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Youths and Students in Borno state led by Comrade Yusuf Tom and Miss Fatima Zanna Maliki have given government 40 days from the day(April 14, 2014) of the abduction of the female students of Chibok Government Secondary School by suspected members of the Boko Haram insurgents, which is expected to lapse on May 24, 2014, stating that, if by then the girls were not released they are going to mobiles students nationwide and gathered at the Ramat Square in Maiduguri, where they hope to go on hunger strike until government do everything within it’s power to release the abducted students. The students who condemn in strong terms the abduction of the female students also urged the Federal Government to to step up it’s effort towards speedy resolution of the security challenges in the country, as it has taken so long and it’s constantly taken different dimension. The youths who briefs journalists in Maiduguri, today, Monday said, Borno state is under the state of emergency rule and by this...

An explosion at a gas refilling plant at Orita-Challenge  area of Ibadan on Monday injured four persons while two vehicles  and a motorcycle were burnt. The explosion, which occurred at the premises of  Hephzibah Petroleum Limited and Gas  Refilling Plant, happened  at about 3. p.m. when a mobile tanker was transloading  gas into a stationary tank. One of the burnt vehicles was a Passat  car marked PH 381 KJA while the other was a commercial cab with registration number AL  461 AKN. The burnt motorcycle was  marked GBY 278 QB. The spokesperson of the police in Oyo State, Mrs Bisi Clet-Ilobanafor, told newsmen at the scene of the incident that those injured were  passersby  outside the premises of the company. Clet-Ilobanafor, who could not confirm the cause of the explosion, however, said the wind may have blown the flames beyond the walls of the company. The police spokesperson, who said the injured victims had been evacu...

Earlier this week, it was rumored that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West would tie the knot before they actually wed in Paris. Well, according to sources, that happened! The couple got their marriage license, and there was apparently a little somethin’ extra that took place in California! Well, if it is true, Congrats Kimye.

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Sunday, released the names of the abducted female students in Chibok by the Book Haram Sect. The National Christian Body, consequently, demanded N50m as damages as well as overseas scholarship, for each girl from the federal government. A Statement signed by the President/Founder of Old Time Revival Hour, Kaduna & immediate-past chairman of Northern States Christian and Elders Forum (NOCSEF), an affiliate of CAN, Evangelist Matthew Owojaiye gave reason for the attack on Chibok girls’ high school. “Chibok Local Government is 90% Christians. Majority of the girls abducted are Christian! Why did Boko Haram visit Chibok Local Government? Why didn’t they visit so many other Local Government Girls Secondary Schools in Borno State?” While demanding for those girls in Senior Secondary School, SSS, one and two to be transfered to schools of their choice, CAN called on faithful across the country to pray for their release. Owojaiye said f...

   A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, died on Sunday aged 96. A son of the departed jurist and a musician, Mr. Charles Oputa (aka Charlie Boy), confirmed the death of his father in a statement. “The Family of Justice Chukwudifu Oputa wishes to announce the passing to glory of the eminent jurist and a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria at the age of 96 years. He passed on peacefully on Sunday afternoon, May 4, 2014, after recovering from a brief illness. Funeral announcements will soon be released by the family,” Charles’ statement read. Oputa, before his death, had been absent from public functions in recent years due to critical health condition. A source said the body of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of the National Hospital in Abuja. Oputa, was appointed to head a panel constituted to investigate rights abuses during 15 years of military rule between 1976 and 1999 when President Olusegun Obasanjo took of...

At least three people were killed and scores injured in a blast in downtown Mombasa on Saturday, the Kenyan Interior Ministry said. The explosion was caused by a grenade that was hurled at a crowd, the ministry said via Twitter. Eleven of the injured were taken to Coast General Hospital, according to the ministry. A second explosion was reported near the tourist area of Nyali Beach, also in Mombasa, the ministry said. Several people at the Reef Hotel were injured in the Nyali Beach explosion, CNN affiliate KTN reported. The Interior Ministry, however, said there were no casualties in the second explosion. An improvised explosive device was discovered at the Reef Hotel gate when a bag was noticed and people took cover, the ministry said. The Nyali area is home to resorts and hotels along the coast.

Protesters took the streets again Sunday, adding to the international pressure on Nigeria do more to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by militants. Crowds from Los Angeles to London rallied on Saturday, carrying posters reading #BringBackOurGirls -- a campaign that began on Twitter after the mass abduction of the girls by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram last month. In Washington, protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to denounce what they described as a poor response by the Nigerian government to rescue the girls. On Sunday, about 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Nigerian High Commission in London again, where they chanted "Bring them back!" as well as "Not for sale!" and "African lives matter!" The mainly female crowd, from young girls to older women, also carried banners that read "These are our sisters" and "No child born to be taken." "It's very important that ever...