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December 19, 2012

Power-play: Enugu commissioner arrested for failing to apppear before House

by Akan Ido The Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Eugene Odo, yesterday ordered the arrest of the commissioner for poverty reduction, Godwin Ogenyi, for failing to appear before the house. The commissioner who was said to be in the premises of the House of Assembly reportedly disappeared when it was time to... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Miserable: Man, 59, raped 11-year-old and tried to rape 3-year-old says ‘the Internet corrupted me’ (PICTURED)

A Fife man who raped an 11-year-old girl and tried to rape a three-year-old has been jailed for eight years. David Leggatt, who claimed the internet corrupted him, had admitted sexually assaulting the girls between May 2006 and November 2007 in Fife. Leggatt, 59, from Dunfermline, also pleaded guilty to possessing almost 120,000 indecent photographs... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Odd: Woman breaks into lawyer’s house, steals wig, gowns, and underwear

by Akan Ido A 34-year-old woman, Elizabeth Akinagbe, was yesterday sentenced to 3 months imprisonment by a Kubwa Magistrate’s Court for stealing. She was charged on three counts of house-breaking, theft, and criminal force and was found guilty on each of the three counts leveled against her. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Mohammed said the sentencing will... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Cameroonian man jailed for texting “I’m in love with you”… to another man

A Cameroon appeals court upheld a sentence against a man convicted of homosexuality for texting his male friend to say, “I’m very much in love with you.” Roger Mbede, a university student, was arrested in March last year after the man who received the message tipped off authorities, Human Rights Watch said. A court sentenced... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Just happened: Russian parliament stops Americans from adopting Russian babies

by Hauwa Gambo The Associated Press has just now confirmed that the Russian parliament has just given preliminary approval to ban adoption of Russian children by Americans. This follows a debate yesterday on the bill, in spite of strong objections from senior minister. The lower house of parliament, called the State Duma, passed the law... Read More
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December 19, 2012

WATCH: Terrifying video shows bird snatching a baby

by Isi Esene This now viral video of a golden eagle grabbing a baby in Montreal, Canada continue to generate controversy. The video appears to show a bird swooping down, snatching a small child, then later lets go of the baby. We can’t independently verify the authenticity of the video but we’ll let you decide... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Terrifying: That moment when an eagle swoops down and snatches a toddler as he plays in park (PHOTOS, WATCH)

  A massive golden eagle circles a park before swooping down and appearing to grab a toddler with its claws and trying to fly off with him in an incredible video posted on YouTube. The clip shows the child’s parent looking on in horror as the feathered beast, one of the world’s deadliest birds of... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Who needs a state of the nation address? Onoshe Nwabuikwu reviews what’s on TV

by Onoshe Nwabuikwu Who needs a state of the nation address? Did you hear that a bill to ensure every Nigerian president presents a state of the nation address has passed second reading at the National Assembly? It’s heart warming to know that our legislators have time for other matters aside from playing politics with... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Duh! “I didn’t travel in crashed helicopter” – Sambo Dasuki, NSA

by Akan Ido The National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki has reportedly denied being involved in the helicopter crash which killed the former NSA, Andrew Azazi and Kaduna Governor, Patrick Yakowa. According to a statement released by his office, the NSA said, “We wish to state that the NSA, Mr. Sambo Dasuki was not part of... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Japheth Omojuwa: Activism 3.0: One part of a dynamic evolving phenomenon (YNaija FrontPage)

Digital Activism must speak a better language than noise, we must speak in terms of policies and alternatives to ideas we do not want. The times have changed and are indeed increasingly on the change. In times past a few citizens called activists made change happen, today, societies are a lot more inclusive than that.... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Something positive from the Okonjo-Iweala kidnap (YNaija FrontPage)

by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji   There is no question. The dramatic kidnap and subsequent release of the Minister of Finance’s mother deserves a Nollywood movie of its own. According to the most promising of many other theories being espoused, the $1 billion supplementary budget allocation was the ransom for Professor Okonjo’s release. There are a lot... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Stop criticising us in public – Foreign affairs minister cautions diplomats

The Federal Government has asked foreign countries with embassies and high commissions in Nigeria to treat Nigeria’s internal issues with utmost respect and regard for local sensitivity. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, yesterday cautioned diplomats against making provocative and unguarded comments in press interviews and public functions that they get engaged in,... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Why should we not speak ill of the dead? – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Yesterday, the President took to the podium to ask us as a people to shun preachers of religious and ethnic division. “Whatever may be our differences; religious, ethnic or personal, Nigeria is more important. We must be united in rising above our differences and promoting values that bind us together,” the Prez... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Opinion: I won’t waste my time mourning Azazi and Yakowa, I have questions to ask

by Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri The chopper went down. Souls perished. Investigations, as usual, have been ordered. Three days mourning have also been declared. And the routine blame and counter-blame games erupt among the populations, with the attendant religious, ethnic and tribal twists to a sad story. This is the story of Nigeria! I am neither going... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Report: Former Mr. Nigeria, Kenneth Okolie was kidnapped with Nkiru Sylvanus

by Rachel Ogbu The hunt for actress and Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Imo State Governor, Nkiru Sylvanus as the state government intensifies the search offering a reward to the public for information on kidnappers. Also members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, were ready to stage a protest but in a new ... Read More
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December 19, 2012

Barcelona to keep Messi till 2018

 Lionel Messi has agreed a new contract that would keep him at Barcelona till the 2018 football season. The Catalan giants confirmed on their official website that the Argentine would pen the deal “in the coming weeks”. Messi’s current deal runs until June 2016 and the new agreement will keep him at the Nou Camp... Read More
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