National Conference kicks out Chairperson

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The National Conference committee on Civil Society, Labour and Sports, among the ten committees at the on-going conference in Abuja, has sacked its chairperson, Bola Ogunrimade for absenteeism and has been replaced with her deputy, Issa Aremu.   The decision was carried out after a vote took place and majority of these voted her out. Mr Issa Aremu also told reporters that, Mrs Bola Ogunrinde hasn't turned up ever since the conference kicked off. 

EndTimeThings: Main School Instructor R*pes, Impregnates 12-Year-old Pupil In Jos

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The police in Plateau State Nigeria have arrested a teacher with Bright Kids Academy, Barkin Ladi, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state, Chukwudi Boniface, for molesting and impregnating a 12-year-old primary three pupil in the school.
It was reported that the teacher had in Nov last year organised an extra-mural lesson, which was attended by only four pupils, including the victim.

HIV Patient, 63, Sentenced to Death in Kano For molesting, Infecting a Minor

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Kano was jolted, yesterday, when an Upper Sharia court in the state sentenced to death 
by stoning a 63-year-old HIV positive for molesting and infecting a minor with the deadly virus...
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Meet the ‘Mad Man’ caught with ₦4 Million, Human Parts & Ammunition in Benin

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A man in Benin City, Edo State, who succeeded in fooling people into thinking he was mad, has turned out to be a ritual killer who specializes in selling human parts.

He was allegedly arrested around the Upper Sokponba road area of Benin with human parts, a gun, and N4 million cash.

The man, whose identity has not been revealed yet, had reportedly lived in a run down apartment for about two years, pretending to be a mad man.

Nine Bodies Washed Ashore After Easter Festivities In Tema, Ghana

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 One more body has been retrieved at the Sakumono beach on Wednesday, bringing the total number of bodies washed ashore after the Easter Festivities to nine.

Eight bodies were washed ashore in two seperate beaches in Accra in what was suspected to be another holiday disaster.  Reports of revelers drowning in the sea during festive occasions are not new, but the drowning casualties after the Easter festivities appear to be increasing by the day.

Pic: Policeman beaten & tied up by Mob after apparently shooting a driver

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The driver that was shot.

This incident happened this afternoon along Patigi Road in Kwara State. Based on eye-witnesses, the policeman was tied and a number of his colleagues stopped a driver delivering telecoms equipment to a niche site at Patigi and allegedly demanded for money. When the driver refused to pay the money, a disagreement ensued and he was shot in the arm.. Following the shooting, a mob descended on the policemen but were only in a position to catch one as others ran away.

The main one caught was beaten and tangled up by a mob. 

Boko Haram Threatens to eliminate abducted childlren if search isn't Stopped

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Boko Haram men have threatened to kill the school girls they abducted in early hours of April 15th if the search for them continues. That is after some Borno women beneath the auspices of BAOBAB Women's Right said they are intending to storm the Sambisa forest where in fact the abducted girls are considered to be held.

The ladies said since efforts by the military to rescue girls haven't worked up to now, it was time to let them to take matters into their hands as concerned mothers.

GEJ holds security meeting with Govs, spiritual leaders, heads of security agencies

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President Jonathan this afternoon (meeting may still be going on as you read this) held a closed door meeting with some state governors, heads of security agencies, ministers and spiritual leaders in the country with a view of finding lasting solution to the security problems the nation is currently facing.

 

The meeting which started around 12.10 this afternoon has in attendance Willie Obiano (Anambra), Theodore Orji (Abia), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), Martins Elechi (Ebonyi), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto), Ramalan Yero (Kaduna ), Garba Umar (Taraba), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa), Seidu Dakingari (Kebbi), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Lyel Imoke (Cross River), Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe) and Isa Yuguda (Bauchi).

Video: Kenyan Star Corazon Kwamboka With Mighty Backside Twerk To Iyanya Song

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Republic Of The Mind And Thralldom Of Fear By Wole Soyinka

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I have a cloud of sadness within me as I speak.  It has to do with an absence, a non-event which, both as a product in itself and as the product’s fate, could easily stand – among similar testimonies – as symbolic of the mission of this gathering, and a number of others like it, at least in all societies which value the exertion of the mind and products of the imagination.