello drums supports for Ocheni

  29-03-2017 17:51
  
  LOKOJA – Governor, Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has charged the new ministerial nominee from the State, Prof Stephen Ocheni to do the state proud by serving the nation with his wealth of experience if cleared by the Senate.
  Bello also described Ocheni’s nomination as a “further testimony of the President’s determination to drive his change agenda with Nigerians imbued with excellent ideas and administrative acumen”.
  The Governor who stated this through a statement by
  
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• Hypoglycemia: Expert recommends regular medical check-up

  29-03-2017 17:42
  
  An Abuja-based general physician, Dr Fredrick Chimezie, has called for regular medical check-up of sugar level to avoid hypoglycemia.
  Chimezie made the call in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja.
  Hypoglycemia is a dangerous condition in which blood sugar drops perilously low.
  He described low blood sugar as a disease that affects mostly diabetic patients due to lack of sugar in the body to use as fuel.
  According to him, low blood sugar could be as a result of excessive consumption of alcohol witho
  
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• Dokpesi received N2.1bn from ONSA-Witness

  29-03-2017 17:23
  
  A prosecution witness, Mrs Zainab Kokobili, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that Raymond Dokpesi, received N2.1billion from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
  Kokobili, the third prosecution witness to testify in Dokpesi’s trial, confirmed that the money was paid in four different occasions from the ONSA.
  Chief Raymond DokpesiDokpesi, Chairman of Daar Holdings Investment Company Ltd., was arraigned on a six-count charge of money laundering and procurement-re
  
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• Photos: Buhari presides over Federal Executive Council meeting (FEC)

  29-03-2017 17:13
  
  On the 29th of March 2017, the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari chairs the meeting of Federal Executive Council, which was graced virtually by all FEC members. The meeting was reportedly held to discuss issues and problems militating against Buhari’s administration and the growth of the country.
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  President Muhammadu Buhari during the Federal Executive Council Meeting held at the Council Chamber State House Abuja.President Muhammadu Buhari during the
  
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• Woman, 35, docked for allegedly pounding man

  29-03-2017 15:49
  
  A 35-year-old trader, Helen Ogochukwu, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating her neighbour, Mr Dotun Shomoye, to a pulp.
  Ogochukwu, who resides at No. 5, Adekoya St., Oshodi, Lagos, pleaded not guilty to a three-count charge of assault, willful damage and breach of peace.
  The Prosecutor, Insp. Eruada Victor, told the court that the accused committed the offences on March 4 at her residence.
  Victor said the accused assaulted her co-tenant, Mr Dotun S
  
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• Breaking: Senate suspends Ndume for 6 months

  29-03-2017 15:48
  
  *** Clears Saraki, Melaye of Range Rover/ Certificate ScamBy Henry UmoruABUJA- THE Senate on Wednesday suspended Former Leader, Senator Ali Ndume for a period of six months.Armored SUV with Fake Custom Papers: SenatorMohammed Ali Ndume appearing before apublic hearingby Senate Committee on Ethics on allegation of clearing ofArmored SUV withfake Custom papers at National Assembly Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan .
  The decision of the senate was sequel to the presentation of a report by the Chairm
  
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• Continuous detention of peace corps commander illegal – Adeyanju

  29-03-2017 15:46
  
  Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Director, New Media, Prince Deji Adeyanju has condemned the continuous detention of the Peace Corps of Nigeria Commandant, Mr. Dickson Akoh as well as 49 other members of the corps by the Nigerian police over claim that the group and others like it“were acquiring weapons and conducting covert military training in different locations across the country.”
  In a statement made available to newsmen Wednesday, Mr. Adeyanju who said that the continuous
  
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• Police arrest father for burying baby girl alive

  29-03-2017 15:36
  
  Indian police said Wednesday they have arrested a man on suspicion of burying his newborn daughter alive because he wanted a boy.Local villagers rescued the baby over the weekend after spotting her feet sticking up from a shallow sand pit in farmland in the Jajpur district of the eastern state of Odisha.
  Police arrested her father Ramesh Chandra for attempted manslaughter.
  The 35-year-old part-time taxi driver is suspected of taking the baby from her mother soon after she was born on Saturday.
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• ASUU urges FG to pay up outstanding arrears by July 2017

  29-03-2017 15:33
  
  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government to pay the outstanding arrears of its members not later than July 2017.
  President Muhammadu Buhari and ASUU President, Prof. Biodun OgunyemiThe ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this during a news conference at the University of Abuja on Wednesday.
  Ogunyemi said that ASUU insisted on a framework for paying any part of the “Earned Academic Allowances” (EAA) arrears.
  According to him,
  
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• Ayade locks out SSG, others for reporting late to work

  29-03-2017 15:03
  
  By Emma UnaCALABAR –WORKERS in the governor’s office Calabar were on Wednesday locked out of their officeson the instruction of the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade at 7.33am when he arrived his office and found that most workers were yet to report for work.Governor Ben Ayade
  Ayade , according to a source he arrived his office at about 7.20 am to found the entire place desolated as most workers were yet to show up in their offices including cleaners which irked the gover
  
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• NCS denies seizing vehicles from Senator in Kano

  29-03-2017 14:57
  
  The Nigerian Customs Service has denied reports that its seized vehicles belonging to a Senator in Kano.
  The Customs said the publications was ‘capable of misleading the public into wrong insinuations, it is imperative to state the facts’ and that who introduced “Senator” angle to the story is out for pure mischief and does not represent the position of the service on this issue.
  The publications said ‘that the Operatives of NCS Compliance Team, based on credible in
  
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• JAMB adopts e-PIN vending to prevent fraud – official

  29-03-2017 13:37
  
  Lafia – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it introduced the new e-PIN vending registration for candidates to prevent fraud in its examination.
  FILE: CANDIDATES WRITING UTMEIN ABUJAJAMB Acting Zonal Coordinator in Nasarawa State, Moses Akobu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lafia that new e-PIN was not introduced to create hardship for candidates.
  He advised the candidates to remain calm as the board was doing its best to tackle hitches being exp
  
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• Iran’s Esteghlal fined over laser beams

  29-03-2017 13:37
  
  Iran’s Esteghlal FC have been fined $51,000 after fans flashed laser beams at opposing players and referees during AFC Champions League games, Asia’s football body said on Wednesday.
  Esteghlal FCEsteghlal supporters flashed lasers during their Champions qualifier against Al Sadd in February, and again in their group stage game against Uzbekistan’s PFC Lokomotiv, the Asian Football Confederation said.
  Fans also hurled “missiles which caused explosions” during the qua
  
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• How Nwobike offered Judicial worker $2,500 gratification – Witness

  29-03-2017 13:37
  
  A prosecution witness, Daniel Danladi, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the ongoing trial of Dr. Joseph Nwobike, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, told Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, how Nwobike allegedly offered gratification to judicial officers to pervert the course of justice.
  Nwobike is being prosecuted on a five-count charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice and offering
  
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• Battle of wits: Senate summons Sagay for describing Senators’ actions as childish, irresponsible

  29-03-2017 13:37
  
  By Henry UmoruABUJA- THE battle of wits between the Presidency and the Senate appears to be thickening as fresh issues rear their heads almost everyday as the Senate on Wednesday summoned the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay for describing the lawmakers’ actions as childish and irresponsible. Prof. Itse Sagay
  The Senate on Wednesday resolved that Professor Sagay should appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Peti
  
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• After 5 abortions, I kept the 6th, says post-abortion counsellor

  29-03-2017 13:37
  
  “I had five abortions but decided to keep one pregnancy to have a deal with God.
  “ I was traumatised due to the abortions because milk was coming out from my breasts but there were no babies to suck them until the sixth pregnancy,’’ a post-abortion counsellor told journalists in Lagos.
  Ms Jackline Gandi, a Kenyan in her late 20s, said these at the ongoing African Regional World Congress of Families organised by the Foundation for African Cultural Heritage (FACH).
  Gandi sh
  
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• 8 habits that harm your brain

  29-03-2017 13:20
  
  It’s funny that “the one organ in our brain that thinks is often the one we think less about”. The brain is the most important organ in our body and it’s time we pay more attention to its health and welfare. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 8 habits that harm your brain.Not Sleeping Well
  Lack of proper sleep is a bad habit that can significantly hurt your brain. It negatively affects the hippocampus causing a deficit that leads to forgetfulness.
  Havi
  
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• Buhari sends Ocheni, Hassan to Senate for confirmation as Ministers

  29-03-2017 13:15
  
  By Henry Umoru
  ABUJA- AT last, after one year of the death of former Minister of state, Labour and Employment, Barrister James Ocholi from Kogi State, President Muhammadu Buhari had sent Professor Stephen Ikani Ocheni as a Ministerial nominee for screening and subsequent confirmation. PRESIDENT BUHARI
  Also sent to the Senate for confirmationby the President is Suleiman Hassan from Gombe state.
  The letter from the President was read during plenary session Wednesday by Senate President Bukola Sara
  
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• Nigerian films not too vulgar – film maker

  29-03-2017 13:14
  
  Lekan Ayinde, Manager of Wale Adenuga Production (WAP) in Lagos, says Nigerian films are not too immoral nor vulgar as being portrayed by some critics.Ayinde said this on Wednesday in Lagos that critics’ accusations of excessive immorality in Nigerian films were unfounded.
  “The reality is that what people consider as overt exposures of female sexual appealing figures are really happening in our society.
  “These exposures are not actually extreme.
  “Besides, what we show in
  
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• London Stansted airport runway closed over deportations to Nigeria

  29-03-2017 13:09
  
  The runway at London’s Stansted airport was temporarily closed on Tuesday after a protest organisers said was aimed at stopping deportations to Nigeria.
  Eight inbound flights were diverted after the runway was closed at around 10:00pm (2100 GMT) “while police dealt with a number of individuals who had entered a remote area of the airfield”, an airport spokesman said.“The situation was quickly contained but the police carried out a full inspection of the airfield in advanc
  
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• Students to occupy Delta Govt. House over herdsmen attacks

  29-03-2017 13:01
  
  By Perez BrisibeABRAKA – STUDENTS under the aegis of National Association of Delta State Students, NADESSTU, Wednesday said they are giving the Delta State Government a one week ultimatum to take proactive measures against the activities of herdsmen in the state or else they would have no option than to occupy the State Government House, Asaba.
  The students reacting to the killing of a staff of the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Mr. Sunday Idama last Friday, appealed to the state g
  
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• Tinubu remains pathfinder of a rare breed – Aregbesola

  29-03-2017 12:58
  
  The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday described former Governor of Lagos State and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as one rare breed of a pathfinder.
  Aregbesola, saluting Tinubu on the occasion of his 65th birthday (which comes up today Wednesday) said history has already recorded the former Governor as having found ways where there were none and created opportunities for humanity where many did not see any.
  The Osu
  
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• Saraki to read names of Ministerial Nominees today

  29-03-2017 12:43
  
  By Henry UmoruABUJA – SENATE President Bukola Saraki will today read names of two new ministerial nominees sent to the Senate for confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari.
  According to a source, the letter arrived the Senate late Tuesday.
  The source revealed that the two nominees are from Kogi and Gombe state.
  Our correspondent gathered that the Kogi nominee will be replacing the late Minister of State for Labour, Barr. James Ocholi while the nominee from Gombe would be replacing former
  
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