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A nine-year-old girl, one of the 65 girls rescued by the troops from Sambisa forest has pleaded to return to her Boko Haram husband in Sambisa. To press home her point, the girl has embarked on an hunger strike. While the girl continues to insist on going back to the forest to see her husband, it has also been discovered that about 12 other rescued girls were pregnant while others have already been delivered of babies. Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima, revealed this when he visited the headquarters of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Maimalari Cantonment to officially receive the Boko Haram hostages from the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Major General Victor Ezegwu . Vanguard reports that most of the rescued hostages comprising 27 children, over 30 young girls and a few women including two Camerounians have been indoctrinated by the sect, having been with them for as much as three years in the worst case. Some of them confessed that they were willing to go back to Sambisa to mee...

Following reports that the United States of America is willing to sell 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram, investigation conducted by Pulse has shown this might gulp over 21.5billion. In a report by Nation Newspaper, though the planned sale of the attack aircraft is still subjected to review by Congress. the country has been dedicating more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to the campaign against terrorism. In another report by Reuters, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Michael Franken, a deputy commander of the Pentagon’s Africa Command, told a Washington forum last week that there now are 6,200 U.S. troops – most of them Special Operations Forces – operating from 26 locations in Africa. A check on the attack aircraft shows that it costs a whopping sum of between $9m and $14m to acquire just one unit. Manufactured by Embraer and first flown in June 1999, Wikipedia revealed that the A-29 is a turboprop aircraft designed for li...

“I love my husbands eyes at the Met #AfterPartyVibes,” she captioned the image, in which Kanye , bathed with green light, 38, stares straight at the camera in light-colored contact lenses. His wife, Kim Kardashian can be seen sitting off to the side chatting with a pal. The pair, who were both decked out in matching Balmain for the fashion fete, also caught some Internet attention after Us Weekly shared an exclusive image of the 'Famous' rapper resting his head on Kardashian’s impressive buttocks at the afterparty. In the photo, Kardashian stands facing the wall and looks seductively over to the side as West snuggles up to her and bows his head over her bum.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed into law a budget for 2016 after months of wrangling. He had refused to approve the 6.08tn-naira ($30.6bn; £21bn) budget amid claims of mismanagement and kickbacks among the officials who drew it up. The budget triples capital expenditure in Nigeria. Some 34 projects will get extra spending to help revive the economy, including improvements to power, health, and transport. "It is a great pleasure to sign the budget. It is a serious article of faith for the Nigerian people," the president said at a ceremony. "The signing of the budget today will trigger concerted efforts to reflate the Nigerian economy, a key element of which is an immediate injection of 350bn naira into the economy by way of capital projects." The budget is based on an oil price of $38 per barrel, slightly below the current global market rate of just over $40. Mr Buhari delayed signing the budget after finding errors in the spending program...

A video has emerged showing the public killing of a woman after her alleged conviction by an informal Taliban court of killing her husband. The video was shot in Jowzjan Province a month or two ago, officials say, and has just surfaced on social media. A crowd listens as the verdict is given before the woman, sitting on the ground in a burqa, is shot in the back of the head. The Taliban have not commented. Similar killings in the past were widely condemned. The Taliban used to publicly execute women - usually over adultery - in the main stadium in the capital Kabul when they were in power in Afghanistan in the 1990s. Last year, a young woman was stoned to death in Ghor province in central Afghanistan after being accused of adultery. In August 2011, a woman and a man she had eloped with were stoned to death in the district of Dashte Archi in Kunduz province. A Taliban spokesman defended the 2011 incident at the time saying: "Anyone who knows about Islam knows that stoning is in the...

Sanctions imposed on North Korea are hampering health and science and should be eased, a group of three Nobel laureates have said. They were speaking in Beijing after visiting Pyongyang in what was billed as an attempt to promote dialogue. "You cannot turn penicillin into a nuclear bomb," one of them said. International sanctions on North Korea were further tightened this year after it claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb and launched a missile into space. The laureates' visit came as a rare party congress opened in North Korea, with leader Kim Jong-un hailing his country's "great success" in its nuclear advancements. The event is widely seen as a chance for Mr Kim to cement his power, and South Korea urged the foreign delegation not to visit, fearing it would become a propaganda coup for the North "We didn't come to criticise them," said Aaron Ciechanover, who won a Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2004. "We really came to converse and to e...

The current presidential frontrunner is outspoken 71-year-old mayor Rodrigo "Digong" Duterte. But current president Benigno Aquino is leading attempts to bring together other candidates to defeat him. The campaign has been marred by violence. On Saturday a mayoral candidate was murdered in the south. A gunman stormed the home of Armando Ceballos, standing as an independent in the town of Lantapan, and shot him dead, police said. It brings to 15 the number of people killed during the campaign. Correspondents say the Philippines has a long tradition of political violence and dozens are killed during each election campaign. 'Stench of defeat' On Monday voters will select a new president for a six-year term, as well as a vice-president, 12 senators and many local officials. More than 54 million people are registered to vote across the archipelago of 7,000 islands. Rodrigo Duterte, nicknamed "The Punisher" for his tough crime-fighting approach, has promised to el...

A huge wildfire which devastated the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray could double in size over the next 24 hours, officials say. The blaze now covers an area larger than New York City and is being fanned by winds and feeding on dry vegetation. The flames are moving away from the town, most of whose inhabitants have reached safety. But many are still stuck north of Fort McMurray and evacuations by road and air are resuming. More than 80,000 people were evacuated from the city earlier this week. Thousands of people have been airlifted out but a mass convoy evacuating people from oil worker camps in the north was halted on Friday as huge flames flanked the road At least 2,500 made it through the flame-damaged city and small convoys resumed early on Saturday. Another 4,000 people are also due to be flown out. There is growing concern over the air quality for those still north, CBC reported. The provincial government said on Friday that the fire had grown to 1,000 sq km (386 sq miles). W...

The Cameroon international fell to the floor just seven minutes » after coming on as a substitute in Dinamo Bucharest 's Romanian Liga I game with Viitorul on Friday. He was taken to hospital and received CPR for 90 minutes, but was later pronounced dead at the age of 26. Infantino said: "I'm incredibly sad to learn of the passing of Cameroonian Patrick Ekeng. At moments like this, words seem insufficient. "Messages I've read online from team-mates, his club in Romania, and former teams, show just how highly Patrick was regarded. "I would like to express my sincere condolences to his family and friends, and particularly to the staff, players and fans of Dinamo Bucharest, and the Cameroon national team. "My thoughts are with everyone at this time." Ekeng won two caps for his country » in a career that saw him play in several different countries, including France, Spain and Switzerland.

At the Vogue 100: A Century of Style at the National Portrait Gallery exhibit, Victoria, 42, said "I got the last laugh, and now my mic is well — and truly on, finally.” "I was always the one that loved fashion," Beckham recalled at the event. "It was quite a result for me because the girls always used to get their clothes for free because they were crap. And so, there was a lot of budget for me to have my little Gucci dress."The mother of four has eventually gone on to create her own luxe label, which is now a go-to line for celebs. Along with the panel on Thursday, Beckham also enjoyed the honor of being featured in the Vogue 100 exhibit. The former pop singer shared a photo of herself and her eldest son, Brooklyn , in front of the portrait, which features her alongside husband, David Beckham. In the intimate throwback snap, the then-pregnant Victoria and David cuddle on a carpeted floor. The picture was taken by fashion photographer Juergen Teller. Spice gir...

It was Tracy Cox , principal of Greenbrier Christian Academy in Chesapeake, Virginia, who entered Anaya for the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellence in Manuscript Penmanship . The national Handwriting Contest is an annual event sponsored by Zaner-Bloser to promote legible handwriting, and Anaya managed to win first prize. Speaking of Anaya, Cox told ABC News: "There is truly very little that this girl cannot do. "She is a hard worker. She is determined. She is independent. "She is a vivacious and a no-excuses type of young lady." Anaya's parents, Bianca and Gary Ellick are proud of their daughter, who they said has always been precocious - tying her shoes, getting herself ready, and attempting to do things herself before asking for help, according to reports. The young girl is doing amazingly well. Her parents have expressed confidence in her ability to overcome her impairment, which she continues to do each day.

He made the call yesterday may 6th during an acceptance speech in Vatican City for the Charlemagne Prize. The Pope stressed the need for Europe to respect the foreigner, immigrant and people from different cultures as worthy of being listened to. He said there was need to follow the moral obligation of building a new economic system with dignified and well-paying jobs, especially for our young people. Francis, who recalled the founding fathers of the European Union such as Robert Schuman and Alcide De Gasperi , noted that ``their vision inspired to build bridges and tear down walls. ``I dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime but a summon to greater commitment on behalf of the dignity of every human being.''

The actress captioned the image on social media "Feeling my $1000 nails like never b4." With the price of dollar at an all time high in the country, the price at which she claimed to have fixed her nails could be as high as #320, 000. Fascinating, right? Several fans must have done the mathematics too, for it did not take long before she was being called out for flaunting such ostentatious, lavish spending, asking her when she last donated anything to the needy. The actress however seemed unaffected by all the abuse, and is even thought to be finding the whole episode rather funny, after posting one other video and picture captioning them "How I love to disturb your WKEND. Lol OYA" and "Hahahahahaha Hahahahahaha, oo OMG my people! My people."