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Sanders at White House for Democrat unity talks

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US President Barack Obama (R) walks with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders through the Colonnade for a meeting in the Oval Office on June 9, 2016 at the White House in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGANThwarted presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders arrived at the White House Thursday for talks with President Barack Obama on how to unite the Democratic party after a testy primary campaign.

Federal High Court judge Steven Evoh Chukwu passes away

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 One of the major judges in cases against Nyako, Saraki, Ekweremadu and other political figures has died – His death as well as reasons behind it are yet to be confirmed by the court’s management 

Celebrities praise Hillary Clinton's historic victory

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Lady Gaga endorses former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in this Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Instagram photo. (Instagram / @ladygaga)  Katy Perry praised Hillary Clinton for "breaking the mold" after the politician became the Democratic nominee for U.S. president on Tuesday night.

Pele scores big with sale of trophy

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 A special replica World Cup trophy presented to world football icon Pele fetched £395,000 (500,000 euros, $570,000) at an auction of his personal memorabilia in London on Wednesday.

Port Harcourt plays host to 2016 AMAA

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Nigeria's Mike Ezeuronye, and some other African celebrities will play host at the event, considered to be the most prestigious movie industry award show. 2016 AMAA. (Africa Movie Academy Awards) Port Harcourt is the place to be for the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards, set to hold on Saturday, June 11, 2016.

NNPC lost N19.43bn in April – Report

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NNPC Towers The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation lost N19.43bn in the month of April, as the country’s crude oil production dropped from 59.27 million barrels recorded in February to 57.43 million barrels in March.
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Senate President Bukola Saraki Today is exactly one year since the eighth Senate was inaugurated and Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki (APC, Kwara central) emerged as the Senate President. Under the leadership of Saraki, the Upper Chamber legislated on 215 bills, 162 motions and 125 petitions on various issues of national importance.

Retired archbishop urges Catholics to fast during Ramadan

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Fasting would create a dialogue with other religions, says retired archbishop of Davao Fernando Capalla. PHOTO: Alchetron.com Above all things, respect. A retired archbishop in Davao, who was also a one-term president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, has urged non-Muslims to observe fasting during the Ramadan month.

Man stabbed in Kaduna for not fasting, El-Rufai orders arrest

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Gov Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State (2nd left) sympathises with Francis Emmanuel at St. Gerard’s Hospital in Kaduna yesterday. Emmanuel was attacked by miscreants for not fasting. With them are the Special Adviser to Kaduna State Governor on Media and Communication,

U.S. sees no major Islamic State links to Boko Haram, despite claims

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- After Boko Haram killed more than two dozen soldiers in Niger last week, it claimed the attack in the name of Islamic State-West Africa Province -- a title meant to tell the world it is an arm of the Syria-based extremist group.

N23bn Diezani bribe: EFCC quizzes ex-gov Chime over N450m

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Sullivan Chime The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday grilled the immediate past Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, for allegedly receiving N450m out of the $115m (N23bn) disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the build-up to the 2015 presidential election.