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  • Indian-origin men jailed in Malaysia

    A court in Malaysia has sentenced two Indian-origin men to separate jail terms for brutally assaulting a Nigerian that led to his death. Judge Noor Azian Shaari of the high court in Shah Alam, the capital of the Malaysian state of Selangor, sentenced V. Ganesan, 29, to one year in jail and T. Kumar, 29, to seven years in jail for causing grievous injuries to Nwabudike Emmanuel Chukwuma that led ...

  • Group to Take Nigeria Government to International Court

    The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Nigeria's government of human rights violations, according to spokesman Ango Abdullahi. "What we are doing now is to organize our evidence that would make it possible for us to make a very strong case against the government and its agencies, or up to individuals who may be ...

  • Containing cholera in Niger

    The Niger River in Ayorou town NIAMEY, 22 May 2013 (IRIN) - Cholera has struck 248 people in Ayorou in the Tillabery Region of northwestern Niger, killing six, two of them Malian refugees. Among the sick are 31 Malian refugees who are living in Tabareybarey and Mangaize camps near the Mali border, according to the Tillabery health services and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). In the camps ...

  • DPP Says Its Not Merging With Any Political Party

    The Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) says it is not in any merger with any political party or association. This is contained in a communique signed by the party's Director, Media and Publicity, Mr Abubakar Yusuf. The communique was issued at the end of the party's Pre-Convention National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the communique, the party will ...

  • Nigeria Human Rights Commission to Commence Hearing On Forced Evictions By June

    The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it will by next month commence a nationwide public inquiry into complaints of forced evictions of persons in the country's six geo-political zones. A statement by Muhammad Ladan, Director of the Commission's Public Affairs and Communications Department, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday. The statement quoted Professor Bem Angwe, the ...

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  • Jimoh Ibrahims Troubled Air Nigeria to Pay Passenger N5 Million for Flight Cancellation Court Rules

    A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Air Nigeria to pay N5 million to Hakeem Ogunniran as damages for cancelling his flight from Nigeria to South Africa. Justice Okon Abang gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by the plaintiff against the airline over loss of business due to cancellation of flight. M. Abang awarded the sum as general damages for the inconvenience and ...

  • Nigeria Nigerians On the Run As Military Combats Boko Haram

    Kano - Tens of thousands of residents of northeastern Nigeria's Borno State have fled their homes - thousands of them into neighbouring Niger and Cameroon - following airstrikes by Nigerian fighter jets on Boko Haram (BH) camps from 15 May. The attacks on BH camps in northern parts of Borno close to the borders with Chad, Niger and Cameroon followed the 14 May declaration of a state of ...

  • Emergency rule Gunmen shot dead fuel station manager in Borno

    BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members , yesterday ,shot dead a General Manager (name withheld) of one of the fuel stations in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. This is coming barely few hours when President Goodluck Jonathan ordered for the immediate release of all Boko Haram sect, including their wives and children from detention. Our Correspondent gathered ...

  • Etisalat says Nigeria unit inks $1.2bn loan deal

    UAE telecommunications giant Etisalat said its Nigeria unit had secured a $1.2bn medium term syndicated loan facility to refinance existing debt and expand its ...

  • Islamist Fighters Killed in Nigerian Military Strike

    A military air raid on insurgent camps in northeast Nigeria has killed at least 21 Islamists. The US has warned Nigeria to respect human rights and not harm civilians. At least 21 people were reportedly killed in Friday's attack in the Sambisa Forest Reserve, south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, a military spokesperson said. There has been no independent confirmation of the ...

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