A new ad from Sony has sparked anger from the government of Nigeria, which declared the ad offensive over the allusion to email scams involving Nigerian nationals. The ad advertises Sony's PlayStation 3, and has...
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I watched a documentary program on killing innocent children in Nigeria. Apparantly an Evangelist church denounces many children as witches who should be killed!!I was very troubled to see images of beautiful...
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News of Boko Haram sect leader Mohammad Yusuf's death came hours after his capture today by the Nigerian police. The extremist group leader has been largely blamed for the recent violent clashes with the country's military in his struggle to impose Sharia law throughout...
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The Nigerian military scored a major victory against Boko Haram, the extremist Islamist sect it is in conflict with, when its leader Mohammad Yusuf was captured and arrested. "A BBC reporter in Maiduguri said Mohammed Yusuf had been paraded before journalists with no apparent...
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Members of Boko Haram, an extremist Nigerian Islamist group, have fled the city of Maiduguri after the military stormed the area they had occupied. The military achieved this victory after 1,000 extra soldiers were drafted, according to a bbc report. This swell in military...
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Over 100 people were killed in the Northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri as clashes between Islamic extremists and security forces came to a head. Although authorities have yet to confirm the death death toll, witnesses are reporting that upwards of 100 bodies have been...
Barry Artiste Op/Ed I have a better idea, how about keeping your pecker in your pants if you neglect to get yourself tested first before entering a relationship. Pretty much a no brainer for those unclear on the concept of Aids. " WASHINGTON - Circumcision may help...
" British taxpayers are to provide £1million for a comfortable jail in Nigeria to take convicts whose crimes were committed in the UK. The prison would house 400 Nigerian inmates incarcerated in our own packed...
Matthew Maguire, a British man who had been held hostage by Nigerian militants for more than nine months, has finally been freed. The group responsible for his abduction, the Movement for the Emancipation of the ...
“Nigeria says a large consignment of fake anti-malarial generic drugs seized recently carried “Made in India” tag but was produced in China,” according to a report carried in the Indian national daily ‘The Times of India.'
Indian Ambassador to...
The Spanish police are investigating a group of people believed to be using voodoo curses to force Nigerian women into prostitution. Some of the women are said to be minors. " A black magic sect which has been using voodoo curses to force Nigerian women into prostitution is...
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IPHF warns against politicizing and sensationalizing of the H1N1 Virus Dr. Francis Ohanyido the President of the International Public Health Forum (IPHF) has warned the media and public officials to be careful about the way they...
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On March 29th, women and girls living in Tarkwa Bay, a Lagos island, were raped by soldiers. The soldiers also smashed heads and broke limbs. " Sunday, March 29 this year was a day inhabitants of Tarkwa Bay, a Lagos island,...
" A landmark human rights lawsuit, accusing Royal Dutch Shell of complicity in the execution of author and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa some 14 years ago, will proceed to trial in a New York courtroom. The...
A bodyguard has been killed and a oil worker kiddnapped in the Port Harcourt in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. He is the third British person in the area to be taken, the other two are Robin Hughes and Matthew Maguire...