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Peter Nygard and Louis Bacon Photo: WireImage / Allen Kennedy Photography.
A long-running, nasty but otherwise frivolous legal feud between two Bahamas billionaires has turned deadly serious. Fashion tycoon Peter Nygard has been accused by his neighbor, New York hedge fund mogul Louis Bacon , of.... |
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BY CHARLES KUMOLU. CALL it phenomenal and you may not be faulted as it comes as a story of travails, vision and triumphs. Powered by the desire of a young lady, Mrs. Oluwamayo Ojumah to translate 16-year old personal misfortunes into success stories, the narrative is hardly possible in the Nigerian.... |
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Ben H. Bagdikian, a key figure in the publication of the Pentagon Papers by The Washington Post in 1971, which resulted in a momentous legal victory supporting freedom of the press, who later became an influential educator and media critic, died March 11 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 96. |
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Family Research Council President Tony Perkins gestures during a news conference last summer in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, declined during an interview Friday to commit to back Donald Trump even after the New York billionaire secures the official GOP presidential nominee. |
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The building project, contingent upon church board approval next week, is part of a larger campaign focused on positioning the church for its next 100 years in downtown Minneapolis. The campaign also will raise up to $7 million for charity and community services, including about $4 million for new.... |
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SIOUX CITY | They remember him as a constant encourager with a contagious, nasally laugh, a jokester with an affinity for Hot Pockets, and a young man whose life ended far too soon.
Family, friends and community members packed the 390-seat Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel Friday afternoon to honor the life of Rodney Feller Jr. |
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I received a plaintive note last week from a young man who seemed rather shocked that I had not written about Nigeria’s scandal of the moment—the harrowing story of a 14-year old girl named Ese Rita Oruru, abducted from her home in Bayelsa State, transported to Kano by a 22-year old drifter, Yunusa.... |
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Incessant clashes between farmers in the South and Middle Belt and militia men who are generally believed to be herdsmen of Northern stock have become a matter of grave concern in Nigeria. The federal government must now take the bull by the horn to stem this ugly tide, writes JULIET UMEH. |
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Kidnappers of a 5-year-old boy, Jonathan Sulieman , the son of a Zonal Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Okene, Kogi State are demanding N50million before the boy,a nursery 2 pupil will be released. Saturday Mirror gathered that suspected gunmen numbering about four kidnapped the.... |
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Experts blame societal ills on faulty parenting. BY ISHOLA BALOGUN, LAJU ARENYEKA, ANOZIE EGOLE, ADERONKE ADEYERI, CHARLES ADINGUPU & OGHENE OMONISA. T he impropriety of the love story or rather infatuation between Yunusa Dahiru, 25-year-old Muslim tricycle operator from Kano, and Ese Oruru,.... |
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300. Nosa Akenzua, Asaba. A 45-year-old mechanic, Edward Azinka, in Okpanam community near Asaba has reportedly sacked his wife over her involvement in a two-day vigil organised by a church. It was gathered that the woman, Awele Azinka, was sacked by her husband, a local mechanic in the area, for.... |
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By Emmanuel Aziken. Hard lessons on loyalty from the Edo Governorship contest. Issues arising from the governorship succession in Edo State are bound to raise lessons in loyalty and political fidelity. The difficult relationship between one of the major contestants, Pastor Osaze Ize-Iyamu and a.... |
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A troop of Boy Scouts on Long Island became the victims of a scammer who stole nearly $10,000 from their checking account. Troop 517 in Rockville Centre works hard to raise money for their trips. It took almost a year to save up nearly $10,000, but only a few seconds for someone to steal it out of the scout account at Astoria Bank. |
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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz will make another trip to North Carolina on Monday with a rally in Fayetteville. Fayetteville Technical Community College says it will be the site of a 3 p.m. speech by Cruz at Horace Sisk Gymnasium. Cruz appeared on Tuesday at churches in Raleigh and.... |
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The conference, to be led by the Ministries’ Senior Minister, Pastor Aubrey Mwasinga, is aimed at offering spiritual wisdom on developing Godly relationships and teach on how God-led companionships can be built and sustained. According to Blantyre RFP Resident Pastor, Emma Mwasinga, over the years.... |
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The service will feature seven local pastors, and each will speak 15 minutes each on one of the last sayings of Jesus from the cross. In addition, each pastor will have a representative from their local church that will minister in song, or dance. The participating pastors are:
Apostle Alger B. |
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Ben H. Bagdikian, a journalist and news media critic who became a celebrated voice of conscience for his profession, calling for tougher standards of integrity and public service in an era of changing tastes and technology, died on Friday at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 96. His wife, Marlene Griffith Bagdikian, confirmed his death. |
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ATHENS, Greece -- A haunting image of a newborn baby taken on the Greek-Macedonian border last week has been slammed by social media users around the world as a tragic example of the consequences of Europe’s failure to adequately deal with the thousands of migrants and refugees arriving on its shores each day. |
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By Evelyn Usman. The excitement on the faces of worshipers at Jesus Christ the Healer Church of All Nations, aka Ten Commandment Church, in Itedo crescent, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, knew no bounds , as the church went agog in celebration over the release a vessel belonging to one of its members by the Nigerian Navy. |
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Cook never sought out attention and many here are quietly proud of him, but Ousley suspects the lack of recognition is also tied to Cook's prominent positions on sensitive social issues. Cook, who is gay, has advocated for gay rights. He once criticized Alabama for its lack of progress in a speech at the state capitol in Montgomery. |
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Ohio and Michigan may be at odds when it comes to college football, but when it comes to the basic human need for fresh water, many people in the Buckeye State have reached out to the people of Flint, Mich. The good Samaritans include members of SouthBrook Church in Miamisburg. |
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A Baton Rouge judge has declared a mistrial after a jury deliberated for more than seven hours but couldn't decide whether the first black head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette was fired because of the color of his skin. The jury of six women and six men — nine of whom are.... |
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A Baton Rouge judge has declared a mistrial after a jury deliberated for more than seven hours but couldn't decide whether the first black head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette was fired because of the color of his skin. The jury of six women and six men — nine of whom are.... |
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Even though I lived in a city of concrete and steel, an intense love for nature permeated my heart and my imagination. I wrote poem after poem on the beauty of the stars and the snow; I can remember sitting in my school courtyard as a light, gray drizzle fell around me, finding a way to describe it in sublime terms. |
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Patrons Chauntyll Allen and Tyrone Williams, both of whom are black, noticed the image when they sat down to celebrate a friend's birthday at the restaurant at 2704 Snelling Av. N. The caption on the photo read, "Hanging in Groesbeck, Texas on April 12, 1895. |
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