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Woman Slaps Grandma For Refusing Her Facebook Friend Request

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Rachel Hayes flew into a rage and repeatedly slapped her 72-year-old grandmother because she rejected her friend request, police in Seminole, Florida, say.</div>
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The elderly woman said she didn't like Hayes' Facebook name - which is 'Rachel Frickin Hayes' - and told her granddaughter that if she changed the name she would add her to her friends list on the social network.</div>
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Hayes, a mother of one from Clearwater, was drunk at 3.40am on Thursday when she showed up at her grandmother's house in Seminole - outside Tampa - furious over the Facebook slight, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. </div>
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When the elderly woman answered the door, she allegedly smacked the elderly woman across the face several times. </div>
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The assault only stopped when the septuagenarian was able to retreat inside her home and close and lock the door behind her.</div>
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She called police, who arrested Hayes on charges of felony battery of an elderly person. </div>
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Records show that Rachel 'Fickin' Hayes has three previous arrests - including one for drunk driving and one for public urination. </div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2880831/Face-slap-Facebook-Woman-27-arrested-smacking-GRANDMOTHER-age-72-rejected-friend-request.html">Daily Mail UK</a></b>

Woman Slaps Grandma For Refusing Her Facebook Friend Request

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First-Time Flyer Opens Emergency Exit 'To Get Some Air'

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<b>A first-time flyer showed exactly why his kind make normal passengers feel nervous – by opening a plane’s emergency exit ‘for fresh air’.</b></div>
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The passenger opened the door on the Xiamen Air flight from Hangzhou to Chengdu just as the plane was readying for take-off.</div>
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Alarmed passengers naturally reached for their camera-phones first – this is 2014, after all – but also alerted crew.</div>
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The newbie opened the door and looked around in wonder before a stewardess explained gently that this wasn’t the done thing on aircraft, according to the South China Morning Post.</div>
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Thankfully, the plane still took off on time – and understanding crew forgave him as he was a ‘first-time passenger’.</div>
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A video later posted on YouTube showed the inflatable emergency exit chute being deployed when the door was opened. The aircraft is shown to be stationary at the time.<br />
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<b>Source: <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2014/12/17/first-time-flyer-opens-emergency-exit-on-plane-to-get-some-air-4990476/">Metro UK</a></b></div>

First-Time Flyer Opens Emergency Exit 'To Get Some Air'

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#InstaPurge 2014: See Celebrities Affected By The 'Instagram Rapture'

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<b style="text-align: justify;">Next time you log into Instagram, you may notice your follower numbers have taken a hit.</b><br />
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Instagram is clamping down on fake, inactive and spam accounts by completely removing them from the service.</div>
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The Facebook-owned app announced the plans earlier this year, and began purging the unwanted accounts last night. </div>
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Celebrities, in particular, were the biggest victim of what's been dubbed <i>Instagram Rapture</i> after losing millions of followers overnight. </div>
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Software developer Zach Allia created a <b><a href="http://64px.com/instagram/">list of the top 100 accounts that lost the most followers </a></b>during the update. </div>
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He told <i><b>MailOnline</b></i> the figures were taken from Instagram's API and it took him just 20 minutes to compile the list. </div>
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The biggest loser was an account called <i><b>chiragchirag78</b></i>, which dropped from more than 3.6 million followers yesterday, to just eight. </div>
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However, the owner of this account is not known, and it has since been removed.</div>
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The biggest celebrity loser was Akon, who shedded more than 2.4 million, or just over 56 per cent, of his followers. </div>
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Bruno Mars lost 24 per cent of his followers in the purge, while rapper P.Diddy, also known as Sean Combs and on Instagram as iamdiddy, lost more than 3.6 million followers - or 22 per cent. </div>
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Justin Bieber's count went down by 3.5 million, while Kim Kardashian lost 1.3 million.</div>
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And Instagram's own account didn't escape the so-called rapture, losing more than 18.8 million followers, to take its total down to 45.2 million.  </div>
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Instagram did warn users it was planning to clampdown on spam account earlier in the year.</div>
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In an official blog, the photo-sharing app said: 'In December 2014, we're fixing an ongoing issue that incorrectly includes inactive or fake accounts in follower/following lists.</div>
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'We want to maintain the best possible experience on Instagram, so we do our best to remove spam, fake accounts and other people and posts that don't follow our Community Guidelines.</div>
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'As we remove these accounts, some people may notice a decrease in their follower/following counts.'</div>
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This issue had been fixed for the majority of Instagrammers in April, but this month's update expanded it to the remaining users. </div>
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 'When we remove accounts from Instagram that don't follow our Community Guidelines, you may see a decrease in your follower count,' the firm added.</div>
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'This shouldn’t affect engagement from authentic accounts that like and comment on your posts.' </div>
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Earlier this month, Instagram announced that more than 300 million people use the app each month - making it more popular than Twitter.</div>
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Just nine months after hitting 200 million users, Instagram overtook Twitter, which said six week ago it had 284 million users.</div>
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The site, owned by Facebook, also revealed more than 70 million photos and videos are shared by its members every day. </div>
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The removal of the fake and inactive accounts does not affect this figure, and they were not included in the 300 million. </div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2880881/Instagram-Rapture-deletes-thousands-accounts-Photo-app-clamps-fake-inactive-members.html">Daily Mail UK</a></b></div>

#InstaPurge 2014: See Celebrities Affected By The 'Instagram Rapture'

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[In Case You Missed It]: Buhari Family Photos Released

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<b>Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidae of the opposition party APC has just released these amazing photos featuring his family to kick off his campaign for next year's elections.</b></div>
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[In Case You Missed It]: Buhari Family Photos Released

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidae of the opposition party APC has just released these amazing photos featuring his family...

[UPDATE]: Australia Police Make Arrest In Killing Of 8 Children

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<b>SYDNEY (AP) — A woman has been arrested for murder in the killings of 8 children in an Australian home.</b></div>
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Queensland Police Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said Saturday that the 37-year-old woman was currently under guard at a hospital in the northern city of Cairns. She is the mother of <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/12/australia-massacre-8-siblings-found.html">seven of the children found dead in the house</a></b>. The eighth child was her niece.</div>
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The woman was also found in the home with the children, suffering from stab wounds to the chest. Asnicar says she is lucid and talking to police.</div>
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Asnicar says the children ranged in age from 18 months to 14 years.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/19/australia-8-children-killed-arrest_n_6356992.html">Huffington Post</a></b></div>

[UPDATE]: Australia Police Make Arrest In Killing Of 8 Children

SYDNEY (AP) — A woman has been arrested for murder in the killings of 8 children in an Australian home. Queensland Police Detective...

APC Lawmakers Return To Ekiti, Suspend PDP Colleagues

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<b>After spending over a month in exile, 19 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ekiti State House of Assembly returned to the State on Friday. They held a plenary session, where it was agreed that the sitting of the house would be relocated to the premises of the Ekiti State University (EKSU). </b></div>
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They alleged that the assembly complex was no longer safe for legislative activities because it has been taken over by thugs. </div>
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The lawmakers also suspended seven of their colleagues, who are of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and nullified all the legislative activities that the PDP faction have performed since the house got divided along party lines. </div>
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Those suspended are Dele Olugbemi (Ikole 2) and also the speaker of the PDP faction; Abeni Olayinka (Ado 2); Adeyinka Adeloye (Ikole 1); Alexander Adeojo (Ekiti Southwest 2); Olowo Ajiboye (Oye 2); Dele Ajibola (Ekiti East 2) and Ayo Olajide-Fatunbi (Moba 2) constituencies. </div>
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They cited violation of section 96 (1) of the Nigerian constitution as the reason for the suspension and also referred the suspended lawmakers to the ethics and privileges committee of the house for more disciplinary actions. </div>
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However, the crisis reached its height when the PDP members impeached Adewale Omirin, the Speaker, under controversial circumstances. </div>
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At the end of their sitting, Churchill Adedipe, the majority leader, moved a motion for the adjournment and the motion was seconded by Folorunso Ogundele.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.thecable.ng/apc-lawmakers-return-ekiti-relocates-plenary-state-university">TheCable</a></b>

APC Lawmakers Return To Ekiti, Suspend PDP Colleagues

After spending over a month in exile, 19 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ekiti State House of Assembly returned t...

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<b>A passenger flight turned into a boxing ring after some passengers told a woman to ‘shut her baby up’.</b></div>
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The brawl broke out on an Air China flight from Chongqing to Hong Kong on Thursday.</div>
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Two passengers reportedly became irate after being woken up by a crying baby mid-flight, and complained to 27-year-old mother Chan Juan Sung.</div>
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Witnesses said things escalated when the two disgruntled passengers fully reclined their seats to intentionally discomfort the mother, before the disagreement turned into a punch-up and air stewards had to intervene.</div>
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Fellow traveller Xiong Wan, who witnessed the fight, said: ‘[The mother] started shouting back at them, and before I knew what was happening she leaned over the seat, and punched one of them.</div>
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‘They then started hitting her and all hell broke loose.’</div>
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In a classic dad move, the pilot reportedly threatened to turn the plane around or even make an emergency landing if the women wouldn’t stop fighting. However staff were able to separate the brawlers and the flight continued to Hong Kong, where police were waiting to question the women involved.</div>
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An Air China spokesperson said: ‘Passengers cannot behave like this.’</div>
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By Oliver Wheaton, Metro UK A passenger flight turned into a boxing ring after some passengers told a woman to ‘shut her baby up’. ...

Buhari Catches Anti-Graft Mood But Divides Nigerian Voters - By Tim Cocks

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LAGOS (Reuters) - "I am not a rich person, I can't give you a pocketful of dollars or naira to purchase your support," Nigeria's former military leader Muhammadu Buhari wrote to opposition delegates last week before they chose him to contest next year's presidential election.</div>
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"I want a Nigeria ... where corruption no longer trespasses into our institutions and national behaviour."</div>
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His words struck a chord with Nigerians fed up with leaders filling their pockets. They also highlight his main selling point: during his previous stint in power from 1983-85 he is widely believed to have kept his fingers out of the till.</div>
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Buhari faces President Goodluck Jonathan in a Feb. 14 election in Africa's biggest economy that analysts think may be too close to call.</div>
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Graft scandals, most recently a claim by a former central bank governor that between $10 billion and $20 billion owed to state coffers by the national oil company were not remitted, have fuelled public anger. The government has promised an audit.</div>
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Buhari has growing appeal among an intellectual class in whose minds he has taken on almost messianic qualities as the man who can save Nigeria. Others remember less celebrated bits of his past -- like crackdowns on press freedom and detaining political opponents without charge.</div>
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Either way, he will also prove a divisive figure in a vote in which ethnic and religious sentiments remain paramount.</div>
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"People love him or they hate him. There's no middle ground," said Kayode Akindele, CEO of consultancy 46 Parallels.</div>
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His image as a sandal-wearing ascetic has appeal in a nation where power and champagne-swigging wealth often go hand in hand.</div>
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"He doesn't love money. He doesn't care about making money. This is what Nigeria needs of a leader," said Haruna Mohammed Yogara, an opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) official who voted for Buhari to represent the party in the primaries.</div>
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At the same time, the government's failure to quell an Islamist insurgency in the northeast has heightened the general's appeal as a military strongman, a type Nigerians were pretty sick of when democracy returned in 1999 after decades of army rule.</div>
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Buhari's message is simple: Nigeria's two biggest ills are corruption and insecurity, and he cracked down on both in 1983.</div>
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"He's been tested on both issues before and he passed," APC Senator Babafemi Ojudu told Reuters.</div>
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Then, as now, Nigeria faced economic turmoil from collapsing oil prices. Then president Shehu Shagari was accused of wasting money on corruption -- much as this government has been dogged with oil corruption scandals.</div>
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Insecurity, from militia in neighbouring Chad, threatened Nigeria's remote northeast, just as Boko Haram does today. Buhari, as army commander under Shagari, drove the Chadian fighters out of Nigeria, even invading Chad to secure a buffer.</div>
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"He beat them black and blue and chased them into Chad Republic. He can do it again (with Boko Haram)," Ojudu said.</div>
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After deposing Shagari he began a "war against indiscipline" to weed out corruption, armed robbery and drug trafficking.</div>
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"Immediately after its coup (the new government) closed all borders and arrested ... 475 politicians and businessmen for corruption," writes Max Siollun in his 2013 book <i>Soldiers of Fortune.</i> "Rooms stacked with illicit cash" were discovered in politicians' houses.</div>
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Even those willing to overlook his autocratic past might question whether he can keep his promises. Corruption is so entrenched that dismantling it could take generations.</div>
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"People love the anti-corruption, but if they dig a bit deeper: what does it actually mean? And can he pull it off?" said Akindele, adding that it could mean turning on some of his top backers in the APC, which he is unlikely to be able to do.</div>
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Power in democratic Nigeria depends on patronage networks, and feeding them is essential if a politician wants to keep it.</div>
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Promises to restore security after a brutal five-year insurgency by Boko Haram also might be easier to make than keep, with the Islamist group demonstrating remarkable resilience.</div>
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But sources in both parties say more prosaic factors may influence voting. Buhari, a Muslim northerner, will do better in the north, where he's hugely popular. Jonathan will sweep much of the overwhelmingly Christian south and southeast -- his home oil producing Niger Delta region and areas around.</div>
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Christians in the religiously-mixed "Middle Belt" will vote Jonathan; their Muslim neighbours, Buhari.</div>
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Much will depend on whether the 50-50 split Christian-Muslim Yoruba southwest, including Nigeria' biggest city Lagos, votes for Jonathan. It did last time, but since then southwestern elites have turned against him. Buhari's party power base is now in Lagos -- last year it was seen as largely a northern party.</div>
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"Last year people were frustrated the alliance fell apart so voted for Jonathan out of protest," Ojudu said.</div>
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<b>Muhammadu Buhari celebrated his 72nd birthday yesterday and the septugenarian was surrounded by close family and friends, especially his wife, Aishat. The presidential candidate for the APC party for the Nigerian 2015 elections also shared a birthday address to Nigerian youths, in which he talked about unemployment and poverty, among many other things.</b></div>
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Below is full text of his birthday address.</div>
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1. Let me begin by expressing my profound gratitude to God, who has given me long life and good health, and for sustaining my passion and commitment to continue to serve our dear country, Nigeria.</div>
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2. Usually, reaching another milestone in life is a cause for celebration. And while I appreciate the opportunity to engage with young people who are the future leaders of our country, I cannot pretend to be as happy as I ought to be. Nevertheless, we shall not allow the challenges confronting Nigeria to lead us to despair.</div>
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3. I have never wavered from my desire to contribute to a better Nigeria, even in the face of the most daunting challenges: The true mark of character is for one to believe in a good cause, and to have the courage and conviction to fight for that good cause regardless of all obstacles and challenges.</div>
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4. Every time I meet and interact with young Nigerians from every part of the country, I am struck by your vitality, confidence, intelligence, creativity and vision. These are the ingredients needed to forge a great country. The only missing component is visionary leadership that would channel your energies and resourcefulness into cohesive social and economic mechanisms to develop Nigeria.</div>
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5. Hopefully, I shall provide you with all the support that you require, and also create and sustain the enabling environment you need to unleash your potentials not only in Nigeria, but across the world. Nothing gladdens my heart more than stories of young Nigerians demonstrating their intellectual and creative talents and skills on the global stage.</div>
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6. When I said, “This generation of Nigerians, and indeed future generations, have no country other than Nigeria. We shall remain here and salvage it together”, I had no idea that 30 years and a lost generation later, we will still be facing the same sets of problems: corruption, insecurity of lives and property, decaying infrastructure, dilapidated public institutions, crushing poverty and underdevelopment.</div>
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7. But these problems are self-inflicted and can be solved. Be assured that our dreams for a better Nigeria might have been temporarily halted, but our resolve has never wavered. We must get our acts together and salvage our country. It will be criminal to waste the exciting potentials I see in you.</div>
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8. Let me tell you a short story:</div>
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9. As a young army officer many years ago, I could afford to save and buy a brand new car from my earnings. Fresh university graduates got jobs before they left school and opportunities were everywhere. Today, as a retired army general, former state governor, petroleum minister and head of state, I can hardly afford that luxury.</div>
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10. Similarly, if I hadn’t built my house at the time I built it, I probably would not own a house today; indeed, if I were to graduate today I would most likely join the ranks of the 40 million Nigerian youth who have no jobs and very little prospects of finding any, under the current government.</div>
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11. Nothing pains me like seeing young Nigerians who left school up to 10 years ago still living with their parents or living rough with friends or relatives simply because they can not find jobs. Unfortunately, our system has no social safety net of any sort to support those that need help. Nothing crushes the human spirit more than poverty, powerlessness and hopelessness.</div>
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12. However, I believe that with prudent management, Nigeria has the resources to meet the needs of all citizens. We will see to a Nigeria where lives and property are safe; schools are world class, health services are available and affordable and where every Nigerian feels proud and wanted.</div>
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13. Our government shall be about jobs, jobs and more jobs for our youth. To this end, We will implement strategies to immediately engage as many unemployed Nigerians as possible in quick-win schemes, while we fashion out long-term programmes to make unemployment history in Nigeria.</div>
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14. Our poverty alleviation and job creation approach will not be about giving handouts to a few thousand people when we have a staggering 40 million to cater for. The current method not only lacks originality but is not sustainable. We shall stimulate all sectors of the economy to create entrepreneurs and real wealth for all Nigerians, not just a select few.</div>
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15. Nigeria has no business with poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment. An APC government will therefore ensure that our commonwealth is used to develop our country for the benefit of all Nigerians.</div>
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16. What is at stake is the future of Nigeria. The struggle is for the millions of Nigerians who have been driven from their homes by terrorists;it is about the tens of millions of Nigerians who have no jobs, no sense of security and no hope for a better future; it about putting Nigeria first.</div>
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17. The need for change is imperative. The future of Nigeria is about your future. The big question is: Do we have the courage to vote for change? Are you ready to join me in securing our country and our future?</div>
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18. If you are, then go about and spread the message of change. Convince your families and friends to register and ensure that they vote correct in the upcoming elections. That way, we shall begin a new journey together – a journey to banish poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment from Nigeria.</div>
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19. Thank you all for your birthday wishes and your prayers.</div>
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20. God bless you all. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.</div>
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Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR</div>

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Court Bans Man From Having Sex With Wife

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<b>The husband of a mother of four who has the mind of a child has been banned from having sex with her by a High Court judge because she does not know she has the right to refuse.</b></div>
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The Bangladeshi man claims he has the right under his culture to have sex with her whenever he pleases and she has no right to refuse.</div>
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He has already taken his wife's cousin as a second "wife" and had two children with her, but still demands the right to have sex with the woman he married first.</div>
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Family Division judge Mr Justice Mostyn refused in a judgment, but ordered anonymity in the case to protect the identity of the wife and children. He said:</div>
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"The evidence clearly shows that TB has barely an inkling of the health risks involved. She was unable to link sex to pregnancy. Indeed she had virtually no idea how her babies came to be in her tummy (as she put it). Although she found sex enjoyable and comfortable she had no idea that she had a choice and could refuse.</div>
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"Indeed the attitude of SA, based, as he told me on his culture and religion, was that he had a right to seek sex from her and that it was her duty to submit."</div>
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However, with a mental age of between four and eight, the 39-year old wife - identified only by the initials TB - has been taken into care under the Mental Health Act by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, where the family lived.</div>
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All their four children have also been taken into care because the woman does not have the ability to care for them. </div>
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But the husband - known as SA and married to her for 18 years - wanted her back home.</div>
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The judge said efforts to enlighten TB about sex, her rights, and the risks involved had failed. He added:</div>
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"It is doubtful that TB has ever had the capacity to decide to have sex, notwithstanding that she has had four children."</div>
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The couple had a "volatile" relationship and there were instances of domestic violence when the husband lost his temper.</div>
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Court Bans Man From Having Sex With Wife

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[Photos]: Images From Ibinabo Fiberesima's White Wedding

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Check out more pictures from today, some of the celebrity guests at the white wedding include the Aneke Twins, Ifeanyi Enyiocha, Empress Njamah, Doris Simeon, Fathia Williams and more. Here's wishing Ibinabo all the happiness of love and marriage.</div>
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Finland Deports 100 Nigerians

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According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the deportees included women, children and whole families. They arrived at the Cargo Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, aboard cargo airline - Privilege Gourmet.</div>
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A deportee, Mr Isaac Ejiofor, told NAN that he had no criminal records in Finland and wondered why he was deported after spending over one year in the asylum camp. Ejiofor said he was earlier in Greece but later travelled to Finland to seek asylum in a bid to get a permit to work there.</div>
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"A policeman asked me what I want since I did not have any criminal record to warrant my deportation. I said I wanted to work and live a normal life in Finland, so he (policeman) told me to seek asylum and I did that. </div>
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I was taken to the asylum camp and was there for more than a year processing my work documents. There were other African nationals there with four Nigerians. Suddenly, we, the Nigerians were brought out and deported without any reason.</div>
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Another deportee, who wanted to be identified as Jackso, alleged that officials of the Nigerian Embassy in Finland colluded with some Finnish immigration officers to extort money from asylum seekers in the camp. Jackso said that the embassy officials promised to assist them to get work permits from the Finnish authority.</div>
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A female deportee, simply called Esther, said that she and her husband had been in Finland for over 14 years and was surprised that they were deported without committing any offense. Esther said she was deported along with her husband and seven-year old daughter without any compensation. She said that other Africans in the camp were given an opportunity to stay and work in Finland, but that the Finnish authorities were hostile to Nigerians.</div>
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She appealed to the Federal Government to come to their aid, particularly Nigerians in Finland and other European countries. She said most Nigerians in asylum in Finland came from other parts of Europe like Greece, Denmark, Sweden and Norway in order to acquire work documents.</div>
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NAN reports that of the deportees, three men were arrested for violence and were taken to the MMIA Police Station. Some others were arrested on arrival by the police for travel offenses and taken by a sheriff bus to the Criminal Investigation Department, Nigerian Police Force, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos.</div>

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Dad Gets Life Sentence For Killing His 2 Daughters

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<b>The Tanzania man, Charles Mihayo, 36, who murdered his two daughters at his home in Melbourne on April 20, 2014 and then dressed them in floral dresses in an act of revenge against his ex-wife has been sentenced to life in prison.</b></div>
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According to prosecutors, after his wife divorced him, an angry Charles killed his own children just to make their mother suffer. He smothered Savannah, 4, and Indianna, 3, after playing with them.</div>
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Though he was sentenced to life in prison, Charles is eligible for parole after 31 years. Charles, who has since regretted his action, has refused to go into details as to how and why he killed the little girls, only saying he deserves to be punished.</div>
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On the day of the murders, the girls mother dropped them off with him, he then took them shopping for new clothes and shoes. What happened next isn't clear but Charles called the police to his home.</div>
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When police arrived at his place, he told them "It’s done. I’ve killed them. I’ve killed my kids. You’ll have to ask (my former wife why).”</div>
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The police found the children lying dead in the home dressed in the new clothes and shoes their dad just bought. </div>
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Before killing his kids, Charles filmed them dancing to '<i>Let it go',</i> a song from Disney movie, <i>Frozen </i>and even played with them. In the video which officers later saw, the killer told his girls to show their mum the clothes he just bought for them. The excited kids did, then Charles looked menacingly at the camera and said "We’ll show mum something else in ten minutes". He then played hide and seek with then before smothering them with a pillow. </div>

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Australia Massacre!: 8 Siblings Found Stabbed To Death At Home

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Their mother was also stabbed but she survived and is currently in critical condition in the hospital.</div>
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Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said that the woman was the mother of seven of the dead children with the other child a relation. He described the massacre as a 'tragic and traumatic event'. Scores of detectives, paramedics and forensic officers have swarmed over the home on Murray St in Manoora, around 4km west of the coastal town's main tourist strip.</div>
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Details about what investigators found inside the house have not been revealed but a neighbour said she had been told there were bloody scenes 'everywhere' inside. Officers who arrived first on the scene said it was like 'something out of a horror movie'. Specialist police officers are now on their way from Brisbane to help with the situation and the crime scene is completely locked down.</div>
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"There's not much else we can say, but what we have a range of strategies in place to support the family through this very difficult time," Detective Inspector Asnicar said.</div>
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"It's a tragic and traumatic with so many deceased in one place. It's right up there with some of the most serious things I've ever had to deal with."</div>
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Ms Thaiday said another sibling, a 20-year-old man, arrived home to discover his brothers and sisters dead inside the house. </div>
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He is now being consoled by other family members. </div>
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"I'm going to see him now, he needs comforting," Ms Thaiday said. She described the family and extended relatives as close-knit and many live in surrounding suburbs. </div>
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"We're a big family and most of us are from the (Torres) Strait," she said, adding that she rushed to the scene after hearing about the incident on the radio.  </div>
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The woman at the centre of the Cairns family massacre was ‘happy go lucky and seemed to really love her kids’, <i>Daily Mail</i> Australia has been told.</div>
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Robert Struber, who lived for 20 years in the house where the stabbing murders took place said he had spoken with the 34-year-old on several occasions while visiting his former neighbours. </div>
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He said the last time he had seen the mother a few months ago she was ‘friendly and happy to chat’ and that she had mainly looked after her large family.</div>
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He said the street had a mixture of Aboriginal families and people from the Torres Strait and Cook Islands. He moved out of the four bedroom house two years ago because it was too large, and said that following the tragedy he ‘never wanted to go back inside it’. </div>
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Mr Struber described the 34-year-old woman at the centre of the family massacre as ‘happy go lucky and seemed to really love her kids’. He had spoken with her on several occasions while visiting his former neighbours.</div>
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He said she had mainly looked after her large family well. Mr Struber had not met the father of the children.</div>
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Police said it would be several hours before forensic officers would be able to complete their work inside the house - while detectives continued inquiries to establish what had led up to the slaughter. </div>
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Australia Massacre!: 8 Siblings Found Stabbed To Death At Home

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Leaked! Lagos Big Girl's Sex Clip Goes Viral

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<b>Lawaldoski Lawa</b> has again leaked another nude photo of a babe he slept with. He had earlier released one (<b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/12/womans-nude-photos-leaked-online.html">see it here</a></b>) few days ago with the caption <b>"baby you are very stupid to have sent me this"</b>.</div>
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Sources said the girl in the photo passed the night at his house.</div>
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Tell me, what could have gone wrong that lead the guy posting the nude photo of the girl on his Facebook wall? Is this a way to end it? Is this girl not really stupid?</div>
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Leaked! Lagos Big Girl's Sex Clip Goes Viral

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School Massacre Fallout: Pakistan To Hang Convicted Militants

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<b>Islamabad – Prison authorities in Pakistan on Friday were preparing to hang convicted terrorists after the government lifted a six-year moratorium on executions, officials said.</b></div>
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The decision followed the massacre of 135 school children and 12 others by Taliban gunmen at an army-run school in the north-western city of Peshawar.</div>
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At least 17 militants convicted in bombings and mass killings would be executed in jails in Rawalpindi, Lahore and Faisalabad in the coming week, prison officials said.</div>
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Pakistan had adopted an undeclared moratorium on carrying out death sentences from 2008 to win a trade deal with the European Union. Since then only one hanging has taken place, of a soldier convicted by court-martial.</div>
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Trade Minister Khurram Dastgeer Khan said on Wednesday that decision to lift the ban would not endanger the deal with the 28-nation bloc.</div>
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Army Chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif signed death warrants for six militants, a military statement said late Thursday.</div>
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The army chief’s signature is the go-ahead for the execution of those sentences by military courts, the statement added.</div>
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The statement did not give the six names, but an official told journalists that they included the ringleader of gunmen who attacked the military headquarters in Rawalpindi city.</div>
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Prison officials in Central Punjab and Southern Sindh provinces were also making arrangements to execute militants in the next couple of days.</div>
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An estimated 8,000 prisoners are on death row across Pakistan, according to the Interior Ministry, and nearly 30 per cent on terrorism charges.</div>
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The military also stepped up the offensive after the school attack, with fighter jets and ground troops killing scores of militants in airstrikes and ambushes in Khyber tribal district near Peshawar, officials said.</div>
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Reports say people took to the streets for a third day of anger and grief, with several processions condemning Tuesday’s attack, and activists from civil society holding vigils in many cities.</div>
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Spiritualist Arraigned Over ₦3.5 Million Fraud

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<b>The Police in Lagos State on Friday arraigned a 37-year-old Yinka Daudu, who claimed to be a spiritualist, for allegedly stealing ₦3.5 million belonging to one Monday Jatau.</b></div>
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The accused was charged before a Shomolu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on three charges of stealing ₦3.5 million from Jatau, under the pretext that he will solve his spiritual problem.</div>
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Mr Thomas Muhammed, the prosecutor, an Inspector of Police, told the court that the accused conspired with others now at large to steal the money, without offering solution to the complainant’s problem.</div>
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Muhammed said the accused committed the offences on Aug. 24, at 11.15 a. m. at No. 6, Adenekan Street, Bariga in Lagos.</div>
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He said that the offences committed contravened Sections 409, 312 (a) (2) and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2011.</div>
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Daudu, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.</div>
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The Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, granted the accused bail in the sum of ₦300,000 with two sureties in like sum.</div>
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Osunsanmi adjourned the case till Feb. 4, 2015, for mention.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/spiritualist-arraigned-over-alleged-n3-5m-fraud/">The Punch</a></b></div>

Spiritualist Arraigned Over ₦3.5 Million Fraud

The Police in Lagos State on Friday arraigned a 37-year-old Yinka Daudu, who claimed to be a spiritualist, for allegedly stealing ₦3.5 ...

How Amosun's Running Mate Emerged

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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Daud Olatunji, Vanguard</span></i></div>
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Contrary to the expectation by the people of Ogun state on the choice of the running mate of Governor Ibikunle Amosun, the governor and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress chose a dark horse.</div>
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Expectedly, many people believed that Amosun would compensate his former running mate; Mrs. Elisabeth Sonubi while he contested for governorship on the platform of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party in 2007 which he lost,</div>
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Vanguard gathered that, left for Amosun, he would have chosen Sonubi who is currently the commissioner for women Affairs and social development as his running mate for the 2015 governorship election.</div>
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Sonubi who hails from Ijebu-North-East in Ogun East Senatorial district is a grass root politician whose choice by Amosun in 2007 conferred a lot of acceptance on the team.</div>
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It was reliably gathered that three people were shot-listed by Amosun as his possible running mate. They were Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Muyiwa Oladipo; Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Elisabeth Sonubi and the wife of slain governorship candidate on the platform of the defunct Action Congress, Mrs Dipo Dina.</div>
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This development followed the defection of the current deputy governor, Prince Segun Adesegun to the Social Democratic Party as a fall out of the disagreement between him and the governor.</div>
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Adesegun was reported to have been forced on Amosun by the leadership of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria prior to the 2011 general elections.</div>
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It would be recalled that Amosun who was a governorship candidate on the platform of All Nigeria's Peoples Party, ANPP, collapsed his political structure with the defunct Action Congress, AC, and formed Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, on which platform he contested for governorship and won.</div>
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The party, according to the findings chose his running mate who he never had interaction with before the party announced him. A close associate of Amosun hinted <i>Vanguard</i> that, Amosun made several attempts to have his way in the choice of running mate but was not successful.</div>
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Adesegun who hails from Ago-Iwoye in Ijebu-North Local Government had a nasty relationship with his estranged boss before they eventually parted ways.</div>
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Sequel to the internal wrangling that rocked the All Progress Congress in the state, Adesegun defected to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, which paved way for Amosun to search for another deputy governor for his second term.</div>
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In the bid to get a strategic candidate, APC picked a Deputy Director from Lagos Ministry of Environment, Yetunde Abosede Onanuga as a running mate of Amosun for 2015 elelction.</div>
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Onanuga who hails from Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu-North Local Government is a wife of a prominent Chief in Ijebu-Ode just as she is a daughter of a late monarch in Ijebu-Igbo.</div>
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Speaking shortly after she was declared Amosun's running mate, Onanuga said: "firstly, I will like to say thank you to God for making this possible. It is a day of joy to me, a day the Lord has made and I'm rejoicing in it. I have been looking forward to this day, because I can remember four years ago, I came out because I wanted this position but, as God wants it, this is the day the Lord has made and I eventually emerge as the running mate of our dear governor."</div>
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About her background, she explained "My father is from Aparaki in Ijebu-Igbo under Ijebu-North local government; my mother is from Akaka and actually the daughter of the late Alakaka of Akaka Chief E. Oyesofojo. I'm also married to a son of Ijebu-Ode, Otunba Abiodun Onanuga.</div>
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The State Chairman of the party, Chief Roqib Adeniji who presented Onanuga, as the running mate to the leaders and members of the party during a stakeholders meeting held in Abeokuta, said the choice of Onanuga was carefully made by the party.</div>
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The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ogun State on Tuesday nominated a seasoned bureaucrat and Princess from Aparaki in Ijebu North Local Government Area, Chief (Mrs) Yetunde Abosede Onanuga as the running mate for Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who had earlier emerged as the unopposed gubernatorial candidate for the 2015 general elections.</div>
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Mrs. Onanuga (nee Fabanwo), 54, was presented to party leaders at the ultra-modern MTR Hall inside Ibara GRA by the state party Chairman, Chief Roqeeb Adeniji. She was accompanied to the venue by her husband, Otunba Abiodun Onanuga, the Giwa Bobakeye Akile Ijebu, who is also Managing Director of NUGACON Group of Companies.</div>
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The running mate was a grand-daughter of the late Oba of Akaka in Remo North Local Government Area, Oba Oye Sofodu.</div>
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Her emergence on the APC gubernatorial ticket therefore provides a perfect balance in terms of geo-political consideration, gender and religion. With Governor Amosun coming from Ogun Central Senatorial District, the party had earlier zoned the Deputy Governor's slot to Ogun East Senatorial District while the speakership is zoned to Ogun West Senatorial District.</div>
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Ogun East Senatorial District has two sections - Ijebu and Remo. The Remo wing has produced the party's senatorial candidate, Chief Dapo Abiodun, Managing Director of Hayden Petroleum who is from Iperu Remo.</div>
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The Deputy Governor is expected to come from Ijebuland. Co-incidentally, Chief (Mrs) Onanuga is not only from the two largest LGAs in Ijebuland by origin and marriage, she also has a link to the Remo area. She is by origin from Ijebu North LGA and her husband is a ranking member of the royal court of the Awujale of Ijebuland in Ijebu Ode LGA. Her mother is also a princess of the Akaka town in Remo area. Therefore, she has a link with all the sections of the Ogun East Senatorial District.</div>
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A devout Christian and mother, Mrs. Onanuga is expected to complement and provide support for the energetic and progressive Governor Amosun as the administration moves into the critical stage in the implementation of its <i>Mission to Rebuild</i> Ogun State. </div>
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Mrs. Onanuga was educated at the Lagos State College of Science and Technology (LACOSTEC), now Lagos State Polytechnic, and Ogun State University, now known as Olabisi Onabanjo University. She has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/amosuns-running-mate-emerged/">Vanguard</a></b></div>

How Amosun's Running Mate Emerged

By Daud Olatunji, Vanguard Contrary to the expectation by the people of Ogun state on the choice of the running mate of Governor ...