Nigerian Oil Workers Threaten Nationwide Strike From Monday

Scarcity of fuel may likely spread across the nation from Monday as oil workers brace themselves for a confrontation with the Federal Government on numerous unresolved labour issues. Premium Times reports that the oil workers, under sponsorship of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association [PENGASSAN] and their counterparts in the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers [NUPENG], are set to begin a nationwide strike Monday.The...

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CHEAP DATA PLAN FOR AIRTEL ANDROID USERS

How To Subscribe For Airtel New Data Plans For Android Users Some of you Nigerian Android users must be aware of the mass petition which was fowarded to the NCC about data plans for android and how network and data providers should help in reducing the cost of acquiring data for their android device instead of the usual cost which is the same as that of computer and laptop users pay for data. Airtel has finally provided its users with a reduced...

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Atiku Abubakar To Officially Declare Presidential Ambition September 24

Atiku Abubakar To Officially Declare Presidential Ambition September 24 Barring any last minute change of mind, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will on September 24, 2014 formally declare his intention to contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Premium Times reports.When he finally declares his intention, it would be the fourth time the former vice president has shown interest in the nation’s...

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Japan Develops 30-Minute Ebola Detector

Following the upsurge in the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in West Africa, Japanese researchers say they have developed a new method to detect the presence of the deadly disease in 30 minutes.According to Professor Jiro Yasuda and his team at Nagasaki University, the new technology they developed could allow doctors to quickly diagnose infection of the Ebola virus.                   ...

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Don’t eat bush meat, Sultan warns Muslims

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, on Tuesday warned the Muslim ummah (community) against the consumption of monkeys and bush meat to avoid contracting the dreaded Ebola virus.Abubakar noted that since it was first confirmed medically that the disease was discovered in monkeys and fruit bats, it would be reasonable for Muslims to avoid such, including other bush meat.A statement...

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Bitter Kola is not a cure for Ebola

Assistant Health Minister for Preventive Services, Tolbert Nyenswah, has disputed media reports that the nut, ‘Garcinia Kola’, commonly known as bitter kola is a cure for Ebola. He said to date no vaccine or cure has been found for Ebola. A local daily reported on Tuesday that the nut had stopped the Ebola virus in test tubes in initial laboratory experiments, experts, including a Nigerian pharmacologist, revealed. According to the Liberia...

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Ebola virus [you need to read]

Once again, #Ebola is in the news! Ebola is an illness that cause death in up to 9 out of every 10 persons infected. It is caused by a tiny particle called a virus. Some viruses cause mild illnesses (like common cold). Others like Ebola virus cause very severe illness and quite often, death. Ebola was first described in 1976 in Yambuku in the Ebola river basin of the then Zaire. Since then, there have been several outbreaks of the disease in...

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Malaysia says jetliner did not make distress call [MALAYSIA. PLANE. CRASH UPDATE]

Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysia's prime minister said on Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body. Najib Razak, who addressed a middle-of-the-night news conference after speaking with leaders of Ukraine and the Netherlands, and to President Barack Obama, said "no stone will be left unturned" in finding out...

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Meet The 24-Yr Old Who Spent Over $30k To Look Like Kim Kardashian

24 year old Claire Leeson, a London resident has spent almost £20,000 (more than $30,000) in plastic surgery to look more like her idol, Kim K. She told This Morning that one of the main reasons she decided to look like Kim was because she was bullied and called ugly in school. “I was told every day that I was the ‘ugliest thing alive’ and I should ‘kill myself. When I left school friends would tell me that I had a resemblance to Kim. So, I...

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The MBGN Tourism 2012 is marrying her man Jude Okoye today in Anambra state, SEE PICS

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'Those who want to take power through the back door will die' - Gov Akpabio

The Governor of Akwa Ibom state Godswill Akpabio has pronounced death on any politician who tries to gain political power through the backdoor come 2015, adding that the PDP in the state will continue ruling the state. The Governor made this declaration yesterday July 16th at the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the new PDP Secretariat in Uyo, the state capital. He also stated that all those who betrayed him in politics would...

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Boko Haram claims responsibility for Lagos blast

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for two explosions on June 25 at a fuel depot in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub. “A bomb went off in Lagos. I ordered (the bomber) who went and detonated it,” Shekau said, according to the French news agency, which is usually the first to get hold of Shekau’s videos before they are distributed online.The two blasts minutes apart last month in the country’s main port, Apapa, were almost certainly caused by bombs, three senior security sources and the manager of a major container company...

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SO SAD: 21-Yr-Old Student Commits s*****e After Been Jilted By Lover

FRIENDS and family members of a 21-year-old student of Maritime Academy Oron, Effiong Otu are at a loss why he committed s*****e by hanging himself on a rope in his room on Thursday morning after he was jilted by his girl friend. Ann, a family member told Vanguard that Effiong was found hanging in his room at Diamond Hill, a few minutes after he collected a rope from neighbours who became suspicious soon after he went inside his room with the...

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Drake and Chris Brown Put Aside Their Differences, In Studio Together For A New Song

Two years ago, Drake and Chris Brown’s rivalry over Rihanna came to a head with a fight at a night club in New York. Finally theyve decided to put aside their differences, they are in the studio together. A friend of Chris who tweeted the pic said the former rivals are making a song together.To some fans of chris brown & drake its a surprise and people might as well be wondering what rihanna’s feelings would look like. lool.when your ex’s became...

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TOO BAD: LASTMA Official Allegedly Beats Motorist To Convulsion [See Photo]

A LASTMA official by the name Asorona stopped a car he claimed had violated traffic rules, removed the man from the car and allegedly assaulted him around 7.30 am this morning on Tuesday July 08 in front of BRT yard at Ketu bus stop.He and his colleagues also seized the man’s car. And before anyone knew what was happening, the young man fell down on the road into convulsion, shaking, according to eye witnesses, like an epileptic patient.As the LASTMA...

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Boko Haram Attacks Put A Stop To Aid Work In North Cameroon

                                               Cameroon's Minister of Communication,                                                              Issa Tchiroma Bakari Aid...

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Osun: Two injured as new school building collapses

    the collapsed building Residents of Ejigbo town in Osun State were on Wednesday woken up by the noise of the structure which collapsed at the newly completed Ejigbo High School. Our correspondent gathered that part of the school which had been completed and ready for inauguration collapsed at around 5.30am. Some persons were reportedly injured, but there was no death recorded as the structure had yet to be occupied by pupils. Governor...

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Boko Haram: Jonathan admits Nigeria passing through stress

                                                           President Goodluck JonathanPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday admitted that the country was currently passing through stress orchestrated by the violence being perpetrated by members of the Boko Haram sect. He said that was why his administration...

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List Of Most Expensive Universities In Nigeria

       BABCOCK UNIVERSITY Gone are the days when university education was free! It now costs a fortune to have your child educated in a private university. Parents part with as much as N3 million per year for their child to earn a degree in a private university. The advent of missionary schools has not even helped matters. List Of Most Expensive Universities In NigeriaThis is a private Christian co-educational university...

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Nigeria’s Police Chief Accused Of Investment Fraud

A human rights group named Paths of Peace has accused Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, of defrauding police officers of billions of naira in a dubious investment scam. IG of Police, MD Abubakar In a petition to the Senate, the group demanded that Mr. Abubakar be probed over the alleged multi-billion-naira scheme that reportedly affects every police officer in the country. Paths of Peace (PoP), a non-governmental organization...

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