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BRITAIN SET TO HELP NGERIA FIGHT BOKO HARAM

United Kingdom will send 100 soldiers on a mission to help the Nigerian military fight against the deadly insurgent group, Boko Haram. The Telegraph reports that the UK has already sent some of its specialists to train Nigerian troops and sent out three RAF Tornados in search of the over 200 abducted Chibok girls.

A new tariff structure for electricity in Nigeria will kick off today. The new tariff which has been approved by the Federal Government will make Nigerians pay more for electricity use. Daily Trust reports that consumers should expect major rise by June 2015 when the N213billion power stabilisation loan would have been included in the tariff structure.

An unlicensed Cambodian doctor, Yem Chrin, has landed himself in trouble after he allegedly infected 140 patients with HIV. According to Aljazeera report, the fake doctor has been charged with murder after it was discovered that he was reusing needles and syringes to treat patients at his hospital.

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has begged God to do something new in Nigeria in the coming year,2015 Addressing the crowd at the 2014 Ogun State Christmas Carol and Service of Nine Lessons which held yesterday, December 22, at the June 12 Cultural Centre,Kuto, Abeokuta, Obasanjo said Nigeria is in need of divine intervention. The former president became a praise worship singer as he prayed through songs to God to intervene in Nigeria’s woes, PM News reports.

With just a few days to Christmas the prices of pepper, onions and tomatoes have remained stable in most markets in Lagos, Daily Independent reports. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria, however, revealed that the prices of live stock, some food items and imported used clothes had increased by at least 35 per cent. At the Mile 12 and Oke Odo markets, a small basket of tomatoes and pepper (tatashe) sells for N900 each, from the N850 they sold for two weeks ago.

EVERYDAY HABITS THAT ARE CAUSING YOUR BOOBS TO SAG

We hate to deliver depressing news, but the fact is, some breast sag is inevitable. Having a baby, breastfeeding, and racking up more birthdays all contribute to a loss of elasticity of collagen, the connective tissue under the skin—leaving your set more deflated than firm. Sag can also be a matter of genetics. If your mother had a droopy pair, you might be predisposed to one, too (thanks, Mom!).

Honey's often thought of as a healthier sweetener, but you might be surprised to learn that this ingredient has tons of skin and hair benefits, too. Made by the alchemy of bees collecting nectar, pollen, and resins from flowers, honey can help moisturize, fight aging, and fight bacteria. Plus, it’s loaded with nutrients, antioxidants, and healing compounds. Next time you’re browsing the grocery store shelves, look for raw honey, which hasn't been heat-treated or pasteurized; it contains more active phytonutrient antioxidants and enzymes for enhanced benefits. Here are a few ways to put the ingredient to use (sometimes with the help of some other natural ingredients).

Terrifying-but-true fact: You know you don’t necessarily need to have sex to get an STD. We talked to Alyssa Dweck, M.D., an ob-gyn in Westchester, New York, and coauthor of V Is for Vagina, for the information you need to know to stay disease-free.

1. HPV

Although HPV has risen from the sexual health lexicon to become a buzzword of sorts, a lot of people still don’t understand that no sex is necessary to catch it. “The human papillomavirus is transmitted by skin-to-skin contact, whether someone touches a wart or some of the surrounding skin,” says Dweck. HPV comes in various strains,

Your core is about so much more than just your abdominal muscles. It comprises the main abdominal muscle (rectus abdominus, a.k.a. the “six pack” muscle) that allows you torso flexion, or what happens when you sit up from lying down or bend over. Then there's your internal and external obliques, which are responsible for torso flexion in conjunction with rotation; this happens when you sit up and simultaneously twist to one side—like when you wake up and reach for the snooze button.

Flashing the flesh: Beyoncé showed off her toned pin in a daring dress that featured a thigh-high slit in a photo shared on Sunday

It may have been a maxi skirt, yet it did little to conceal Beyoncé’s toned pin. The 33-year-old chart topper flashed the flesh in a floor length skirt that featured a daring thigh-high slit in a photo shared on Sunday. With her honey locks worn down in relaxed waves, the Crazy In Love hit maker oozed 1960’s glamour as she cast a sexy stare in the direction of the camera. The mother-of-one paired her soft skirt with a slouchy white blouse that loosely hung upon her frame.

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DRIS ELBA TO BE THE FIRST BLACK AND NEXT JAMES BONG CHARACTER

Reports rising says that conversations going round for years now might come true; that the iconic James Bond should be played by a black actor. According to a new e-mail that was leaked gotten by The Daily Beast, Idris Elba who has portrayed Nelson Mandelaon the big screen, is the next choice for the role. The leaked e-mail from Amy Pascal, the Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCCG), Enoch Adeboye has appealed to Nigerians not to relent in their prayers for Nigeria. Pastor Adeboye made the call at the annual Christmas Carol and thanksgiving service organised by the Oyo State Government in Ibadan on Saturday. Addressing the congregation, the RCCG General overseersaid the citizens of Nigeria need not doubt the work of God as miracles could happen anytime.

Five suspected members of the Black Axe, a prohibited secret cult society, have been arraigned before an Ogun Magistrate Court. The accused, Olawale Olaniyi, Adeyemi Azeez, Olufalo Bidemi, Osilaja Hammed and Bashorun Sodiq, are all students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta. All face are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful possession of firearms and belonging to a secret cult, Punchreports. The court heard that the accused were members of the Black Axe secret cult society,

WOLE ONI's 'Audacious, Bold and Crispy' (ABC) is an evening of Live Premium Jazz music, with amazing vocalists, strictly LIVE MUSIC with an Orchestra, superb ambiance, and fantastic 7.1 surround sound.

This husband is yet to come to terms with his wife's death at the hands of a female Boko Haram suicide bomber.

For 43-year-old Audu Goyar Chime, a native of Plateau State, the 11th of December, 2014, will always remain a black Thursday for him as that was the day the dreaded Islamist insurgent sectBoko Haram blown his young wife and mother of his six children, Jummai to death in a market in Jos, the state capital, in what has been described as one of the deadliest in the once peaceful city.Besides losing his wife in the mindless attack, Chime is yet to come to terms with how he is going to raise the children she left behind, including the toddler who is just one year and two months old.

It was a tragedy of the greatest proportion when a family of 7were burnt to death in a midnight fire that gutted four flats of two bedrooms each at Anyamkor community in Gboko, Benue State. The fire which was said to have started at about 11.40pm, consumed a man, one Lawani Oye, his wife and five children while other tenants in the other flats lost all their property.

Charly Boy has opened up on the situation in the country and how hopeless it all seems in a piece he titles "You". The "Area Fada" talks about how the many creative, progressive and hardworking Nigerians are ruled by a few riffraffs, scumbags, fraudsters and scavengers. He also says the 2015 elections hold no hope.

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Ismaayil Brinsley (pictured) shot dead two officers in New York and then killed himself

A gunman in New York has shot dead two police officers and then himself apparently in retaliation for the deaths of black men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Brown and Garner were both killed by police officers and their deaths sparked protests across the US which escalated after separate grand juries refused to indict their killers. 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot officers Liu Wenjin andRafael Ramos while they were sitting inside a patrol car and then killed himself inside a subway station.

Nigerian designers are certainly starting off 2015 with a statement as Nigerian fashion brands; Grey, Orange Culture, Iamisigo,Kenneth Ize, T.I Nathan will be at the The British Council/ the British Fashion Council exhibition at the London Fashion Week. The annual exhibition back for the fourth year will take place at Brewer Street Car Park in London during London Fashion Week between 20-24 February. The Nigerian designers join over a hundred other emerging designers from 30 countries from around the world in the largest public fashion exhibition early next year.

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has revealed how his prayer healed an Ebola patient in one of the Ebola infested countries in West Africa. According to P.M NEWS report, Kumuyi made the revelation at the weekend while speaking at the National Deeper Life December Retreat held at the Deeper Life Conference Centre, on km 42 Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, South-west, Nigeria.

The Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused a former Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, of embezzling money from the state funds, Premium Times reports. According to Amaechi, over N3.5 billion was paid to the former minister to fulfill his obligations in the state. Unfortunately, after receiving the money, the minister did not execute the contracts, a set of classroom blocks and a road in Rivers State.

The cleric while speaking at the Akwa Ibom State-organised annual 9,999 Carol Night at the Akwa Ibom Stadium, Uyo on Saturday night, urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to fail Nigerians with his handling of the Boko Haram insurgency currently ravaging the country.

The actress, who has joined the long list of Nollywood practitioners who have other businesses, is known for her unique silver tooth and fashion sense. The mother of two who owns a beauty palour is also know for her uncontrollable fetish for perfumes and shoes. She once revealed that she has over 50 bottles of designer perfumes and about 200 pairs of shoes, making it known that she actually lost count of how many shoes she owns. The Nollywood actress and boss of Fespris World, Iyabo Ojo, has however added

POLITICIANS, VOODOO & POWER

“Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny.” -Goethe (1749-1832) THE ruthless apotheosization of money, wealth, success, fame, greatness and power etc has stimulated the passion for multidimensional strategies for achieving them. The deification of money and power has ascended the dangerous crescendo where human spare parts, diabolical rivalry, spiritual poisoning, family feud, voodooistic proclivities

The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, has reacted to the directive by Governor Ayodele Fayose urging the Ministry of Justice to write a memo authorising the Commissioner of Police to arrest the 19 APC lawmakers that sat in a plenary last Thursday in the state capital.

Sex is fun, it makes one feel good, and it is a great way to be physically and emotionally close to your partner. But without an orgasm, it can be a less satisfying experience for both people involved, says, Isadora Alman, MFT, a board-certified sexologist and psychotherapist in private practice in Alameda, California. According to Isadora, there could be physical or emotional reasons why couples are not experiencing sexual climax, but the right diagnosis and possibly sex therapy could teach them how to attain orgasm and have a satisfying sexual relationship.

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L -R : President Goodluck Jonathan ; Vice President Naqmadi Sambo ; and PDP National Chairman , Adamu Mu'azu arriving the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa for the PDP fund raising dinner, Abuja Saturday. Photo: Godwin Omoigui. Amaechi constitutes Buhari’s campaign team Tuesday, as party decides launch date Monday. Gana: don’t take opposition for granted

It was a rain of Naira Saturday in Abuja as Peoples Democratic Party realised more than N21 billion at its fund-raising dinner towards next year’s general election from donors spanning business, elected government officials, and private individuals. Although the president, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, who was billed to be the chief launcher, was absent at the dinner held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, the event received huge financial commitment from those present.

Corruption in Nigeria has become institutionalised in the political system, and the government of the day must come clean and lead the fight against the scourge in a bid to allow rational economic growth and development of the people.

To fight against corruption, the Federal Government has also been enjoined to let the anti-corruption agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the ICPC off the chain and allow them to prosecute those indicted by various audit reports which exposed years of corruption in upstream and downstream sectors in the oil and gas industry.

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Braving Boko Haram leader Shekau's threat to kill him, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, has said that he remained protected against any evil attack and nothing was going to happen to him except the will of Allah, the Creator."I am protected and nothing is going to happen to me", Emir Sanusi said.

Against the backdrop of the fall in global oil prices, the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol, has dropped to N82.57 per litre as of Thursday, December 18, from N127.57 on November 3.

The Federal Government’s spending on petrol subsidy has, therefore, fallen to a five-year low of N1.06 per litre as of that, compared to N44.94 on November 3, according to data obtained from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency. Subsidy refers to the money paid, usually by government, to keep prices below what they will otherwise be in a free market system. For instance, the Expected Open Market Price (retail price) of petrol is N98.06 per litre as of December 18, but the regulated price is N97. The difference is subsidy.

BUHARI CAPABLE OF SALVAGING NIGERIA FROM CURRENT 'WOES' - – TAMBUWAL

The Speaker of the House of Representatives and All Progressives Congress, APC’s gubernatorial candidate in Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, has hailed the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo as the party’s presidential candidates, saying Mr. Buhari is capable of saving Nigeria from its current “woes”.Mr. Tambuwal spoke on Friday at the monthly APC Stakeholders meeting in Sokoto, expressing happiness for the candidacy of Mr. Buhari and his running mate, Mr. Osinbajo. He also thanked the Sokoto people for giving him the APC gubernatorial ticket in the state. Also speaking at the meeting, Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State said the APC would set up a reconciliation and campaign committees across the state soon.

The family of Mr. Femi Bello has accused the police in Nasarawa State of allegedly torturing their son to death while he was in detention. source learnt that 31-year-old Femi was a 300-level student of Economics of the Kaduna State University, Tafawa Balewa Way, Kaduna State. Our correspondent gathered that Femi had initially been arrested by the police attached to the Mararaba division on Thursday, December 4, when he went to visit a friend after which he was taken to the police station. It was learnt that when his mother and siblings went to the station on the following day to check on him, they were told that their son had died. Speaking on behalf of the Bellos, the family lawyer

Thousands of Lagos residents converged on the Idowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island, on Saturday to receive Christmas gifts from the Bola Tinubu Foundation, a non-profit organisation owned by a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The gifts comprised bags of rice, salt, vegetable oil, T-shirts and cash.

Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has described the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government as “inadequate and visionless.” The former Attorney-General of Lagos State said it was unfortunate that in spite of the fact that Nigerians had given “so much” to the present administration, they have got nothing in return for their sacrifices. Osinbajo argued via his Twitter page that the APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, is a “strong character” that brings to the table a ray of hope for millions of Nigerians.

Central Bank of Nigeria and the Committee of e-Banking Heads are set to partner with other stakeholders in the financial sector to mitigate the spate of electronic fraud in the country. As a result, the CBN said it would adopt a more collaborative approach towards achieving improved regulation of the nation’s payment system.

These were contained in a communiqué issued after a special conference organised by CeBIH in Abuja recently.

The Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate, CBN, Alhaji Suleiman Barau, who highlighted a paradigm shift in the regulation of the payments system, said the central bank would adopt measures aimed at facilitating the achievement of the objectives of the Payment Vision 2020.He added that the CBN would also promote self regulation among

Pirated copies of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s controversial autobiography titled ‘My Watch’ have flooded the streets of Lagos State, selling for as low as N7,000. The development came after a Federal Capital Territory High Court judge, Justice Valentine Ashi, ordered that security agents, including the police and men of the Department of State Service, should confiscate all copies of the book.

Our correspondent learnt that Obasanjo’s original book which has three volumes, costs about N15, 000 while the pirated copy, which has two volumes, costs less than half the price and comes in a white cover as opposed to the original’s yellow and brown colour. Our correspondent, who spoke to hawkers selling the book in the Maryland and Opebi areas of the state, was told that Obasanjo’s original book had become scarce.

Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has commissioned a new 60-bed Specialist Hospital, built by the Governor Adams Oshiomhole government, in Ewohinmi, Esan South East Local Government area of Edo State, complete with state-of-the-art equipment, 3-bedroom doctors’ quarters and 2-bedroom Nurses’ quarters. Speaking, Sunday, at the commissioning of the hospital project which was first conceptualized but abandoned over 25 years ago, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who is also a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said with the commissioning of the hospital and other projects in the state, Governor Oshiomhole has introduced infrastructural development revolution to Edo state.

NEW VIDEO SHOWN BOKO HARAM KILLING CAPTIVES IN DORMITORY

Militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, has vowed that “from now on, killing, slaughtering, destruction and bombing’’ would be its religious duty anywhere it invades. The group, in a new video released to journalists on Saturday, showed its armed members mowing down civilians lying face down in a dormitory. The setting of the latest video appeared to be a long school dormitory furnished with bunk beds which an unnamed

A third round of tests has confirmed that at least 90 villagers in a small rural community in northwest Cambodia have contracted HIV in an unexplained and panic-inducing mass infection.

The mother of seven of the eight children who were found killed at a home in Cairns has been arrested after receiving treatment for her injuries, Australian police said. “The 37-year-old mother of several of the children involved in this incident has been arrested for murder overnight and is currently under police guard at the Cairns Base Hospital,” detective inspector Bruno Asnicar told reporters on Saturday. “At this time we are not looking for anybody else,”

Gov. Ayo Fayose distributing chickens to Ekiti residents on Saturday

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has distributed not less than 80,000 chickens and 100,000 bags of rice to Ekiti residents between Thursday and Friday. His Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, said the Christmas largesse, including cash gifts, were distributed under the Stomach Infrastructure programme. He said people of the state, who besieged the Governor’s Office and those who had theirs delivered to them at their homes, were amazed by Fayose’s generosity. Adelusi added that, “Some of the elderly, who could not hide their joy at the rear opportunity of having to celebrate the season with the package, poured torrents of prayers on the man they referred to as supporter of the common man.

An NGO, Waltz Environmental Solution, said it planned to create one million jobs for the youths in the Niger Delta, including Cross River, in the next ten years. The Director of the organisation, Mr Samuel Ekong, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Sunday, that the jobs would be in technical areas, especially in oil and gas.

The Pakistani military has stepped up its campaign against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan after the group claimed the attack on a school in Peshawar earlier this week that left 148 people, most of them children, dead. Air strikes and ground operations on Saturday targeted fighter hideouts in the Khyber Agency in the country’s northwest, where Peshawar is located.

A senior Kenyan official at the State House has criticised the United States for raising concerns about a new Kenyan law aimed at fighting “terrorism”. Munyori Buku said in a statement on the presidential website that Kenya’s new law had checks and balances, unlike US security laws that have created the Guantanamo Bay detention centre and given the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and intelligence officers “a carte blanche in the fight against terrorism and biological warfare”.

US President Barack Obama has condemned the killing of two New York police officers shot by a man who then turned his gun on himself. “I unconditionally condemn today’s murder of two police officers in New York City,” Obama, who is on Christmas holiday in Hawaii, said on Sunday. “Officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single day and they deserve our respect and gratitude every single day.”

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali was admitted to an undisclosed hospital Saturday with pneumonia, his spokesman Bob Gunnell said. Ali’s treatment prognosis is good, he said. Ali, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, is being treated by his team of doctors and is in stable condition,” Gunnell said in a statement. The illness was caught early, and Ali, 72, is not expected to be in the hospital for long. “At this time, the Muhammad Ali family respectfully requests privacy,” the statement said

The Methodist Church of Nigeria has warned that Nigeria may explode any time soon if the threats posed by food and job insecurities are not urgently addressed. The National President, National Men’s Fellowship of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Ejiofor, who made the observation in Umuahia, said that the threats posed by food and job insecurities in Nigeria were worse than the menace of the Boko Haram terrorist sect.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday appealed to all the Peoples Democratic Party aspirants who are aggrieved as a result of the outcome of its primaries across the country not to leave the party. He said the party leadership was working hard to resolve the conflicts thrown up by the primaries in many states. Jonathan spoke at the PDP Fund Raising Dinner, held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Many state chapters of the party are currently enmeshed in controversy over alleged cases of imposition of candidates, either by state governors or the national headquarters of the PDP. The situation has led to many party stalwarts leaving the party or threatening to leave.

Femi, the son of the late former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, has said that his father died and came back to life, before he finally gave up the ghost on November 29. Femi made this revelation during the service of songs organised in honour of his late father at the All Souls Anglican Church, Lekki, Lagos on Sunday.

In an emotion-laden voice, Femi narrated how his father spent his last days on earth and how his mother stood by him.

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