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President Obama Makes History As First Sitting President To Cover A Gay Magazine

The dude got ears for days... Barrack Obama is on the cover of the latest issue of Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) magazine,Out100, making him the first president ever to cover such publication. According to the magazine, “The 44th President of the United States is our Ally of the Year—a president who came to office on a wave of euphoria, appeared to lose momentum halfway through, and has since rallied, helping us secure marriage equality, among other landmark initiatives that are transforming our place in America. This is the first time a sitting preside

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BREAKING: Buhari appoints 18 new permanent secretaries

This is quite unfair, these are people's life you are playing with... That time in your life when the pastor starts singing "it shall be permanent", blow from nowhere will appear! President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed 18 new permanent secretaries as replacement for those that were forcefully retired earlier on Tuesday. Special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed the appointment. He also revealed the approved list of the redeployed sitting permanent secretaries. See the list of the new secretaries below. (more…)

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Photos: People gather outside Shell HQ in London to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa

Activists, artists, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and Action Saro-Wiwa gathered this morning, November 10, outside Shell Headquarter in London to mark 20 years since the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other Ogoni leaders for their protests against Shell's destruction of their environment which led to the deaths of four Ogoni chiefs. (more…)

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Pro-Biafra Activists Storm Port Harcourt

Protests over the detention of Radio Biafra director, Nnamdi Kanu, have continued today, as pro-Biafra activists stormed Port Harcourt, marching in the streets. The following message was posted on Radio Biafra’s Facebook page (readers’ discretion advised, the following text contains incendiary language): DAY 5 Live update on ‪#‎peacefulprotest‬ of Illegal detention of the leader of indigenous people of Biafra Mazi Nnamdikanu by unlawful Nigerian Government. (more…)