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A mother who claimed asylum, fearing that her daughters would be subjected to female genital mutilation if they were sent back to Nigeria, is due to be deported on Thursday after being detained on Wednesday afternoon, her supporters say. Cick to read full story.
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World cup friendly match between Nigeria and Scotland.
FINAL SCORE: Nigeria 2 vs Scotland 2
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Latest scores in the world cup friendly match between Nigeria and Scotland.
Nigeria 1 vs Scotland 2
The match can be viewed live at BBC Sport
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Manchester United owner Malcolm Glazer has died at the age of 85.
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Latest scores in the world cup friendly match between Nigeria and Scotland.
Nigeria 1 vs Scotland 1
The match can be viewed live at BBC Sport
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N49.8B: Senate Report Clears NNPC, Deziani, Says No Funds Missing reports The Will.
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Nigeria’s talented star and recently married Tiwa Savage has released an official video to her ‘Wanted’ single. The video has been slammed and tagged controversial by fans. Click to watch the controversial video.
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Nigeria vs Scotland live streaming: Where to watch May 28, 2014 friendly. Check listing.
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Maya Angelou, the renowned poet, author and civil rights activist, has died at the age of 86, Variety has confirmed.
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The Nigeria Football Federation has perfected all arrangements that have to do with the Super Eagles’ run-in to the 20th Fifa World Cup finals, according to Nigeria football spokesman Ademola Olajire. According to Kick Off Nigeria website, Olajire said in London on Wednesday that logistics for all friendly matches, hotel accommodation, international flights, local flights, movements to and from airports and hotels, feeding and conducive environments have all been dealt with to the letter.
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Punch has reported that Four girls out of the 168 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, that were abducted by Boko Haram in April, have escaped. The Chairman, Chibok Local Government Area, Mr. Bana Lawan, announced this on Tuesday in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders meeting for validation of draft humanitarian response plan for the abducted girls. The meeting was organised by the National Emergency Management Agency.
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A suspected Boko Haram attack on a military base and police station in north-eastern Nigeria left at least 33 people dead, a security source told AFP on Wednesday. According to reports in News24, the source, who requested anonymity, said 18 soldiers and 15 police lost their lives in the assault in the town of Buni Yadi, in Yobe state, at about 20:00 on Monday.
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The United States has expressed skepticism that more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants had been located by the military, stating that it had no “independent information” on the matter, reports ThisDay. The military had said on Monday that it had located the missing teenagers, kidnapped mid-April by the armed militant group. According to AFP report, US State Department Spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, told journalists that there was no “independent information from the United States to support these reports.”
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Official photos of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s ceremony have been released, which include Kim and Kanye kissing as man and wife and a photo of the couple in the photo booth that was set up at their wedding. The couple, who have been friends for years before becoming a couple, were married in front of close friends and family at the Forte di Belvedere in Florence. The London Evening Standard have published the photographs.
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The Federal Government of Nigeria says the report that it intends to spend 800 million dollars on the phantom public relations is false and malicious. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, on Tuesday in Abuja, said that Federal Government’s top most priority was security and not image laundering reports Punch.
