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Showing posts with label extra. Show all posts

Friday, 2 September 2016

How posting Instagram holiday cruise pictures led to a $30m cocaine bust


Two women from Quebec had their cruise holiday interrupted when about $30 million worth of cocaine was discovered in their suitcases by Australian law enforcement.

Mark Zuckerberg makes a second trip to Nigeria in one week



After visiting Nigeria a few days ago to speak with entrepreneurs and IT experts, Facebook social network founder, Mark Zuckerberg is back in Nigeria to visit President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa, Abuja.

Saturday, 27 August 2016

Photos: Cancer made this woman's breasts famous on Instagram

Alison with her seven-year-old daughter Bessie


Alison Habbal, 36, is cancer struck and as a result, a good portion of her hair has been lost, she lost her nipple and suffered extensive breast scarring in a lumpectomy.

Saturday, 20 August 2016

Forex rate is causing many drugs to no longer be on the shelves- Pharmacists



Now that there is a shortage of foreign exchange in the country, experts have observed that many important drugs in Nigeria are gradually disappearing while prices of the available ones have gone so high that only few people can afford it.

Nigerian government warns pilgrims against carrying hard drugs and kola nut to Saudi Arabia



The federal government of Nigeria has warned prospective Muslim pilgrims for the 2016 Hajj exercise to resist any temptation to take hard drugs to Saudi Arabia, reminding them that it attracts death penalty.

Friday, 19 August 2016

Lagos State ranked third worst city to live in, by The Economist

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Lagos state, the commercial nerve center of Nigeria, is the third worst city to live in, according to the global liveability index of a survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Thursday, 18 August 2016

Will Japanese plastic surgeon Katsuya Takasu still give Nigeria's U-23 team the cash he promised?


Japanese plastic surgeon Katsuya Takasu who says he’s fallen in love with the Nigeria’s Under 23 team at Rio Olympics has promised to give each player of the squad $30,000 if they win Gold, $20,000 if they win silver and $12,000 for bronze.

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Photo News: Nigerian children receiving emergency Polio vaccine



Following the recurrence of the Polio Virus in Nigeria after vanishing for over two years,  the government has had to embark on mass vaccination for millions of children.

Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Nigeria to name and shame looters of health funds



The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole said those who mismanaged the funds of the Ministry in the past will be brought to book and thoroughly dealt with.

Thursday, 11 August 2016

Meet the world's richest doctor, Patrick Soon-Shiong



Born and raised in South Africa, Patrick Soon-Shiong is considered the world’s richest doctor and the wealthiest man in Los Angeles too.

Meet identical triplet models who have the same haircut, eat the same food and workout together

Even when the threesome are apart, they remain in constant contact and mirror each others lives to minute detail






Laura, Nicola and Alison Crimmins, 29, live with together and work together in Dublin, Ireland, and triplet models.

Saturday, 6 August 2016

World's shortest couple set to wed

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Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros, who is 34.8in tall, proposed to his 35.2in girlfriend Katyucia Hoshino in front of their closest friends at a sushi restaurant in their hometown of Itupeva, Brazil.

Friday, 5 August 2016

#Olympics2016: 26 out of 60 Nigerian players failed a mandatory MRI scan to authenticate their ages



Twenty-six of 60 players in the Golden Eaglets camp, including nine of the 11 members of the first team have failed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test overseen by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).