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Afenifere Leader, Dr. Reuben Fasoranti, has cautioned the Northern leaders against their threat that the North is not afraid of the breaking of Nigeria. A leader of the Arewa Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdulahi, on Wednesday said the North was prepared to go alone if the nation breaks up, adding that the North would not, however, champion the disintegration of ...

Adele, LMFAO, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne lead the finalists for the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, which will take place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand and be broadcast live Sunday May 20, 8/7c on ABC. Adele takes the lead as a finalist in 18 award categories, including Top Artist, Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist. “Rolling In ...

A Dutch ad agency, looking to spread awareness about human trafficking on behalf of Stop the Traffick, used dancing “sex workers” to spread the message. Duval Guillaume Modem, the agency, reportedly brought female dancers to one of Amsterdam’s well-known red-light districts, and had them pretend to be prostitutes putting on a show to attract as many passers-by as possible. It ...

Mswati III of Swaziland is accustomed to marking his birthday with a no-expense-spared celebration, literally one fit for a king. But with his country’s economy in free fall, this year there is no budget for a lavish do on April 19 as he turned 44. Home Affairs Minister Prince Gcokoma has called on ordinary Swazis to donate cows to be ...

On February 1, 2012, Premium Times presented a list of 20 Nigerians indicted by the KPMG report for a broad range of corrupt abuses of the fuel subsidy funds, effectively costing Nigeria trillions of naira. Prominent personalities who held various key positions within the petroleum ministry, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Product Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) were identified ...