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Ijaw Youths Council Carpets MEND For Endorsing Buhari

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<b>Self-acclaimed ex-militant generals Wednesday gathered in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, to decry the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta's (MEND) endorsement of the APC standard-bearer, Muhammadu Buhari.</b></div>
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While the <b>Ijaw Youths Council</b> (IYC) through its spokesperson, <b>Eric Omare</b>, described the adoption of Buhari by the "ghost" MEND as inconsequential and of no electoral value. They also reminded supporters that elections are won by votes cast by "physical" and "verifiable" human beings.</div>
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<b>Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta</b> self-described ex-militant leader, <b>Eris Paul</b>, known as <i><b>General Ogunbos</b></i>, said the purported endorsement of Buhari by the defunct MEND is laughable and a clear call to the Niger Delta people to be ready for war against invading political elements sponsored by the leaders of the <b>All Progressive Congress</b> (APC).</div>
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In his reaction, Paul, whose reputation has reportedly earned him a ban from his community of <b>Peremabiri</b> in Bayelsa State, accused those purported to be MEND members of being sponsored and paid the sum of ₦500,000 by a former Governor of Bayelsa and a serving Governor of a South-South state to embark on the allegedly fake endorsement plan and orchestrate an orgy of violence in the region.</div>
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<b>MEND</b>, through its familiar mouthpiece, Jomo Gbomo, had issued a statement yesterday <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/cest-fini-niger-delta-militant-group.html">declaring its support for the aspiration of General Muhammadu Buhari</a></b> as APC presidential candidate.</div>
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Paul, who led others from the region, said though the people of the Niger Delta do not subscribe to violence, they will attack states controlled by the opposition party if their region comes under attack. </div>
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<i>"We will react violently to any calculated plan by the opposition political leaders to sponsor some few disgruntled elements in the Niger Delta to perpetuate violence. If there is any attack in the Niger Delta, it will be met by multiple attacks in the States under their control,"</i> he threatened.</div>
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<i>"In a situation where the people of the Niger Delta have decided to adopt a non-violence posture due to the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, it should not mean that we are cowards. We want the members of the pseudo MEND and their sponsors to know that if they buy arms to carry out their evil intentions, we will produced guns to counter them. If they buy bombs, we will produce bombs."</i></div>
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Paul said the founders of MEND and other former freedom fighters in the region are solidly behind President Goodluck Jonathan. <i>"We want to clearly dissociate ourselves from the purported statement by MEND. We are aware that those disgruntled elements were paid money to issue a statement of lies and deceit."  </i></div>
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In a statement, Omare said the IYC was not surprised by the adoption of Buhari by the purported group labelled as MEND. </div>
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<i>"MEND of today is no more the original MEND that was formed by ex-agitators in the Niger-Delta region to fight for the emancipation of the region. We strongly believe that with this adoption, the stage is now set for the bloodthirsty insurgent group, Boko Haram, that has killed thousands of innocent Nigerians in the northern part of the country to adopt Buhari as its presidential candidate.</i></div>
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<i>"This has confirmed the long held belief of many Nigerians that General Buhari has sympathy for bloodthirsty insurgent groups such as Boko Haram and the present MEND. The injustice against the people of the Niger-Delta which led to the agitation was foisted on them through the successive administration of people from the 'born-to-rule' clan of General Buhari. Hence, it is a contradiction for the so-called MEND which claimed to be fighting for the Niger-Delta region to adopt the continuation of the injustice against the Niger-Delta region.</i></div>
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<i>"We are in support of President Jonathan’s second term ambition as demonstrated in the massive rally at Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State in November 2014 under the leadership of Alhaji Asari Dokubo, Pastor Reuben, and others. Furthermore, the Niger-Delta people are solidly behind President Jonathan’s re-election bid as we believe that he has performed creditably during his first term and deserves a second term in office."</i></div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://saharareporters.com/2015/01/07/ijaw-youths-council-sharply-criticizes-mend-endorsement-buhari">SaharaReporters</a></b></div>

Ijaw Youths Council Carpets MEND For Endorsing Buhari

Self-acclaimed ex-militant generals Wednesday gathered in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, to decry the Movement for the Emancipatio...

12 Killed, 4 Fatally Injured In French Shooting

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<b>At least 12 people were killed and four critically injured after masked gunmen stormed the Paris office of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in what French officials are calling a terror attack. Photos and video taken from a nearby rooftop during and after the shooting show what appear to be the suspects opening fire on the street before fleeing in a car.</b></div>
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According to witnesses, one suspect could be heard shouting, "We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad!" - an apparent reference to the paper's 2011 caricature that angered Muslims and led to a firebombing of its offices. Another video shows someone taking cover behind a parked car as gunfire rings out.</div>
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Another photo shows what appears to be the suspects' car stopped on a side street in a confrontation with police.</div>
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Footage also shows first responders treating victims.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/paris-charlie-hebdo-magazine-shooting-photos-video-131500875.html">Yahoo! News</a></b></div>
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12 Killed, 4 Fatally Injured In French Shooting

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Just In: Some So-Called Statesmen Are Ordinary Men, Says Jonathan

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<b>President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday came down hard on some unnamed Nigerians who he said have been parading themselves as statesmen but are “ordinary politicians” in their utterances.</b></div>
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He said being a statesman was not about the offices previously occupied by politicians.Jonathan spoke while playing host to a delegation of the Northern Elders Council in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said politicians who make provocative utterances aimed at causing disaffection and bringing the country down could not be described as statesmen.</div>
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He said such politicians only engage in such venture because they do not get what they want. He said a lot of lies were being peddled about his government with the aim of painting him black. With time, the President said, Nigerians would know who statesmen are truly are.</div>
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<b>via The Punch</b></div>

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Hero's Welcome For Ambode As He Visits Alausa

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<b>The Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, literarily stood still Monday when workers from different departments and ministries trooped out to welcome one of their own, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Peoples Congress (APC) in the 28 February election.</b></div>
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Ambode, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the swearing in of the Executive Secretaries of the 20 Local Governments Areas (LGAs) and the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) was practically mobbed by the workers as he attempted to move through the Ministry of Finance where he held sway for six years as Accountant-General.</div>
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Workers from different ministries, departments and agencies and at different levels such as Directors, Assistant Directors, secretaries and messengers trooped out in their numbers to welcome him with the shouts of <i>“Ambo, Ambo, Ambo the next Governor of Lagos”</i>.</div>
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They also sang <i>“Winner Oh Oh Oh, winner, Winner Oh Oh Oh winner, Ambode you don win O winner,”</i> declaring that Ambode is their choice as the next governor of the state.</div>
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It took Ambode about one hour thirty minutes to get to the Adeyemi Bero Hall, venue of the ceremony, a distance that should normally be covered in 5 minutes. And it took an extraordinary maneuvering of the security agents to ward off the crowd to enable him take his seat at the high table at the venue of the event.</div>
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Apparently the workers were relishing their experience with Ambode who was returning to the state secretariat for the first time since he left office as the Accountant-General of the state voluntarily in 2012.</div>
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As Ambode took his seat at the high table, the crowd at the venue of the ceremony also went agog shouting <i>“Ambo, Ambo the next Governor of Lagos”</i> and it took the <i>Master of Ceremony</i> some time to calm them before the arrival of the Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN).</div>
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The Governor described Ambode as the financial surgeon needed at this time to take Lagos to the next level.</div>
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He charged Lagosians to vote for experience rather than experiment; for continuity of excellence rather than for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who have proven incompetent and made a disaster of the governance of the nation.</div>
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Fashola said Lagosians must not allow the PDP to crash their march towards more glory and excellence and that Lagos is too strategic and important to be entrusted to cluelessness and impunity that the PDP represents.</div>

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We Won't Postpone February Polls, Says INEC

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<b>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, rebuffed entreaties to postpone next month’s round of elections, saying it was financially and mentally set for the polls.</b></div>
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The commission, nevertheless, affirmed that the go-ahead for elections in the troubled Northeast would be given by security agencies.</div>
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Also yesterday, the Inspector General of Police, Sulieman Abba, vowed to deal with errant politicians who heat up the polity through negative utterances, saying he would show to them that no one could be above the law.</div>
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The assertions at a workshop for the training of security agencies ahead of the general elections came as INEC said the conduct of election in the troubled Northeast would be determined by the counsel of security agencies.</div>
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Chairman, INEC Electoral Training Institute, Dr Ishmaeal Igbani, who spoke on behalf of the commission in giving the readiness of the commission for the polls said the commission was comfortable with the fund it has at its disposal at the moment.</div>
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He said: “Anytime there is election in Nigeria, there is always some form of tension. I have been around for a while and I don’t think it is something new. I don’t think people should be afraid. But it is also essential that we get ready just in case.”</div>
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Lagos pastor, Tunde Bakare had last Sunday called for the postponement of the elections for the purpose of allowing tension among political gladiators to ebb.</div>
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According to him, “it is also very important that we have peaceful elections, it is also important that voters come out to vote without fear. It is also important that the personnel who will work for us and the environment itself is peaceful and for it to be peaceful, it is important for the security agencies to be alert and ensure that they do what they are supposed to do.”</div>
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He said a minimum of 50 personnel were being trained, adding: <i>“We call this cascade training. After this training of trainers who will now go to their various security organisations to train others and so forth which will go down the line in that way. More will be trained in a more cheaper way.“</i></div>
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Speaking on the possibility of conducting elections in the North-East, he said: <i>“Our work in the commission is to conduct elections; other people have been given that assignment. They are in a better position to answer that. But what I can tell you is that once the coast is clear we will hold elections."</i></div>
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On the alleged paucity of funds by the commission to conduct elections, he said: <i>“We are comfortable with what we have. I am just hearing of that for the first time. Nobody will postpone election. Why will it be postponed?”</i></div>
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Commenting on the prospect of internally displaced persons in the Northeast voting, he said the INEC committee charged with finding a solution to the issue had yet to submit its report.</div>

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Boko Haram: Jonathan Meets Military Chiefs

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<b>President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, January 6, held a top-level security meeting with Nigeria’s military chiefs.</b></div>
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The meeting, which held at the Presidential Villa, reportedly also had the Governors of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Kaduna States in attendance.</div>
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The purpose for the meeting is still unclear but it is believed to be centered on the current insecurity plaguing the Northeastern part of the country.</div>

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₦21 Billion Raised At PDP Dinner 'Not All' For Jonathan's Campaign

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<b>The ₦21 billion generated at a special funding-raising dinner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in December 2014 is not for financing President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign for reelection, the party has said.</b> </div>
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<b>Jerry Gana</b>, who headed the fundraising committee, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja on Monday. </div>
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Dismissing reports that the money was for the president’s campaign, Gana explained that some PDP projects had remained uncompleted owing to lack of funds. </div>
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He stated that ₦10 billion out of the funds generated would be invested in the party’s 12-storey national secretariat, which is still in the works. </div>
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He added that what was left of the money would be channeled into other projects of the party. </div>
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Gana, who is a former Minister of Information, said the import of the briefing was to clear the air on the controversy surrounding the reported ₦21 billion for Jonathan’s campaign. </div>
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“We asked you to come so that we will lay to rest matters of funds raised; the funds are not for PDP presidential campaign; they are for PDP projects,” he said. </div>
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“The money is for the party’s projects; of course campaign is one of our projects, but even if part of it would be used for campaign, it will not be for a particular candidate; it will not be for presidential campaign,’’ </div>
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He expressed optimism that his party would achieve victory in the elections, saying it would embark on a vigorous campaign in all parts of the country.</div>
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<b>The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari has paid a visit to some supporters of the party who were shot during his campaign rally which held yesterday, January 6, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.</b></div>
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<b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/apc-supporters-shot-in-rivers-on-their.html">Unknown gunmen opened fire on a vehicle which was carrying the APC members</a></b> to the <b>Adokiye Amasiemaka Stadium</b> in Omagwa, where the rally was to hold, leaving many people injured.</div>
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Buhari was accompanied to the hospital by the Rivers State Governor, <b>Rotimi Amaechi</b> and APC chieftains such as Chairman, <b>John Oyegun</b>, Senator <b>Chris Ngige</b>, and Senator <b>Olorunnimbe Mamora</b> among others.</div>
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Buhari Visits Shot Party Men In Hospital

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Jonathan's Sun Sets In The East - By Erasmus Ikhide

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<b>President Goodluck Jonathan has missed being the sun of the nation's life and that of the pit of degradation, called the Niger Delta. Everlasting night has settled upon Nigeria, spurred by moral bankruptcy and the clueless chaos of his governance. There is nothing his administration has done that inspires hope in the people within the last six years.</b></div>
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Nigerians have grown accustom to the deafening cacophonies of missing billions in the oil sector and the NNPC accounts, pension fund looting, oil bunkering, abandoned projects, devaluation of the nation's currency, spilling of innocent blood by the nihilist Boko Haram militias etc. Most of all, mega-corruption and the government's inability to tame the bloodcurdling insurgents Boko Haram has been President Jonathan's undoing.</div>
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He could not use his "Omnipotent Government" to suppress the vices because he is a beneficiary of the self-inflicted crises. President Jonathan's government has been a major source of mischief and disaster ever witnessed in Nigeria. Granted that the worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments in human history, but there come a time the people strive for change, and the time is now.</div>
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The above statement was echoed - not exactly the same - by no less a personage than the fierce and fire spitting Catholic Priest Rev. Ejike Mbaka. The iron cast Priest obviously ventilated Ludwig Von Mises, the Austrian School economist, sociologist, and classical liberal who became prominent for his work in praxeology, a deductive study of human choice and action. <i>"There is no more dangerous menace to civilisation than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men"</i>, Von said.</div>
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Rev. Mbaka hits the bull's eye when he told President Jonathan the stark truth he hates to hear: <i>"What is the fate of our children? Tears fill my eyes when I see our young graduates hoping and walking our streets. What is the meaning of kidnapping? Kidnapping is the grandson of unemployment. Boko Haram is a great grand child of the same unemployment, mass looting, and poor governance.</i></div>
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<i>"President Jonathan cannot lead Nigeria. As things stand right now, from the oracle of the Holy Spirit, Jonathan should quietly resign honourably and let Nigeria be. The destiny of Nigeria is greater than Goodluck Jonathan. The Goodluck in Jonathan has become a bad luck to Nigerians. Whatever brought him in should send him back and let Nigeria be.</i></div>
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<i>"By this time in few months to come, many are going to lose their jobs and there is no alternative.</i></div>
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<i>"During election, Jonathan will answer Azikiwe, Ebele and become an Igbo man and after election, the Ebele, the Azikiwe and Goodluck will vanish from his identity. Who is fooling who actually? Look at our federal roads, we are not even asking for new ones, roads built by Buhari and Babangidas - the so called Hausa people - cannot be maintained. Follow Enugu here to Onitsha, children born some years ago do not know that there was a lane along the other side of Isiagwu and we are all saying continue. The continuity of Jonathan means disaster to Nigeria.</i></div>
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<i>"When there is no road, no power, all this fake promises… where is the power? That Onitsha Bridge, has it now been built? No. After 6 years, and Goodluck has what it takes to do whatever. He surrounded himself with hooligans. By the time he comes down, he won’t have anybody to work with. He played himself into the hands of hooligans.</i></div>
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<i>"My interest is about the wellness of this country. Nigeria must survive. What we are passing through is by the help of God. The same God who saved us from Ebola will save us from this bad luck season (shouts of AMEN from the congregation).</i></div>
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<i>"Look at it, there was a time there was an argument about pension fund – such billions. Who is talking about it now? Billions and we were hearing it… from excess crude oil money, where is the impact of the excess crude oil money? Now from oil boom, it has met a bad luck; it’s now oil doom. If my father will be my leader and my siblings will all die, let a stranger be my leader and let my family be"</i>, Rev. Mbaka said.</div>
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I quoted the Catholic Priest at great length because of his religious standing, his following, his geopolitical firmament and the ethno-religious sentiments that have dampened Nigeria political growth. Political leaders who failed to fulfil electoral promises to the electorate deliberately appeal or exploit ethnocentric and religious sentiments of their selfish gains in sections of the country. No Nigerian leader has gained popularity through divisive politicking, ethno-religious grandstanding than President Goodluck Jonathan. Then what is government if it is not to promote human happiness and welfare?</div>
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All the blemishes plaguing this administration came as a result of the parasitic sycophants who give the president a halo of false glory and are Hell bent on feasting dangerously on the nation's easy oil wealth. The reason, lamentably, is that Mr Jonathan didn't attain ideological maturation before he found himself in the corridors of power. He is being goaded on by dint of virtual Providence and veritable Luck. Minds more developed and ideologically balanced have proved that one of the greatest bequests to modern civilisation and governance is not entirely humility, but a great deal of granite hardness, as the need arises to trample on closest friends who stand in the way of the masses.</div>
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With one stroke of abhorrence for corruption, President Jonathan could have transformed Nigeria. In President Jonathan's administration, Nigerians have lost one of the nation's supposed great educationist whose products we have not yet found in our time their fullest use, to corruption! He missed the chance to wear the cap described in Mein Kampf, <b>The Struggle Of My Life</b>:</div>
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"From millions of men, one man must step forward who with apodictic force will form granite principles from the wavering idea-world of the broad masses and take up the struggle for their sole correctness, until the shifting waves of a free thought-world there will arise a brazen cliff of solid unity in faith and will". World-historical men - the Heroes of an epoch - must therefore be recognised as its clear-sighted ones, their deeds, their worlds are the best of their time.</div>
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You can now gauge why President Goodluck Jonathan government is besotted by treachery, overwhelmed by violence visited on it by Boko Haram, drown in blood and will go up in flames in an orgy of self-willed annihilation which will answer some terrible longing question in the minds of Nigeria. The President who ought to be a man of staggering political genius, an incredible reformer by the reason of his education and experience has yielded to crass opportunism and mega-corruption.</div>
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How Mr President fell madly in love with corruption and brought himself firmly in touch with mediocrity is out of touch with the taunted story of his humble background and the shoe-less narrative. It is either that corruption was imprinted on his receptive mind or his sensitive soul veers relentless to his earlier shoeless state.</div>
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Which ever way, President Jonathan's sun has set at midnight in the Eastern part of Nigeria, at the Adoration Ground, where he holds a portion of the nation to a grand illusion of oneness and slavish governance. </div>
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<b>Erasmus Ikhide writes from Lagos, Nigeria.</b></div>
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Jonathan's Sun Sets In The East - By Erasmus Ikhide

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I'll Expose Failures Of Our Past Leaders - Jonathan

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<b>President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, pleaded with Nigerians to vote him in for a second term on account of his achievements in the last six years.</b></div>
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, while inaugurating the Goodluck/Sambo 2015 Presidential Campaign Organisation, PCO, at the PDP Presidential Campaign office, Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja promised to unfold to Nigerians what his government has done in the last couple of years that Presidents and Heads of State before him could not achieve.</div>
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Jonathan promised to expose the failings of his predecessors including Buhari, which stunted the country’s growth and development.</div>
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Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida had described his government as saintly compared to successive administrations in terms of prevalence of corruption, just as former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, took a swipe at President Jonathan, accusing him among other things of squandering $55 billion crude oil savings left behind by his administration.</div>
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President Jonathan, who noted that his administration has performed more than the previous ones with the nation’s economy as the largest in Africa, said: <i>“When we start campaigns, we will confront them with what we have done as a government, we will tell them what they did not do when they were Heads of State. Some people want to still keep these children as shoe cleaners, we must lift them up. Our children should not be used as cannon folders. They should be allowed to move forward to be governors like us.</i></div>
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<i>“We have everything it takes to run an excellent and victorious campaign. Our great party has demonstrated to Nigerians that it is the party with the broadest appeal. We are the strongest and the biggest. We have engaged the people of Nigeria positively with people-friendly policies, which have moved Nigeria forward.”</i></div>
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He continued: <i>“We have sustained the democratic tradition. We have strengthened democratic institutions. We inherited a rather complex security challenge but we are waging a determined war against it. We are succeeding in preventing terrorists and insurgents from turning more of our communities into enclaves for their dastardly activities.</i></div>
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<i>“We remain fully committed to further empowering the security agencies to enable them win the war against terror. We have proven to the people that we are a party and a team that they can rely upon."</i></div>
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<i>“In the last four years, despite the security challenges we have had to contend with, Nigeria, under our watch, has made significant strides in every aspect. Our economy today is the largest and the strongest in the African continent, and a preferred destination for foreign direct investment.</i></div>
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<i>“We have focused on job creation and the expansion of opportunities for our teeming youth as well as interventions to promote Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises. Through an internationally acclaimed transformational agricultural programme, we have re-established agriculture as a business, and a major driver of economic growth.</i></div>
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<i>“Today, not only is the agricultural sector thriving, the value chains in the sector have been activated and have become productive. The country’s food import bill has been reduced, and the non-oil sector has witnessed significant growth.</i></div>
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<i>“We have expanded access to education by providing schools and facilities at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Today, there is a Federal University in every state of the Federation, and every Nigerian child has been given the opportunity to go to school.</i></div>
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<i>“We have successfully privatized the power sector, a process that was adjudged by the international community of investors as transparent and credible. Our trains are moving again, from Lagos to Kano, from Lagos to Ibadan, from Port Harcourt to Enugu.</i></div>
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<i>“I am not campaigning to you who are already convinced. I have no doubt that you are all familiar with the achievements of this administration. But I have outlined a few of them to show that we are in a solid position to run a campaign based on our commendable record. Our creditable performance in the past four years should be our strongest selling point as we go to the campaign fields.</i></div>
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<i>“Flaunt our achievements in all parts of the country, tell the story of what we have achieved and let the facts and the figures be heard in every nook and cranny of Nigeria.”</i></div>
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I'll Expose Failures Of Our Past Leaders - Jonathan

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APC Supporters Shot In Rivers On Their Way To Presidential Rally

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<b>Gunmen yesterday morning shot several members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on their way to Port-Harcourt to attend a campaign event for APC presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari.</b></div>
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The critically-injured APC members were from <b>Ward 6</b> of <b>Khana Local Government Area</b>, Rivers State. </div>
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Following the developments the affected were rushed to the hospital.</div>
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It was learned that pockets of attacks against APC members from other parts of Rivers State have been reported. Security agencies are yet to react to the development.</div>

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See These Beautiful and Talented Yoruba Actresses

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<b>Check out Bimbo Thomas, Biodun Okeowo, Dayo Amusa, Tayo Odueke and Fathia Balogun in the above photo.</b></div>
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With award winning movies like <b>‘Unforgivable’</b>, <b>'Ekun Asunsinu'</b>, the Yoruba film industry can be said to be far from where it started from.</div>
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The industry has talented actors and actresses like <b>Dayo Amusa</b>, <b>Fathia Balogun</b>, <b>Odunlade Adekola</b>, <b>Mercy Aigbe</b>, <b>Iyabo Ojo</b> amongst many others to attribute its growth and success to.</div>
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The Yoruba actors are popular for their togetherness at and outside social events. The above photo of some Yoruba actresses was taken at an event.</div>
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Spotted in the photo are popular faces such as Bimbo Thomas, Biodun Okeowo, Dayo Amusa, Tayo Odueke and Fathia Balogun.</div>
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The talented award winning actress was married to actor, <b>Saheed Balogun</b>. Fathia has won awards like 'Best Actress in a Leading Role' (Yoruba Movies Awards), 'Most Outstanding Indigenous Actress' among other notable awards.</div>
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Fathia has featured in movies like <b>‘Opo’</b>, <b>‘Life After Marriage’</b>, <b>‘Obafemi’</b> among others.</div>
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<b>Dayo Amusa</b></div>
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Dayo Amusa is popular for her award winning movie <b>‘Unforgivable’</b>. The movie got her lots of awards and nominations in the year 2014.</div>
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Dayo also starred in Uche Jumbo’s <b>‘A Long Night’</b>, <b>‘Ekun Asunsinu'</b> (Silent Cry), <b>‘Ibere Ati Opin’ </b>among others.</div>
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Biodun is a talented and sexy Yoruba actress and producer. She is popular for her role in <b>'Okanjua'</b>, <b>'Boseyemi'</b>, <b>'Funmilayo Baby'</b>, among other great movies.</div>
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She is big, bold, beautiful and talented. The Yoruba actress has starred in movies like <b>‘Odun Aye’</b>, <b> 'Alayaki’</b> among others.</div>
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Widely known as <b>Sikiratu Sindodo</b>. Tayo  Odueke is an actress and producer, popular for movies like <b>'Baba Insurance'</b>, <b>'Aye Olorogun'</b>,<b> 'Imadoh'</b>, <b>‘Akanda Eniyan’</b> amongst others.</div>
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42-Year-Old Woman Seen Having Sex In Car With Daughter's Schoolmate

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<b>A married 42-year-old mother of three, Iris Gibney, has been arrested by police in for having sex with a teenage student in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States.</b></div>
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Gibney, who works at <b>Victoria’s Secret</b>, is facing charges of corruption of minors, disseminating obscene materials to a minor and trespassing in a motor vehicle.</div>
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Gibney was caught naked with a 17-year-old student in a parked vehicle at Hollenbach Park on November 15, at about 10:30 p.m.</div>
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Prosecutors say Gibney met the teen while she was volunteering with her daughter’s cheer-leading squad at a high school football game.</div>
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They say Gibney later sent several nude photographs of herself to him as they communicated on Twitter.</div>
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According to the police, Gibney told the police officer who caught them she is sorry.</div>
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She is presently free on a $50,000 bail but will appear before the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court in February after waiving her preliminary hearing</div>

42-Year-Old Woman Seen Having Sex In Car With Daughter's Schoolmate

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Headteacher, Teachers, Cook 'In Soup' For $40 Corruption Over Exam Leaks

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<b>A Zimbabwean headmaster, four of his teaching staff and a cook may soon be behind bars after they were arraigned for leaking and selling ordinary level examination papers.</b></div>
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<b>Nigeria Newsroom</b> gathered that <b>Clever Chimuka</b>, Headmaster at <b>Whata Secondary School</b> in Lower Gweru, Zimbabwe, his deputy <b>Thulani Nkomo</b>, three teachers <b>Praise Dube</b>, <b>Bismarck Gumbo</b> and <b>Brighton Tamboona</b> and a cook at Mkoba Teachers College, <b>Shepherd Munjanja</b>, were accused of criminal abuse of office and leaking the <b>Zimbabwe School Examination Council </b>(ZIMSEC) in November.</div>
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According to the allegations levelled against them, Chimuka and Nkomo opened sealed envelopes of three exam papers and gave them to Dube, a teacher at <b>Presbyterian Private College</b> in Gweru.</div>
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They also allegedly sold handwritten copies to students while Dube gave some copies of the papers to Munjanja, the cook.</div>
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Munjanja in turn sold copies at $40 (about ₦7,400) to students who were sitting for O-Level Mathematics at the college.</div>
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They were, however, exposed after the authorities at <b>Mkoba Teachers' College</b> were alerted about the leak.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.sundaynews.co.zw/no-resit-for-leaked-exams-official/">Sunday News</a></b> reports that Munjanja, Gumbo and Tamboona, who were a part of a group of student-teachers supposed to sit for the O-level Mathematics exam under Government’s bridging programme for teachers without Maths, were arrested with exhibits.</div>
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Their confessions led to the arrest of Chimika, Nkomo and Dube who were found with copies of the leaked examination papers.</div>
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During the November appearance, the Magistrate, Mr Tendai Madanhire, granted all the suspects bail in the sum of $100 bail each.</div>
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But they will reappear before the court toady, 7th of January.</div>

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'Drunk' Policeman Beaten To Pulp After Shooting 4 At Carnival

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<b>An allegedly 'drunken' policeman corporal, Emmanuel Ubi, has been left hospitalized after an angry mob beat him for shooting into a crowd of youths holding a carnival at Edumare Squad, Lagos Island.</b></div>
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The tragic event happened around 9 pm on Christmas Day.</div>
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<b>Nigeria Newsroom</b> gathered from a <b>Punch</b> report that four of the youths, 17-year-old <b>Yusuf Abdullahi</b>, 18-year-old <b>Deji Bamgbala</b>, a 26-year-old <b>Lekan Bamgbala</b> and an unnamed fourth victim, were shot, leading to a melee in which others were injured.</div>
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According to reports, Ubi was part of a team of policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer of the <b>Adeniji Adele Police Station</b>, drafted to stop the carnival.</div>
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Ubi and another officer, both in plain clothes, had left the team to the carnival ground where the former shot indiscriminately at the youth.</div>
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Unfortunately for him, he was later caught by the mob, disarmed and nearly lynched.</div>
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Ubi is suspected to have acted under the influence of alcohol, an opinion held by many like an eyewitness who spoke with <b>Punch</b>, <b>Tunde Ajayi</b>.</div>
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"All of a sudden, the policeman started shooting at us. When we eventually caught him, we noticed he was under the influence of alcohol," Ajayi reportedly said.</div>
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“The policeman and the other victims were taken to the <b>Marina General Hospital</b> on Lagos Island.</div>
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“It was the DPO who later came to plead with the elders in the community before the gun seized from him was released.”</div>
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The father of one of the victims, Abdullahi, who was shot through the right leg, said the DPO has promised to deal with the trigger happy policeman after giving them some money.</div>
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“The DPO had come to visit him and he gave us ₦25,000. He also assured us that the policeman would be sanctioned as soon as he is healthy,” he said.</div>
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One of the victims, Lekan said both his brother and himself were shot.</div>
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“We just heard gunshots and the whole place was thrown into confusion. It was in the process that I was shot and my brother, while trying to rescue me, was also hit.</div>
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"We feel better now.</div>
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"The DPO gave us ₦15,000.”</div>
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Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police spokesperson, <b>DSP Kenneth Nwosu</b>, said Ubi will be duly punished'</div>
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“A corporal, Emmanuel Ubi, shot at the crowd and about four of them were injured. Only one of them is left in the hospital and he will be discharged very soon. The officer was also seriously beaten by a mob," Nwosu said.</div>
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“We regard the act (shooting) as unprofessional and we have commenced a disciplinary action on him.</div>
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“As soon as he is discharged from the hospital, our decision will be made known.”</div>
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Nwosu however added that the policeman had attempted to stop the party based on "intelligence report" that some hoodlums may use the opportunity to cause mayhem.</div>
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Ubi is still recovering at the hospital after the severe beating he received.</div>

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Internet Fraud: 4 Nigerians Nabbed In India Over ₦10 Million Fraud

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<b>Four Nigerians and an unnamed woman have been arrested by the police in India for defrauding a student, Moh\d Wasiuddin, of about ₦10 million in an internet scam.</b></div>
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The suspects, <b>Peter Austin</b>, 29, <b>Uzaonicha Daniel Iwenwanne</b>, 26, <b>Eboh Felix</b>, 26, and <b>Steffi Ebohon</b>, 24, were arrested on Saturday, January 3 by the Hyderabad police.</div>
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<i><b>Nigeria Newsroom</b></i> gathered that the gang had contacted <b>Wasiuddin</b> online with the news that he had won some money.</div>
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Police say the victim was asked to pay some money for registration, processing fees, custom clearance and other expenses.</div>
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Before Wasiuddin could realise he was being defrauded, he had paid in the sum Rs.35 Lakh (3,500,000.00 INR), approximately ₦10,148,075.00 according to current exchange rates.</div>
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“Believing the gang members, Wasiuddin deposited about Rs.35 Lakh in different bank accounts operated from <b>Gujarat</b>, <b>Rajasthan</b> and <b>Mumbai</b>, only to realize later that it was fraud,” a police source named in several reports said.</div>
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Luck ran out on the fraudsters after policemen posed as victims and traced them to their base using phone call records and email conversations.</div>
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Money, a car and mobile phones were recovered from the gang.</div>

Internet Fraud: 4 Nigerians Nabbed In India Over ₦10 Million Fraud

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9 Killed, 18 Hospitalized After Eating New Year Cake In Japan

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<b>Nine people have reportedly lost their lives in Japan after choking on a traditional rice cake known as 'mochi'.</b></div>
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Another 18 people have also reportedly been hospitalized after consuming the delicacy, which is usually eaten as part of New Year celebrations.</div>
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Officials in the country have had to provide guidelines for eating the dish which is said to kill several people each year.</div>
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Citizens, especially the very young and very old, have been advised to cut the cakes into bite sized pieces before eating.</div>
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According to the <b>Mochi Trade Association</b>, Japanese people each consume an average of 1kg of <b>mochi</b> every year.</div>

9 Killed, 18 Hospitalized After Eating New Year Cake In Japan

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Somalia's Al-Shebab Militants Execute CIA, US Informants

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<b>Somalia’s Al-Shebab militants have executed four people accused of spying for the United States, Ethiopia and the country’s internationally-backed government, officials and witnesses said.</b></div>
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The executions by firing squad took place at a square in the town of <b>Bardhere</b>, a Shebab stronghold in Somalia’s southwestern region of <b>Gedo</b>, late Tuesday, and came a week after the US said it had killed the Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants’ intelligence chief in an air strike.</div>
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“One of the spies worked with the CIA and facilitated the killing of an Al-Shebab commander,” a Shebab judge in the town said before the four were shot dead.</div>
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According to the judge, another one of those executed had been aiding US operations in <b>Barawe</b>, a port town and former Shebab stronghold that was captured last year by Somali and African Union forces, while the other two worked for Ethiopian intelligence and Somalia’s security agency.</div>
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“After hearing the charges against the four and their confession, the Islamic court sentenced them to the death penalty,” the judge said.</div>
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A local witness, <b>Ali Ronow</b>, said hundreds of local watched the execution.</div>
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“The men were blindfolded and shot from the back by a team of hooded gunmen,” he said.</div>
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“All of them had their hands tied behind their backs when brought on a pickup truck and they were also hooded. They were shot indiscriminately with machine guns,” said <b>Muktarey</b>, another witness.</div>
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Last week the United States conducted an air strike in <b>Saacow</b>, 320 kilometres (200 miles) west of the capital <b>Mogadishu</b> and in the <b>Middle Juba</b> region, and Somali officials said Shebab intelligence chief <b>Abdishakur Tahlil</b> was killed along with two other militants.</div>
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The Shebab’s former leader, <b>Ahmed Abdi Godane</b>, was also killed by a US air strike in September 2014.</div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a></b></div>

Somalia's Al-Shebab Militants Execute CIA, US Informants

Somalia’s Al-Shebab militants have executed four people accused of spying for the United States, Ethiopia and the country’s internation...

Gambian President Reshuffles Cabinet After Failed Coup Attempt

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<b>The President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh has reshuffled his cabinet following a failed coup attempt in the nation.</b></div>
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The new appointments were announced via the state television channel late on Monday, January 5.</div>
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Former Information Minister, <b>Neneh MacDouall-Gaye</b> has been named as Foreign Affairs Minister while Gaye’s former position was filled by <b>Sheriff Bojang</b>, the Managing Editor at <b>The Standard </b>newspaper. Foreign Minister, <b>Bala Garba Jahumpa</b> has also been reassigned to the Transport Ministry.</div>
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A coup was attempted in <b>The Gambia</b> on December 30, 2014, while Jammeh was out of the country but was foiled by guards at the Presidential Palace.</div>
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Meanwhile, Federal Prosecutors in the US have charged 2 US citizens of Gambian origin, <b>Cherno Njie</b> and <b>Papa Faal</b>, for their alleged roles in the attempted coup.</div>
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Gambian President Reshuffles Cabinet After Failed Coup Attempt

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Oil Tycoon's Ex-Wife Rejects $975 Million Divorce Cheque

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<b>Not everyone gets to see a cheque for $975 million with their name on it. But after a highly contentious divorce, Sue Ann Arnall is looking for more.</b></div>
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She rejected the cheque her ex-husband <b>Harold Hamm</b> sent her Monday, according to his attorneys.</div>
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Hamm agreed to pay the nearly $1 billion back in November. He's somewhat of a legend in the oil business, having built <b>Continental Resources (CLR)</b> from the ground up and led the development of <b>North Dakota's Bakken</b> oil field.</div>
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But <b>Arnall</b>, an economist and a lawyer who held executive positions in the company, has said she is entitled to more. She filed for an appeal, claiming that the fortune was due to both her work and his.</div>
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Arnall's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</div>
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The couple was married for 26 years, have two children and had no prenuptial agreement.</div>
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To make things even messier, Hamm himself filed for an appeal as well. He claims that with the dramatic drop in oil prices, his company's value has taken a hit, along with his wealth.</div>
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Despite writing the check, Hamm will move forward with his appeal, his attorney <b>Craig Box</b> said. </div>
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<b>Credit: <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/06/luxury/billionaire-divorce-check/index.html">CNN Money</a></b></div>

Oil Tycoon's Ex-Wife Rejects $975 Million Divorce Cheque

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