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Cameroon ‘tortures’ Boko Haram suspects – AI

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Suspected Boko Haram fighters have been “brutally tortured” by security forces in Cameroon, a rights group says. Amnesty International said in a report that the suspects, including women and children, were beaten, water-boarded and forced into stress positions. The cases allegedly happened between 2013 and 2017, and dozens of detainees died as a result, it added. Cameroon’s government has not commented. Boko Haram frequently carries out attacks in the country. The Islamist group, based in neighbouring Nigeria, has killed more than 1,500 civilians in Cameroon since 2014, and abducted many…

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Nigerian States get another tranche of Paris loan refund

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The Federal Government has released a state-by-state breakdown of another tranche of refund amounting to N243.8 billion being over-deductions on Paris Club, London Club Loans. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the debt service deductions were in respect of the Paris Club, London Club and Multilateral debts of the Federal and State government from 1995 to 2002. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier approved the release of N522.74 billion as first tranche of payment to states. “These payments, which totalled N243, 795,465,195, were…

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Hart joins West Ham on loan from Man City

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West Ham have completed the loan of Joe Hart from Manchester City with an option to buy. It was reported on Friday that the England international was on the verge of making the switch to the London side after City agreed to pay part of his £100,000-per-week wages. Hart had his medical on Monday to secure a switch to the Irons, making his fifth loan since he joined in 2006 from Shrewsbury Town and likely his last. The 30-year-old has two years left on his deal at the Etihad Stadium,…

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High profile Boko Haram terrorist, 3 others, surrender

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A high profile Boko Haram terrorist, Konto Fanami, and three other repentant terrorists have surrendered to the Nigerian Army on Monday. The Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Usman said that the four repentant terrorists willingly deserted their hideouts and surrendered themselves to 120 Task Force Battalion at Goniri in Borno. He described Fanami as the Ameer (leader) of “Kafa hideout of the Boko Haram terrorists group that operates on Ajigin-Talala-Mungusum axis.’’ “During preliminary interrogation, they confirmed that they abandoned the terrorism…

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Obamacare defeats Donald Trump

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President Donald Trump’s obsessive bid to overhaul or outrightly repeal former President Barack Obama’s legacy health law, known as Obamacare,  has collapsed. The efforts collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a sharp setback to Trump and the Republican Party’s seven-year quest to kill President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. The disarray in the Republican-controlled Senate rattled financial markets as it cast doubt on the chances for getting Trump’s other domestic policy priorities, such as tax reform, through a divided Congress. Saying he was disappointed, Trump suggested at the White…

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Quit notice: MASSOB sets deadline for mass return of Igbos from North

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The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has declared August of 2017 as a date for the mass return of all Igbo indigenes living in the north. The group said the declaration was to help Igbo indigenes beat the October 1st deadline given to them by the Arewa youths. A press release by the group’s Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edesonu, stated that the decision was reached at its National Executive meeting which was presided by its leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu. Edesonu said part of…

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Nigeria must define foreigners’ business dealings – Dambazau

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The minister of Interior, Abdulrahmam Dambazau, on Tuesday called on the National Assembly to come up with legislations that will define businesses foreigners living in Nigerian can engage in. ‎ The minister made the call whiel addressing members of the House of Representatives Committee on Interior who paid an oversight visit to the Ministry in Abuja.‎ Dambazau who expressed the Ministry’s commitment toward address the issue of foreigners overstaying their time in the country, also decried the connivance of some Nigerians with illegal immigrants to engage in various illegal commercial…

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USA, China, others lift 11th Abuja housing show

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U.S., China and Turkey are among the countries taking part at the ongoing 11th Abuja International Housing show which began in Abuja on Monday with the participation of manufacturers and dealers in building materials within and outside the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Housing show is an opportunity for both local and foreign manufacturers to exhibit latest technologies in the industry. The show, which is the largest housing and construction event in Africa, has as its theme: “Solving Nigeria’s Housing Challenge through Innovative Finance and…

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Emulate Nelson Mandela Nigerian leaders charged

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday advised Nigerian leaders to emulate the good leadership exhibited by some of the past African leaders, most especially, the late President Nelson Mandela of South Africa. National Vice-President of NLC, Isa Aremu, gave the advice in Lagos at the 25th Pan-African Theatre Arts Festival (PANAFEST) Anniversary, Colloquium and Exhibition on the theme, “Leadership Failure in Africa, is it in our Culture”. Aremu said that late Mandela was selfless, believed in reconciliation and exhibited great qualities of a good leader and handed over the…

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Three policemen in custody for chaining man to generator

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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, has arrested three policemen attached to Bariga Division in the state for allegedly chaining a man to a generator. The arrest was effected by a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), who was on a routine inspection at the station. Owoseni disclosed that the cops are currently facing orderly room trial at the command headquarters in Ikeja and would get appropriate sanctions. Owoseni, who stressed that the police is committed to international best practices assured residents that the force would not tolerate unprofessional conducts…

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