National News Headlines - 2/9/2015

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*NNPC GMD to end oil theft in 8 months, to use drones to monitor oil vessels

*Militants take over pipeline vandalism in Lagos'Police

*Outstanding salaries'll be paid soon, Osun Assembly assures workers

*Man, 40, rapes 4-yr-old girl to death in Bayelsa

*Army recaptures Gamboru Ngala from insurgents, seek Brazil's assistance

*40 girls jostle for Miss A-Ibom Tourism crown

*Ooni succession: Prince alleges threat to life

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Faithia Williams Balogun and Monalisa Chinda are Stunning for House of Maliq Magazine’s September Issue

Nollywood stars Monalisa Chinda and Faithia Williams Balogun are both stunning on the cover of the September 2015 issue of House of Maliq magazine.

Nigerian Billionaire Antonio Deinde Fernandez is Dead

Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez, Nigerian billionaire and gemstone tycoon passes on at age 79.

Beijing 2015 Fallout: Okagbare succumbed to pressure not injury, coach claims

Nigeria’s failure to win a medal at the just concluded IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China remains the talk of the moment for athletics enthusiasts. Yesterday renowned athletics coach, Toni Urhobo declared that Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s claim of injury to Blessing Okagbare was diversionary.

Urhobo said Okagbare bowed to pressure of competing at the big stage with the big girls of world athletics.

Okagbare despite running one of the fastest times in the season, failed to measure up in the women 100m. She placed 8th in the race won by Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce of Jamaica.  Okagbare who vowed to bounce back in the 200m, made a no show and that caused a furore.

Defamation: Blogger gets N3m bail

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N3m to a blogger, Seun Oloketuyi.He was arraigned by the police for allegedly publishing a defamatory story against the Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo.

Crash: Akpabio flown abroad for treatment

A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was on Tuesday afternoon flown out of Nigeria to receive medical attention abroad.

It was learnt that the senator, in company with about five of his aides, left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja aboard a regular private jet that he usually travels with.

Sources at the airport told our correspondent that Akpabio and his team arrived at the General Aviation Terminal, local wing, of the airport around 12.40pm.

Nigerian Woman Let Off £145,000 Bill after Birth of Quints in UK

A Nigerian woman identified as 37-year-old Bimbo Ayelabola has been let off by a National Health Service (NHS) Hospital after delivering quintuplets in Britain.

37 Year Old Man Gets 5 Years in Jail for Setting his Pregnant Girlfriend on Fire

An Egor Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, on Monday sentenced 37-year-oldLucky Esonahae to five years imprisonment for setting his pregnant partner on fire.

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