Al Qaeda kills U.S. hostage during raid

Al Qaeda militants killed American hostage Luke Somers in Yemen during a raid conducted by U.S. forces to rescue him, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday. President Barack Obama ordered the raid because "there were compelling reasons to believe Mr. Somers' life was in imminent danger," he said. During the raid Friday, the militants also killed a second hostage, South African Pierre Korkie, according to his employer, Gift of the Givers. It...

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Aliko Dangote has emerged as the Forbes Africa Person of the year2014

Nigerian business man, Aliko Dangote has emerged as the Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2014. Other finalists of the most coveted award were Thuli Madonsela, South Africa’s Public Protector, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author, Arunma Oteh, Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank. In selecting Dangote, the panel of judges noted that “Aliko Dangote is...

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deportation of igbos fashola wins case

Justice Musa Kurya of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday entered judgment in favour of the Lagos State Government in a suit filed by some people alleging a breach of their rights. The applicants, Rosemary Nathaniel, Friday Ndukwe, Grace Igbochi, Ugulori Tutua, Chinyere Nicholas and Osondu Mbuto filed the suit on their behalf and 77 others, seeking the enforcement of their rights. Joined as respondents in the suit are the Lagos State Government, the state attorney-general and the commissioner of police in the state. The applicants...

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Islamic State setting up Libya training camps, US says

Various Islamist militant groups are competing for power in eastern Libya Islamic State militants have set up training camps in eastern Libya, the head of the US Africa command says. Gen David Rodriguez said there could be "a couple of hundred'' IS fighters undergoing training at the sites. He said the camps were at a very early stage, but the US was watching them "carefully to see how it develops". Libya has been in turmoil since Muammar Gaddafi...

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Man, 27, rapes 11-yr-old girl with Down’s Syndrome

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—A 27-year-old man, Austin Okonkwo, has been remanded in prison custody by an Evboriaria Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ikpoba-Okha, Edo State, for allegedly raping an 11-year-old Down Syndrome girl. The accused, who was described with unprintable words when his victim was presented in the court, pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge preferred against him. Police Prosecutor, Aigbedion Obakpolor, informed the court that the offence was committed on November 29. When the case was mentioned, Chief Magistrate Frank...

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