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The Botched Hunt for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370

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The contradicting accounts of what happened to the plane would be farcical if not for the 239 people who are missing. How did Malaysia get this so wrong? Who exactly is coordinating the  release of information  about the fate of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370? Nobody, it would seem. It depends which source you listen to—the government officials, the airline, or the Malaysian military. For there to be such imprecision in the information and so many contradictions between sources four days into a search would be farcical were it not for the tragedy unfolding and the distress being caused. Working quietly in the background, and clearly becoming frustrated, are crash investigators and a team sent to Malaysia by Boeing.

Did Khloe Kardashian Really Sleep With O.J. Simpson? [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]

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According to   Gary With Da Tea ,  Khloe Kardashian  revealed on “The Chelsea Lately Show” she once had sex with  O.J. Simpson . This was Khloe’s response to rumors that O.J. is her biological father. Listen to  Gary’s Tea   in the audio player to hear if this was a bad joke or she really did sleep with O.J.!

Nelly Makes A Surprise Visit At Ashanti’s Album Release Party

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Once upon a time, Ashanti and Nelly were one of our favorite Hollywood couples. We were sad when things didn’t work out but we’re happy they managed to keep their friendship alive. Last night was a prime example. Nelly showed his support for his former boo thang at her album release party at Club Prive in Atlanta. Although he didn’t make a physical appearance, he made sure to “show face” by making a special FaceTime call. In photos from the bash, the “I Got It” singer was spotted with a big grin and giving the rapper her best kissy face. During an interview with the  Breakfast Club  earlier this week, Ashanti said she and the “Ride With Me” rapper are “cool” now. “I will say that, there was a space where it was bad. It was really bad,” she revealed. “Are we cool? Yeah. We’re okay.” The former first lady of Murder Inc. dropped her fifth studio album,   Braveheart , on March 4. Catch out pics from the album-release celebration below.

Malaysia under fire over chaotic search for missing jet

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"I think it's not a matter of chaos. There are a lot of speculations that we have answered in the last few days," he said The hunt for  Malaysia Airlines flight  370, involving the navies and air forces of multiple nations, had focused on an area off Vietnam's South China Sea coast where it last made contact Saturday on a journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. But Malaysian authorities said Wednesday they were expanding the search to the Andaman Sea north of Indonesia, hundreds of kilometres (miles) away. "So right now there is a lot of information, and it's pretty chaotic, so up to this point we too have had difficulty confirming whether it is accurate or not," China's  foreign ministry  spokesman Qin Gang said of accounts of the jet's course. Malaysian  air force  chief General Rodzali Daud attempted to explain why the search zone had been expanded, telling the press conference that military radar detected an unidentified object early Saturda...

suswam-benue Gov survives gun attack

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Barely one week after Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako escaped death by the whiskers at Shuwa Village, his Benue State counterpart, Gabriel Suswam, yesterday survived a gun attack targeted at his convoy while he was travelling to assess the level of destruction in Guma  Local Government Area. Suswam’s attackers are suspected to be Fulani herdsmen who have been in a state of “war” with the indigenous Tiv communities of Benue State. Over 20 villages have been sacked by the Fulanis, a situation which prompted our exclusive story of last Monday when Gov. Suswam was raising the alarm that if he had not restrained the Tivs, there would have been bloodbath. Governor Suswam who took off from Makurdi, the state capital in company with the Police Commissioner Adams Audu and some soldiers from the 72 Battalion around 10am yesterday, proceeded through Daudu town and was greeted at Ukpan community by an early morning invasion of Fulani herdsmen where they killed not less than 30 peop...

Boko Haram terrorists beg soldiers for mercy

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The Defence Headquarters yesterday said scores of wounded terrorists captured by soldiers in the ongoing  military operations  against insurgency in the  north east  have been pleading with soldiers to spare their lives. The terrorists according to the Director,  Defence Information (DDI), Major-General Chris Olukolade, were captured from their various camps in the fringes of Lake Chad by the Multi-National Joint Task Force and  other locations around Dikwa, Cross Kauwa, Kukawa and Alargarmo. He said, the captured terrorists, some of whom are fatally wounded, were already making useful statements regarding the locations of their remnant forces and that “they are full of apologies and pleas for their lives to be spared promising to cooperate”.

Fuel Scarcity: The fraud, connivance that keeps Abuja groaning

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  ′Scarcity enters third week, end not in sight O rdinarily, there would be nothing so spectacular any more for discourse concerning the persistent fuel scarcity in the country that dates back to over two decades. This is because, such attempts remind one about the pains, anguish and sufferings Nigerians have experienced during the periods of fuel crises in a country that is a major producer of the product.But one thing remains paramount. Anytime there is scarcity of petroleum products in the country; be it fuel (PMS), kerosene or gas,  government agencies  responsible for ensuring that these products are never in short supply at determined costs and products marketers, re-enact the old blame game among themselves while Nigerians groan in pains. It is more than three weeks since the long queues and endless vigil by Nigerians  at the  filling stations came back.Interestingly, Nigeria ranks as Africa’s largest producer of oil and the sixth largest oil produ...