Chidi Mokeme as a bell-boy or something else?

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I know the question popping up in your mind right now is probably what could be up with Chidi Mokeme this time. So much gists, both unsavoury and a bit off-key have been peddled about the Nollywood hotshot who came off the Vanguard’s Sexiest in Nollywood as the Hunk of Nollywood 2011 that one begins to wonder if the guy…

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CAF delay decision on Libya hosting AYC

25 February 2011 The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, announced Friday that a decision on whether troubled Libya would still host the African Youth Championship will only be taken in a weeks time. Libya is due to stage the 17th African Youth Championship from March 18, but the current uprising in the North African nation,…

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Obafemi Awolowo University shut down indefinitely

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Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, yesterday sent its students home indefinitely after students disrupted school activities for more than two days, protesting the school's increased acceptance fee. Students prevented motorists from entering or departing via the school's two main entrances, forcing hundreds to walk at least two kilometres to get to the main campus. The protesters said they were…

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Commissioner suspends principal for renting out facilities

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A secondary school principal in Edo State has been suspended for allegedly hiring out some of the school's facilities for commercial purposes. The Principal, Patricia Boseh of Adesuwa Secondary School, Benin, was suspended following an unscheduled visit to the school by the commissioner for education in the state, Ngozi Osarenren and top officials of the ministry. Mrs Osarenren was said…

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Shekarau ready for South East presidential campaign

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THROWBACK: Commando

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Larry King launches one-man comedy show

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Mannie’s forte

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International Women Day celebrates with premiere of Desert Flower

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Despite huge contributions of women, there yet remains a lot more to be done in giving women a more balanced access to opportunities and removing practices that harm and put women at disproportionate risks. Practices like female genital mutilation/cutting and other demeaning practices have over the years deprived women the joy of a balance access to equal opportunities in a…

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Ebube Nwagbo celebrates birthday with beggars

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Nollywood diva Ebube Nwagbo added a year on (Thursday) yesterday and to mark the occasion, she took to the streets  to celebrate with the beggars. Ebube Nwagbo An elated Ebube, who only last year joined the growing ranks of top celebrities who own branded products in their names by unleashing a 100 per cent human hair known as Posh Hair,…

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X3M music, Etcetera separate

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Indy label X3M Music and Etcetera announced, early today, that they would no longer be working together. The Lagos-based label, founded by Steve Babaeko, has pushed Etetera for over three years, kicking against all odds to establish the singer-musician as a talent to court, in an environment where rock is so not fashionable. Several chart-topping hits, two albums, and multiple…

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Foreign investors maintain interest in Nigerian capital market

Still smarting from their losses in the wake of the stock market crash in 2008, many local investors are yet to regain confidence in the Nigerian capital market. As a result, foreign investors now account for a larger share of transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Interim administrator of the NSE, Emmanuel Ikhazobor, who confirmed this, said the major challenge facing the Nigerian…

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Reds, Rangers edge through

24 February 2011 An 86th-minute header from Dirk Kuyt earned Liverpool a narrow 1-0 win over Sparta Prague on Thursday that took the five-time European champions into the Europa League last 16. Liverpool had enjoyed the lion's share of possession against the Czech side but, as in the first leg, they struggled to make their dominance count. Raul Meireles blazed…

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Tunisia vow to win

24 February 2011 Tunisia have vowed to win the African Nations Championship final against Angola in Sudan Friday for the people who recently toppled dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. "Our aim is to bring happiness and joy to the people who liberated Tunisia," coach Sami Trabelsi told reporters in Khartoum before the climax of the biennial tournament for home-based…

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Will Jos be on fire?

25 February 2011 Saturday is derby day as Plateau United battle JUTH FC in the frequently troubled northcentral city of Jos. A long drawn civil unrest in Jos has led to hundreds of deaths and injuries as well as huge loss of properties in the last couple of months that the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) was forced to move the…

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