A United Nations rights group has unearthed more than 50 mass graves in the western Democratic Republic of Congo after a spate of killings were reported in the region last month. Abdoul Aziz Thioye, the director of the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), said on Saturday that "more than 50 mass graves, as well as common and individual graves that we have identified," were uncovered in the town of Yumbi in the DRC's western province of Mai-Ndombe . "This suggests that the number [of deaths] is quite high because a communal grave depending on size may contain five, ten bodies" or even "one hundred bodies or four times more," Thioye said following a joint fact-finding mission with local authorities. General Fall Sikabwe, the army chief in western DRC, told the AFP news agency that an investigation had begun. "They have killed soldiers and policemen, taking their weapons to slaughter with," he said, giving no further details abo...
Nigeria’s electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared APC candidate Abner Shittu Dahbo winner of Saturday’s bye election for Karim 1 State Constituency of the Taraba State House of Assembly. The APC candidate clinched the seat with 5,895 votes defeating the PDP candidate Ajuji Kanda Ali who got 5,488 votes, Badina Garba of the ADC, a renowned medical Doctor in the state who scored 1774 votes and the SDP candidate Abubakar Jamilu Garba who followed them with 149 votes. Declaring the results in Karim Lamido headquarter of the Local Government, the INEC returning officer said the election was highly contested and appreciated the candidates, their supporters, the entire people of Karim 1 State Constituency and all political Parties that participated in the bye election for exhibiting a high degree of maturity. The bye election followed the resignation of the former member, Dr. Mike Dio Jen who was appointed Commissioner for Tertiary Institutions by the G...
Nigeria Property Nigeria's no 1 blog for latest Nigeria Property, Nigeria House,Private Property Nigeria, Real Estate Nigeria, Lagos Island nigeria, lekki lagos real estate, arable farming land nigeria, Land for sale, to let,for sale and for rent. Friday, December 12, 2014 18 Critical Things Former President Obasanjo Said About President Jonathan In His New Book In his scathing new autobiography, My Watch, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo made a series of critical assertions against current President Goodluck Jonathan. Due to the nature of the content, an ally of President Jonathan attempted to use a court order to block the publication of the book. President Jonathan also personally contacted the former president to appeal that the book not be published until next year, after the 2015 presidential election. Despite this My Watch launched yesterday, Dec. 9, in Lagos, in the presence of prominent political figures and officials. Review of the three-volume text by ...
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