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[DW] 2020 will be the last year in office for Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou. Analysts expect the power transition to be peaceful and in accordance with the constitution, despite the regime's authoritarian proclivities. via LATEST NEWS

[DW] The leader of the main opposition party National Freedom Council (CNL) has denounced what he says are plans by the current government to rig elections scheduled for May 20. via LATEST NEWS

[ISS] On 20 January the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled that returning people to countries where their lives could be threatened by climate change may violate their human rights and be unlawful. This is a landmark ruling because it's the first time the committee has recognised that climate refugees exist. It opens the door to refugee protection for those whose lives are threatened by climate change. via LATEST NEWS

[News24Wire] The debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (SONA) descended into a shouting match in the National Assembly after an ANC MP accused EFF leader Julius Malema of domestic violence. via LATEST NEWS

[News24Wire] Cape Town -South Africa's elite athletes have opened the 2020 season with a bang as they begin their early build-up towards the Tokyo Olympics and international campaigns. via SPORT

[UN News] United Nations Secretary-General has extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed in an attack on a village in northwest Cameroon. via LATEST NEWS

[DW] Military commander Khalifa Haftar's forces have stepped up their attack on the Libyan capital Tripoli. The UN-backed government said negotiations were meaningless without "ceasefire guarantees." via LATEST NEWS

Duncan Daniels – Afro Eclectic Duncan   Daniels ’ new album ‘ Afroeclectic ’ is a sexy, mellow and charming body of work. Like the title of the album implies,  Daniels  offers his own brand of Afrobeats, which is a cooler and less frenetic version. While the album does not offer you the fast-paced melodies and hooks of your typical Afrobeats project, it offers something more refreshing, enchanting and mature. Duncan   Daniels ‘ Afroeclectic Album Ad Displays in New York Time SQ  ‘Afroecletic’ starts with the cool ‘ Gbedu ’ that showcases a slight influence of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Afrobeat genre.  The track features the saxophone, which is now the trend for many Afrobeats productions. The opener gives off a late night, suave style vibe which sets the mood for the rest of the LP. ‘ Holiday ’, continues with the album’s sonic sleek style. It is an effortless blend of R&B and contemporary Nigerian pop stylings. When  Daniel...

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has denied being a member of any team monitoring the review of Supreme Court's judgment that removed Emeka Ihedioha from office as governor of Imo State on January 14, 2020. The respected scholar in a statement on Tuesday said that contrary to widespread report, he had nothing to do with politics and any group, adding that those peddling wrong information about him should desist from doing so.  Soyinka said, "A link to a report by one of the national newspapers on the Uzodimma vs Ihedioha electoral tussle has just been sent to me.  "That report claims that I have been engaged to serve on a monitoring team regarding a forthcoming Supreme Court review of that case.  "I know nothing of this development and I am not involved in any aspect of the tussle.  "I know nothing of this Third Force Democracy whatever. I have no intention of participating in any judicial monitoring activity and demand to be kept out of any such...

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has denied being a member of any team monitoring the review of Supreme Court's judgment that removed Emeka Ihedioha from office as governor of Imo State on January 14, 2020. The respected scholar in a statement on Tuesday said that contrary to widespread report, he had nothing to do with politics and any group, adding that those peddling wrong information about him should desist from doing so.  Soyinka said, "A link to a report by one of the national newspapers on the Uzodimma vs Ihedioha electoral tussle has just been sent to me.  "That report claims that I have been engaged to serve on a monitoring team regarding a forthcoming Supreme Court review of that case.  "I know nothing of this development and I am not involved in any aspect of the tussle.  "I know nothing of this Third Force Democracy whatever. I have no intention of participating in any judicial monitoring activity and demand to be kept out of any such...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has once again vowed to rescue Leah Sharibu from the captivity of Boko Haram. Buhari said this while speaking on the second anniversary of the kidnap of Sharibu from her school along with 109 girls. The government negotiated the release of the girls but failed to make the terrorist group release Sharibu. Boko Haram held on to her because she refused to denounce Christianity and convert to Islam. Recall that SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that Sharibu gave birth for one of Boko Haram's commanders after she was forcefully married.  Reiterating his promise to rescue Sharibu, Buhari, in a statement, said that he would continue to push for her release from her captive.  See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Leah Sheribu Gives Birth To Baby Boy For Boko Haram Commander After Being Forced To Convert To Islam 0 Comments 3 Weeks Ago He stressed that everyone has the right to choose religion without intimidation or fear. He ad...

  Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would not heed the demand of some Nigerians and sack security chiefs in the country. In the wake of renewed attacks by Boko Haram terrorist, Nigerians have urged President Buhari to sack service chiefs in the country and inject some fresh blood into the security apparatus.  Addressing journalists in Abuja, Mustapha said that Buhari couldn’t sack service chiefs as there are processes to be followed. He added that there are some people fuelling the destabilisation of the country. Mustapha urged Nigerians to unite and also cooperate with the military in fighting insurgency in the country. He said, “We are in a very difficult time now. We need everybody to be on board. We need synergy within an intelligent community, within the military formations that will help fight this war. “You don’t sack people like that. There are processes and I believe that at the opport...

  Facts have emerged as to how Tony Iwelu, Chief Security Officer to Nigeria's Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, died at a hotel in Kaduna on Monday. Iwelu was suspected to have bee electrocuted while taking a shower in his room at StoneEdge Hotel belonging to a friend of Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai. A source at the hotel at the time of the tragic incident confirmed to SaharaReporters that Iwelu, a top Department of State Services personnel attached to Amaechi since he was governor of Rivers State, was found inside the bathtub in his hotel room and may have died of electrocution. The source said, “He died inside his room. The hotel is brand new and owned by Governor el-Rufai's friend. “We found him dead inside the bathtub and we think he was electrocuted.”  See Also Politics Chief Security Officer To Nigeria’s Transportation Minister, Amaechi, Dies 0 Comments 9 Hours Ago The tragic incident took place few hours after Amaechi and members ...

Contrary to denial by Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and other loyalists of the All Progressives Congress, SaharaReporters has confirmed that Amaechi and other train passengers were attacked by bandits in Kaduna at the Rigasa Train Station on Sunday night. In the attack, which Amaechi and his convoy narrowly escaped, it was confirmed that the gunmen waylaid the passengers at Mando Road as they were disembarking from the train. The news of the attack was first published by Daily Nigerian, an online newspaper that reported that Amaechi alongside hundreds of passengers escaped an attack. Aisha Yesufu, a rights activist, also confirmed the attack as she said that her relatives were at the train station when the attack happened. She tweeted, “Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, you should be ashamed of yourself. My sister, my brother and my sister-in-law were in that train. When your convoy scattered and you fled like a new born mouse whom water have been poured on, it was wit...

Kosmoceratops . Kosmoceratops was a ceratopsid dinosaur that lived in what is now the U.S. state of Utah about 76.4–75.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. Specimens of the genus were discovered in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in 2006 and 2007. It had an estimated length of 4.5 m (15 ft) and weight of 1.2 t (1.3 short tons). Kosmoceratops (from Greek for "ornate horned face") was named for its skull, the most ornamented of any known dinosaur, with fifteen well-developed horns and horn-like structures. It had a triangular beak with a pointed tip, a blade-like nasal horn, and two horns that pointed up and to the sides, then downwards. The neck frill was short from front to back, with eight hook-like processes on the hind margin curving forwards, and two curving to the sides. Kosmoceratops grew rapidly and, like modern birds and mammals, had an elevated metabolism. Its teeth were adapted to chewing fibrous plants.

Kosmoceratops . Kosmoceratops was a ceratopsid dinosaur that lived in what is now the U.S. state of Utah about 76.4–75.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. Specimens of the genus were discovered in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in 2006 and 2007. It had an estimated length of 4.5 m (15 ft) and weight of 1.2 t (1.3 short tons). Kosmoceratops (from Greek for "ornate horned face") was named for its skull, the most ornamented of any known dinosaur, with fifteen well-developed horns and horn-like structures. It had a triangular beak with a pointed tip, a blade-like nasal horn, and two horns that pointed up and to the sides, then downwards. The neck frill was short from front to back, with eight hook-like processes on the hind margin curving forwards, and two curving to the sides. Kosmoceratops grew rapidly and, like modern birds and mammals, had an elevated metabolism. Its teeth were adapted to chewing fibrous plants.

  Members of the Boko Haram terrorist group are attacking Korongilum, a community in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The insurgents burnt houses as residents scamper for safety, according to residents, who confirmed the attack. The insurgents came into the community and shot sporadically into the air, TheCable reports. “People were just returning to their houses from the farm when the insurgents came in. “They came in through Forfor, and our people are running for safety as we speak,” a resident, who escaped the invasion told TheCable. A military source said troops from the Nigerian Army’s 28 task force brigade and 117 battalion, are already on their way to Korongilum to stop the attack and rescue the people. Boko Haram Terrorism News AddThis :  Original Author :  sAharaREPORTERS, NEW YORK Disable advertisements :  from All Content via

  President Muhammadu Buhari has once again vowed to rescue Leah Sharibu from the captivity of Boko Haram. Buhari said this while speaking on the second anniversary of the kidnap of Sharibu from her school along with 109 girls. The government negotiated the release of the girls but failed to make the terrorist group release Sharibu. Boko Haram held on to her because she refused to denounce Christianity and convert to Islam. Recall that SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that Sharibu gave birth for one of Boko Haram's commanders after she was forcefully married.  Reiterating his promise to rescue Sharibu, Buhari, in a statement, said that he would continue to push for her release from her captive.  See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Leah Sheribu Gives Birth To Baby Boy For Boko Haram Commander After Being Forced To Convert To Islam 0 Comments 3 Weeks Ago He stressed that everyone has the right to choose religion without intimidation or fear. He ad...

Laetitia Dagan, an Assistant Director of Administration at the State House, Abuja, has been killed in her residence by unknown persons.  Dagan, who was 47 before her death, was gruesomely murdered in her home around 11pm on Monday after she got home from the day’s work. Confirming the death of Dagan, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Abuja, Jalal Arabi, said that the deceased worked in her office on Monday till 8pm. He described the killing of Dagan as “a painful loss, not only to her immediate family, but also the entire State House.” He also said that Dagan was “a dedicated, hard-working officer, and we all feel pained by her untimely death.” Arabi expressed confidence that the police will fish out the killers and the law will take its course. CRIME News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content via

  One Mrs Opadule Caroline Abimbola, a former staff of the Nigerian Correctional Service (formerly Nigerian Prison Service), Ondo State Command, has been arraigned before Justice Olabode Adegbengbe of High Court 5 sitting in Akure, the capital, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission for concealing the receipt of salary overpayments. Opadule was arraigned on a seven-count charge bordering on dishonesty and corruption. She was alleged to have been overpaid at various times in 2012 while being a public officer in the employ of the then prison service. According to the charge sheet, she was overpaid through her First Bank Salary account No. 2004992044 amounts that were far above her monthly remuneration, totalling N1.2m. Instead of reporting the anomaly that resulted in the overpayment of her monthly salaries to the Finance and Accounts Department of her organisation, she refused to do so and was investigated by ICPC when information rea...

  Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would not heed the demand of some Nigerians and sack security chiefs in the country. In the wake of renewed attacks by Boko Haram terrorist, Nigerians have urged President Buhari to sack service chiefs in the country and inject some fresh blood into the security apparatus.  Addressing journalists in Abuja, Mustapha said that Buhari couldn’t sack service chiefs as there are processes to be followed. He added that there are some people fuelling the destabilisation of the country. Mustapha urged Nigerians to unite and also cooperate with the military in fighting insurgency in the country. He said, “We are in a very difficult time now. We need everybody to be on board. We need synergy within an intelligent community, within the military formations that will help fight this war. “You don’t sack people like that. There are processes and I believe that at the opport...

  Facts have emerged as to how Tony Iwelu, Chief Security Officer to Nigeria's Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, died at a hotel in Kaduna on Monday. Iwelu was suspected to have bee electrocuted while taking a shower in his room at StoneEdge Hotel belonging to a friend of Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai. A source at the hotel at the time of the tragic incident confirmed to SaharaReporters that Iwelu, a top Department of State Services personnel attached to Amaechi since he was governor of Rivers State, was found inside the bathtub in his hotel room and may have died of electrocution. The source said, “He died inside his room. The hotel is brand new and owned by Governor el-Rufai's friend. “We found him dead inside the bathtub and we think he was electrocuted.”  See Also Politics Chief Security Officer To Nigeria’s Transportation Minister, Amaechi, Dies 0 Comments 7 Hours Ago The tragic incident took place few hours after Amaechi and members ...

Some officials of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad has illegally arrested, tortured and humiliated an innocent man in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.  The arrest took place at about 3:00am on February 13, when SARS officers stormed the house of the man identified as John Chibuzor also known as DJ Ninja White.  Even though the victim was father of a suspect being sought after by SARS, the officers arrested Chibuzor instead of the suspect.  He was taken to SARS office at Obennhe, Abia State, where they chained his legs with other inmates.  Afterwards, he was forced to sweep the police station and his dreadlocks were cut off. The victim's wife and daughter, who visited the station, were also severely beaten with machetes by police officers.  Although the victim's family were eventually pressured to produce the suspect, they were also made to pay N22,000 from before the victim was released.  Speaking on the development, rights lawyer and National...