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Beyoncé and Jay-Z 'welcome baby girl and name her Ivy Blue Carter

Beyoncé and Jay-Z 'welcome baby girl and name her Ivy Blue Carter' Beyoncé and Jay-Z have welcomed their first child - a baby girl, it has been reported. The music power couple have named their daughter Ivy Blue Carter, according to eonline.com. The 30-year-old singer gave birth to her daughter by caesarean section at Lenox Hill hospital in New York last night and the website reports 'multiple sources' have confirmed the news. It's a girl! Beyonce is said to have given birth to a baby girl by c-section named Ivy Blue according to reports Celebrities have already started tweeting their congratulations to the couple with Russell Simmons and Rihanna were among the first.

No going back on fuel subsidy removal — Jonathan …Nationwide strike will begin tomorrow — Labour

JANUARY 8, 2012 President Goodluck Jonathan again on Saturday insisted that the controversial deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector was necessary if the nation must move forward. Jonathan made the submission in a nationwide broadcast on the issue that has attracted protests across the country. He said if he were in the shoes of ordinary Nigerians, he would have reacted negatively to the deregulation as many were doing. He said, “Since the announcement, there have been mixed reactions to the policy. Let me seize this opportunity to assure all Nigerians that I feel the pain that you all feel. I personally feel pained to see the sharp increase in transport fares and the prices of goods and services. “I share the anguish of all persons who had travelled out of their stations who had to pay more on the return leg of their journeys.” He recalled that previous administrations had tinkered with the pump price of petroleum products and were unable to effect complete deregulation of th...