2015 Badagry Festival: Calls for end to modern slavery in Africa

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SubscribeBuhari is a President of the North – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said a critical look at President Mohammadu Buhari operation since his emergence in May 29, 2015, portrays him as a president of the Northern Nigeria only.
PHOTOS: Civil servants prostrate, beg Fayose over lateness
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State Governor, on Monday paid an unscheduled visit to civil servants in the state (story), see photos of how some of the civil servants who came late to work during his visit begged the governor for forgiveness.
Frequent recess by NASS is normal – NILS DG
The Director-General, National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS), Dr. Ladi Hamalai, has said that the frequency with which members of the National Assembly go on recess is not unusual and will not affect the enactment of laws.
‘A Sinner in Mecca’ documents gay Muslim pilgrimage
It is a rebuke of Saudi Arabia and its strict Wahhabi form of Islam, but it is also deeply personal — a man trying to reconcile his faith with his sexuality. From that perspective which includes footage of his wedding to his American husband in New York, millions of Muslims will likely find “A Sinner in Mecca” provocative if not offensive.
Police man dies, 90 wounded in Ukraine parliament clashes
A 25-year-old Ukrainian National Guard officer died on Monday after being shot in the heart in clashes between protesters and police outside parliament, officials said. “He died on the operating table,” a spokeswoman for the National Guard, Svitlana Pavlovska, told AFP. Interior ministry advisor Anton Gerashchenko said the victim was a 25-year-old conscript, adding that some of the protesters had used guns in addition to grenades.
Buhari congratulates D’Tigers for winning African Basketball Championship
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, on their victory over Angola in Sunday’s final of the FIBA Africa Basketball Championship in Tunisia.
Pandemonium in Ogun, as rival cults clash
Barely 24 hours, after the Ogun State Police Command picked 84 suspected cultists in Ado-odo/Ota council area, no fewer than two people were on Monday, feared killed in a bloody confrontation between rival cult groups in the state.
Nigerian, 3 Canadians, Pakistani among dead in Saudi fire
Saudi authorities said Monday that a Nigerian woman, three Canadians and one Pakistani were among 10 people killed in a fire at a residential complex rented by oil giant Saudi Aramco at the weekend.
Boko Haram kills nearly 80 in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead nearly 80 people in separate attacks on three villages at in Nigeria’s restive northeast Borno state at the weekend, a vigilante and residents said Monday.
Breaking news: Akpabio escapes death in Abuja auto crash
Immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has been admitted at the National Hospital Abuja after being involved in a motor accident this morning.
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