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Coalition for Nigeria:‎ What Obasanjo said during registration [Full statement]

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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, ​on Thursday registered with his Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM. It was reported that he registered in Ogun state at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oke-Ilewo Abeokuta. Obasanjo said the coalition was on course to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019. “This will be a movement of the people, CN will emerge victorious in 2019”, he predicted. The former leader’s comment is a sign that the coalition will register to become a political party. ​His full statement below:​ STATEMENT BY H.E OLUSEGUN OBASANJO ON THE OCCASION OF HIS REGISTRATION FOR COALITION FOR NIGERIAN MOVEMENT Ladies and Gentlemen and members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, I welcome you to this simple but important ceremony of my registering as a member of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement and I thank you for being here. Last week, I issued a statement which I did not do lightly

Dwayne Johnson Says His Mom Attempted Suicide When He Was 15: 'I Grabbed Her and Pulled Her Back'

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s show, Ballers , isn’t always a laugh. The 45-year-old actor opened up about a particularly tough scene to shoot early Thursday morning on Instagram. Sharing a photo of himself on set at a grave site, Johnson got candid about the scene and its effect on him. “Not your typical scene on our comedy #ballers, as I cracked a beer open toasting my brother, William who committed suicide,” he wrote. “Got me thinking’ though bout how many of us have been affected by suicide of our friends, family. Struggle and pain is real. We’ve all been there on some level or another.” Johnson went on to share his own terrifying story about his mom Ata Johnson’s suicide attempt thirty years ago. “My mom tried to check out when I was 15,” he wrote. “She got outta the car on Interstate 65 in Nashville and walked into oncoming traffic. Big rigs and cars swerving outta the way not to hit her.” He noted that he was the one who saved his mom’s life, adding, “I

My Boyfriend Raped Me

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  Jack seemed like a great guy at first. He'd send me flowers and shower me with affection. But then he began to change. I first met Jack * at a BBQ dinner during my college's Freshman Orientation. He was cracking jokes and making everyone laugh. He seemed like such a fun guy. He was also a Christian—the perfect package. Within a month we were dating. I was flattered that Jack wanted to pursue me and excited about the way he showered me with affection. He would send me flowers. He'd also buy me cards and write Scripture mixed with professions of his love for me. I wanted to believe he was really sincere. So I blinded myself to how he was slowly changing. When we first started dating he loved everything about me—the way I dressed, my laugh, my relationship with God, the way I interacted with my girlfriends. But it wasn't long before he started to pick on small things. One day he decided he didn't like my roommate. So I distanced myself f

Widow who built 500 room mansion for the spirits who haunted her because of her fortune

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 Helen Mirren stars as the tragic widow who never stopped building in case she died in in new film Winchester. Sarah Winchester had good reason to believe she had been singled out by dark forces. At just 26, she lost her infant daughter Annie. Fifteen years later her beloved husband William died of tuberculosis. The couple had had no more children and Sarah was understandably heartbroken. Stricken by inconsolable grief, she turned to a famous psychic in Boston called Adam Coons in the hope he could provide some guidance. The answer he came up with was extreme, the solution bizarre and the strange tale has been turned into a film starring Helen Mirren as the unfortunate Sarah. THE CURSED FORTUNE By any estimate Sarah Winchester was a wealthy woman. Her husband's father Oliver Winchester founded the firearms company which invented the revolutionary repeating weapon called the Henry rifle. Later it produced En fields and Browning automatics for the Bri