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In Upset, Republican Donald Trump Emerges US President-Elect

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Republican Party candidate Donald Trump scored a stunning upset in today’s presidential election in the US, claiming some key battleground states and winning the state of Pennsylvania to beat Democratic Party rival Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had Mrs. Clinton won, she would have made history by becoming the first woman to be elected president in the United States. Mrs. Clinton would also have become the first spouse of a former US president to win the country’s top political post. Her husband, former President William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton, served two terms as president from 1993 to 2001.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Results of nationwide polling in today’s election show that Mr. Trump has secured more than the 270 electoral college votes to claim victory in a bruising election that some analysts regard as one of the most divisive in the history of the US. Most presidential polls over the last few weeks had suggested that Mr. Trump would lose to Mrs. Clinton, his Democratic Party challenger. Controversies dogged Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign. He showcased an unorthodox political style and often denigrated his main opponent as well as TV hosts, disabled people, Mexicans, Muslims, and immigrants. A few weeks ago, a tape surfaced in which Mr. Trump was heard boasting of getting away with kissing and groping women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mrs. Clinton’s campaign was often shadowed by an FBI investigation into her handling of classified information on her private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013. In the end, FBI director James Comey twice announced that the agency found no grounds to file criminal charges against Mrs. Clinton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The 70-year old Trump was seen as a long shot when he entered the Republican field of presidential candidates last year. But in an often-fractious campaign for the Republican Party nomination, he deployed a flair for edgy political rhetoric and sharp-tongued putdowns of his opponents to break out of the pack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mr. Trump became a politically controversial figure when he argued that President Barack Obama was not born within the continental United States and therefore was constitutionally disqualified from serving as president.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The president-elect, who made his fortune in real estate and casinos, won despite alienating immigrants, Muslims and other minority groups in the US. His anti-immigrant platform resonated mostly with white male voters with no college education, but analysts predicted it would doom his prospects for connecting with a broader base of voters. Surprisingly, he cobbled together enough votes from a variety of demographics to claim the election.</span></div>
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In Upset, Republican Donald Trump Emerges US President-Elect

Republican Party candidate Donald Trump scored a stunning upset in today’s presidential election in the US, claiming some key battlegroun...

Baby suffers severe burns after kerosene explosion

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">According to LIB, a political aide to Delta State Governor and blogger, Ossai Ovie Success posted the photos along with a list of precautionary measures. He didn't say when or where it happened. However, a woman and her  3-month-old baby suffered severe burns in a fire incident caused by a kerosene explosion in Akwa Ibom State. A father also lost his two children in the incident.</span><br />
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"Let's try to be extremely careful in our daily live activities so that we don't attribute our mistakes to the devil. Little things/precautions matter a lot. This innocent baby and mother suffer as a result of kerosene explosion. The hairs even pampers burnt, so you can imagine the severity yet God is faithful to this little soul. Not only them but others among whom some have lost their lives untimely. Be careful at where you purchase your kerosene. </blockquote>
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Refill your lanterns and stoves while they are off. Don't use your mouth to blow off your stove. Make sure it's off completely before taking it inside. Avoid sleeping with your lantern on and inside your bedroom. Avoid black market purchase. Kerosene should be kept out of the reach of our children. Don't send a minor to buy kerosene let alone filling/refilling lantern or stove or to put them on or off. Take your stove outside for cooking. </blockquote>
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Avoid late night cooking with stove. May God save these ones groaning in pains in hospital wards and a happy repose to those who have passed away. Amen. N/B: You could be a saviour to a soul by sharing or passing on this info. Remember, a soul can be any body not only your relatives mostly in the villages, church members etc.</blockquote>

Baby suffers severe burns after kerosene explosion

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Tuface Idibia says his saddest moment was during the baby mama saga. "Some people were using it against me"

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In an interview with <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/my-success-nuggets-tuface-idibia-musician/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sunnewsonline</a> , Nigerian music legend Tuface Idibia has revealed the key factors to being a successful musician, the saddest and happiest moments of his career, Plantashun Boiz and future plans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"My saddest moment was when they were writing things about me some years ago while I was celebrating the kids coming. Some people were using it against me, and saying some hurtful things to put me down. Another sad moment was when I lost my dad. All of a sudden I realised that this man who used to carry us on his shoulders and take us out for shopping and all that was going to die. Although, I tried all I could but I couldn’t help him, and he died. I cried like a baby,"<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just like he has had his sad moments, the 'African Queen' crooner and father of six has also had his happiest moments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"There are so many first moments I could describe as my happiest. For me, it has been a string of firsts, and I am glad that I am a pioneer. Officially, I was the first artiste to be endorsed by a very big company and that was a very happy moment for me. I was the first to be declared by a big record label as the first artiste to sell above a million copies. I was the first to be on the popular Billboard charts.<br />I was also the first Nigerian artiste to have his music played on MTV Base Africa. In fact, the list is endless; and my kids are huge sources of inspiration for me, even though, when they were coming and I was rejoicing that I was going to be a dad, some people were complaining; thanks to their mums and my wife."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">He identified humility, respect for people, talent and belief in oneself as key factors to being a successful musician.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"The number one factor to success is that you have to be ready mentally, physically, spiritually and every other ‘ally’. You have to be ready to face challenges.<br />Number two is respect. You must respect people because people are the backbones of your success and failure. Respect your fans and the people that contributed in one way or the other to your career, because there is no artiste that can come out and say he or she is an island. You must have some level of humility as well. It’s not necessary that you greet everybody you see on the road; but you have to know that since you have put yourself out there, you must be humble. And finally, you need to have talent; talent is key because it is the foundation on which you will build your career as a musician."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speaking further, Tuface says his dream has always been to sing, and while growing up, he listened to the likes of Bob Marley and Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. However, in 1997, after he relocated to Lagos with Blackface and they founded the Plantashun Boiz, he made up his mind to make a career out of singing. Recalling how he has handled success over the years, Tuface said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"You know, there is this thing about life. If you have been planning and aiming for something, you wouldn’t be so surprised when you eventually get to that place. Like when I started music as a career, there was an intention to go all the way but the speed, magnitude and stardom that came with success was overwhelming at one point. And that was because when we were planning this, we never knew it will get this big, so we just had to re-adjust to the new level on ground. So, for me, I will say that I worked towards it. So, when it started happening, I wasn’t so surprised."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tuface has sold millions of records, won numerous awards and is indeed a music icon not just in Nigeria but also across the continent. Asked if he misses the Plantashun Boiz 12 years after the group broke up? he said:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"You know that once in a while you feel that way and nostalgia just overwhelms you and you are like ‘wow!’ It was really fun those days hanging out with Faze and Blackface, singing together, cracking jokes and living together in the hotel, and all the funny things we did. We have some plans to still do stuff, but right now, we haven’t fixed a particular date or anything concrete."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Benue-born musician said he has no regrets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"I am not somebody that likes to regret. I feel that whatever that happens has happened. The only thing I think of is how to blend and turn things positively. I don’t just sit down; fold my hands and start regretting. Instead, I re-adjust and move on."<b id="m_748585967597445172m_1977615304438098824yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478604308227_6265"><br /></b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Despite his success, Tuface says he is not yet fulfilled:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"I am somewhere now but not exactly the place and position I want to be. I still want to go far. I am still hungry to achieve other things as a business man and not just a musician"</span></blockquote>

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Dollar and stocks fall as Trump takes lead in US election

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The US dollar has dropped and stocks have plummeted as investors faced the possibility that Republican nominee Donald Trump could win the race to the White House.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As of 04:55GMT on Wednesday, Trump was leading Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 23 Electoral College votes, with a tally of 232-209. It takes 270 to win.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">US stock futures recoiled more than 4 percent, a loss reminiscent of the market carnage that followed the British vote to leave the European Union in June; while the Mexican peso went into near free-fall as Trump secured the key state of Florida, plunging more than 10 percent against the dollar.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The peso has become a touchstone for sentiment on the election as Trump’s trade policies are seen as damaging to its export-heavy economy.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“There’s a lot of panic in the market, it is definitely an outcome it was not expecting,” Juan Carlos Alderete, a strategist at Banorte-IXE told Reuters news agency.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But the story was very different against the safe-haven yen, with the dollar shedding 3 percent to 102.02 yen. The euro gained 1.5 percent to $1.1190.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, the price of gold, seen as a safe place for investors’ money in times of uncertainty, soared 3.1 percent to $1,313.50 an ounce.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, South Korean authorities were thought to have intervened to steady their currency, and dealers were wondering if central banks globally would step in to calm nerves.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Markets fear a Trump victory could cause global economic and trade turmoil, discouraging the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates in December as long expected, and have tended to favour Clinton as a status quo candidate who would be considered a safe pair of hands at home on the world stage.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With voting completed in more than two-thirds of the 50 US states, the race was still too close to call in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, states that could be vital to deciding who wins the presidency.</span></div>
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Directors in Ministries, others to fly only economy class- FG

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A circular sent out on November 2nd to all the Ministries and parastatals, reads</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></a><br />
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“In view of the ensuing budgetary and fiscal challenges faced by the Federal Government arising from low oil revenue, it has become necessary to review the Guidelines for Local and International Travels as provided for in Circular Ref. No. SGF. 6/S.2/X/545 of 31st March, 2016 with a view to further prune recurrent expenses on travels and tours. Accordingly, Government has decided that all Civil and Public Servants in the rank of Directors and below in Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as Chief Executive Officers (Managing Directors, Executive Secretaries, Directors-General, etc) of Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies and Institutions are henceforth to travel on Economy Class for both Local and International travels. Similarly, all non-executive Chairmen and members of Federal Government Boards of Parastatals are henceforth to travel Economy Class".</blockquote>

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Nigeria Troops Neutralized 13 Boko Haram Terrorist

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Troops of 119 Task Force Battalion, 8 Division Nigerian Army, deployed at Kangarwa, Kukawa Local Government Area of Northern Borno State, on Monday, neutralized 13 Boko Haram terrorists in a counter attack carried out by the troops.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Unfortunately, 1 soldier paid the supreme price during the encounter, while 3 soldiers were wounded in action,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The offensive which began at about 4.00pm and lasted for roughly four hours, necessitated the troops calling for air support to which the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) promptly responded by dispatching an Intelligence Surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and a Ground Attack Fighter Aircraft in support of the ground offensive.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The fierce counter also saw some insurgents fleeing with gunshot wounds and abandoning logistics and weapons. The troops also neutralized 2 Hilux vehicles belonging to the insurgents and recovered the following; a Hilux vehicle, 1 Browning Machine Gun (BMG), 1 Anti Aircraft Gun (AAG), 2 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), 1 Light Machine Gun (LMG), 2 Rocket Propelled Guns Seven (RPG 7) tubes and bombs, 5 AK-47 Rifles and 550 Rounds of Anti-Aircraft Gun ammunition.</span></span>

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Alicia keys drops her album 'here'

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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Read Mtvbase report below:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The leadup to the release of Alicia Keys’ new album, “Here” has been as positive as the singer could have possibly hoped. She went Number 1 in South Africa, and broke the top 10 of many charts around the world with her first single, “In Common”. She then followed it up with an emotionally charged second single “Blended Family”.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With every single bit of possible promotion done and dusted, we have finally arrived “Here”. To the day that Alicia drops her new album.</span></blockquote>
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Judiciary will continue to defend its independence – CJN

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has said the judiciary remains resolute and committed to upholding its independence.<br />Speaking at the swearing-in of two new justices of the Supreme Court: Amina Augie and Ejembi Eko, in Abuja yesterday, the CJN said all courts in the country are empowered to adjudicate with utmost fairness and justice as prescribed in the constitution and the law.<br />Mohammed said: “We must not forget that we operate a constitutional democracy, which clearly prescribes the powers accorded to each organ of the state.<br />“I therefore wish to state without fear of contradiction that the third arm of government will remain resolute in its commitment and resolve to uphold its independence.”<br />He said the decision of the National Judicial Council (NJC) last week to suspend seven judges accused of corruption, showed the desire of the judiciary to preserve its independence.<br />The NJC made a u-turn last week and took a decision to ask judges being investigated to recuse themselves from official duties after initially declining to do so, arguing that there were no evidence of wrongdoing against the judges.<br />The judges had earlier been arrested by the Department State Services (DSS) for alleged corrupt acts.<br />“Certainly, the decision of the NJC at its last meeting reflects our desire to preserve this independence.<br />“Hence, we proclaimed to the world that any judicial officer standing trial will cease to perform judicial functions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“The council took this stand following communications it received from the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) that he was embarking on the prosecution of the affected judicial officers for the offences disclosed against them,” he said.<br />The CJN urged the new justices to continue to be diligent in the discharge of their duties.<br />“You must remain blind to personality and status, and remain the hope of all men, whether common or uncommon.<br />“Hence, the integrity and impartiality of our courts must not be in question or compromised.<br />“I am confident that with the institutions and initiatives that we have put in place, the Nigerian judiciary will evolve to meet the high standards demanded by our citizens,” the CJN said.<br />Eko was a Justice of the Court of Appeal, before his elevation to the Supreme Court.</span></div>
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A soldier arrested for stealing iPhone in Warri, Delta State.

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A young soldier was nabbed by traders at popular Gbagi Plaza in Warri, Delta State for stealing an iPhone from a shop. (pictured being handcuffed by some policemen) The soldier dressed in military camouflage was reportedly beaten to a pulp before he was rescued and taken to the house of a retired military officer. From the retired officer’s house, the suspect was said to have been whisked to the 3 Battalion, Nigerian Army barracks at Effurun.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Source: <a href="http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/11/photos-young-soldier-apprehended-in.html">LIB</a></span>

A soldier arrested for stealing iPhone in Warri, Delta State.

A young soldier was nabbed by traders at popular Gbagi Plaza in Warri, Delta State for stealing an iPhone from a shop. (pictured being hand...

A woman pushes another woman in front of a Train, which cause her death

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A 30-year-old woman, Melanie Liverpool-Turner was arrested for pushing another woman, 49 year old Connie Watton, in front of a moving subway train in New York.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Witnesses said Liverpool-Turner, had been arguing with Watton, at the Times Square-42nd Street station on Monday. Police said the two women did not know each other.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Police spokeswoman said they were both standing on the downtown platform of the 1 train arguing when all of a sudden, Watton was shoved onto the tracks at around 1.20pm and pronounced dead on the scene shortly afterwards,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker said Liverpool-Turner looked 'proud' as she was led away by police officers.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">One witness said she saw Turner get arrested. She said:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Liverpool-Turner lied and told authorities she pushed a German college student to her death last month, even though police concluded the 19-year-old had committed suicide. Liverpool-Turner underwent a psychiatric exam at Bellevue Hospital, and police sources told the New York Post she has a history of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">William Aubry, the police department's chief of Manhattan detectives, said investigators were reviewing surveillance video and interviewing witnesses to determine a motive.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Source: <a href="http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/11/woman-pushes-another-woman-to-her-death.html">LIB</a></span>

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"He is only out of town" Kogi State First Lady reacts to speculations about her husband, Yahaya Bello's whereabouts

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Groom refuses to cancel wedding ceremony after his bride died on wedding day

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">43 year-old Fana Maphumulo, from South Africa refused to cancel his wedding ceremony with his wife to be, Nana Mkhize died an hour before tying the knot on their wedding day last Saturday.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">According to reports, sometime in October this year, 42 year-old Nana had told Fana that she had dreamt she would die on her wedding day, but the couple didn’t take much notice of the dream and moved on with their wedding plans.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white;"></a><span style="background-color: white;">On the wedding day, hundreds of guests had arrived at the beautifully decorated wedding venue at Kloof Civic Centre, Durban, South Africa, to witness the couple’s big day only for Nana’s dream to become a reality.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The deceased, who is from G section in Umlazi, south Durban, South Africa, was reportedly admitted to the hospital the day before her wedding,complaining of feeling weak. She died an hour before it was time for her to tie the knot, reports say.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"> But amazingly, Fana from Hammersdale, west of Durban, South Africa, stood strong, continued with the wedding ceremony and asked the pastor to pray as he placed both rings on his finger. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The couple had reportedly been in a relationship for more than 20 years. They both have four kids and had been planning the wedding for many years before the tragic incident on their wedding day.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Source: H-Metro</span></span>

Groom refuses to cancel wedding ceremony after his bride died on wedding day

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13 killed in South Sudan bar shooting while watching an EPL match

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">At least 13 people have been killed and 14 others injured after a gunman opened fire on a crowd watching an English Premier League game near the town of Juba, South Sudan during the weekend</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The gunman, who appeared drunk, grew angry after being refused free entry to the bar where patrons had paid roughly USD 0.50 each to watch the football match on television, and then started shooting at the football watchers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2110134050" tabindex="0">Saturday</span>, the death toll was 11, but Deputy police spokesman Kwacijwok Dominic Amondoc said <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2110134051" tabindex="0">on Monday</span> the death toll had increased to 13, as two other people died from injuries sustained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Amondoc also revealed that others were still being treated in hospital. An injured person, Wani Patrick, recovering from a bullet wound to his hand said:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The location of the shooter is still unclear with “investigations underway”, according to deputy government spokesman Paul Akol Kordit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“It’s very unfortunate and we as a government condemn this in the very strongest terms possible,” said Kordit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kordit also pledged that the government would “do what we can to protect our people and bring to book such people who are killing innocent lives with no reason at all”.</span></div>
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13 killed in South Sudan bar shooting while watching an EPL match

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12 year old boy prosecuted for raping sister after getting addicted to hardcore porn

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">A young boy aged 12 years has pleaded to 6 counts of rape in court after getting hooked to porn and raping his younger sister.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">He has been ordered by the judge to seek help after he told his sister if she didn’t have sex with him “she wouldn’t be his sister anymore”. According to the court in Cheltenham, the boy had searched items on the internet like 'incest' and even told them that the act was consensual.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white;"></a><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"> He was sentenced to 12 months referral order and ordered not to have contact with anyone younger than 16 – his sister - inclusive while his internet use will also be monitored.</span></span><br />
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"Even with my king size cassava you still stayed back" - Nigerian designer who proposed to his girlfriend on LFDW thanks her

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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nigerian male designer, Johnson Iyaye Rotimi, who proposed to his girlfriend at the just concluded Lagos Fashion and Design Week, this afternoon took to social media to thank her for accepting his proposal. According to him, even with his kingsize cassava, she still stayed back with him and accepted him. He wrote:</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white;"></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Hmmm my woman, my lover, my queen, you know I don't womanize, drink,smoke, all I do every day is to serve and worship God. Love you unconditionally, dress up nicely, make great and unique garments for my clients. And always try to bring out the very best in you.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Baby I want to say this with all humility from the very dept of my heart Thank you for accepting me. Even with my King size Casava you still stayed back. Not talking about all my many dramas. Baby thank you @beata_eze #bellanaijaweddings #naijawedding #widding#engagementring #engaged #proposal #theproposal #thegroom #thebride#bestproposal #modemen #groomsinspiration #couplegoals #engagement".</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Culled from: <a href="http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/11/even-with-my-kingsize-cassava-you-still.html">LIB</a> </span>

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‘We have sex every day’ - Wife of Ghanaian hip hop star, Rap Doctor, reveals

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Annica, the wife of Ghanaian hip hop artiste, Rap Doctor, has revealed one of her secrets to sustaining and maintaining her long lasting marriage of 12 years to the rapper. The proud wife who couldn’t hold back on the happenings in her bedroom simply crowned it on sex.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">According to the Annica who equally believes that having sex everyday helps them in avoiding extramarital affair, appeared on Delay Show with Deloris Frimpong Manson where she made the epic revelation, saying:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></a><br />
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‘That’s one of our secrets and I don’t know why he went public with it, but yes, when he has not travelled, or if I’m not sick or menstruating, we have sex each and every day, Even before I came on this interview, we had sex. Well, we decided to do this to prevent temptations of having sex outside the marriage.’ Annica and Rap Doctor got married in 2009 and they are blessed with two beautiful kids.</blockquote>

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Linda Ikeji hoping to take on Facebook with her social network- CNN

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Love her or not, she's one of Africa's most famous news and gossip writers. Now she's hoping to take on Facebook with her very own social network, which she says hit 50,000 sign-ups on the first day.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a></blockquote>
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Linda Ikeji, a former model from Lagos, Nigeria, says her social network,<a href="https://www.lindaikejisocial.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> LIS (Linda Ikeji Social) </a>has something others lack: a one-stop shop for everything online.</div>
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"About 30-40 million Nigerians are now online, and they go through so many sites," Ikeji told CNN.</div>
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"They go to Facebook for connecting with friends. They come to my blog to read the news. They buy and sell things and go to places like Nairaland where they exchange opinions."</div>
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Just six days in, the network has 86,000 followers. Within the next five years, Ikeji said she hopes to be the new Facebook.</div>
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"Facebook is my competition," said the businesswoman, who is famous for her tabloid reporting, which many have criticized for promoting gossip and lacking in credibility.</div>
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In 2014 her blog came under scrutiny amidst allegations of plagiarism and unfair usage of images which led to the blogging platform Blogger, run by Google, temporarily taking her website offline.</div>
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"Once they have 50,000 followers on their page, we will automatically start monetizing it. That means we will put our client's banners on the page and pay you a commission from what they pay us." </div>
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The cash incentives are paid out to the so-called 'wallet' -- a section on the network where people add their bank account details.</div>
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It remains to be seen if anyone will hit that high. For now, she will pay out a weekly share of her advertising revenue to the most popular accounts, she says.</div>
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"Next week we are putting N20,000 ($63) each into 50 people's wallets," Ikeji said. </div>
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The network also plans to pay users N8,000 (around $25) for original news content.</div>
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The aim of the business is to give back to the online community.</div>
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The strategy could mean good money for users, and the social network who gets help with attracting people to sign-up. A win win, she explains.</div>
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"Being on social networking sites make the (site) owners billionaires. You being on our site will make us money, but at the same time we will share some of that money with you."</div>
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Ikeji is everywhere in the online sphere, with 1.32 million <a href="https://twitter.com/lindaikeji?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twitter followers</a> and 796,000 following her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/officiallindaikeji/?hl=en" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Instagram account</a>.</div>
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It all started 10 years ago, when she was modeling, and came across a blog post about herself. "I liked it and I wanted to start my own blog."</div>
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Back then, blogs were more personal accounts of people's lives, she said. "I wanted something more interesting. I wanted to do gossip and news, and I gave them something different." </div>
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Already a celebrity, it quickly drew a lot of readers.</div>
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"It was like a celebrity blog: people knew who I was and were very interested in what I had to say."</div>
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It seems to have worked. Today <a href="http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">her blog</a> has around 7 million page views per day and is especially popular with Nigerians living abroad in countries such as China, Dubai and the U.S., according to Ikeji.</div>
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"It's the number one blog in Nigeria," she says.</div>
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However popular and successful she claims to be, Ikeji continues to be controversial.</div>
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She says the criticism is mainly down to two things: Jealousy and the usual online critique famous people often endure.</div>
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"There are people who are jealous, because they don't understand how somebody can be so successful at something so many others are trying to do."</div>
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Others simply don't like what she does, but Ikeji seems unfazed.</div>
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"They may not agree with the way I do stuff. They will criticize and show their opinion, which is fine with me."</div>
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10-year-old girl rescued by the Police from her father's prison

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to the cable, t<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;">he Oyo state police command says it has rescued a 10-year-old girl, who was unlawfully imprisoned by her father.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Adekunle Ajisebutu, spokesman of the command, disclosed this to reporters, saying the victim regained freedom on Saturday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ajisebutu told reporters that the victim was allegedly locked up in a room for three days without food by her father, who was currently at large.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He said the girl was rescued by policemen from the Challenge police station.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“The police had acted on a tip-off from neighbours. The police responded swiftly and visited the house at Ajeigbe area, Ring Road, Ibadan,” he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“On arrival at the scene, it was discovered that three padlocks were used to lock the room. The locks had to be broken by the police before the little girl could be rescued.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He said that the victim had been properly fed and taken to the police clinic for medical attention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ajisebutu said the case was under investigation and that efforts had  been intensified to apprehend the suspect.</span></div>

10-year-old girl rescued by the Police from her father's prison

According to the cable, t he Oyo state police command says it has rescued a 10-year-old girl, who was unlawfully imprisoned by her father....

Khloe Kardashian braless in a new photo as she step out for her mum's birthday at the theatre

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Its a common thing in the Kardashian's family to step out braless. This is no longer a surprise as <span style="background-color: white;">Khloe Kardashian on Saturday afternoon stepped out in a plunging nude leotard top to attend her mum's 61st birthday at a movie theatre that their mum,  Kris Jenner, rented to watch the new movie Trolls. She was seen walking with her BFF Malika Haqq.</span></span>

Khloe Kardashian braless in a new photo as she step out for her mum's birthday at the theatre

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Another soldier killed by Boko Haram terrorists

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to LIB, the t<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;">roops of 7 Division Nigerian Army, Operation Lafiya Dole, led by the General Officer Commanding of the Division, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu, conducted a decisive clearance operation into the remnants of Boko Haram strategic hub town of Chukungudu on the southern fringes of the Lake Chad Region, northern parts of Borno State between Friday 4th and Saturday 5th November 2016. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to a statement signed by Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, the maneuvering Brigade<span id="m_2793432117728688871yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478415063520_33862"> led by 3 Battalion of 22 Brigade, successfully cleared Geram, Bulankassa and Chukungudu believed to be the Boko Haram terrorists stronghold in that area. The gallant troops rescued 85 people, comprising of mostly women and children held hostage by insurgents.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Similarly, they neutralized 5 Boko Haram terrorists fighters in a fierce encounter that made several of the terrorists running into the Lake Chad waters. The troops recovered 4 rounds of Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) bombs, 1 Double Barrel Gun, 349 packets containing various rounds of ammunitions, 3 Magazines, a link belt of machine gun ammunition and 1 AK-47 rifle magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During the clearance operations, the troops made spectacular discovery of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making factory at Geram. In the factory, they found several already primed suicide bombers’ vests. They also discovered a well equipped motor vehicles and motorcycles’ workshop and spare parts where house at Chukungudu village.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The troops recovered 3 vehicles and several newly acquired motorcycles. Unfortunately, a soldier died during the encounter. In line with Rules of Engagement, IED factory, vehicles and motorcycles were destroyed. </span></div>
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Another soldier killed by Boko Haram terrorists

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Check out the Family Photo of the Gallant soldier that was killed by Boko Haram

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Graphic photos: A Woman stabs her husband and his lover with knives after catching them in bed together

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A Facebook user, Daniel Kemps Kemps, shared a graphic video of a man and a woman who were allegedly stabbed by the man's wife after she caught her husband in bed with the woman above. Looks so unreal! </span>

Graphic photos: A Woman stabs her husband and his lover with knives after catching them in bed together

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IPOB worldwide condemn the release of killers of an Igbo woman in Kano

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">IPOB’s Media and Publicity Director, Comrade Emma Powerful, in a statement released yesterday, said the release of the men was an action in bad taste. He questioned the power of the magistrate court to release murder suspects.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The statement reads:</span><br />
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“We, in the IPOB worldwide condemn the recent judgment delivered by the magistrate court in Kano State in favour of the killers of Mrs Bridget Aghaneme who was murdered in broad daylight in Kano state by the Islamic fundamentalist. We condemn the judgment in its totality. </blockquote>
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The magistrate and the government of Kano State were instrumental to the killing of an innocent woman who committed no crime against Islam. However, this is what IPOB preached that the Christians in Nigeria and the people of Biafra must leave the north and come back home and make their lives better by staying in a place where their lives will be protected. </blockquote>
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This concocted judgment by the killers in the northern part of Nigeria indicate that Igbo are not wanted in the northern territories. Again we are aware that the killers of the Christians and Biafrans have infiltrated the judiciary especially in the northern part of Nigeria. </blockquote>
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Otherwise, how can a well trained lawyer and a magistrate who attended so many seminars and course release a murderer who snuffed life out of a fellow human being to go scot free? This is a dangerous signal that nobody is safe again in the country…We are also aware that the arrest they made before taking them to court was a jamboree just in a bid to deceive the general public and cover their evil agenda against the people of Biafra but then we are not deterred in fighting for the restoration of God’s nation, Biafra.”</blockquote>

IPOB worldwide condemn the release of killers of an Igbo woman in Kano

IPOB’s Media and Publicity Director, Comrade Emma Powerful, in a statement released yesterday, said the release of the men was an action in...