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Haiti's Prime Minister resigns amid deadly protests By Amir Vera and Kay Guerrero, CNN

Haiti’s Prime Minister resigns amid deadly protests By Amir Vera and Kay Guerrero, CNN

Jul 14, 2018 (CNN) – Haiti’s Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned Saturday amid violent and deadly protests sparked by a proposed plan to raise fuel prices, according to President Jovenel Moise. Lafontant resigned before Parliament, which was due to host a vote of no confidence, Yves Germain Joseph, the general secretary of the National Palace, told CNN. Lafontant, who took office in…

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The inherent dangers in the spread of fake news on social media

The inherent dangers in the spread of fake news on social media

Police in India have arrested 25 people after a man was lynched by a mob following rumours on Whatsapp that he was child abductor.

Mohammed Azam, who worked at a call centre, was killed in the southern state of Karnataka on Friday – the latest victim in a series of violent attacks against people accused of belonging to gangs trying to kidnap children.

  At least 20 people have been killed in…

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How to make $1bn from a single product in Nigeria by Dr Ola Brown

How to make $1bn from a single product in Nigeria by Dr Ola Brown

What Asian(Indian/Chinese) & Lebanese entrepreneurs do differently

Some of my favorite businesses in Nigeria, like Tolaram, Olam, Chivita & Zartech are owned by Asian/Middle-Eastern entrepreneurs, whom I lovingly call the Nimble Ninja’s. Their businesses have thrived despite the odds, but hardly any shine as bright as the story of Tolaram; manufacturers of Indomie noodles.

  A few years…

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The Murder Of Angela Igwetu And The Nigerian System By Adedotun Oluwaseyi

The Murder Of Angela Igwetu And The Nigerian System By Adedotun Oluwaseyi

When the news about the shooting and death of Miss Angela Igwetu, a corps member, just few hours to her passing out ceremony in Abuja broke, many faulted the policeman accused of the deed and sympathized with her family. The graduate of the University of Lagos was hit on her side by the bullet fired by Inspector Benjamin Peters when he claimed to have heard the girl’s shout for help. She was…

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Buhari’s Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 Is An Unlawful Power-Grab By Chidi Odinkalu

Buhari’s Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 Is An Unlawful Power-Grab By Chidi Odinkalu

When he ran to be Nigeria’s president for the fourth time in 2014, Muhammadu Buhari pleaded that he was a converted democrat. Since Nigerians granted him his wish in 2015, he appears to have found it difficult either to show off the new livery of a converted democrat or to shake off his old habits as a humorless dictator. In his Presidential Executive Order (PEO), No. 6 of 2018, President Buhari…

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Premium Times: a mouthpiece for propaganda and hate speech

Premium Times: a mouthpiece for propaganda and hate speech

PREMIUM TIMES publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi, admitted in a meeting with newsroom senior editors yesterday that the paper was substantially in error with respect to its reporting on Mr. Ciroma’s role in the conflict in Jos. “This is very much below the standards of verification we strive to maintain and for which we have come to earn the trust of our readers. As a first step, we are sending an…

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The con artists living the life of luxury

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The Jos Crises....crisis without end (Part 4)

The Jos Crises….crisis without end (Part 4)

RainbowContinued from part 3

Operation Rainbow

On our way back to Kaduna, we drove mostly in silence. No one discussed why Da-Dung wept so bitterly on the death of a man he had spent a good portion of his life fighting. But we all knew why.., in the years since the September 2001 massacres, Dio had emerged as one of the few authoritative voices of moderation and compromise amongst the Fulani…

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A Historical Perspective of the Jos Plateau Crises ( part 3) By Aminu Alhassan Kuba

A Historical Perspective of the Jos Plateau Crises ( part 3) By Aminu Alhassan Kuba

 continued from part 2

Came in Air Cdr Jonah David Jang (rtd)

 When Jang won the governorship election and was sworn in as the executive Governor of Plateau state on May 29th, 2007, the Fulani community, and by extension, the Muslim community in the state were under no illusion of the fate that awaited them if his past was to be used as a yardstick to measure his behaviour towards them. What they…

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Historical perspectives of the Benue and Plateau Crises parts 1 & 2

Historical perspectives of the Benue and Plateau Crises parts 1 & 2

Where is the Jos Plateau?

 Jos plateau is located in North central Nigeria in addition to Benue, Nassarawa, Niger, Kogi and Kwara States. It’s the northernmost state of the states in the geopolitical zone. It’s located almost in the middle of Nigeria dividing the country into almost two equal parts. It has the unique position of bordering both the north east and north west geopolitical zones. To…

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Moral hypocrisy and the Tragedy of untruths

Moral hypocrisy and the Tragedy of untruths

“I do not have problem with anyone politicizing the current insecurity problem. After all, the APC used similar partisan propaganda while in opposition. But I have a duty to expose fake news, exaggerations and incitements where I see one.

Most Nigerians do not want justice. What we want is for ‘our own’ to have the upper hand in every conflict, and when the reverse happens, we claim sole…

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Premium News sacks reporter for false story attributed to Miyetti Allah on the Jos crisis

Premium News sacks reporter for false story attributed to Miyetti Allah on the Jos crisis

Premium Times, a popular online newspaper, has sacked its Jos-based reporter, Mr. Andrew Ajijah, over a false story credited to Miyetti Allah on the mayhem in Plateau in which 100 people were killed.

The management of Premium Times has also resolved to apologise to Mr. Danladi Ciroma, the North Central leader of the apex cattle breeders’ organisation over the story published on June 25.

The…

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Health Tip: Ear wax

Health Tip: Ear wax

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The atrocities of the revenue touts of the FCT

The atrocities of the revenue touts of the FCT

The more we advocate change, the more things stay the same and perhaps gravitates towards becoming worse. How does one explain the touts let out by councils in Abuja to extort and harass unsuspecting resident motorists?

One of the common scams and this isn’t slowing down is the harassment of motorists who own vehicles that are “supposedly” commercial. Such vehicles that are commonly targeted are…

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The Church and Hate Preaching by Mfon Offiong

The Church and Hate Preaching by Mfon Offiong

I keep appealing to my Christian brothers and friends who send me inciting articles & messages which are “false and fake” via WhatsApp to beware, reminding them of Rwanda & the fate of Christianity there after the 1994 genocide.

Rwanda is 96% Christian. Half of that Catholic. However, the pulpit was used as a platform by Christian Hutus to spread ethnic hate against Christian Tutsis. “The devil…

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Lagos Tanker Fire On Otedola Bridge

Lagos Tanker Fire On Otedola Bridge

Sad event, most likely avoidable though. If the driver was genuinely tested and licensed. If the licensing office really did their job and licensed only qualified drivers. If the legal system worked efficiently and honestly to enable criminal prosecution and civil suits timely and equitably against such careless wastes of life. If the regulatory authorities would descend heavily on insurers of…