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About 29,581 Nigerians who fled their communities in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa as result of insurgent activities to Republic of Niger and Cameroun have voluntarily returned last year.

This is contained in a published report of humanitarian relief intervention by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) which was released
recently. 13,046 Nigerian returnees from Niger Republic in May, 2015 and were received in Geidam, Yobe State while Between April and...read more>>> http://acetranet..com.ng/2016/11/over-29000-displaced-nigerians-return.html

The state has a total of 1,647,973 registered voters, and 584,997 were accredited for the election while a total of 580,887 votes were cast. A total of 551,272 votes were valid and 29,615 votes were rejected across the 18 LGA in the state. Click to see the results>>> http://acetranet..com.ng/2016/11/full-result-of-ondo-governorship.html

No less than 30 lives were claimed in an apparent escalation of deadly violence between two rival groups that has flared repeatedly this year.
An ethnic Nande militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed about 30 civilians, mostly Hutus, on Sunday morning, local sources
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A tricycle rider, on Monday morning stabbed six officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) following a squabble.
The incidence which happened on Allen Avenue, Ikeja area of the state caused a minor commotion as people took to their heels as blood was spilt. Trouble started
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Thousands of people have demonstrated in a number of Indian cities against the government's ban on two major currency notes.

Earlier this month, the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes were banned overnight, causing chaos as people lined up at banks to...read more>>> http://acetranet..com.ng/2016/11/cash-ban-day-of-rage-in-india-photos.html

The number of people dying in the Australian city of Melbourne from a rare phenomenon called thunderstorm asthma has risen to six.

Three others are in a critical condition. Heavy rains and winds on Monday triggered thousands of pollen allergy asthma attacks in the state of
Victoria. Paramedics and hospitals were stretched to their limits as thousands phoned to report breathing problems.
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The Jesus look-alike who caused a stampede after he was spotted walking barefooted in the downtown Nairobi on Wednesday, has come out to react to
a crucifixion threat. Many might be...read more>>> http://acetranet..com.ng/2016/11/africa-jesus-look-alike-who-caused.html

Former Inspector General of Police, Sir Etim Okon Inyang, who died on Monday September 26th, was laid to rest in his home village of... read more>>> http://acetranet..com.ng/2016/11/burial-of-former-igp-etim-okon-inyang.html

"History will judge the enormous impact" of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro on the world, US President Barack Obama has said.

The death of Castro, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, was announced by his brother Raul on Friday night. Castro came to power in
1959, and ushered in a Communist revolution. He defied the US for decades, surviving many assassination plots. Supporters said he returned Cuba to the people. Critics called him a dictator.

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He took to Instagram to write an open letter to the boy child.

In the letter, he addressed the effects of social media on the male gender, how to address a lady and the importance of respect and fear of God. Read the beautiful piece below...

He Wrote -
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The controversial British photographer [url]David Hamilton[/url], best known for nude images of young girls, has died at his home in Paris at the age of 83.

The circumstances of his death are unclear. Some media reports suggest he killed himself. Hamilton had recently denied accusations that he had
in the past raped some of his teenage models. He made his name in the 1960s with soft-focus pictures of young girls published by major magazines.
The emergency services were called to his apartment in the French capital's 6th district (arrondissement) shortly after 20:30 local time (19:30 GMT), where he was found unresponsive. Local media are reporting that prescription drugs were found nearby.
In a book published last month, prominent TV presenter Flavie Flament described being raped in the 1980s by a famous photographer, without giving a name. In an interview with L'Obs weekly last week, Flament named Hamilton as her attacker. Other women then levelled similar accusations.

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The election commission in Wisconsin has received a request for a recount of the votes in the state narrowly won by Donald Trump more than two weeks ago.

The request was filed by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. Dr Stein has also pledged to file vote recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania. A
win by Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin alone would not overturn Mr Trump's lead - it provides only 10 votes in the crucial electoral college that gave him victory in the 8 November election.
But wins in Wisconsin, Michigan (16 electoral votes) and Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes) would have clinched the presidency for the Democrat. In a tweet, the Wisconsin Elections Commission said: "The Commission has received the Stein and Del La Fuente recount petitions." It added that details would be released shortly. Meanwhile, Dr Stein tweeted that the recount would begin next week. Friday was the deadline for the request.

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Pop group Little Mix are celebrating their first ever UK number one album.

Glory Days sold 96,000 copies in its first week on sale, beating Metallica and Bruno Mars to the top spot. The record is now the second fastest-selling
release of the year, after David Bowie's Blackstar, which shifted 146,000 copies in January.
Little Mix have also achieved the highest first-week figure for a UK girl group since The Spice Girls' Spiceworld notched up 192,000 sales in 1997. Metallica's Hard Wired... To Self Destruct has entered at number two, while Bruno Mars's 24K Magic has debuted at three.
Just below them, at number four, is Michael Ball and Alfie Boe's album of duets, Together, which has been certified gold in just two weeks, denoting 100,000 copies sold. Other new entries come from UB40, whose unplugged album has landed at number 17, while YouTube singer-songwriter Dodie has crept into the chart at 35 with her debut album Intertwined.
Elsewhere, Adele's 25 has climbed 10 places to number 23, thanks in part to the album being discounted by some retailers. Last week's number one, 24 Hrs by Olly Murs, has dropped to six in this week's countdown.

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Nigeria's security forces have killed more than 150 peaceful protestors since August 2015, a human rights group has claimed.

Amnesty International said the country's military used live ammunition and deadly force against pro-Biafra protestors who were campaigning for independence from Nigeria. Nigeria's police denies allegations that it used unnecessary force. The country's
army said Amnesty was trying to tarnish its reputation. Amnesty's report is based on interviews with almost 200 people, alongside more than 100 photographs and 87 videos.
Among the allegations contained in the report are what Amnesty called "extrajudicial executions", when 60 people were shot and killed in Onitsha, in the two days surrounding Biafra Remembrance Day in May 2016.
"This reckless and trigger-happy approach to crowd control has caused at least 150 deaths, and we fear the actual total might be far higher" said Makmid Kamara, Amnesty's interim director for Nigeria.

Other victims detailed in the report include a 26-year-old man who was shot in Nkpor, but hid in a gutter, still alive. He said when soldiers found him, they poured acid over him, and told him he would die slowly.

Another woman said she had been speaking to her husband on a mobile phone when he told her he had been shot in the abdomen. He was calling from a military vehicle, she said, and she heard gunshots. She later found his body in a morgue with two more wounds in his chest, leading her to believe he had been executed after the call.
The human rights organisation said pro-Biafra protests had been "large peaceful" despite occasional incidents of protester throwing stones and burning tyres - and one occasion when someone shot at police. "Regardless, these acts of violence and disorder did not justify the level of force used against the whole assembly."
But army spokesman Sani Usman that "the military and other security agencies exercised maximum restraints despite the flurry of provocative and unjustifiable violence".

A Biafran State
In the past year there have been a series of protests by supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra. The movement wants to create an independent state - Biafra - in the southeast of Nigeria, home to the Igbo people. A previous attempt to establish a state triggered the Nigerian civil war almost 50 years ago, in the aftermath of Nigeria's 1966 coup. Unaddressed grievances from 1966 lie at the heart of the Biafra movement's resurgence. Many Igbos feel that Nigeria is still punishing them for their previous attempt at secession.

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