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Hours after court orders Tompolo’s arrest, militants blow up oil facilities in Delta state

Hours after a court ordered the arrest of a former Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, some Niger Delta militants this morning blew up strategic oil pipelines in Warri South West local government area in Delta state. The militants in other coordinated attacks, blew up oil pipelines between Ikpokpo and Odidi flow stations, mostly in Gbaramatu kingdom. Residents of the area say the attacks started shortly before midnight and lasted till the early hours of Friday morning. Most of them have fled their homes for fear of a gun battle between the militants

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Guardian burns boy’s body with iron (Photos)

A trader simply identified as Mama Sarah has been accused of maltreating a boy in her custody. Twelve-year-old Michael Maduagu, a victim of domestic violence, was allegedly “severely assaulted” by his guardian. The Nation learnt that Mama Sarah, a cleaner with Nigerian Naval Dockyard, usually descends on the boy.She beat up the boy last Sunday, placed a hot iron on his leg and made incisions on his body with a blade. The boy, a primary one pupil at Bonny Camp Primary School, was brought from Anambra State when he was barely five.Mama Sarah’s fellow traders at Bar Beach

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Father repeatedly bites his baby son to ‘stop him from becoming gay’ (Photo)

A father is being investigated over claims he repeatedly bit his son in order to toughen him up and 'stop him becoming gay'.  His actions were discovered when the boy's mother spotted her son's injuries after returning home, leading to an inquiry from social workers. The unnamed woman said she asked her partner what happened, and he simply laughed as he explained that he had bitten the boy to 'make him more of a man'.  It occurred in their home in the neighbourhood of Quiroga, in the Colombian capital Bogota. (more…)

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Biafran agitation was born in error and ignorance – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the agitation for the creation of Biafra as an agitation born in error and ignorance. He stated this while speaking as a guest speaker at a public discussion on Biafra  which was organised by Nextier Advisory in Abuja today January 15th. "Biafra as a secession issue is dead, and nobody should follow that way. I see it as a platform rather than a cause. The agitation was born in error and ignorance. There is the commercialisation of the Biafran agitation, which is criminal. For example, the issuance of so called Biafran pa

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Jonathan threatened to put me in a hole – Adams Oshiomhole

The Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, says former President Goodluck Jonathan threatened to put him in a hole after the presidential elections in 2015 was concluded. Oshiomole made the allegation while speaking with some APC leaders in Edo state yesterday January 14th. "Around this time last year, in January, a few weeks to the election, many were saying quite recklessly on radio and television that we were finished. (more…)

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