hungary U20 0-2 Nigeria U20: Awoniyi brace earns date with Germany

A goal in each half by the towering Flying Eagles forward ensured Manu Garba's team reach the last-16 of the Fifa U20 World Cup in New Zealand Nigeria U20 team fuelled by a deafening noise at the Stadium Taranaki put their Hungarian opponents 2-0 in the final Group E game played on Sunday morning. A brace from Taiwo Awoniyi were all the reigning African youth champions needed to silence Bernd Storck’s team who started the game brightly. With...

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Pics: Anambra governor pays congratulatory visit to Buhari, solicits appointment for Igbos

Anambra governor pays congratulatory visit to Buhari Anambra state governor Willie Obiano who is an APGA party member paid a congratulatory visit to President elect, General Buhari in Abuja yesterday April 24th. According to Governor Obiano, he came to congratulate Buhari on his victory at the polls as well as ask him not to sideline the Igbos in the constitution of his cabinet. Governor Obiano denied speculations that his visit was a move for...

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Eatery worker sentenced to 266 years imprisonment for stealing N8m

Eatery worker sentenced to 266 years imprisonment for stealing N8m A staff of popular eatery Sweet Sensation, Oluremi Olayinka pictured above has been sentenced to 266 years imprisonment by an Ogun state High Court for stealing N8 million from her employers. Her company petitioned the EFCC after she made away with N8million handed over to her by her employer. Olayinka was in May 2013 dragged before the court for the offence. Justice A.A....

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Amber Rose poses semi-nude on the cover of her new book

Amber Rose unveiled the cover of her new book "How To Be A Bad Bitch" on instagram this evening and as you can see, she's almost naked on it. The book is a bad bitch's guide to life, love, and success. It'sbasically teaching young ladies how to catch men and use them to achieve their own aim, how to get followers on instagram, how to pose for photos, how to win as a girl, how to become popular, how to turn negativity into positivity,...

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Nigerians Blast Harrysong For Doing This.

Kcee has uploaded a photo of himself and his label mate and best friend Harrysong on his instagram page which has made fans react negatively. The photo showed both of them in the studio working but fans didn’t find Harrysong’s slippers amusing. Some fans blasted Harrysong for putting on the most popular and cheap pair of slips in Nigeria ‘Bathroom slippers’, while some didn’t see it as a big deal...

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Buhari's Daughter Allegedly Turns Woman Out Of Boutique

A woman in Abuja, Shalom Miriam Shehu, has recounted how one of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari turned her out of a boutique yesterday. Shehu, who says her father is a prominent figure in southern Borno and her mother is a retired federal permanent secretary, claimed an unnamed daughter of President Buhari came into the boutique in Wuse 2, Abuja, where she was shopping. Shehu said that everyone was ordered out of the boutique, and she was particularly embarrassed. She took to Twitter to explain how it happened...

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Syrian Rebels give very big shout-out to Caitlyn Jenner

  Who knew rebel fighters in Syria were fans of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." Throughout the Syrian uprising, residents in the small town of Kafranbel have posted pictures of themselves holding banners that condemn the Assad regime and bring attention to their goals.   Today, one activist posted this photo to Twitter, drawing a connection between Caitlyn Jenner's liberation and their own desire for freedom. Addressed to Caitlyn...

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Keshi explains Mikel & Ejide exclusion

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has cleared the air on why he dropped Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel and goalkeeper Austin Ejide from the squad to face Chad in June 13’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier billed for Kaduna The ‘big boss’ in a parley with media said claims that he is having a strained relationship with the former Flying Eagles star is untrue, insisting he had talked about [his exclusion] with hi...

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Lagos Fire: Gov. Ambode summons tanker drivers for talks

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has summoned Petroleum Products Tanker Drivers’ Union and stakeholders to an emergency meeting on Monday, June 8. The meeting, Mr. Ambode said, would address the incessant petrol tanker-induced fires in the state. The governor gave the directive on Saturday during a visit to the scene of the early morning petrol tanker fire at Idimu area of the state. A similar tanker fire occurred on Tuesday at Iyana-Ipaja...

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BREAKING: APC conducts mock election to pick candidate for House of Reps Speakership

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is currently holding an election to select who will be nominated as the party’s candidate for the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives. The election is holding at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Femi Gbajabiamila is expected to pick the ticket after his main rival, Dogara Yakubu, stormed out of the venue with his supporters alleging irregularities. PREMIUM TIMES gathered...

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Juventus 1-3 Barcelona: Suarez, Rakitic & Neymar deliver Champions League glory

The Spanish side opened the scoring after just four minutes, with Alvaro Morata equalising in the second half before the Uruguayan and the Brazilian secured the win Barcelona completed a trophy treble in Luis Enrique's debut season in charge as they beat Juventus 3-1 in the Champions League final in Berlin on Saturday. Luis Suarez produced his most crucial contribution of his short career at Camp Nou when he restored Barca's lead 22 minutes...

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First week in opposition: PDP struggles with the challenge of new status

ABUJA, the nation’s capital city, on Friday, May 29, played host to world leaders. That day, global attention shifted to Abuja for the inauguration of Nigeria’s fifth democratically elected President, Muhammadu Buhari. Ahead of the inauguration, a sitting president contested an election, lost, conceded victory and handed over to the opposition candidate.When historians settle down to document the history of Nigeria, it would be part of it that 16 years into PDP’s permutation of close to a century it would be in government, the former ruling party...

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Pay attention to indigenous products — Uwaje

For transparent leadership and governance, the immediate President of Institute of Practitioners of Nigeria, ISPON, Chris Uwaje who has been preaching local content said that the incoming government must pay attention to locally developed solution to free the country from digital slavery of the western powers. Buhari “I am concerned, just like other IT Professionals that while technology is at the center of the electoral processes, this is the...

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UN: Nigeria president must investigate crimes by Boko Haram, military

[JURIST] The United Nations [official website] High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday called on new Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari [JURIST news archive] to investigate reports of both military abuses and crimes committed by the Islamist rebel group Boko Haram [BBC profile]. The top human rights official, Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein [official profile], in a statement said [Reuters report], "Civilians in northeast Nigeria have been living through...

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D’Banj Reveals Details About His Journey To Stardom

D’Banj in an exclusive interview has spoken on his latest project, anniversary and journey so far. D’Banj Reveals Details About His Journey To Stardom D’Banj spoke of working on “Coming To America” music project for about 6 months, celebrating his 10th year anniversary, million dollar Jesus piece jewelry given to him by Kanye West, exclusive info about his latest music video, being inspired by Beyonce. He revealed that he has already filmed 5 videos...

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