Nigerian doctors’ NEC meeting ends in deadlock, strike continues

Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu The government fails to persuade the striking doctors to return to work The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has resolved to continue with the ongoing strike by its members all over the country. The decision was arrived at after several hours of deliberation in a meeting which commenced Thursday evening and ended 4 a.m Friday in Abuja. After its meeting...

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Christmas Day bomber, Kabiru Sokoto, gets life imprisonment

Kabiru 'Sokoto' Usman, the prime suspect in the Christmas Day bomb attack at St Theresa Catholic Church in 2011 that killed 44 people and injured several others, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja this morning. Kabiru was arrested on the 14th of January 2012 and declared in court that he was a member of Boko Haram. (Pic above taken during his court appearance today.) See more photos after...

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Actress Tells SAD Story Of Her Unlawful Jail

Most of you will remember Yetunde Akilapa, an actress that was sent to jail for wrong accusation of theft. She was later discharged and acquitted in court for lack of evidence. She tells her story to First Weekly below. There is a rumour that you were set up by your friends, how true is this? Yes, it’s true. Some of my friends set me up. Why did they do that to you? Let me narrate everything to you from the beginning. I am into...

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READ What Obama's Said At Mandela's Memorial Service

To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; to heads of state and government, past and present; distinguished guests - it is a singular honour to be with you today, to celebrate a life unlike any other. To the people of South Africa – people of every race and walk of life – the world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us. His struggle was your struggle. His triumph was your triumph. Your dignity...

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Ogoni protest non-implementation of UNEP report, disrupt oil operations

The protesters blocked access to major oil facilities in Ogoniland. Hundreds of indigenes of communities in Ogoniland on Tuesday made good their threat to disrupt operations of oil companies in Rivers State as they blocked all routes leading to major oil facilities in the area. Following the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, report on the environment in Ogoniland released in 2011, the people demanded the immediate...

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90 world leaders to attend Mandela’s funeral

Nelson Mandela… Photo: courtesy http://www.mandela.gov.za Mandela died on December 5. The South African government has confirmed that President Goodluck Jonathan, alongside 89 other world leaders, will be attending activities leading to the funeral of late South African anti-apartheid leader, Nelson Mandela. A press release by the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation described the late leader an...

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ASUU Disrupt Lectures, Force Lecturer Out Of Class In Uniben

.. There was pandemonium at the University of Benin yesterday Monday December 9th as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) UNIBEN chapter disrupted an ongoing lecture at the university and forced a UNIBEN lecturer out of the lecture hall. This came as there was a division among lecturers at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), over whether to resume work or not. Some UNIBEN lecturers resumed last week following the Federal...

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Help Chinazom Live: Chinazom Battles Cancer

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28 Heads of State confirm attendance at Mandela’s funeral

Nelson Mandela Thirteen African heads of state and 15 from outside the continent have confirmed attendance to the funeral of Nelson Mandela, the late former South African president. In a statement on Sunday, Collins Chabane, a minister in the South African government, said the country was expecting a large contingent of Heads of State and Government and a broad range of eminent persons, including royalty. “The fact that international...

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Boko Haram: Jonathan approves N1 billion for upgrade of detention camps

Boko Haram insurgents The president also explained how the insurgents attacked military and aviation facilities in Maiduguri President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said he has approved the disbursement of N1 billion to the military for the upgrade of detention camps where suspected insurgents are held across the country. The President disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Paris, France, shortly before his...

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PDP Crisis Stalls Appointment Of 11 Ministers

inShare The crisis raging in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is taking a toll on President Goodluck Jonathan’s move to fill the vacancies in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) following the resignation of a minister...

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Imoke Emerges 2013 Best Governor

 Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke has emerged the winner of the of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Studies’ Best Governor Award for 2013. President of AES, Dr. Ausbeth Ajagu disclosed that Imoke emerged winner of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Studies’ Best Governor Award for 2013 after a thorough and rigorous verification exercise involving...

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Ekweremadu’s Controversial Comment

A political storm is brewing over Deputy Senate President Ike Kweremadu’s recent comment regarding the controversial single-tenure issue. Ekweremadu had suggested “a two-year gap” to prepare the country for the single-tenure system for the president and governors, which he said could be achieved through the “Doctrine of Necessity and some kind of jurisprudential approach.” The deputy senate...

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2015: Okorocha Yet to Decide Position to Run

Governor  Rochas Okorocha As the 2015 general elections gathers momentum, Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha yesterday disclosed that he was yet to decide the position he would be running in the next general elections. Okorocha also debunked allegation of his wavering position in the All Progressive Congress (APC), saying that he has remained not only a member of the party but one...

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Jonathan, Mark, Others Eulogise Lar

President Goodluck Jonathan Top government functionaries, former governors, past leaders of the PDP and colourfully dressed groups in Abuja  Saturday paid their last respect to the former governor of Plateau State and pioneer chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Solomon Daushep Lar, who  died October 9, in the United States. In his tribute, President Goodluck Jonathan,...

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Insurgency: FG Installs Bomb, Drug Detection Equipment at Airports

Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah As   the Federal Government  moves  to unravel those behind the recent bombing of the Nigerian Airforce base in Maiduguri,   the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, over the weekend said that  government has completed the    installation of   the  Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) detectors and...

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Jonathan Endorses Stand-by Force for Peace Keeping in Africa

President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday in Paris disclosed that the federal government would throw its weight behind the formation of Africa Stand-by Force, to take control of crises situation in the continent. The president disclosed this while granting an interview to France 24 television, shortly after the end of a two day-summit on peace and security in Africa hosted...

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'Secret' Pakistani prisoners appear before Supreme Court

  The men's appearance represents a rare concession by the military to the courts Fourteen prisoners alleged to have been held in secret and without charge by the Pakistani army have appeared before the Supreme Court in Islamabad. Six of the 14 men were identified by their relatives, who say they disappeared after being handed over to the military from a detention centre. Officials say more prisoners will be...

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Egyptian court overturns sentences of 14 women jailed for pro-Morsy protest

Students backing Mohamed Morsi shout slogans during a demonstration on December 1, in Cairo. STORY HIGHLIGHTS An appeals court revisits the 11-year sentences given 14 women involved in a protest They will be released and given 1-year suspended sentences, state news reports The women's original sentences sparked widespread condemnation around Egypt They were arrested at a demonstration for ousted President Mohamed Morsy (CNN)...

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Eight die in Colombian bomb blast, national police say

By Elwyn Lopez, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS Explosive cylinders were camouflaged by food inside a vehicle, a police official says Victims included give soldiers, a police officer and two civilians (CNN) -- At least eight people -- five soldiers, a police officer and two civilians -- died Saturday in what Colombian nation police described as a bomb attack in the nation's Cauca province. Military authorities and national police blamed the attack on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC. The national police website...

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Edo names high school, water project after Festus Iyayi

Festus Iyayi Governor Oshiomhole says Ugbegun Grammar School will be rebuilt and renamed Festus Iyayi Memorial Grammar School. As the remains of the late president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi were laid to rest, yesterday, in his country home in Ugbegun, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has announced plans by the state government to immortalise the late activist and writer. Speaking at a reception...

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SSS “Arrests” Junaid Mohammed Over Comments About President Jonathan

By Abdulrahman Abdulmalik Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service, on Friday interrogated Junaid Mohammed, a staunch critic of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Federal Government, over inciting comments credited to him. The politician was reportedly summoned to the SSS headquarters...

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One woman’s mission to save Nigeria’s palms

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Mrs. Muhammed in her Plant Nursery One of Nigeria’s former first ladies, Ajoke Muhammed, now devotes her time to saving indigenous plants, including the West African nation’s many species of palm tree. She has the largest private collection of plants in Nigeria, with more than 2,000 trees and shrubs, and 400 types of palm growing in her garden, built up over eight years in the capital, Abuja. The...

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Suicide car bomb hits Yemen defence ministry in Sanaa

Smoke seen at the scene of the blast | credits: BBC  A suicide car bomb has exploded at Yemen’s defence ministry in the capital Sanaa killing at least 20 people and injuring 37, officials say. Smoke was seen rising from the complex in Bab al-Yaman district, at the entrance to the old city. There were reports of a gunbattle inside the complex, but officials said the situation was under control. Yemeni security forces are fighting regional...

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Sexual harassment in India: 'The story you never wanted to hear'

By Daphne Sashin and Katie Hawkins-Gaar, CNN American college student Michaela Cross struggles to describe her time studying abroad in India. She says it was full of adventures and beauty but also relentless sexual harassment, groping and worse. 4 5 > >>  STORY HIGHLIGHTS U.S. college student Michaela Cross spent three months abroad in India She says she and others faced repeated sexual...

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