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Miss South Africa Crowned Miss World 2014

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Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the contest’s glitzy final in London on Sunday. Miss Hungary, Edina Kulcsar, was judged the runner-up and Miss United States, Elizabeth Safrit, came third in the 64th annual competition, contested by women from 121 countries</div>
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Medical student Strauss clasped her hands together in surprise and was crowned by the outgoing Miss World, Megan Young of the Philippines, to huge cheers in the ExCeL exhibition centre.</div>
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South Africa this is for you,” Strauss said. “I think I will brace myself for what’s about to happen.</div>

Miss South Africa Crowned Miss World 2014

Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the contest’s glitzy final in London on Sunday. Miss Hung...

Child Abuse: Ugandan Nanny Gets 4 Years Sentence [Video]

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An Ugandan maid that appeared in a graphic video assaulting a toddler in a case that shocked the world has been jailed for four years for abuse.</div>
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The 22-year-old maid, Jolly Tumuhiirwe, originally pleaded guilty last week to torture, but later the charge was reduced to abuse, to which she also pleaded guilty on Friday.</div>
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Chief Magistrate Lillian Buchan told Tumuhiirwe she had committed an “unjustifiable and inexcusable” crime.</div>
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She gave her a four-year sentence due to the “ruthlessness exhibited” on an “innocent, helpless child”.<br />
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Worried parents, who installed a hidden camera to film when they were at work, were shocked to see the footage showing the maid throwing their 18-month-old daughter to the floor.</div>
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Tumuhiirwe is seen trying to force feed the child, before slapping her hard. After the girl vomits, the maid throws her facedown on to a hard floor, and then hits her with a torch on the bottom.</div>
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She then kicks the child’s face and stomach before putting her entire weight on the girl’s back, and then drags her out of the room, apparently unconscious.</div>
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The video has been seen or shared hundreds of thousands of times on social media.</div>
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Tumuhiirwe on Monday remained apparently emotionless as her sentence was handed down in a court in Kampala.<br />
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Ugandan newspapers called the footage “spine-chilling” and “very disturbing”.</div>
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The child was left bruised and shaken.</div>
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The case has gathered wide attention in Uganda, where many middle class parents hire maids to look after their children. Maids in Uganda are often poorly paid, and regularly live in the houses where they work.</div>
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<b>WARNING:</b> <b>This footage contains disturbing images. Viewers discretion is advised.</b></div>
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Child Abuse: Ugandan Nanny Gets 4 Years Sentence [Video]

An Ugandan maid that appeared in a graphic video assaulting a toddler in a case that shocked the world has been jailed for four years f...

Insurgency Will Soon End - Emir of Kano

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<b>The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has expressed optimism that the Boko Haram insurgency which has claimed some 13,000 lives will soon be over, <a href="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/sanusi-boko-haram-will-be-defeated/196751/">ThisDay</a> reports. </b></div>
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“I say help is on the way. Terror must and will be defeated,” Sanusi tweeted on Sunday.</div>
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“All it requires is the good leaders, uncommon courage and unrelenting determination, and victory will be ours.”</div>
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According to Business Standard, Sanusi, Nigeria’s second most powerful Islamic leader, was presumably referring to the emergence of former military ruler, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, as the candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s presidential election.</div>
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Buhari will challenge President Goodluck Jonathan’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the country’s top job on February 14.</div>
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“We will together see the end of them and their reign of terror,” Sanusi said.</div>
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Sanusi became emir earlier this year after being suspended from his post as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), where he was one of the government’s high-profile critics.</div>
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Last month, he voiced support for vigilantes fighting Boko Haram in the volatile North-east, urging others to form civilian militias and questioning the competence of the military to end the five-year-old insurgency.</div>
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Insurgency Will Soon End - Emir of Kano

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has expressed optimism that the Boko Haram insurgency which has claimed some 13,000 lives...

[Must Read]: Why PDP May Not Contest In The 2015 Presidential Election

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<b>Despite all the hypes and bold faces being put up by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that all is well and they are fully ready to take on any challenger in the 2015 Presidential election, my findings have revealed the opposite. Informed sources said there is a heightened tension in the Presidency over the judgement to be delivered by the Supreme Court tomorrow, Tuesday December 16 on the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to stand in election.</b><br />
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It will be recalled that the Supreme Court had okayed the appeal filed before it by a chieftain of the PDP, from Adamawa State, Dr. Umar Ardo, for hearing on a day Jonathan insisted he was legally qualified to contest the 2015 presidential election.<br />
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The president, through his lawyer, ‎Mr. Ade Okeaya-Inneh, SAN, told the court that he had cited legal authorities backing his re-election bid.<br />
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He argued that Ardo had no case against him‎, insisting that he is permitted by the 1999 Constitution to go for a second tenure in office.<br />
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Meanwhile, Jonathan challenged the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court where Ardo lodged an appeal to ‎set aside that decision of the appellate court which he said was flawless.<br />
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He further contended that Ardo was not a party before the High Court and did not show any good ground on why he should be joined at the Appeal Court.<br />
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‎Jonathan noted that whereas the main appeal by Njoku was filed on April 16, 2013, Ardo waited till September 23 to apply with a view to be allowed to seek his disqualification from participating in the 2015 election.<br />
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Njoku, a member of the PDP in Zuba Ward, Abuja, had, in his appeal, insisted that the lower court misinterpreted the law to favour Jonathan, even as he urged the court to go ahead and determine “whether Section 135(2) of the Constitution, which specifies a period of four years in office for the president, is only available or applicable to a person elected on the basis of an actual election or includes one in which a person assumes the position of president by operation of law, as in the case of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.”<br />
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Arguing that Jonathan is constitutionally barred from contesting the presidency in 2015, the plaintiff prayed the court to determine “whether Section 137(1) (b) of the Constitution, which provides that a person shall not be qualified for election to the office of president, if he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections, applies to the first defendant, who first took an oath of office as substantive President on May 6, 2010 and took a second oath as President on May 29, 2011.”<br />
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He is also seeking a declaration that ‘the president’s tenure of office began on May 6, 2010 when his first term began and his two terms shall end on May 29, 2015 after taking his second oath of office on May 29, 2011; and by virtue of Section 136 (1) (b) of the Constitution, no person (including the first defendant) shall take the oath of allegiance and the oath of office prescribed to in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution more than twice.<br />
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He further asked the court for an order of injunction restraining president Jonathan from further contesting or attempting to vie for president after May 29, 2015 when his tenure shall by the Nigerian Constitution end.<br />
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Competent sources said that the Presidency was worried that the case could upset its political permutations should the Supreme Court rule against Jonathan running in the election.<br />
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The main headache of the Presidency is that if the apex court rules that its principal could not run in 2015, it would be difficult for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to organise another National Convention to elect another candidate to meet the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said to be December 18, two days after the hearing.<br />
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The case was said to have been on the radar of presidential minders believed to have also made contacts to know how the case could go and the justices to sit on it.<br />
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Meanwhile, Jonathan’s opponents, particularly from the core North, it was learnt, were expectant that the case would be decided against the president having taken the oath of office twice for the office.<br />
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Our source gathered from judicial sources that top officials of the Supreme Court were aware of the heightened interest in the case, slated for hearing on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 and were working hard to block undue access to the case file.<br />
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The heightened tension, according to the sources, manifested in unceasing enquiries over the composition of the panelists to hear the crucial matter.<br />
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Although the case was filed during the tenure of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Aloma Mukthar, the sources said there had been intense pressure on the current CJN, who took over about two weeks ago, to reconstitute the panel.<br />
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Those in support of Jonathan were said to be rooting for a justice sympathetic to his cause to head the panel while those who want the president disqualified from running in the 2015 election, favoured a neutral and fearless arbiter to preside over the case.<br />
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A top judicial official confirmed that the CJN was yet to re-constitute the panel to hear the case at the close of work on Friday even though he was aware that the case had been slated for hearing on Tuesday.<br />
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The official said it was normal in a very crucial judicial matter of that nature for the CJN to interfere in the composition of the panelists to ensure that justice is delivered to all the parties concerned.<br />
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He said: “The eligibility case filed by some persons against President Jonathan is a serious matter, which the CJN has taken notice of and the normal process of setting up the panel, a few hours to the hearing, will be done.<br />
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“As at the close of work at the weekend, no panel had been raised by the CJN and we believe that, because of the sensitive nature of the matter and the interest it has generated, the CJN will empanel a team to handle it at the right time.<br />
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“This is not the first time such a case is coming before the Supreme Court and there is an established procedure for dealing with such matters.<br />
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“In a case of this nature, the CJN might want to put in neutral justices in the panel taking into consideration where they come from, their maturity, objectivity, and how they have handled similar critical assignments in the past.<br />
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The anxiety over the case follows the declaration by INEC that the different parties must submit to it the names of their candidates for the 2015 elections in the shortest possible time as stipulated by the law.<br />
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The commission said, last night, that it was awaiting the parties to forward to it lists of candidates and their running mates where necessary.<br />
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But it said it will only recognize candidates that emerged from primaries supervised by its officials, warning politicians who conducted parallel party primaries not to approach it with any list. Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, who spoke in a telephone interview with Sunday Vanguard, said the electoral law was clear on the time frame, and asked all parties to rectify their problems where necessary with a view to forwarding their candidates to the electoral body.<br />
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So, if the case is against President Jonathan, the party has no time to hold a convention to elect a presidential candidate. And, to make matters worse, only President Jonathan stood for election at last week's convention.</div>

[Must Read]: Why PDP May Not Contest In The 2015 Presidential Election

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Mind Your Business - APC Replies PDP

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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Wale Odunsi, Daily Post</span></i></div>
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The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday asked the presidency to stop its obsession with the party’s internal decision processes and decisions.</div>
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In a statement by the spokesperson of the APC in Rivers State, Eze Chukwuemeka, on Sunday, the party reacted to a tweet by presidential aide, Doyin Okupe.</div>
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Okupe had on Thursday tweeted that a joint ticket involving APC’s presidential flag bearer, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as Vice President, would be a “fatal error”.</div>
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Responding, Chukwuemeka said “This is an issue that does not concern Dr Okupe, who is not a stakeholder in APC but the fact remains that if Buhari/Amaechi ticket is a fatal error then Jonathan/Sambo ticket is not only a disaster but an ectopic pregnancy that must be evacuated to save the life of the mother, in this case our nation.</div>
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“Anyone who fails an examination is asked to repeat; but when the failure is so dismal the person is asked to leave as Nigerians are asking President Jonathan and VP Sambo to leave as they have not only failed woefully but have endangered our nation to the extent that the need of Buhari/Amaechi ticket becomes imperative to save our nation from imminent extinction”, Mr. Eze said.</div>
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He also said Mr. Okupe’s comment is a sign of cowardice by the Presidency, “which lives in perpetual fear of Mr. Amaechi and has been having nightmares since news filtered out that Mr. Amaechi is in strong contention to emerge as Mr. Buhari’s running mate.”</div>
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The spokesman insisted that a Buhari/Amaechi ticket in 2015 was APC’s best bet of removing the PDP from power.</div>
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“With the myth surrounding Buhari, combined with the bravery and sagacity of Gov. Amaechi, PDP’s days in the Aso Presidential Villa will surely become history by 2015.</div>
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“It is left to the APC power brokers to give a chance to this union if they are serious about ending the embarrassment that PDP has become in the politics of our nation”.</div>
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<b>Credit: <a href="http://dailypost.ng/2014/12/15/mind-business-apc-replies-pdp-buhariamaechi-ticket/">Daily Post</a></b></div>

Mind Your Business - APC Replies PDP

By Wale Odunsi, Daily Post The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday asked the presidency to stop i...

Buhari's Emergence, A Fatal Error - Presidency

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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Nnenna Ibeh, Premium Times</span></i></div>
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The emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as the flag-bearer of the All Progressive Congress, APC, is a fatal error, the Nigerian presidency has said.</div>
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Speaking in an interview with <i>Channels Television</i> on Monday morning, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, said the opposition party made a grave mistake at a time Nigerians were clamouring for development and a dissociation from anything or anyone that has anything to do with the country’s past.</div>
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“When Major Buhari emerged as the APC flag bearer, I knew that was a fatal error,” he said. “It’s a fatal error because number one, Nigerians are looking for future development, you know, a disengagement from everything that has got to do with our past. You are looking at Major General Buhari, Babangida, Abdulsalam, Obasanjo. These are very respectable elders and leaders who have done their best but they are a phase of our leadership that is passing off.”</div>
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Mr. Okupe, a member of the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said the opposition could not be talking about change with someone who would remind Nigerians of their gloomy history.</div>
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He said it was important to note that Nigerians needed to make a clear decision between having a transformation agenda that had worked and produced results and one which, he said, did not have vision.</div>
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“For APC to have now brought, you know, part of our past history that we are not so proud of and then you are talking about change, you know, how can you make a change with somebody who was part of our problem?” he asked.</div>
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“We know that Nigerians are not stupid, you know, a clear decision will have to be taken between having an agenda – transformation agenda – that has worked, that has produced and having listened, you know, Buhari has spoken about three occasions – at his declaration, at his inauguration, I mean, at his primaries. I have asked people; nobody can remember anything that Buhari has said.</div>
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“There is no vision, you know. The only thing that has been told to us – not even by him but by other people – is that Buhari has integrity and he is honest and he is incorruptible which are also not true,” he said. “At the appropriate time, these issues will be taken up.”</div>
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He also said he was sure his boss, President Goodluck Jonathan, would defeat Mr. Buhari and win the 2015 general elections.</div>
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Mr. Buhari, a former Nigeria’s Military Head of State emerged the presidential candidate of the APC on December 10 following the party’s presidential primary election that also included a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha; Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso and the publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah.</div>
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Mr. Buhari will be contesting against Mr. Jonathan at the presidential election scheduled for February 14, 2015.</div>
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<b>Credit: <a href="http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/173298-buharis-emergence-apc-flag-bearer-fatal-error-presidency.html">Premium Times</a></b></div>

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