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MORE: Nigerian army rescues 293 women and girls from Boko Haram, but kidnapped Chibok girls not among them: http://t.co/tHkysIq8eP — The Associated Press (@AP) April 28, 2015 BREAKING: Army spokesman: 293 females rescued in northeastern Nigeria are not girls abducted from Chibok. — The Associated Press (@AP) April 28, 2015 Nigeria’s army has stated that the rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Boko Haram camps during a military operation are not the school girls abducted from Chibok community more than a year ago by the Boko Haram insurgents.An army spokesman told AP news agency on Tuesday that the 293 females were not the girls abducted from Chibok a year ago. Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls from the northeastern town of Chibok, in Borno state, sparking an international outcry. Army spokesman: 293 females rescued in northeastern Nigeria are not girls abducted from Chibok.

Since his interview where he announced that  he thinks of himself as a woman and has begun gender reassignment treatment,  US celebs have been calling Bruce Jenner a hero, praising him for finding the strength to tell his truth etc but one actress has  boldly gone where few public figures have gone. According to Star Trek Alice Eve, Bruce Jenner is only 'playing at being a woman' " 'For all intents and purposes I am a woman' Nope. If you were a woman no one would have heard of you because women can’t compete in the decathlon. You wouldn’t be a hero. You would be a frustrated young athlete who wasn't given a chance. Until women are paid the same as men, then playing at being a “woman” while retaining the benefits of being a man is unfair. Do you have a vagina? Are you paid less than men? Then, my friend, you are a woman.’ Alice wrote on instagram (she has since deleted the post)

O biageli Ezekwesili, co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, former Nigerian Minister of Education, and former World Bank vice president for Africa, tells Al Jazeera’s  Head to Head  that Nigerian armed forces have committed human rights abuses in their fight against the violent group Boko Haram in the north of the country.   “It clearly does have instances where human rights violations have happened,” she says.  In this new episode of  Head to Head , airing  1 May 2015 at 20.00 GMT   on Al Jazeera English, Oby, as she’s affectionately referred to in Nigeria, tells host Mehdi Hasan and an audience at the Oxford Union that, a year after over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok, northern Nigeria, by Boko Haram, the #BringBackOurGirls campaign was not a failure.  “No, I wouldn’t say that we have failed. I would say that we have not been able to move the elephant.”     Oby blamed the outgoin...

A lot of people have been waiting for Wendy's opinion on the Bruce Jenner interview and on her show yesterday, she spoke about it...but she kinda backtracked a bit from her initial bashing of Bruce saying instead that the interview made her cry and called him brave. But Wendy being Wendy, she wasn't all positive. After commending Bruce, she called him 'Fame hungry'... "I'm happy for Bruce, I'm happy for anybody who can live in their own truth. And yeah, he's brave because his life will never be the same. He will be haunted like a wild dog for the rest of his life. The thing about Bruce is that it was all so deceptive because he really is a fame hungry person like the rest of the family." Watch the video after the cut...   Starts from 3.15 mark

Abraham Adeyemi, a five-year-old boy pictured above, believed to have been kidnapped in Lagos has been found in Ogun State. Abraham was found loitering in front of the Foursquare Gospel Church, Imedu Nla, Mowe, in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area in Ogun state on Sunday April 26th and brought to the Nigerian Union of  Journalists secretariat,  Iwe Iroyin , Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta by the state police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi yesterday April 27th. During a brief interrogation, Abraham said he was taken away from his area by some people who promised to take him to Mr Biggs "They told me that we were going to Mr. Biggs"he said According to Punch, Abraham said he is a nursery one pupil of the New Way Nursery and Primary School here in Lagos and that his mother sells recharge card in their area. He however was not able to state where they live exactly in Lagos. He only mentioned they stay around a canal. He also could not give the names of his father ...

Four Nigerians have been executed in Indonesia for drug related offences. They were executed by firing squad on Tuesday, despite pleas by the Nigerian government, UN and Amnesty International for the death sentence to be lifted. The men had tried to smuggle heroine into the country. The four Nigerians, had originally been sentenced between 1999, and 2004, for different drug-related offences. They were; Martin Anderson, who was found guilty of possessing 50 grams of heroin. The 50 year old had travelled to Indonesia on a false passport, and was reportedly shot in the leg, during his arrest. Raheem Agbaje Salami, 50, was arrested in Surabaya, with 5.5 kg of heroin, and was initially handed a life sentence Four other convicts are being held at the high-security prison in Indonesia and they are expected to be put to death by firing squad in several hours. Two Australians, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, are among convicts being held at the hig...

THE NEWS   – Toyin Akinoso, geologist and publisher of the African Oil and Gas report, knows his onions about Nigeria’s oil industry. Akinoso was recently targeted for assassination by yet to be identified people. Lucky to beat them, he fled Nigeria. In this abridged article published in his magazine last December, he offers some clues into how Nigeria’s oil minister, Diezani Alison Madueke, has been short-changing Nigeria, leading to the alarm raised by former CBN governor, Lamido Sanusi, now Emir of Kano, about the shrinking oil revenue and an estimated $20billion shortfall. Though PriceWaterHouseCooper had probed the allegation and reportedly said only $1.4billion remains unremitted, president-elect Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to launch a new probe. Instructively, only a few people have seen the international audit firm’s report, as Diezani and the country’s auditor-general keep a firm lid on it “In Goodluck Jonathan’s four year rule as elected President, it ha...

Nigerian troops just announced that they have found 200 girls and 93 women in Sambisa Forest, but haven't officially confirmed if the girls found are the same ones who were abducted from their school in Chibok community in April 2014. Hopefully, it's them. See more tweets below

Heavily armed firing squad in full body armour have been spotted in a boat heading to the Indonesian prison island o f  Nusakambangan  where 9 men, including 4 Nigerians, convicted of drug offenses are due to be shot tonight. The men will be shot in the heart and their coffins have already been taken to the Island. No clemency, despite pleas from the prisoners' families and world organizations. 8 of the nine prisoners.  Condemned Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be killed by midnight Chan's parents The coffins the men will be buried in

The Federal Government has suspended the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Danjuma Sheni, over the unauthorized recall of the Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa. A highly placed government official in the Presidency told Vanguard that the president ordered the suspension of the Permanent Secretary Monday Morning and was directed to clarify why disciplinary action should not be taken against him for embarrassing the Nigerian government. The source who did not want his name in print because he was not authorized to speak on the matter said the president was “livid with anger” when he read about the recall of the Nigerian Charge De Affairs who is also the head of mission without his authorization. Nigeria presently does not have an ambassador in South Africa. It is the second time since the appointment of the permanent Secretary, Ambassador Sheni that the Nigerian government would be brought to diplomatic ridicule over poor handli...

In this interview, the Indonesia Ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, shares the story of Indonesia legislation that recognises capital punishment for serious crimes. In your CV, I saw that you were once a Deputy Chief of National Counter Terrorism Agency. What was your experience like working with the agency? Terrorism in Indonesia is not a joke, it is really there. We experienced terror attacks in Indonesia with more than 400 dead. The danger in terrorism actually is not in the attacks. The danger is in the impact, the population is intimidated, that is the first. The second, they try to destabilize the economy, offer the people their ideology. Terrorism in Indonesia is mostly ideological-driven. Indonesia has suffered from terrorism since independence. This agency is relatively young; it was established in 2011, it is doing a lot. We apply a two-pronged approach – the hard approach and the soft approach. On the hard approach, we try to crush, de...

Drama ensued at the Ejigbo Magistrate court in Lagos State today when a self-professed prophet, Destiny Onwudinjo, who is on trial for assault and obtaining money under false pretense suddenly jumped from the dock and ran out of the court today April 28th. According to PM News, Prophet Onwudinjo was arrested by the police at Shasha Division for brutalizing a commercial motorcycle rider, Chika Izuogu pictured above for refusing to pay him N120,000 for deliverance prayer. While testifying in court, Chika, the motorcycle driver, said Destiny met him along Olukosi Street, Shasha, Lagos and told him that he had a revelation from God and that he needed to embark on seven days deliverance prayer so that his condition would improve for the better. Prophet Destiny explained to him that the money he asked him to pay covered the fasting and other spiritual materials he would use for the deliverance. He told him that he will receive a divine blessing from God as an unknow...

Barely 24 hours after her husband had warned the president-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari against sending any Nigerian to prison when he assume office, Hajia Mujahidat Daba Dokubo-Asari wife of ex Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubi has once again affirmed that no one can arrest her husband. Her reason, the Niger Delta freedom fighter never held any political office and will never be held accountable for anything under president Jonathan’s administration. She voiced her anger via a post on Facebook.

Yesterday, a policeman allegedly shot dead a 'Hero' beer truck driver during a road rage in Onitsha, Anambra state. According to eye-witnesses, the truck driver had parked his truck in a manner the policeman said was disturbing other road users. The policeman who was part of an escort van came down from his police vehicle, approached the truck and an argument ensued. For reasons best known to the police officer, he opened fire and shot dead the truck driver.   This morning, an angry mob, including truck drivers and conductors came out in their numbers to protest the death of their colleague. They burnt tyres and blocked the gate leading to the company where the policeman worked. When the protest seemed to be getting out of hand, the army had to be called in and they came with an armored tank. See the below