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Yulia Lipnitskaia Probably Wins the Gold With Her Latest Breathtaking Performance

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Yulia Lipnitskaia, the 15-year-old Russian wunderkind who blew our minds yesterday , just took the Olympic stage (er, ice rink) again to deliver a performance that brought the entire world to tears. Skating to the theme from Schindler's List , Lipnitskaya dons a red outfit to portray the iconic little girl in a red coat from the movie. It's just... it's something else.

Photo: Justin Bieber Hits the Studio With T.I.

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The Canadian pop superstar logs some studio time with the rapper during his visit to Atlanta Justin Bieber and T.I. are apparently working on new music together. The pop superstar has shared an Instagram photo of him posing with the rapper in a studio. "In the studio with TI," he captioned the pic. The photo was taken during Bieber's visit to Atlanta. There are still no words on what the two entertainers are working on or whom the project belongs to. During his trip, Bieber also met T.I.'s sons Messiah and Domani. "@bizzle came to parlay w/Me & da #familyhustlegang we puttin in #WORK #hustlegangovererrrthang," T.I. captioned a photo of him, his two sons and Bieber. Bieber changed his Instagram name to "Bizzle" just days after he partied shirtless with several big names in hip-hop, including P. Diddy , Rick Ross , Wale and Jermaine Dupri . Last year, the 19-year-old Ca...

Power Set To Improve As NNPC Repairs Damaged Gas Pipeline

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said it had repaired the sections of the sabotaged Escravos-Lagos Gas Pipeline Network leading to significant boost in electricity generation. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Acting General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr Omar Ibrahim.

APC Membership Registration: CPC Caucus Cries Marginalisation

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Leaders of the defunct Congress of Progressive Change, CPC in Ogun State have expressed serious concern about the way the national leadership of the party has allegedly skewed party harmonisation and membership registration against former governorship candidates, who are also state Leaders of their legacy parties, while completely handing over the process to state Governors.

Oprah Winfrey to Make Broadway Debut in 'Night, Mother'

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Together with Scott Sanders, Winfrey has been looking for a role that will fit her and has found one that excites them. Oprah Winfrey will take her first stage role on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Night, Mother". The casting news came from Winfrey's longtime associate Scott Sanders who will be among the producers. Winfrey has been lauded by critics for her performance in " Lee Daniels' The Butler ", but the talk show host has dreams of performing live on stage. "Oprah has had a longstanding desire to act on Broadway," Sanders told the New York Times.

2015: Jonathan splits North as nascent Northern Elders Council confronts NEF

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The Northern Elders Council NEC, yesterday, dismissed the assertion by Northern Elders Forum, NEF, that the zone will not vote for People’s Democratic Party, PDP, if it nominated President Goodluck Jonathan as its 2015 presidential flagbearer, describing the threat as the wishful thinking of a few privileged northerners. Among the northern elements in NEC are former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Gusau; former Minister of Transport, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman; Senator Garba Gada; a member of PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, Alhaji Bello Dange; a former Nigerian Ambassador to Morocco, Alhaji Abdullahi Ladan-Shinu and another former Deputy Governor of old Sokoto State, Alhaji Azika Tambuwal. The Secretary-General of NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, said last week that the North had made its position on the 2015 presidency known to President Jonathan’s emissaries that the zone would not support Jonathan’s ambition...

Don’t destroy Nigeria in the name of politics, religion–Mark

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President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has raised alarm over the antics of some desperate persons using politics and religion to destroy the sanctity of the unity and peace of the Nigerian nation. ” To sponsor or promote violence , destruction and uncharitable utterances in the name of politics or religion is totally unacceptable and must be condemned in the strongest term; in words and deeds”, Senator Mark said yesterday.