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Looking for good love and breakup quotes to use one social media page? You’ve come to the right place! Our list has gathered the most touching speeches of famous and wise people, who can always share their experience with other people. Famous breakup quotes for her or him As for lovers, well, they’ll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them – actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can’t give up because if you give up, you’ll never find your soulmate. You’ll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about. Marilyn Monroe Don’t cry when the sun is gone because the tears ...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Samson Ayokunle, of defending Berom Christians over the Dura-Du pond incident. The body spoke in reaction to Ayokunle’s comment after the car of a missing retired general, Idris Alkali, was found at the bottom of the pond by the army. In a press statement signed by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, MURIC on Wednesday, said CAN president failed to condemn “Berom Christian terrorists”, who it alleged knew about how the car submerged. It reads: “Why can’t CAN condemn Berom terrorists the same way that Muslims condemned Boko Haram? Nigerian Muslims washed their hands off Boko Haram terrorists even when they attacked Christians. We did not wait until they attacked Muslims before condemning them. “But CAN president wants to pamper Berom Christian terrorists even when it is evident that they have been responsible for the killing of hundreds of their Muslim neighbours and...

- A PDP presidential aspirant, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, has met with the kinsmen of Presidential Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina for support - Tambuwal called on delegates in the state to rally round him in bringing about a new dawn in the politics of Nigeria - The governor also met with Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa to consolidate a move for a new leadership in 2019 Aminu Tambuwal, the governor of Sokoto, who is also a presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appealed to delegates from Katsina, President Muhammadu Buhari's state, to vote for him in the forthcoming convention of the party. Tambuwal who met PDP delegates in Katsina said that the state ‘which has produced some of Nigeria’s most respected elder statesmen, deserve better than what we are seeing today’, Daily Trust reports. Tambuwal, in a statement signed by the spokesperson of his campaign organisation, Okey Ikechukwu, urged the delegates to join him on a new journey of restoration...

Legal procedure not followed when Bakassi was ceded to Cameroon – Ayade Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has said that there was no legal procedure followed when Bakassi was ceded to Cameroon by Federal Government of Nigeria. Speaking while receiving a Presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, Governor Ayade regretted that his people and government were suffering for what they did not do. He said his administration has decided to embark on unbelievable industrial development of the state irrespective of the financial situation arising from poor Federal allocation, taking of the 76 oil wells to a neighbouring state, ceding of Bakassi to Cameroon without due legal and constitutional processes. He lamented the removal or near absence of the state from the 13 percent derivation and the challenges of being an international border state with several illegal immigration borders, and faced with refugees inflow from t...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has been elected as chairman of the West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ). Emefiele’s appointment was ratified at the ongoing sub-regional meeting being hosted by Nigeria. In his acceptance speech, he noted that “a lot of work needs to be done, especially in respect of the attainment of ECOWAS single currency by 2020.” Emefiele further stated that everything that is required to be done, would be actualised towards the achievements of the objectives of the regional organisation. The CBN Governor also urged member countries to work towards achieving the convergence criteria, while reiterating Nigeria’s unflinching commitment towards the single currency project in the sub-region.

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, 23 members of the House of Representatives are reportedly set to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Daily trust reports that the prospective defectors wanted to leave because over alleged plans by their state governors to manipulate elections to favour their anointed candidates in place of seasoned legislators. States said to be affected by the planned defection include Gombe, Benue, Kogi, Enugu, Ekiti, Anambra, Cross River, and others whose lawmakers are at loggerheads with their governors. A source involved in the planned defection said this was a testament that all was not well in the PDP. The source also said the APC was promising automatic tickets for the aggrieved members. The source said: “We want to leave not because it is our wish but the governors have pushed us to the wall. “We have fought physically and mentally to defend the PDP and democracy. Despite our commitmen...

A Canadian woman known only as “Canadian Susan” recently got her five minutes of online fame after revealing that she had to cancel her dream wedding just 4 days before it was scheduled to take place, because guests refused to pay a $CAD 1,500 (Sh114,865) “cash gift” required to attend. The unnamed bride and her fiancée only had a budget of $CAD $15,000 for their wedding, but after visiting a psychic who told them to go with the most expensive option available, they apparently decided to have an extravagant ceremony, which they figured would cost them around $CAD $60,000. All they needed now was a bit of financial assistance to make their dream wedding happen, and who better to ask than their family and friends? After doing the math, they found that if every guest pitched in $CAD 1,500 ($1,150), they’d have enough to cover the costs. Apparently, the idea of paying a hefty feed just to attend the wedding didn’t really appeal to a lot of people. “I specifically, I mean spe...