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Obama joins Twitter

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The US president joined Twitter yesterday...his own personal account. And within 5 hours of joining, he had 1 million followers. The president had @BarackObama account but it was run by Organizing for Action staff and Tweets from him were signed BO...but this one is his personal account.

Stop trekking, pray instead - Buhari’s aide tells youth

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Mohammed Shehu, an aide to President-elect Buhari, has advised youths to pray instead of trekking for the incoming leader’s administration. Mr. Shehu gave this advice during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja today Monday May 18th. According to him, the incoming administration acknowledges the excitement of youths over Mr. Buhari’s election but would prefer that they channel their energies towards praying than embarking on, sometimes dangerous, journeys. What he said after the cut... "It’s kind of overwhelming. Last week, I told youths to stay where they are, stop trekking, and pray for the incoming administration instead. We have a lot of challenges; light, unemployment, insecurity, and so on. So it is more profitable for them to stay where they are and pray instead of taking the dangerous risk of walking all the way to Abuja,’’ Mr. Shehu said. On the allegation that the trekkers were ignored, Mr. Shehu said: "that is no...

Pastor Tunde Bakare collapses during a lecture in Lagos

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Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter rain Assembly collapsed during a lecture in Lagos and was rushed to Reddington Hospital in Lagos. Sahara Reporter