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David Cameron resigns after UK votes to leave European Union

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PM announces resignation following victory for leave supporters after divisive referendum campaign David Cameron has resigned, bringing an abrupt end to his six-year premiership, after the British public took the momentous decision to reject his entreaties and turn their back on the European Union.

Game of Thrones: Brexit won't impact production, HBO says

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Helen Sloan/HBO Don’t worry, Game of Thrones fans, HBO isn’t going to have to make Vancouver look like Westeros.

Brila, Beat FM win rights to broadcast live NPFL matches

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Sports Radio Brila FM and Megalectrics Limited became the first radio stations to be issued Radio broadcast rights of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) following the signing of separate Memorandum of Understanding between the stations and the League Management Company (LMC).

Siasia: Mikel unsure for Rio, Watford stop Ighalo

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Coach Samson Siasia discussing with Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi Coach Samson Siasia has admitted he is not certain Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi will feature at the Rio Olympics, just as Premier League club Watford have refused to release Odion Ighalo for the tournament. Both players have been lined up as over-aged players for the summer games.

Algerian club Setif kicked out of African Champions League

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Algerian club Entente Setif have been kicked out of the African Champions League after fan violence caused their opening game of the group phase to be abandoned last weekend.

Nigeria looks to coal,solar and biomass to achieve national energy security

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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Federal Government is increasingly looking to alternative sources such as coal, solar and biomass for power generation in a bid to achieve national energy security.

Finding common faith this Ramadan between a Catholic and a Muslim

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He stood off to the side, holding his plastic bag of food, watching other men from the halfway house waiting in line. Long and lean and looking different from the rest in a freshly-pressed tan shirt buttoned from top collar to hem, pink Polaroid sunglasses, and a gray well-tended ponytail, he caught my eye.

I leave my persecutors to God for ultimate judgment—Dasuki

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 ..as FG seeks protection for witnesses By Kingsley Omonobi Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he was being punished by persons at the highest level of power for perceived grievances held against him while in active military service many years ago.

Reduction in N1.04Trn MTN fine: Senate summons Malami, Shittu, Emefiele, others

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The Senate, yesterday, summoned the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to appear before it and explain why the fine imposed on MTN by National Communications Commission,

Australian used 'army training' to escape Nigerian kidnappers, as Kiwi colleague taken

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John Key says paying a ransom could put a bounty on the head of any Kiwi who travels to a dangerous part of the world. FACEBOOK/LINKEDIN Australian men Jack Couranz and Mark Gabbedy were in the group kidnapped in Nigeria. The mother of an Australian man who escaped an armed kidnapping in Nigeria believes her son's Army Reserve training may have helped him survive.

'A sad day for Europe': EU aghast as Britain votes Brexit

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Historic decision to abandon 28-member trade bloc poses existential threat to entire European project The UK’s unprecedented decision to quit the European Union plunged the 28-state bloc into the deepest crisis in its history,

N-DELTA: New militant group emerges, demands sovereign state

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent efforts to bring succour to the crisis ravaged oil rich Niger Delta region may witness yet another hindrance as a new militant group, Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta, ADFND, emerged, yesterday, in the region, threatening to cripple the oil industry across the nine Niger Delta states unless the Federal Government grants them,

Election funding: Fayose dares Zenith Bank

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Fayose has challenged Zenith Bank to come out with an official statement showing the bank’s denial about funding his election in 2014 – Fayose refers APC, Zenith bank and the EFCC to John chapter 8 verses 6-7 – Fayose says he stands by his claim that the bank majorly funded in election in June 2014 Following the alleged denial of the involvement of Zenith bank in the funding of his election in 2014,