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Quelque chose de nouveau se passe en france: French Presidential Race

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When and if he (Emmanuel Macron) succeeded in beating the amazon of French politics, Marine Le Pen, to become President of France he would be 39 years old. But that is not the news. He is married to a 64 year-old, that is still not the news. His wife was his class teacher 24 years ago...not still the news. His then class teacher had a daughter who was his class-mate...everybody including his parents thought this teacher's daughter was his girlfriend...nope they were wrong. He fell in love with his class teacher when he was 15...she was "happily married" with 3 kids...now the "happily married" is relative in this context. At 17, he promised to marry her. She was at the time 42 years. They got married in 2007 with our man now 30...well she was almost 55. Next month he is going to be sworn-in as the President of France 6 months to his 40th birthday while his lovely wife who has 3 adult kids and 7 grandchildren (her first child is two years older than her

The Old Guards Must Take The Back Seat...: YDP member speaks

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"Oshiokhue Philip" We are honoured to have you seat down with the Natifz Times for this exclusive interview. May we know who you are and the party you represent? My name is Oshiokhue Philip Ikpeminoghena politically called COMRADE OSHIOKS. I represent the YDP (Young Democratic Party) can you tell us the position you hold at YDP? I am an active member of the Young Democratic Party what does YDP represents and what is it's ideology? YDP represents an alternative to the Nigerian populace in terms of purposeful governance. Our motto is: "The Light Has Come". Nigerians are tired of what have become of them since 1999 till date. This is a time when the old guards take the back seats and give opportunity to freshness and new ideas.The ideology is the rebirth of freshness and new ideas in the political system in Nigeria. what plans does YDP have for Nigerians? YDP is a new political party in Nigerian committed to the repositioning of Nigeria

PLATEAU STATE PDP SENSITIZATION MEETING ON THE FORTH COMING ELECTIONS HELD ON THE 18/04/2017

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The meeting started immediately on the arrival of the State Party Chairman and other party officials, with a word of prayer and followed by the National Anthem. The party PRO in the person of Emmanuel Macham stood up to brief the audience about the consent of the PDP national body being aware of today’s meeting and he went further to intimate the congregation of how important today’s meeting is considering that all hands needs to be on deck in anticipation of the forth coming local government elections in Plateau State. The PRO then introduced the State Party Chairman, Hon. Gyang Badung, who was present, the North Central Chairman, Barrister Timothy Parlong, who was present, the State Deputy Chairman, John Wuyep,  who was present, the State Secretary Mrs. Cecilia Dongtoe who was present, other members of the Exco, as well as other, Party Stalwarts were present. Before then the PRO went ahead and called on the 17 Local Government Exco and representatives to stand up for recognition

The Return of The Peacemaker; Abubakar Sidique Sam Sumana

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The plane touched down at exactly 12:00pm on the 14th of April, 2017 as the most awaited occupant of the plane Chief Alhaji Abubakar Sidique Sam Sumana disembarked into the waiting arms of an elated and joyous crowd of followers. As he walked towards them he waived at them amidst cheers and shouts of welcome. It will be recalled that, Sam Sumana as he is popular called, before his controversial ouster as Vice President of Sierra Leone a position he humbly occupied since the inception of the first term of the president, HE. Earnest Bai Koroma. Until their irreconcilable difference which led to series of court cases and subsequent departure of Sam Sumana from Sierra Leone. He was replaced with Victor Bockarie Foh. Sam Sumana, took the decision to take a leave from the political issues in Sierra Leone for the love of his people and respect for constituted authorities. He how ever decided to stay away until his present return. Reporting from Freetown, our reporter, M. Tarawalie,

Kendrick Lamar is on fire

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Without an iota of doubt, Kendrick Lamar is on Rap-cloud-nine. This position is given credence to on the successful realise of his fourth studio album titled "Damn".  K.C. Ifeanyi on Fastcompany.com had this to say. " Kendrick Lamar  just dropped his fourth studio album,  DAMN. , which is essentially 14 reasons why he’s one of the greatest rappers of this generation." It is, however, true that in the recent past Lamar has taken the musical world by storm, by carving a unique niche of boldness which he exhibited by singing about contemporary social issues without fear.  Fastcompany.com gave a run-down of his latest album, considering each track of the album, That.  DAMN.   comes two years after Lamar’s Grammy Award-winning opus   To Pimp a Butterfly , and what he’s proven yet again is his ability to construct impeccably crafted narratives. Themes of police brutality and social injustices intersect with tracks laying Lamar’s vulnerabilities and insecurities b

Eddy mourns Charlie

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Hollywood went into mourning yesterday when Charlie Murphy seccumb to the cold hands of death after battling with leukemia. publicist Domenick Nati told  The Hollywood Reporter.  He was 57.  Murphy died from leukemia on Wednesday, said Nati.  "Our hearts are heavy with the loss today of our son, brother, father, uncle and friend Charlie," the Murphy family said in a statement to  The Hollywood Reporter . "Charlie filled our family with love and laughter and there won’t be a day that goes by that his presence will not be missed. Thank you for the outpouring of condolences and prayers. We respectfully ask for privacy during this time of great loss for all of us.” Murphy became a household name through Dave Chappelle's Comedy Central skit show thanks to his amazing stories of interactions with other celebrities during the height of his brother's fame in the 1980s. The most popular short turned into a skit was about the late musician Rick James.  Conc

Janet Jackson divorced.

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Reports reaching the Natifz Times shows that the aging popstar divorced her billionaire husband after 5 years of marriage and 3 months after giving birth, Janet Jackson divorces her husband the billionaire Wissam Al Mana.  According to several sources, the reasons for the divorce were as follows: According to Lascandaleuse.com at this moment there is drama among the Jacksons.  Joe Jackson's nephew would be very threatening to Janet's mother Katherine.  The latter would not feel safe and her nephew would have put cameras in her house and would extort money from her.  Katherine Jackson has been in England since the birth of Eissa.  Following this story Janet Jackson realized that her husband did not care about the fate of her mother in law. This story would seem to be too much for Janet and that's why she decided to seek divorce. Wissam Al Mana would control many aspects of Janet's life, including how she performs on stage during her concerts, and her outfits.

Press statement of Coalition of Plateau Residents on the 6th April, 2017 (pictures of the on-the-spot assessment visit by NEMSA)

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6th April, 2017 Press Statement Coalition of Plateau Residents for Peace and Development Protocol, Fellow peace-loving residents of Plateau State, you are aware that following public complaints and outcry in Plateau State with regard to outrageous estimated billing, installation of new untested, uncertified and uncalibrated prepaid meters and poor service delivery by Jos Electricity Distribution (JED) PLC, the above group took it upon itself to pursue the mentioned issues on behalf of the residents to a logical, appreciable and amicable conclusion. We had series of critical meetings and dialogue sessions with the management of JED PLC, one of which was chaired by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer JED PLC, Mohammed Gidado Modibbo to ventilate the positions of residents to the company which all ended in deadlock and were fruitless as our complaints fell on deaf ears after a petition we wrote the company in which we copied the regulatory bodies and security agencies. Yo