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Boston – By Emman Okuns. Nigerian government has been advised to end indiscriminate counter-terrorism measures, especially “the growing practice of extra-judicial killings” in order to earn the confidence of the populace in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency. More generally, the government must do more to be seen as siding with the people, said a Northeastern University Assistant Professor, Max Abrahms …

After a week of unrest following the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a police officer, Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri on Saturday declared a state of emergency in Ferguson and ordered a curfew. “We will not allow a handful of looters to endanger the rest of this community,” Governor Nixon said at a news conference in Ferguson. “If …

Federal Government has said the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) would from October 1 this year, begin electronic registration for companies willing to set up businesses in Nigeria. Olusegun Aganga, minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, disclosed this in Abuja while addressing journalists during the quarterly meeting of the ministry and its parastatals. All heads of parastatals under the ministry were …

The four people were killed in Cairo during protests to mark the first anniversary of the Rabaa crackdown in which at least 1,000 people died. The protesters were shot dead as Egyptian security forces on Thursday dispersed hundreds of supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, who had blocked several highways and roads in Cairo and Giza. It was the …

Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba yesterday denied allegations that funds deducted from salaries of police men for the ‘police cooperatives’ of which he is Chairman of the board was being siphoned through misappropriation. Speaking during the distribution of shares certificates of Nigeria Police Mortgage Bank to police men, the IGP said, “I must tell you the system …

FERGUSON, Mo. — The police in Ferguson broke their week long silence on Friday and identified the officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager. The Ferguson police chief, Thomas Jackson, said the officer was Darren Wilson, a six-year veteran of the force who had no disciplinary actions taken against him. Chief Jackson said Mr. Wilson had …

Boston – By Emman Okuns. Like the truth and reconciliation commission, the recent Nigeria Security Summit held at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts presented participants the opportunity to speak their minds, leading to the classification of Nigeria by Harvard Professor, Robert Rotberg as a nation with all the symptoms of a failed state. Professor Rotberg who spoke at the occasion as …

Nigeria has received experimental drug from unnamed Nigerian scientist to treat Ebola virus, but the government may face a difficult choice deciding which handful of Ebola patients in Nigeria will receive the drug that could prove life-saving, ineffective or even harmful. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Thursday it has become aware of products being sold …

BENIN—THE Benin National Congress, BNC, has described as wicked, the actions of some professors at the University of Benin, UNIBEN, who complained about the absence of the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Osayuki Oshodin due to illness. Meanwhile, a family source told Vanguard that the VC has recovered fully from the illness and will return to the country this …

Alhaji Auwalu Tukur has become a target of the Arewa community.  This targeting comes from a public perception of vast corruption he is alleged to be connected with. Their targeting comes from what some call his hijacking of political appointments for his wife. That hijacking, they say, benefits her relatives and his political cronies, while cornering state services that are …