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Olusegun Obasanjo is “the biggest Nigerian” and “the greatest African after Nelson Mandela”

Rashidi Ladoja, the ex-governor of Oyo state, has stated that a former president Olusegun Obasanjo is “the biggest Nigerian” and “the greatest African after Nelson Mandela”. Daily Post reports that the governorship candidate of the Accord Party in the last election in Oyo state expressed his opinion during an interaction with journalists at his Bodija residence in Ibadan. Although Ladoja was showering praises on the ex-president, he noted that Obasanjo is not his friend as they “cannot sit down together for one hour without fighting”. (more…)

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More Influential People To Be Arrested Soon- EFCC Chairman Says

HashTag Wi EFCC's acting chairman‎ Ibrahim Magu says that more influential Nigerians will soon be arrested as the war against corruption continues. Magu said this at a meeting with o  nline media practitioners in Abuja today "There are more influential Nigerians on the radar of the EFCC and in the coming weeks they will have their day in court and Nigerians will be be kept fully abreast of the results of the commission’s investigations,”‎he said

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Cricket record: Pranav Dhanawade hits 1009 in school match

An Indian teenager scored more than 1,000 runs in a single innings to set a new world record in school cricket. Fifteen-year-old Pranav Dhanawade broke the previous record of 628 set by Arthur Collins in 1899 on Monday. But he continued his innings in the HT Bhandari Cup inter-school tournament and reached 1,009 runs. He smashed 59 sixes and 127 fours in 395 minutes before his KC Gandhi School declared the innings at 1,465 against Arya Gurukul School on Tuesday. (more…)

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A hundred Christians could be canonised as saints by Pope Francis for refusing to convert to Hinduism at the point of death.

Nearly a hundred Christians could be canonised as saints by Pope Francis for refusing to convert to Hinduism at the point of death. More than 90 Catholics were slaughtered in mob violence in Kandhamal, the eastern Odisha province. The believers were gang-raped, tortured, burned with acid and fire, disemboweled and murdered by Hindu ultranationalists for refusing to renounce their faith during a seven-week pogrom in 2008. (more…)

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