The Big 5: ‘Schoolgirls may have been taken in Yobe attack’, Trump moves to ban ‘bump-stock’ devices and other top stories

These are the top stories you should be monitoring today. The governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai was at the centre of a controversy yesterday. Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi (Kaduna North) accused him of personally supervising the demolition of his property used as the secretariat of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.... Read More

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big 5, boko haram, donald trump, gun control, Nigerian News, World News, yobe

February 19, 2018

#YNaijaEditorial: Since millennials won’t fight for our future, the generation after us is fighting for themselves

Last weekend, this video surfaced on the internet. The less than one minute video shows children and teenagers from the State Primary and Secondary School Olanada in Rivers, staging a protest. These children, ages 6-17 swarmed the roads around their school, barricading the roads beyond holding up placards protesting the abysmal standard of education in... Read More

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Emma Gonzalez, gun control, Nyesom Wike, Protests

October 8, 2017

Opinion: America’s mad obsession with guns

by Tony Ogunlowo Again another psychotic madman strikes killing over 50 people and injuring more than 500 in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. Never a day goes by in America that there isn’t a homicide caused as the result of a gun in the hands of an irresponsible person. A... Read More

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America, gun control, opinion, Republicans

July 26, 2016

Priest, 2 others dead in hostage situation in France (WATCH)

A hostage situation in Normandy region of France on Tuesday, turned sour after two men armed with knives killed a priest before being shot dead by the police according to the French police. Two armed men had reportedly taken 5 hostages in a church even as the motive behind such dastardly act is still unclear.... Read More

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France, French, gun control, hostage, international, safety, security, terrorism, violence

June 13, 2016

ISIS responsible for murder of 50 people in US gay club

The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency has announced that the terrorist group, ISIS is responsible for the shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. On Sunday, the Islamic State media revealed that the shooter at the nightclub attack was a member of the ISIS terrorists. According to reports, the shooter, Omar Mateen aged 29... Read More

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January 19, 2013

Man straps big gun to the mall in protest against Obama’s gun control plan (PHOTOS)

RIVERDALE, Utah — Hours after President Barack Obama called on Congress to ban assault weapons, one man’s protest raised some eyebrows at a Utah store. An Ogden woman snapped a few photos of a man standing inside a J.C. Penney on Wednesday with a big gun slung over his shoulder. Cindy Yorgason said that even... Read More

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January 9, 2013

This man wants to deport Piers Morgan – but why is he so angry? (WATCH)

by Rachel Ogbu Radio host Alex Jones appeared on “Piers Morgan Tonight,” and what transpired between both men generated a great deal of social media buzz. It was a fiery exchange live, as Jones who wants to deport Morgan back to the UK for expressing his views on gun control went on the attack, calling the CNN host... Read More

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