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Nigerian couple jailed for keeping man slave for 24 years(Photos)

A doctor and his nurse wife who kept a man in forced servitude for almost a quarter of a century after illegally bringing him to Britain have both been jailed for six years. Former NHS obstetrician Emmanuel Edet, 61, and midwife Antan Edet, 58, kept fellow Nigerian Ofonime Sunday Inuk as a “houseboy” after telling immigration officials he was their teenage son when they arrived here in 1989. Over the next 24 years he worked unpaid up to 17 hours a day lookng after the couple’s two sons, cooking, cleaning and gardening. He was also forced to sleep on a hall floor for lo

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Bayelsa: Nigeria under Buhari is becoming a shame – Fayose

Press statement from Ekiti State Governor... Mr Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm that Nigeria under President Buhari was fast becoming a shame, describing the failed attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate the Bayelsa State governorship election as clear invitation to anarchy. The governor, who said it was shameful that the two elections conducted by INEC under Buhari’s kinsman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu were inconclusive, called on all well-meaning Nigerians and the international community to rise up in condemnation of the APC government’s plot to dest

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Zimbabwean ‘Prophet’ Who Anoints Condoms, Urged To Stop This Act

A controversial church leader from Harare has been asked to stop anointing condoms because it was “misleading” the public, it was reported on Friday. Women are reported to have stampeded to get their hands on a box of specially prayed-for condoms at one of pastor Paul Sanyangore’s church services recently. Women stampeded to get their hands on a box of specially prayed-for condoms at one of 30 year-old pastor Paul Sanyangore’s church services recently, according to website (more…)