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Nigeria announces T.Y. Danjuma as head of Govt. committee for North-East rehabilitation

Press statement from the presidency below... President Muhammadu Buhari says that a committee to rehabilitate infrastructure and resettle Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in the North-East sub-region is soon to be formally inaugurated. The committee, to be led by a frontline statesman, Lt.-Gen Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd) will also include Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, GCON. Speaking at the State House, Abuja in response to a goodwill message delivered to him by a group, Women In Politics Forum (WIPF), President Buhari announced that all forms of assistance

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Legendary R&B singer Natalie Cole dies at 65

Natalie Cole, R&B singer and daughter of legendary singer Nat King Cole, has died. She passed away yesterday Dec. 31st 2015 at hospital in LA. She was 65 years old. According to TMZ, she died from congestive heart failure, although they also say they were told the underlying medical issues were complications from a kidney transplant and Hepatitis C. She's survived by a son. May her soul rest in peace, amen.

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No plans on hijab ban-Presidency

Following president Buhari's declaration during his media chat that the Hijab would be banned if bombings continue,the Presidency has dismissed the insinuations .In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, he said that the speculations were unfounded. He said that the Buhari-led Federal Government would always respect the rights of Muslims to protect their modesty and allow religious freedom.He also said that the Hijab was being abused by terrorists to carry out suicide attacks on inn

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Kanye West drops new track ”Facts” brags about Kim ,disses Nike

Kanye  West just dropped a blazing new track,praising himself, his wife ,dissing Nike and saying without Drake they have nothing,Bill Cosby talks about buyingNorth West $2,000 fur coat  and more  “we made a million a minute,” he brags about Kimojis his wife released last week.. “I ain’t dropped the album but the shoes went platinum,” Kanye raps. “Every time I talk they say I’m too aggressive/ I was out here spazzin’, all y’all get the message?/ On the field I’m over reckless, on my Odell Beckham/ 2020, I’ma run the whole election.” You can listen here

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The year of democracy By Reuben Abati

What is the most compelling, most impactful and most remarkable issue in the year 2015 that has just ended? In my estimation, it is democracy: its contents and discontents, its hopes and impediments, and the forceful manner in which these have compelled us afresh to focus on our circumstances and destiny as a people and a nation. In 2015, democracy shaped the national debate. The government of the people, as simply and poignantly defined, has been, in the last 22 years, such a central idea and a factor in the lives of Nigerians, after so many years under purely autho