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Bill on Loans for Undergraduates Passes Second Reading in House of Reps

A bill seeking to make Federal Government to provide loan to students to pursue tertiary education passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Speaking on the bill, its sponsor, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Surulere 1-Lagos), said that it was intended to provide students with easy access to funds for higher education. Gbajabiamila said that a great population of Nigerian students would be enrolled for higher education if the bill scaled was successful. He, therefore, canvassed for the establishment of Nigerian Education Bank. (more…)

FASHION

Fashion Alert! Angolan model Amilna Estevão for Paper Magazine

Photographed by Nicolas Moore, Angolan model Amilna Estevão looks amazing in this editorial for Paper Magazine. Mentioning Candice Swanepoel and Naomi Campbell as two of her role models when she was a child, she won the Elite Model Look competition in Angola in 2013 at the age of 14. She’s now 17, living in NYC and listed on models.com’s Hot List. (more…)

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Nigerian man claims he was prosecuted and almost killed for converting to Christianity in Northern Nigeria

Brent Hail, a Jacksonville resident and Tyler firefighter recently traveled to Nigeria for the first time to visit with missionaries who are supported by Fellowship Bible Church in Jacksonville. He and the missionaries traveled to northern Nigeria to pick up Musa who was allegedly prosecuted and almost killed after converting to Christianity. Read his story below: "The day started pretty early because we had a long way to go. We were going to pick up a man in a town in northern Nigeria. The story had gotten back to us of an amazing way God had delivered him at his villag

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Eye-witnesses call Amber Heard a liar, says she was the aggressor

But why would a woman lie that she was assaulted if she wasn't? Below is how TMZ is reporting it.. "Amber Heard screamed to Johnny Depp in the middle of their argument last week, "Stop hitting me!!!" Problem is ... when she screamed Johnny was more than 6 yards away -- so claim 2 witnesses. Sources connected to the case tell TMZ, 2 security guards -- Jerry Judge and Sean Bett -- were standing in the entryway inside Johnny and Amber's apartment unit, giving them space during the argument, when out of nowhere they heard Amber scream. (more…)

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Atiku at unveiling of “We are all Biafrans” in Abuja

This is so wrong! We are all Biafrans lol... Former Vice President and chairman of the occasion, Atiku Abubakar, Chido Onumah, author and Dr (Mrs) Oby Ezekwesili were all present at the public presentation of "We are all Biafrans" written by Chido Onumah at Yar'Adua Centre, Abuja on Tuesday, 31-05-2016. Also in attendance were Environmental rights activist, Nnimmo Bassey, Tope Fasua, DG Shehu Yar'Adua Centre and Ms Jackie Farris. Another photo after the cut... (more…)