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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, July 21st, 2017
Dozens of Boko Haram suspects have died in Cameroon custody, rights group Amnesty International said Thursday, with security forces brutally torturing them in the fight against the jihadist group. Though Boko Haram originated in Nigeria, the Islamic State-affiliated group has carried out frequent attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. The NGO said it had found […]
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Biafra, General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Friday, July 21st, 2017
•Governor reads riot act Citing alleged perennial injustice to southerners, some Niger Delta militant groups have backed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to boycott the November 2017 governorship election in Anambra State. Consisting the Concerned Militant Leaders (CML), Niger Delta People Democratic Front (NDPDF) and Rainbow Marabas Squad (RMS), the groups said it was […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Friday, July 21st, 2017
By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—Worried by over the N1 trillion debt owed contractors by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the Federal Government has commenced investigations into the activities of the commission with a view to finding out what happened to huge funds it got since inception, 17 years ago. The Federal Government also announced its […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 21st, 2017
An Indian soldier shot dead his superior after he was reprimanded for using a mobile phone while on the job in India’s administered Kashmir. Maj. Shikhar Thapa admonished the soldier for using his phone during work hours and the screen of the smartphone was damaged as he tried to confiscate it. According to military […]
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Headlines, United Nations
Friday, July 21st, 2017
New York – Prof. Tijjani Bande, Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN, has asked Nigerians to feel free to visit the Nigeria House when in New York, saying it belongs to them. Bande, who stated this when he hosted Nigerian delegates at various events at the UN High-level Political Forum, said officials at the house […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Friday, July 21st, 2017
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it has revoked more than 600 contracts and projects as part of efforts to restructure the commission. NDDC bosss Nsima Ekere NDDC Managing Director Nsima Ekere told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the commission’s management and board took the decision to adopt a ‘4R’ initiative as […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, July 21st, 2017
Court documents filed in Houston by the US Justice Department in the assets forfeiture proceedings against former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and her business associates, Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, have revealed the third man in the $1.7 billion swindle of Nigeria, according to online portal, Premium Times. He is Igho Sanomi, one of Nigeria’s […]
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Biafra, Headlines
Friday, July 21st, 2017
…Rejects Biafra with only 5 Igbo states …Obiano replies IPOB on Anambra election, says election must hold in S’East states …Ex-govs urge calm over separatist agitations By Chioma Gabriel, Anayo Okoli, Ugochukwu Alaribe & Chimaobi Nwaiwu UMUAHIA-THE leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government offered […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, Sex and Relationship, State News
Friday, July 21st, 2017
ABAKALKI-A 70-year-old widow, Mrs. Maria Okoh, caught having sex with a 30-year-old man in Amauzu Nkpoghoro village in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was fined three goats after being paraded round the village to appease the land. It was gathered that the septuagenarian was caught in the act by one of her […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 21st, 2017
Three men –Edward Gitau, Nicholas Mwangi and Meshak Mwangi — have been sentenced to death for stripping and sexually assaulting a woman they believed was dressed too provocatively. The incident happened in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. The three men, however, had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonments becauseKenya’s ban on carrying out executions means the […]
