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Nigeria pledges to pursue MDGs alongside SDGs campaigns

December 2, 2015 Headline 790

The Federal Government has pledged to pursue the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which nations are expected to meet by 2030, along with the Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs) target that ends this year. This…

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Zuckerberg pledges 99% of Facebook shares in charity

December 2, 2015 Health 894

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, has said that he will give 99 per cent of his Facebook shares away in his lifetime. Zuckerberg made the promise in an open letter to his newborn…

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Students unrest: Authority closes OAU

December 2, 2015 Editorial 579

The senate of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, have closed the institution after 48 hours of students unrest. The institution was shut down on Tuesday after an emergency meeting of Senate. The…

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Ganduje visits victims of Arba’een bomb attack

December 2, 2015 Crime/Judiciary/Security 1091

Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State, has visited victims of last Friday’s `Arba’een Symbolic Trek’ bomb attack at Dakasoye village near Kano. The governor and his entourage were at Nassarawa and Murtala Muhammad…

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Cancer: Hopkins’ Alternative to Chemotherapy Treatment

December 2, 2015 Feature Article 860

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: 1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors…

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Guess Who is Behind the Islamic State? Israeli Colonel “Caught with IS Pants Down”

December 2, 2015 Feature Article 1458

This was definitely not supposed to happen. It seems that an Israeli military man with the rank of colonel was “caught with IS pants down.” By that I mean he was captured amid a gaggle…

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US urges Turkey and Russia to ‘de-escalate’ tension

December 2, 2015 Latest News 959

US President Barack Obama has urged Turkey and Russia to reduce tensions, after Turkish jet shot down a Russian warplane. After talks with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Paris, Mr Obama reaffirmed US support for…

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EFCC quizzes Dokpesi as SSS re-Arrests Dasuki

December 1, 2015 Crime/Judiciary/Security 1137

The chairman of Africa Independent Television (AIT), Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Dokpesi was arrested on Tuesday December 1, for being a party of the arms purchase scandal involving the…

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Group honours stakeholders for contribution towards agriculture development

December 1, 2015 Economy 787

Stakeholders in the nation’s agriculture sector gathered on Tuesday night in Lagos to honour farmers, who have contributed towards modernising the farm practice from traditional stage. The Renaissance reports that they were honoured at the…

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Aregbesola commissions electricity project

December 1, 2015 Headline 739

Gov. rauf Aregesola of Osun State has assured people of the state of good times in spite of the present economic hardship. The governor gave the assurance at the official commissioning of N225 million electrification project at…

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