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EPL: Bournemouth draw keeps Tottenham from summit

Tottenham Hotspur had to settle for a third successive draw in a hard-fought but goalless encounter with Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday. Overrun by Eddie Howe’s hard-running...

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Egyptian court upholds 20-year sentence for Morsi

An Egyptian appeals court upheld on Saturday a 20-year sentence for ousted president Mohamed Morsi, the first final ruling in a string of trials for the deposed Islamist leader. The Court of Cassation...

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[Updated] Train derails in Cameroon, kills 60

At least 60 were killed when a packed passenger train derailed between Cameroon’s two main cities, a hospital source in the capital Yaounde said Saturday, giving a new toll the day after the accident....

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Lagos sex workers beg customers for jobs

There was a time when the red-light districts of Lagos like Allen Avenue, Opebi, Ojuelegba and CMS, among others, bustled with human traffic of customers and sex traders who paraded their ‘flesh wares’...

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Our politicians failed, betrayed you – Trump tells Johnstown supporters

Pundits and pollsters say the bottom may be falling out of Donald Trump’s White House run, but die-hard supporters in the western Pennsylvania city of Johnstown strongly disagree. A few hours’ drive...

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Despite all I’ve been through, I’m happy –Tiwa Savage

Mavin’s first lady, Tiwa Savage, got so many mouths agape when she got an international deal so many of her colleagues only fantasise about.  The singer recently signed an international deal with Jay...

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Police rescue 12-year-old from kidnappers, arrest one

Samuel Awoyinfa The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper, Odele Tosin, believed to be the leader of a kidnapping gang who abducted a 12-year-old girl, Eniola Oyekanmi, in Ketu...

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Stop destroying oil pipelines, bishop warns Avengers

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Bishop of Calabar Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Tunde Adeleye, has warned members of the Niger Delta Avengers to stop destroying oil facilities in the region because...

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Sex is satisfying while masturbation is not

Funmi Akingbade The way you express your sexuality is shaped by your acquisition of relevant knowledge. It is also by your individual personality and your past/present challenges and situations....

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Ligue 1: Balotelli to miss Nice trip to Metz

Mario Balotelli will again be missing for Nice when the French Ligue 1 leaders travel to Metz on Sunday, coach Lucien Favre indicated. The Italian has been a revelation since joining Nice, scoring five...

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Mother sells two-month-old baby for N450, 000

A 51-year-old woman, Rose Edward, is in police net for allegedly buying a 2-month-old baby for N450,000. Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Mr. Murtala Mani, disclosed this on Saturday in Uyo, while...

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Only five people died of malaria, not 48 – Sokoto govt

The Sokoto State Government on Saturday said only five malaria-related deaths were recorded at the Kofar-Kade Primary Health Centre in Sokoto North Local Government Area in the last one month. The...

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[Updated] Iniesta suffers knee injury, out for three months

Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta was stretchered from the field in tears holding his right knee just 14 minutes into the Spanish champions’ visit to Valencia on Saturday. Early diagnosis suggests...

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Turkmenistan celebrates 25 years of USSR breakup, pardons 1,500 prisoners

Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has pardoned more than 1,500 prisoners as the gas-rich country celebrates 25 years of independence from the USSR, state television reported Saturday....

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EPL: Shaqiri fires Stoke out of relegation zone

Xherdan Shaqiri’s marvellous brace moved Stoke City out of the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday after a 2-0 victory away to struggling Hull City. Switzerland international Shaqiri rifled in a...

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Nine migrants drown off Libya, 1000 rescued

At least nine migrants drowned and 10 others, including four children, were missing after a tense series of rescues on Saturday in the Mediterranean that saved over 1,000 people, rescuers said....

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Middlesbrough hold Arsenal, deny Wenger birthday victory

Arsenal went top of the Premier League, for a few hours at least, but their seven-game winning run came to an end as Middlesbrough secured a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. The North...

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La liga: Messi scores brace in Barca 2-3 win at Valencia

Lionel Messi’s 94th-minute penalty moved Barcelona top of La Liga in dramatic fashion in a pulsating 3-2 win at Valencia on Saturday. However, victory came at a cost for Barca as a tearful Andres...

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EPL: Ahmed Musa ends goal drought as Leicester beat Palace

Leicester strikers Shinji Okazaki and Ahmed Musa ended lengthy goal droughts as the Premier League champions beat Crystal Palace 3-1 on Saturday. Claudio Ranieri’s side were on course for their first...

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Era of wasteful spending over, Buhari tells varsities

President Muhammadu Buhairi on Saturday reiterated that the era of wasteful spending was over and  advised Nigerian universities to plough available resources into teaching, research and productive...

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