The Girls Are Not Chibok Girls – Nigerian Army

Girls rescued from Boko Haram terror camps in Sambisa Forest on Tuesday are “not the Chibok girls,” Nigerian Army spokesman Sani Usman said.

However, one official did not rule out that captives from other Boko Haram camps that were raided might include some of the 200 girls abducted in April 2014 from a school in Chibok.
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Man shot dead by armed robbers in Abuja just 3 days to his wedding

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Buhari's govt will encourage free press - VP-elect, Yemi Osinbajo

Vice President-elect Professor Yemi Osinbajo took to twitter to state that Gen. Buhari's government will encourage free press when they assume power.

AlunaGeorge Debuts New Songs At Brooklyn's

Nearly two years after releasing their tech-lite debut Body Music, British electro-soul pair AlunaGeorge settled on Brooklyn's Rough Trade on Tuesday night (April 28) to debut a handful of new songs from their upcoming sophomore LP.

After cracking the American market with a string of buzzworthy singles, festival slots and

Sam Smith has been diagnosed with a hemorrhage to his vocal cords

 
Sam Smith has been diagnosed with a hemorrhage to his vocal cords, and he’s been ordered to stop performing until he's healthy.
The British soul singer got the bad news while on tour in Australia, where all his upcoming shows have now been canceled, including a scheduled appearance Sunday night at the TV industry’s annual Logie Awards.

Father-Of-President" Edwin Clark's Asokoro Residence Deserted by Friends and Associates

The loss of last month’s presidential re-election effort by President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to inflict major social and political changes on the Nigerian landscape, including the desertion of the once bubbling Abuja residence of his godfather, Chief Edwin Clark. 

 

The Asokoro home once had a security force of about 12 soldiers, civil defence officers and the police.

Burundi Government Shuts Down Radio And Phone Lines As Political Crisis Continues

President Nkurunziza and his party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), have reportedly cut phone lines and non-state media in an effort to stall demonstrations across the country. The BBC reported that the military in Gitega, Burundi’s second largest city, has prevented students there from protesting. 

 

Protests and demonstrations carry on into their fourth day in Burundi’s capital city Bujumbura over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s seeks an unlawful third presidential term.

Nigeria's $20 Billion Oil Sales Fraud: Jonathan Administration Apparently Pressured PricewaterhouseCooper To Revise Report

One day after President Goodluck Jonathan authorized the release of a version of a forensic audit of $20 billion reportedly missing from Nigeria’s crude oil sales, an oil industry expert retained by SaharaReporters to look at the report has stated that the Nigerian government appeared to have pressured the auditors, PricewaterhouseCooper, to revise parts of its preliminary report. Nigeria's oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke State House Photo

After analyzing the audit report, the expert concluded that the much-anticipated release of the audit report of Nigeria’s accounts and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has provided few insights into the $20 billion that was allegedly not remitted to the Federal Accounts.

Nigeria: Sambisa Forest combed and 293 femail released by Nigeria troops

On April 28, Tuesday, the exciting news made the local headlines that the Nigerian army had stormed Sambisa forest and rescued 293 females.
The Defence Headquarters confirmed the information saying that those freed included 200 girls and 93 women.

This comes less than a week after the military had attacked the infamous hideout of Boko Haram insurgents using warplanes.

Drug convicts executed in Indonesia buried

 

Indonesia disregarded last-minute appeals and executed 8 drug traffickers including 4 Nigerians. Pictures of the dead being buried and details from their last minutes before being executed have been released to the media. According to the pastors who were with them in their final hours, Andrew