New Year's Eve crowd surges; 35 killed in crush: Minutes before midnight

New Year's Eve crowd surges; 35 killed in crush

Minutes before midnight, a flurry of what looked like bank notes falling from a building in Shanghai caused the crowd to rush forward, one witness tells state Chat212.


Stampede at Shanghai New Year's celebration kills 35

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Nicki Minaj Opens Up About Abortion

Nicki Minaj Opens Up About Abortion

It's 'Haunted Me All My Life'

Nicki Minaj is about as thick-skinned as they come, but she opened up about a decision that left her heartbroken back in her teen years.

The 32-year-old rapper spoke to Rolling Stone about a pregnancy that ended in abortion while she was still in high school.

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Nicki Minaj Wants to be a mother

NEWS: Nicki Minaj Wants a Family

Lately, Nicki has been very open about her goal to start a family. Earlier this month, she told Ellen DeGeneres that one day she wants "a little cute fat baby."

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Vacancy - Graduate Technician Needed @... British American Tobacco

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WARNING!!! Cancer-causing metal detected in water

In the second part of his report, KUNLE FALAYI takes on the Lagos State Water Corporation armed with the report of a chemical analysis done on a sample of the contaminated water which some Lagos residents drink oblivious of the dangers they face

At Ijora-Badia, one of Lagos’ most notorious slums, living around dirt is obviously not strange to the residents. But the water they buy from vendors who get their supply from the Lagos State Water Corporation may be doing them more harm than good.

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Tokunbo cars to cost more next year

Prices of imported used cars are expected to rise appreciably in the New Year as the Federal Government begins the collection of 70 per cent duty on second-hand vehicles imported into the country from January 1, 2015.

This is the second phase of the national automotive policy, which was announced in November 2013.

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Vacancy - Graduate Needed @... KPMG

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Little boy attacked by dogs recovers in India

Omonigho Abraham, the four-year-old boy attacked by dogs in the Igando area of Lagos State is beginning to regain his health in an India hospital.

Chat212 gathered on Tuesday that Omonigho was in a stable condition and would return to the country between January and February 2015.

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Seven Suspected Insurgents Die As Explosive-Laden Vehicle Explodes Before Reaching Target

Seven suspected Boko Haram terrorists were on Monday killed when an Improvised Explosive Device hidden in a Toyota Pick-up van they were driving in exploded before they could get to Biu Market, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

A security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity with our correspondent from Biu, said the suspected terrorists hid the explosives among bags of beans and maize to create the impression that they were traders going to the market. But the IEDs exploded before they could get to the market, which the source said was their main target.

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President to spend N456.98m on honoraria

►The Office of the President   will spend N456.98m on honoraria and sitting allowances in 2015.
►This is different from the N348, 342,741 projected to be spent by the State House   on honoraria and sitting allowances during the same year.

Details of the 2015 budget proposals obtained by Chat212 in Abuja on Tuesday also show that the office of the President will spend N1.93bn on travels and transport.

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Our Company, The Grenadines Homes’ is a Real estate development company dedicated to reinventing the concept of home ownership in Nigeria.

We are looking for individuals who are Excellent, Dynamic, who have Integrity and are Innovative. Our ultimate goal is to build a force of people who tackle new challenges and have a visible influence in the business and the economy.

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Tension in North East, ticking bomb — Lamido

Jigawa State Governor, Dr. Sule Lamido, yesterday described the rising tension in the Northern part of the country as a ticking bomb, which must be addressed urgently if Nigeria must survive as a nation.

According to him, the tension was so palpable that many concerned northerners have opted to relocate from their homes until after the next general election.

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Vacancy - Afritech Multi Concepts Limited Is Currently Recruiting... Marketing Executives

Employer: Afritech Multi Concepts Limited

Our Company, Afritech Multi Concepts Limited was duly incorporated in February 2014 under the Company and Allied Matters Act 1990 to provide IT solutions through: Hardware Platform Supports, Systems and Business Integration, Project management and Finance, and Capacity and Development Facility provider.

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Nigerian, not Cameroon airforce bombed Boko Haram

Following reports Tuesday, that Cameroonian air force jets on Monday launched air strikes on scores of Boko Haram terrorists who occupied a military base in Northern Cameroon and bombed them on the Nigerian side, the Defence Headquarters said yesterday that no foreign air force aircraft launched any airstrike on Nigeria’s territory.

Rather, DHQ in a post on its twitter handle, disclosed that the air strikes that killed Boko Haram terrorists in the said confrontation at the Nigerian divide of the border town with Cameroon was carried out by Nigerian Airforce fighter aircraft.

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Nigerians will be proud of me after I leave office – Jonathan

►President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Nigerians will appreciate the good work he has done for the country after he has left office.

►Speaking yesterday when he received a delegation from Bayelsa State who paid him a Christmas visit, President Jonathan said he will continue to do his best in order to meet the expectations of not only Nigerians but especially the people of Bayelsa State.

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Farmers Donate 5 Million Tubers Of Yam To Raise 5 Billion Naira For Buhari's Campaign

Farmers Donate 5 Million Tubers Of Yam To Raise 5 Billion Naira For Buhari's Campaign

A group of yam farmers cutting across some northern states in the country have pledged to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari’s campaign in the 2015 general elections with N5 billion.The group disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Tuesday.

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Job Vacancy, Arik AirLine

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Vacancy - Team Lead Sales and Operations at Arik Air

Arik Air offers opportunities for employment in administrative, professional, technical and airline-specific disciplines, irrespective of the level or area of responsibility, each employee contributes to the growth and success of our airline. 

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Job Vacancy, Afritech Multi Concepts Ltd

Employer: Afritech Multi Concepts Limited
Afritech Multi Concepts Limited is currently recruiting for Graduate Marketing Executives

Job Title:  Marketing Executives

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Baby found starved to death, parents charged with murder: police

Baby found starved to death, parents charged with murder: police

The parents of a 22-day-old baby found starved to death in Florida have been charged with first-degree murder, police said on Tuesday, accusing them of neglecting the suffering infant.

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Boko Haram unrest as Cameroon strikes

Boko Haram unrest: Cameroon air strikes on Nigerian militants

Cameroon has carried out its first air strikes against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, after it overran a military base and attacked five villages, officials have said.

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Osoba Blasts Obasanjo, Says 'My Watch' Is A Distortion Of History

The three-part autobiography of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, My Watch, has continued to evoke anger and criticisms as the book was described by a former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, as a distortion of history.

Osoba, who promised to write his own book to set the record straight, said Obasanjo lied blatantly when he said that the third term agenda was foisted on him in 2007.

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Jobs Vacancy - Midwestern Oil and Gas Company Limited Is Accepting CVs

Employer: Midwestern Oil and Gas Company Limited

Midwestern Oil and Gas Company Limited - Operator of the Umugini pipeline, is a wholly indigenous Oil and Gas company in the upstream sector.

We seek to hire a competent professional and self-motivated talent to fill the below position in our pipeline operations:

►Job Title: Right of Way Surveillance Officer 
►Location: Nigeria

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Why I Did Not Submit My Certificates To INEC - Buhari

A former Head of State and the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that his academic qualifications and credentials are with the military.

A visit by journalists to the headquarters of the commission on Monday in Abuja revealed that Buhari’s academic qualifications were not on display, unlike those of other Presidential candidates, including President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party.

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Senior Sales Executive Needed At Afkar Printing & Publishing Company Limited

Employer: Afkar Printing & Publishing Company Limited

Afkar Printing & Publishing Company Limited - A leading printing company in Lagos seeks qualified candidates to fill the position below:

►Job Title: Senior Sales Executive
►Location: Lagos

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INCREDIBLE! FG owes 70000 workers three-month salaries

No fewer than 70,000 civil servants in 30 Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government have yet to receive their three months’ salaries.

The Secretary-General of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Mr. Alade Lawal, made this known   just as investigations by Chat212 revealed that states like Osun, Oyo, Benue and Plateau are owing their workers between three and four months’ salaries.

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Looking For Jobs?... The Grenadines Homes Is Currently Accepting CVs

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We are looking for individuals who are Excellent, Dynamic, who have Integrity and are Innovative. Our ultimate goal is to build a force of people who tackle new challenges and have a visible influence in the business and the economy.

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Kidnapped Ondo monarch’s wife found dead

►THE wife of Oba Lumure Ayelomi of Ayeka in Okitipupa area of Ondo State, Olori Dupe has been found dead 10 days after she was reportedly kidnapped.

►Chat212 learnt that she was allegedly murdered after her abductors collected N2 million ransom from the monarch. Her corpse was reportedly found where her abductors asked the family to bring the ransom to.

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Jobs Vacancy @... The Grenadines Homes' Is Currently Recruiting Graduates

Career At The Grenadines Homes

Our Company, The Grenadines Homes’ is a Real estate development company dedicated to reinventing the concept of home ownership in Nigeria.

We are looking for individuals who are Excellent, Dynamic, who have Integrity and are Innovative. Our ultimate goal is to build a force of people who tackle new challenges and have a visible influence in the business and the economy.

Job Title: Accounts Officer 

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Aregbesola blames Jonathan, PDP for Nigeria’s woes

Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has launched an attack on President Goodluck Jonathan, lamenting that the country under the current administration is being badly managed.

Aregbesola, who spoke at a book presentation to mark the 50th birthday of a front line rights activist, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, said under Jonathan, Nigeria’s economy has nose-dived to the point of near collapse and that Nigerians deserve to know the true state of affairs in the country.

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Muslim group asks Jonathan not to acquire new jet

Muslims in the country have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to lead the way in enduring the expected hardship occasioned by the falling oil prices.

The call followed the plea on Sunday at a church service in Abuja by Jonathan to Nigerians to be prepared to bear with the hardship to be experienced in the country as a result of the continuous drop in oil prices.

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INEC releases names of candidates for 2015 presidential election

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, submitted the names of President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice, Namadi Sambo, while the main opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, submitted the names of Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo as presidential and vice presidential candidates.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the names of the presidential candidates and their running mates who will contest next year’s elections

Of the 26 registered political parties in Nigeria, only 11 submitted names of candidates to run for the presidency.

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Vacancy - Nigerian Bottling Company Is Currently Recruiting B.Sc / HND Graduates

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Our Company, The Nigerian Bottling Company Limited is one of the biggest companies in the non-alcoholic beverage industry in the country and is the sole franchise bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria.

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Job Position: Cold Drink Operations Logistics Coordinator
Job Type: Full Time

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Jonathan pockets N4. 323bn as salary in 3 years

FOR presiding over the affairs of Nigeria as its president in the last three years, President Goodluck Jonathan has pocketed N4.323 billion as salary.

►In the same vein, he had within the last three years,paid N626.422 million as tax to the country.
►The years which the president earned the salary and paid the tax, according to document from the Federal Inland. Revenue Service,FIRS, he released to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were 2011,2012 and 2013.

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Lagos accuses Jonathan of running govt without any legacy

►Lagos State Government yesterday said President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice; Namadi Sambo has ruled the country for four years without any legacy to show, even as it accused Sambo of lacking in facts on the economic viability of the state.

►The state government made the statement while reacting to the claim by the Sambo that many residents have been fleeing the state because of the high taxes imposed on them by the state government.

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I want to make the poor richer and the Rich richer: Reagan challenge Obama Law

Head to Head challenges
But should we really be cutting services to the poor while we cut taxes for the rich?
Mehdi Hasan challenges former Reagan economic adviser Arthur Laffer on whether slashing taxes helps rich and poor.

Inequality: Are the rich cashing in?

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Cameroon air strikes bombs Boko Haram positions

Cameroon air strikes bombs Boko Haram positions
First air strikes by Cameroon come after armed group from neighbouring Nigeria seized a military camp.

Cameroon's air force has bombed Boko Haram positions in the Far North province of the country for the first time after the armed group from neighbouring Nigeria seized a military camp, the government has said.

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Cameroon launches air strikes against Nigerian extremists Boko Haram

Cameroon launches air strikes against Nigerian extremists Boko Haram

Cameroon's government launched its first ever air strikes against Nigerian Islamic extremists to dislodge about 1,000 fighters who had seized a Cameroonian military base, a statement said Monday.

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Four in police net for stealing phones worth N1.5m

The police have arrested four suspected robbers at a Lagos market who claimed they did not steal from the traders, but only came to collect their dues.

Chat212 learnt that the suspects- Onyenge Osanie, Azuka Eboh, Ezelonwu Michael and Afolabi Shakiru- were nabbed by the police while they were looting some shops and robbing traders at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos.

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Vacancy - Sales Representatives needed @... Bishvic Lagos

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A fast growing business development company with core strength in Branding, Marketing, Distribution and Sales of manufactured products is looking for candidates that will fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Representatives 1
Location: Lagos

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Plane with 16 children, 146 others disappears

The missing AirAsia’s Airbus A320-200PK-AXC and some relatives of the 162 passengers on board

There was grief across the globe on Sunday as two separate disasters in Indonesia and Greece put the lives of 562 air and sea passengers   at high risk.

The first disaster was the disappearance of a Singapore-bound AirAsia commercial jet carrying 162 people from the radar in Surabaya, Indonesia.

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Jobs Vacancy - Mobonike Hospital Is Recruiting... Medical Doctor

Career @ Mobonike Hospital

Mobonike Hospital is currently recruiting qualified and competent individuals to fill the below position:

Job Title: Medical Doctor
Location: Lagos

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Fire consumed my Bachelor, Master's degrees - Sambo tells INEC

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that his Bachelors and Masters degrees certificates in Architecture from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, have been consumed by fire.

Sambo, who is the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, made the declaration in the documents he filed with INEC and displayed on the commission’s office in Abuja although the details of the fire that consumed the certificates were not given.

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Vacancy - Sales Executive (Females) Needed At Lily Homes Limited

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FG to sponsor 100 first class graduates abroad

MINISTER of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has said the Federal Government is set to sponsor 100 first class graduates for further studies abroad.

►He spoke on Sunday in Kano during a media interaction and an awards ceremony.
►Shekarau said the100 first class materials would be sponsored under the Special Presidential Scholarship Programme.

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Vacancy - Diamond Enterprise Is Currently Accepting CVs

Employer: Diamond Enterprise

Our Company, The Enterprise African Network is a key instrument in the AU's strategy to boost growth and jobs. Bringing together close to 600 business support organisations from more than 50 countries, we help small companies seize the unparalleled business opportunities in the AU Single Market.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

►Job Title: Advertising Manager
►Location: Lagos

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I Have No Personal Grudge against Obasanjo

►Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has said that he bears no grudge against the person of the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

►He said Obasanjo’s recent comment against him was to put him on his toes towards saving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

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Gov Lamido Moves Against Jonathan

Indications emerged, weekend, that Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State had openly rejected the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

►Although there had been speculations in the past that Lamido was unhappy with Jonathan over the way he had been treated by the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the president’s unfulfilled promises to the state, Lamido openly voiced his opposition to Jonathan’s candidacy at a PDP rally in Dutse on Saturday.

►Apparently to send Lamido’s message loud and clear to the Presidency, the event which was held at the state capital, was transmitted live via a private television station with national coverage.

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