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Prince Harry, pregnant Duchess Meghan visit African kingdom

February 24, 2019 6:19 am

Prince Harry and pregnant Duchess Meghan arrived in Morocco late Saturday for a two-day visit to the North African kingdom where literary and fashion stars once played and where terrorists now occasionally strike.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex – she is believed to be in her third trimester and has appeared heavily pregnant in recent appearances – are making an official visit to Morocco at the behest of the British government.

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Registered Nurses: Verification forms for New York

February 24, 2019 4:11 am

Hello Nurses,

To assist you; I have downloaded the three major forms you need for your transcripts verification by New York state board of Nursing. Find the forms attached below.
Nurse Form 1 – which is for you to fill out All and Notarise it at the end of the form and return to The New York state board by Mail; including making the payment of $143 with it. Address to return to, is on the form.
Nurse Form 2F – which is for you to fill a part of it and sign then send to your
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Venezuela trying to shut itself from the world

February 22, 2019 7:46 am

It’s as if Venezuela is trying to close itself off from the world. President Nicolas Maduro said he will close Venezuela’s border with Brazil in a bid to stop foreign aid deliveries. He’s also thinking about closing the border with Colombia.

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Pope Francis to tackle clergy sex abuse crisis

February 22, 2019 7:20 am

Pope Francis made it clear: He expects more than talk from the historic summit he’s called to deal with the Catholic Church’s clergy sex abuse crisis. He wants “concrete and effective” results.

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Uncertainty over T.B Joshua’s ₦20m donation to home town

February 22, 2019 5:52 am

There seems to be uncertainty on what has become of a sum of  ₦20 million reportedly donated by the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B Joshua, for electricity upgrade in his Arigidi-Akoko community of Ondo State.

The sum, it was gathered, was paid to a development association in the community for onward transfer to the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) about two years ago.

For about four years, electricity supply to Arigidi had dipped badly as a result of what community sources described as damaged cables and transformers, and huge indebtedness to the electricity company, …

NFF yet to pay for Super Eagles ceremonial outfit

February 22, 2019 4:50 am

Gt Stitches, the designer of the Super Eagles of Nigeria’s ceremonial attire to the Russia 2018 World Cup, on Thursday accused the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) of failing to pay for the outfit, nearly eight months after the Mundial ended.

The clothing brand’s CEO, Esimaje Awani, made the allegation in a post on GT Stitches’ Instagram page.
He said: “NFF refused to pay for ceremonial outfit almost one year after World Cup! This can only happen in Nigeria!!”

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Life expectancy reaches 82.2 years in Beijing

February 21, 2019 10:08 am

The average life expectancy of Beijing residents reached 82.2 years in 2018, higher than the 2017 figure of 82.15 years, according to Beijing Municipal Health Commission on Thursday.

The infant mortality rate was 2.01 per 1,000, said the commission, adding that both figures of average life expectancy and infant mortality rate were on par with high-income countries.

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The Roman Catholic Church'

Revealed! Vatican secrets rules for the children of priests

February 19, 2019 3:18 pm

The Vatican has secret rules for the children of priests. This bombshell revelation comes from a report in The New York Times. A man whose father was a priest told the newspaper that he was shown the rules when he went to Rome in search of justice for children of ministers.

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Achebe’s Things Fall Apart gets another translation

February 16, 2019 3:58 pm

Sixty years after the first edition of Things Fall Apart was released, the book’s reputation continues to soar with critical acclaim and recognition coming from diverse climes and cultures of the world. Often described as the greatest piece of literature to come out of Africa, the novel which was set in colonial Nigeria, and has appeared in 50 languages, was recently translated into Irish by the wife of the former Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Irene Lynch.

By this addition, the book‘s reputation as one of the world’s most widely translated works of fiction remains intact. To mark the arrival …

The move by APC to rig the Elections

February 16, 2019 3:19 pm
By Charles Novia
In the past 48 hours, some moles in the government sent messages out and those that matter in the polity got wind of the new plan to rig the election.
What had been decided by the rigging machinery was to continue with the election in some states, about 26 states and postpone the elections in 10 states. From the declared results in the 26 states, they would have known what to do and would have deployed their security and rigging apparatus to those 10 states and the Osun State template would have been used in those states.
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Atiku awards full scholarship to Onukaba Ojo’s son

What PDP released which got APC panicking

February 15, 2019 7:47 am

By Charles Novia

‘The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will on February 16 launch a mystery technology that hinders rigging during the election.

This was disclosed by one of the spokesmen for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Osita Chidoka while speaking with newsmen at the PDP legacy house, Abuja.

The mystery technology which is called Parallel Voting Tabulation (PVT) is a scientific tool that prevents rigging and assures the partisans of the credibility of the election result.

The PDP has said that the PVT has been set in its situation room to hold election authorities …

Women at 40

February 15, 2019 12:04 am

By Sir Stanley Ekezie

In recent times, I have come across all manner of people, I have interacted with men and women from all walks of life who have one challenge or the other in Marriage. By the special grace of God I have managed to save many marriages and made them stronger. In doing this, one group distinctly stands out, they are the most difficult group to deal with, it takes a while before they get to breaking point, but when they do, it’s almost impossible to get them to change their minds. This group is women who have …

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