Day 9 got off to a good start with Portugal dashing the hopes of Iran. Goals from Deco in the 62nd minute and Cristiano Ronaldo from the penalty spot in the 78th minute secured Portugal’s passage into the last 16 of the World Cup. This feat, made Ronaldo the youngest ever goalscorer for Portugal at [...]

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•1703 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism, was born •1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor •1898 – The US Navy Hospital Corps is established •1944 – Iceland becomes independent from Denmark and forms a republic •1972 – Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices [...]

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For more than 15 years, Robert Hanssen led a double life. In one life he was a 25-year veteran with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who had access to some of the nation’s most-classified information. In his other life, he allegedly was spying for the Russian government. Hanssen’s deception was eventually uncovered, and in [...]

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In the automaker, BMW’s world, it is established that “a car should be enjoyed by everyone who owns it”. That is why BMW car designers make sure that each car they manufacture is as beautiful to behold as it is to drive. From this perception, the 2006 Award winning car of the year was produced, to accommodate new social [...]

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Recently, a study published by Dr. Malissa J. Wood in the European Heart Journal, showed that amateur marathon runners who run less than 40 miles per week during training often show signs of cardiac dysfunction after the race and some of these abnormalities may persist for up to a month after they cross the finish line. She said [...]

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Have you ever wondered what the inventor had in mind when he invented the traffic light? It really beats my imagination why, despite the increasing number of the traffic lights in Lagos, the occurrence of hold-ups seems to be on the increase. Cries of “Hey! You’ve bashed my car,” keeps increasing yearly, too. Why is [...]

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Hello, everyone. That’s me over there, Temitope Oseni, but my friends call me Temi. I’m a 20-year old girl born on the 2nd of March, 1986. I’m a Diploma II student in the University of Lagos, studying Business Administration. Right now, Marketing is my best course because I love reading it. One of my goals [...]

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