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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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Ondo executes 230 rural projects in two years

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The Ondo State government said it has executed and completed 230 projects in the rural areas of the state at the tune of N1.5 billion, in the last two years of the present administration. It revealed that a sum of N1.3bn has been set apart in the current budget for rural development . The State Director of Community Development Services,…

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Police deploy more officers for Jonathan’s rally

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As the people of Ekiti State prepares to host the campaign train of President Goodluck Jonathan on March 2, the state police command said security operatives are prepared to ensure a hitch-free campaign during the visit. The state Commissioner of Police, Olayinka Balogun, said the Inspector General of Police, Ringim Hafiz, has promised to deploy more policemen, anti-bomb and intelligence…

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‘Ogun capital is deplorable’

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YOUNG BOSS: The Fashion Buff

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WHETHER REPORT: D’Grind

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XTRA: Looking for Miss Progress Nigeria

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We refuse kidnapping – @firstladyspeaks

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Sasha “This Kidnapping issue is a legacy I refuse on behalf of all progressive Nigerians! It will cease to be the norm in the near future Amen! Enioluwa and her Kidnapper! May there be no rest or shelter for the wicked! Amen” — @firstladyspeaks (Sasha Alabi) Unlike the Omolayos, not much is known or circulated about the Odegbaikes. As at…

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