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Kerry in Ethiopia for Security Talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Kerry's visit is expected to include talks on African and Western efforts to fight Islamist extremists in Mali and northern Nigeria. During recent talks with Nigeria's foreign minister, Kerry reaffirmed U.S. support for Nigeria's fight ...
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Jonathan not involved in NGF election – Presidency
The Presidency has denied any involvement by President Goodluck Jonathan in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum election held yesterday that returned Governor Rotimi Amaechi as its chairman. In a statement, by Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), rejected media reports portraying the President as an interested party and the main loser in the forum’s ...
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Sri Lankan Buddhist monk sets self ablaze to protest killing of cattle
COLOMBO (AFP) – A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk died Saturday of severe burns a day after setting himself on fire to protest the slaughter of cattle, an official said. Bowatte Indaratna, 30, succumbed to his injuries at the National Hospital in Colombo where he was rushed Friday after his self-immolation bid in front of the highly venerated Temple of the Tooth in the central town of Kandy. ...
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‘After five years of marriage my husband disowned me’
By ADEOLA ADENUGA Mr Lawrence Adigbohun told an Agege Grade 'A' Customary Court that his wife, Blessing, brought a concubine to his house, and wanted to stab him with a knife. Meanwhile, Blessing, a 24-year-old factory worker, who was dragged before the court by her husband, told the court that her husband lied to people that she was his niece, and not his wife. "When I was ...
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Kerry US Wants to Protect Human Rights in Nigeria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Nigerian authorities to ensure their security forces do not trample on human rights during the government's fight against Boko Haram ...
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Female suicide bomber injures 18 in southern Russia
Bombings have become common in Dagestan. On May 20th, four people died after two bombs exploded the regional capital of Makhachkala, where a suicide bomber struck on Saturday. (Abdula Magomedov/Associated ...
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Niger attacks launched from southern Libya Nigers president
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist militants who carried out simultaneous suicide attacks on an army base and a French uranium mine in northern Niger two days ago came from southern Libya, Niger's president said on ...
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Killer-friend on the loose ‘He made me a widow nine days after our wedding’
Ameze …seeks justice It was a pitiable sight when Sunday Vanguard visited the family of the deceased as it was revealed that he wedded his wife according to customs and traditions of the Binis only nine days before the murder to enable him participate properly as a genuine in-law in the burial of his father in-law scheduled for June. Besides, Ameze, the wife of the victim, apart from ...
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Kerry Nigeria Working to Stop Abuses by Security Forces
US Secretary of State John Kerry (foreground) speaks at a joint news conference with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom in Addis Ababa May 25, ...
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Hostages taken by Islamists rescued Nigerian army
A handout picture released on May 25, 2013 by the Nigerian military shows members of the Nigerian defence headquarter team inspecting an alleged Boko Haram base in Kirenowa. Nigeria declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states on May 14 as it launched a military offensive to end Boko Haram's four-year insurgency. (Via ...
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US drones spy on Boko Haram
Nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram insurgents in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states may have been bolstered by United States drones stationed in Niamey, Niger ...
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Gunmen kill security operative in Maiduguri
BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect members, Saturday, shot and killed a security official suspected to be a personnel of the Department of Security Servies (SSS) at Ajilari/Gomari airport ward of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Four people have been killed in the area this week, including a General Manager of a petrol station. Our Correspondent gathered that ...
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Cameroon plans Egypt-like protests
Opposition groups, trade unions and Diaspora groups are preparing "Egypt-like" protests in Cameroon tomorrow, 23 February, to call for President Paul Biya to step down. The US Embassy warns of possible ...
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Nigerian community marches in solidarity as Greenwich leaves tributes to murdered soldier Lee Rigby
Touching tributes continued to be paid to Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich today, as the community stood united in condemning the soldier's brutal ...
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Police easily cracks down Cameroon protests
Cameroon's nation-wide anti-government protests started modestly today, with calls for President Paul Biya to step down. But protesters in Douala and ...
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Niger attackers from Libya president
THE attackers who staged deadly bombings at an army base and French-run uranium mine in northern Niger came from neighbouring Libya, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou says. "The attackers, according to all the information we have received, came from Libya, from the south of Libya," Issoufou told television channel France 24 on Saturday. "Libya continues to be a source of ...
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Nigeria Governors Forum and the Defeat of the Garrison Candidates A Prelude to 2015 By Salihu Moh. Lukman
By Salihu Moh. Lukman The election of Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) finally held on Friday, May 24 and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has emerged victorious. Polling 19 votes out of 35 and his opponent Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau got 16 votes. The election result was significant not just for the NGF but for the nation's democracy. One governor, Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe ...
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NGF Pro-Jonathan govs split Forum name Jang chairman
By Soni Daniel Still struggling to come to terms with the reality of the defeat of their candidate by Governor Rotimi Amaechi, aggrieved governors Saturday distanced themselves from his victory, claiming that he ceased to be their leader on Friday when his tenure ended. The splinter NGF, led by Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom and chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, presented ...
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Kaduna Refinery Access Cuts City Traffic
The works ministry has opened a newly built road to access Kaduna refinery in Kaduna state. The new access road connects to the Eastern Kaduna bye-pass in hopes of decongesting traffic through the city. Tankers lifting fuel from the refinery will have no business going through the city centre, said Minister of State for Works, Bashir Yuguda, who opened the road. He said providing critical ...
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FG Okays Commercialisation of Federal Housing Authority
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved the commercialisation of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). Consequently, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development had been appointed to chair the steering committee constituted to work out details of the exercise. This was one of the fallouts of a recent meeting of the Council, which was held in Abuja. The NCP said the ...
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Now Akwanga School in Shape
Lafia - An L-shaped structure housing two blocks of classrooms and an office accommodation for the Head Teacher, is now standing out in shape at the popular Akwanga Central Pilot Primary School in Nasarawa State, replacing a once ramshackle school where pupils and their teachers struggled under leaking roofs for years. The rehabilitation work was carried out under the Millennium Development ...
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Pharmacy Fellows Yet Unrecognised
Long after the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP) secured approval for its graduates to be accorded status of consultants, pharmacists from the college are yet to get the recognition. One year after the approval went into effect for countries across West Africa, it is still awaiting "implementation to be completed in other states of Nigeria," said the chairman of ...
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NGF - Amaechi Floors Jonathan
The Governor of Rivers State, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, CON, was yesterday re-elected as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, NGF."Amaechi, whose re-election was fiercely opposed by both President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got 19 votes to beat his challenger, Jonah Jang of Plateau State who got 16 votes. "The ...
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Ondo Guber Poll - Oke Losses Again As Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal
Abuja - The Supreme Court, Friday, dismissed an interlocutory appeal that was filed against Governor Olusegun Mimiko by the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last governorship election in the state, Chief Olusola Oke. In a judgement it delivered yesterday, the apex court, maintained that the appeal lacked merit, even as it upheld the earlier decision of both ...
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Flying Eagles - NFF Backpedals On Five Dropped Players
The five Flying Eagles players Nigeria Football Federation, NFF officials dropped from the Germany training camp may still join their team mates in Europe. Lukman Dimiyo, Moses Epele, Bobby Ikpeazu, Ozioma Maduako and Ezeugo Samson were on the list coach John Obuh submitted for the training tour of Germany. But top officials of the Football Federation removed their names from the list without ...
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Nigeria calling on US for misconception help
Nigeria is one of the main producers of drug lords and immigrants and is beset by political instability and groans under the weight of poverty and human strife. At least, this is the perception many in the world have, a perception that is all too narrow in its scope.
Nigeria has an enduring reputation as an exporter of criminals, drug lords, terrorists and immigrants. Such perceptions are only amplified by the recent attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, or the arrests every year of various Nigerian drug lords in countries around the world. Read more
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