Breaking News: Uruguay Trash Portugal 2-1 To Knock Them Out Of The World Cup

Update!!! Final Score 2 – 1

Uruguay will take on Portugal in the round of 16 on Saturday night.

The South Americans finished top of Group A following a 3-0 win over hosts Russia on Monday.

Uruguay coach, Oscar Tabarez has no new injuries worries in his squad ahead of this clash.

Tabarez is set to make changes again with Sebastian Coates making way for Martin Caceres, Carlos Sanchez replaces Nahitan Nandez in the midfield and Diego Laxalt is on bench, with Jose Gimenez coming back into the starting XI.

Uruguay have the deadly attacking duo of Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez, who have three goals between them.

Uruguay were semi-finalists in South Africa back in 2010.

Meanwhile, Portugal head into this game after captain Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty in their last game, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by a resilient Iran side earlier this week.

The result saw them finish second behind Spain in Group B.

Portugal were semi-finalists in 2006 and won the European Championship in France two years ago.

Portugal manager, Fernando Santos is expected to keep forward, Ricardo Quaresma in the side at the expense of Bernardo Silva, meaning his side will be unchanged from the 1-1 draw with Iran.

Santos has no new injuries worries in his squad ahead of this clash.

Uruguay potential starting XI:

Muslera, Varela, Gimenez, Godin, Caceres, Sanchez, Torreira, Vecino, Bentancur, Suarez, Cavani.

Portugal potential starting XI:

Rui Patricio, Cedric, Pepe, Fonte, Guerreiro, Quaresma, Carvalho, Adrien Silva, Joao Mario, Andre Silva, Ronaldo.

Kick-off is 7pm Nigerian time.

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Breaking News: France Beat Argentina 4 – 3 And Knock Them Out Of The World Cup

Update!!! Final Score 4 -3

Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates who narrowly escaped being ousted from the first round of the World Cup against Nigeria are set for a fresh crunch battle.

The World Cup knockout stages get underway as heavyweights France and Argentina go head-to-head at the Kazan Arena.

While Argentina scraped through to the knockout stages finishing as runners-up to Croatia, Les Bleus, came top of Group C after two wins and a draw.

The winner of today’s bout will play either Uruguay or Portugal in the quarter-finals on Friday, July 6 at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.

Stay with PREMIUM TIMES for the Live Updates….

Kickoff is 3pm

France Starting XI : Lloris, Hernandez, Umtiti, Varane, Pavard, Kante, Pogba, Matuidi, Griezmann, Mbappe, Giroud

Argentina Starting XI: Armani, Mercado, Tagliafico, Mascherano, Rojo, Otamendi, Banega, Di Maria, Perez, Pavon, Messi

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Lagos Tanker Explosion: Eyewitness Shares ‘What Really Happened’, Says Those Who Died Were Foolish

A Nigerian man identified as OtunbaKush who says he was at the scene of Yesterday’s Tanker incident has taken to twitter to share his story of what really caused the tragedy.

He tweeted;

First it wasn’t that tanker drivers fault, a commercial bus dropped off passenger where there was no bustop and entered d fast land back without looking at his side mirror

The tanker guy tried avoiding an accident but look at what happened at the end, he stepped on his brakes, hit the partition and tripped over, now here is d part that got me like we are really mad in d country, ignorance kill all the people that died

that tanker didn’t explode immediately, people had 1min to save themselves, every minute counts in a n accident, people were trying to save their cars instead of their lives, there was a camry infront of the tanker, man was actually trying to reverse his car, he was so foolish

Save yourself and savage the car later, fire and electricity are like the same, from one path to the other, now assumption kill us for this country, people were in their car making videos instead of running away, fire started, panic sets in, I watched as people got burnt

It became a struggle contest, who’s gonna come out first, fire rounded them up, what they should have done first, dey did it last and paused with their lives, may their soul rest in peace.. But foolishness killed those that died on that bridge… God forgive all their sins.

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Lagos Tanker Explosion: 3-year-old Boy Declared Missing

A 3-year-old boy has been reported missing in the midst of the unfortunate tanker accident that happened at Otedola bridge, Berger on Lagos Ibadan Expressway, yesterday evening.

The boy in this picture is a three year old named Eyitayo. He was involved in the unfortunate tanker accident with his Mother, twin sister and the Driver at Otedola bridge yesterday evening.

They were a few cars away from the tanker when the explosion occurred. The Driver (Mr. Joseph) carried Eyitayo while the mother escaped with Eyitoke(Eyitayos Twin).

The where about of Eyitayo and Mr. Joseph is still unknown as all attempts to trace them at the scene of the accident proved abortive. Anyone with information should pls call 08033148161 or approach nearest police station.

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This Imam Hid 262 Christians In A Mosque During Plateau Killings

It’s easy to focus on how people are divided along tribal and religious lines, but several people are out there who aren’t letting these differences stop them from seeing the humanity in others.

One of them is this imam from the village of Nghar Yelwa in Plateau State, who saved 262 Christians from Fulani Herdsmen on Sunday.

The herdsmen had attacked 3 local governments in the state killing over 100 people, one of them Barkin Ladi, where the people had escaped from.

Sharing his story with BBC Pidgin, the imam said he first took the women, number about 60 to his home, and the men to the mosque to hide.

The herdsmen later accosted him, he shared, and ordered him to give up the Christians. But he lied and told them all the people with him were Muslims.

It’s so refreshing, seeing that some of us are not letting ideologies and religion and tribe divide us. So inspiring.

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EFCC Partners With FBI To Fight Yahoo Yahoo Boys

“Trends in global security denote that cyber crimes is the latest form of terrorism and corruption and this is a growing concern affecting all nations in the 21st century,” Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said on Monday at the Commission’s Head Office, Wuse II, Abuja, while playing host to a delegation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI led by George Piro.

Mr Magu, while speaking through the Director of Operations, Mohammed Abbah, said the anti-graft agency in partnership with international agencies will leave no stone unturned in tackling menace as it posed a big threat to the global world.

“Petitions evolving from cyber crimes have been on the increase on the EFCC website. These scams are being duly investigated by the Cyber Crimes Unit with a view to bringing culprits to justice”, he said.

The anti-graft chief stressed the need for more international partners to tackle cyber crimes.

He appreciated the FBI for its “invaluable” support to the commission and called for sustained partnership.

In his remark, Mr Piro who was excited to visit Africa for the first time, said the visit to Nigeria was borne out of the outstanding performance of the EFCC.

“The main purpose of my visit is to acknowledge the exemplary role EFCC has played and to thank you for the continuous partnership that has resulted in mutually beneficial rewards in the fight against corruption.

“The professionalism your team at EFCC has displayed is commendable; the impact of this is seen in the fortnightly briefs by the International Operations Division of the FBI which closely monitor the operations of the EFCC,” Mr Piro said.

He acknowledged the trend of cybercrime as “truly a global trend” adding that steps are being taken to address it.

His words: “We hope to eradicate cybercrime despite the challenges by getting the right (qualified and talented) work force and station them in United States of America as well as Nigeria.”

Mr Piro, an Assistant Director, International Operations Division, was accompanied on the visit by Jay Bernardo, his Special Assistant and Paula Parkinson, Legal Attaché, Abuja.

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Breaking News: Trailer And Fuel Tanker Collide On Suleja-Minna Road, 5 Injured

Five persons have been confirmed injured in the early morning head-on collision between a fuel tanker and a trailer on Friday.

The tanker was laden with Kerosene, a highly flammable hydrocarbon liquid.

The spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Friday, said the victims have been taken to the hospital.

“No life was lost,” Kazeem said.

The spokesman said the accident happened at 0857hrs local time, and that the Corps was notified within two minutes, while first responders arrived the scene in 14 minutes at 0913hrs.

“The accident happened on Suleja-Minna road, specifically in Mallam Karo village, on Friday,” Kazeem said.

He noted that the trailer had no visible number plate, while the fuel tanker was loaded with Kerosene — a highly flammable material.

Kazeem said the fuel tanker belongs to Conoil.

“The cause of the crash was speed violation, leading to loss of control,” Kazeem added.

He said that the nature of the crash was serious, being multiple accidents.

“Victims have been taken to the General Hospital Suleja, as they were attended to by FRSC officials and other security agents such as men of the Nigerian Police Force and Fire Service officials from Suleja.

“The vehicles caught fire after a head-on collision,” he submitted.

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Nigerian Doctor Based In The US Shares His Experience, Working The Same Shift With His Mom

Nigerian doctor valentine Ewudo based abroad just took to instagram to share his experience, working the same shift with his mom in the U.S;

@valewudo: I got slammed all night at this ER last night but you wanna know what the highlight of it all was?
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Calling my Mom at 3am and finding out she’s working the same shift, on the 4th floor . I had to endure her introducing me to every single one of her coworkers, but the joy written all over her face seeing her son literally at the same hospital has made my night. –

Have you ever worked side by side with your Mom? Man it’s not everyday I get this opportunity. It’s definitely a special feeling. She won’t be working that much longer soon so I’ll go ahead and cherish this small moment in time while it lasts

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Hippopotamus Killed And Slaughtered For Pepper Soup In Niger State

After many hours of rigorous hunting, a hippopotamus met its death in River Niger, Jebba, Niger state, yesterday.

The hunt for it allegedly started in the early hours of Wednesday and was killed at about 4pm on Thursday, after six gunshots and numerous arrows.

It was said to have been killed to avert tragedy in the area. Four local boats were destroyed in the process.

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Kemi Olunloyo Converts To Islam, Months After Publicly Accepting Christ in Pastor Ibioyemie’s Church (Photos)

Well known in the Nigeria media space for her unending controversies, popular media personality, Kemi Olunloyo, has announced her wish to convert to Islam.

Self acclaimed investigative journalist and social media personality, Kemi Olunloyo, who is the controversial daughter of former governor of Oyo State, has taken to her Instagram page @kemiolunloyo, to declare that she is converting from Christianity to Islam.

Few months ago, Madam KOO as she is fondly called by her fans and supporters, had announced that she has finally repented and given her life to Christ in the church pastored by her one-time enemy and General Overseer of Salvation Ministries in Port Harcourt.

Kemi who made the latest announcement of her wish to become a Muslim, gave reasons for her decision.

Below is how she shared her story;

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“I’m converting to #Islam soon. My grandma died at 102yrs. She’ll be proud of me. I stayed with her 3 years from 10-13yo cos my school was closer to her house. We prayed 5 times daily instead of once a week with EVIL PEOPLE, celebrated lots of different #Eid and #Ramadan parties. Islam is where I can find PEACE and it’s the religion of peace.

“I hope u people realize I went to a Catholic church all my life and Catholic school while I was living with my grandma. I went to mass March 12th 2017 till my life changed when I was dragged out of my home March 14th 2017 by armed police on orders of the IGP on behalf of a pastor.

“The #ptsd I have been battling has been ignored by everyone. I’m done with Christianity. It has brought me turmoil. Anyone who has islamophobia should unfollow me please. Nothing is forever. Islam is the peace I need. THE END!”

 

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Young Nigerian Man Shows Off His Granny Oyinbo Bride In Enugu (Photos)

Below are pictures showing a young Nigerian man with his white bride who is an old woman. According to the caption of the pictures, it appears the young man is a Yahoo Yahoo fraudster.

From the pictures below, it appears he flew the woman down to Nigeria as she can be seen surrounded by his friends.

Dating elderly white women and getting married to them is one of the formats used by Yahoo boys in extorting money from foreigners.

”Well Welcome to my Mama From Texas, After Wedding Groove, Still On Point, Wire Wire Squad, Don CJ” – Nigerian Yahoo Yahoo Boy Onwuka Francis From Enugu State Brags On Facebook After Tricking His Oyinbo Granny Maga Down To Nigeria And Marrying Her

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“Law To Regulate Social Media In Nigeria Is Underway’’ – Senate

The National Assembly will make law to regulate what Nigerians do on social media, the Chairman Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime, AbdulFatai Buhari has said.

According to Dailytrust, Senator Buhari, who disclosed this on the sideline of the 2018 Cybersecurity Conference in Abuja on Tuesday, said social media should be regulated because many Nigerians are misusing it.

If left unregulated, he said, the activities on social media are capable of setting the country on fire, especially as the country approaches national election. He said: “We have got experts to advise us and we have presented a bill to the senate.

The bill has passed the first reading and it has been listed for the second reading.’’ He said a lot of Nigerians made false claims and false accusations on social media to bring down those perceived to be their political enemies.

According to him, youths should use their ICT talent to develop the country’s economy and not use it to attack one another.

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Breaking News: Psychic Cat Predicts Nigeria Will Knock Argentina Out Of The World Cup

Achilles the cat, who has correctly predicted the score of all three World Cup matches played so far in St Petersburg, tipped Nigeria to beat Argentina as the teams battle on Tuesday for a place in the soccer last 16.

Achilles The Cat Super eagles

Messi and his teammates have had a rough time in Russia so far, drawing 1-1 with Iceland and getting thumped 3-0 by Croatia.

And it isn’t going to get any better according to Achilles the cat, who has been predicting winners and losers in the tournament from the comfort of the St Petersburg Hermitage museum.

The cat, who is deaf and regarded as psychic, previously predicted outcomes during the 2017 Confederations Cup.This time around it has successfully chosen Russia to beat Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Iran to beat Morocco and Brazil to emerge victorious against Costa Rica – although that final result was almost a given.

When the opportunity came to pick between Nigeria and Argentina, via two bowls of food placed in front of him with a flag above each, Achilles decided the Super Eagles would win by a nose.

If Achilles’ fourth prediction proves correct, Nigeria will qualify for the next round. A draw may also be enough for Nigeria depending on the outcome of Iceland’s match against Croatia.

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Philippines President Calls God A Stupid Son Of A B*tch

President Rodrigo Duterte has sparked controversy in the predominantly Catholic country for calling God “stupid,” but his spokesman has defended the contentious statement as his personal belief.

Duterte made the statement on Friday evening during a speech in his southern home city of Davao, where he questioned God’s logic in the Biblical creation story of Adam and Eve.

“Adam ate (the fruit of knowledge), then malice was born. Who is this stupid God?” he said. “That son of a b***h is stupid if that’s the case. You created something perfect and then you think of an event that would tempt and destroy the quality of your work.”

Duterte also questioned the rationale of original sin, noting, “That was your mother and father’s deed — you weren’t born yet, but now you have original sin. What kind of religion is that? I can’t accept it.”

Amid criticisms over Duterte’s statements, presidential spokesman Harry Roque urged the public to accept that the leader tends to use strong language when he expresses his beliefs.

“That is the personal belief of the president,” Mr Roque said. “We are free to believe in religion and we are also free not to believe in religion. The President has his personal spiritual beliefs.

We cannot fault the president if he has no sense of hypocrisy and we should accept that because even when he was just a candidate, he never hid that from us.”

Duterte has in the past lambasted the Catholic Church in the Philippines, where more than 80 per cent of the population practices the religion, calling priests out for allegations of corruption and sexual abuse.

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“Stop Praising Only Musa Too Much So His Team Mates Dont Get Jealous And Choke Him Out Like Yekini In 1994”

Popular Nigerian Instagram Influencer @adelovecom Just posted this Intresting Piece;

CAUTION! CAUTION!! Now we are going down that ’94 road again. Yekini scored the first goal and all media outlet made a king out of him as an individual and not part of a chain called a TEAM. Team mates were not happy and decided to choke him out. He was not fed with balls to score goals anymore. The rest is history.
Yesterday. Super eagles played as a team and Musa scored two much needed goals for us. Today it’s all about Musa alone and not the team. No one is mentioning Victor Moses who made that connection for that super first goal. Social media is awash with Musa for President, If Musa is not single I am willing to be hi second wife, Musa is bae, Musa is from my village, Musa is handsome (huh???) Musa this, Musa that! It Is called a TEAM folks so lets not reinvent that 94 misfortune. As we appreciate Musa, Let’s also appreciate and support the team and everybody in the chain after all it’s Nigeria playing. Let’s not thwart efforts towards beating Argentina 2-1 pls. Do have a great weekend.

#ng_supereagles #supereagles #worldcup2018 #Russia2018 #2018WorldCup #Soccer #Sports #worldcup #soarsupereagles #soarsupereagles #nigeria #shomoagemini #comeonline #jimasun #brazilvscostarica #costaricavsbrazil #nigeriavsiceland #icelandvsnigeria #serbiavsswitzerland #switzerlandvsserbia

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Nigerian Witch Who Was Flying To A Mission Dragged To Court After Crash-Landing In Benin-Sapele (Video)

According to Multiple Reports online this Suspected witch was today dragged to court after crash-landing during a Benin-Sapele flight

Facebook user Vwamite Benjamin Shared the below photos with the caption;

The woman you are seeing here is a witch she was found this morning in a woman police quarter in the sapele police barracks. At the time of filing this information she is already in magistrate court 1 sapele waiting to be arraigned. She confessed to the witchcraft act that she was going to Amukpe sapele to kill one of his brother called fregene that her fuel finished suddenly that landed her on woman police officer yard in police barrack sapele. After arraignment she will taken to the appropriate place to purge her of her witchcraft act.
This Woman is a witch she got stucked and landed at the backyard of a woman police officer in the police barrack sapele. She is in court this morning for arraignment

Another Facebook user named Ilechie Collins Posted;

Happening Now:This woman fell from the sky this morning in Sapele Police Barrack to the surprise of everybody. I saw her live

The witch is presently in Magistrate Court sapele. Hear her small confession

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“Why We Killed 86 People In Plateau Is Because The Villagers Stole 300 Of Our Cattles” – Miyetti Allah

The Chairman, North Central zone of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Danladi Ciroma, has reacted to the recent attacks on Plateau villages by suspected herdsmen where 86 persons were killed.

According to Dailypost, Ciroma said: “These attacks are retaliatory. As much as I don’t support the killing of human being, the truth must be told that those who carried out the attacks must be on revenge mission.

There have been recent reports of cow rustling and destruction of farms between Berom farmers and Fulani herdsmen. The people carrying out these criminal activities are well known to the communities but they are hiding them.

Herdsmen have lost about 300 cows in the last few weeks – 94 cows were rustled by armed Berom youths in Fan village, another 36 cows were killed by Berom youths. In addition to that, 174 cattle were rustled and the criminals disappeared with them to Mangu.

Since these cows were not found, no one should expect peace in the areas. Even soldiers that went after the criminals to recover the rustled cows were shot by the armed rustlers.

The government of Governor Lalong has done a lot to restore peace, but the criminal elements hiding among their people are the ones frustrating these peace efforts.

Though the security agencies have tried, they need to do more by being fair to all parties; they should not neglect any report presented by Fulani of Berom because such report can lead to attacks and deaths if not properly handled.

Criminals thrive a lot in Berom communities, but when the Fulani, who are always victims of their crime, react with attacks, they blame the government. These communities have leaders, why hide the criminals?

They should fish out the criminals and hand them over to security agencies to avoid death of innocent ones. As it is today, the Berom man cannot go to farm, the Fulani cannot breed his cows.

This can be stopped if the security agencies do more than what they are currently doing. The attacks will stop as soon as the security agencies stop Berom youths from stealing Fulani cows.”

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Over 100 Killed, 50 Houses Burnt Down As Fulani Herdsmen Attack 11 Plateau Villages

The police have confirmed 100 persons killed by suspected herdsmen during an attack on Gashish district of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mathias Tyopev, told Channels Television on Sunday that six people also were injured while at least 50 houses, two vehicles and 15 motorcycles were razed.

He confirmed the casualty figure and destruction after a search and rescue team from the Plateau State Police Command visited the communities affected by Saturday’s attack.

The six villages attacked by the assailants are Xlands, Gindin Akwati, Ruku, Nhgar, Kura Falls and Kakuruk, all in Gashish.

According to the command spokesman, the figure is an update of the initial 11 death toll he disclosed to the media.

He said, “I want to inform members of the public that we had earlier on in the day informed and confirmed the news of the attack on the Gashish district of Barkin Ladi and confirmed the death toll to be 11 persons.

“I was waiting for a report from the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations) who was sent by the Commissioner of Police to carry out a search and rescue operation in the district.

“When he came back, he came with an updated figure and the figure that we have now is that 86 people lost their lives in the attack.”

Tyopev explained that the initial death figure given by the police was not to deceive the public but to give the true position of what they had as at that time.

As apprehension mounts across the state, particularly LGAs sharing borders with Barkin Ladi, the state government imposed a dusk-to dawn-curfew in the affected local government as well as Riyom and Jos South LGAs.

The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Rufus Bature, explained in a statement on Sunday that the curfew was imposed to avert any spillover and reprisal, as well as curb the escalation of the crisis.

Meanwhile, the state governor, Simon Lalong, had to cut short his attendance of the National Convention of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja as he returned to the state before the exercise was concluded.

Visiting the affected communities, Governor Lalong appealed to people to remain calm and respect the curfew as the government investigate investigates the immediate and remote causes of the attack.

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#BETAwards2018: Davido Wins Best International Act Award

Davido‘s footprint was all over the 2018 BET Awards.

The DMW music boss was nominated in the ‘Best International Act’ award category alongside Tiwa Savage, Booba (France), Cassper Nyovest (South Africa), Dadju (France), Distruction Boyz (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (DR Congo), J Hus (UK), Niska (France), Stefflon Don (UK) and Stormzy (UK).
Tonight Davido emerged the winner at the 2018 BET Awards which held at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Before the main awards show, Davido performed at the pre-show a few hours ago. It was an electrifying performance.

In his acceptance speech for the award, Davido expressed his condolences for D’banj‘s loss of his son while thanking him for giving African artists the global platform they have today. He also spoke glowingly about Africa.

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Breaking News: Dbanj’s Cute 1-year-old Son Drowns

In a very sad turn of events, singer Dbanj and his wife Lineo Didi Kilgrow, today, lost their son, Daniel.

Daniel Oyebanjo III who turned one last May, is said to have died after drowning at Dbanj’s ikoyi residence this afternoon. His remains has been moved to a morgue at GRA, Ikeja.

We got the information around 6pm today but had to hold on to it till we get confirmation from the dad who is currently in the U.S. He has just reacted to the news. Our thoughts are with him.

 

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Breaking News: Nigeria Thrash Iceland 2 – 0

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Canada Legalizes Marijuana

Recreational marijuana use will soon be legal in Canada after the Senate passed a historic bill on Tuesday with a vote of 52-29.

Canada is only the second country in the world to implement legislation to permit a nationwide marijuana market.

Bill C-45, otherwise known as the Cannabis Act, stems from a campaign pledge of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to keep marijuana away from underage users and reduce related crime.

Uruguay was the first country to legalize marijuana’s production, sale and consumption in December 2013.

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