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http://ift.tt/2rCRE7c A participant waves as former US president Barack Obama leaves the stage after the panel discussion with the German Chancellor during the Protestant church day (Kirchentag) event at the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) in Berlin on May 25, 2017. Barack Obama attends a panel dicussion with Angela Merkel in Berlin before heading to Baden-Baden to receive a German media prize. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL Former United States President Barack Obama said at a Berlin reunion with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday he was “heartbroken” by a suicide bombing that killed 22 people in Manchester. “We can see the terrible violence that took place just recently in Manchester… it’s a reminder that there is great danger of terrorism and people who would do great harm to others just because they’re different,” Obama told a crowd at the German capital’s Brandenburg Gate. He and Merkel had sent a joint message of condolence to the families of those killed in the M...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI The Borno state police Command on Saturday confirmed the twin suicide attacks that shook the premises of University of Maiduguri. The incidents which occurred simultaneously at about 1:30am in the night is coming barely few hours when thousands of Candidates were billed to write their 2017 JAMB in the university. Likewise, the attacks took place few hours to the time when dignitaries including the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and top government officials were expected to grace the wedding Fatiha of a daughter of Senator Abubakar Kyari (Borno North) in Maiduguri. The university which is situated at the outskirt of the metropolis had witnessed several suicide attacks. According to Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Isuku, the suicide bombers hurriedly detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies, killing themselves and a university security personnel in the process, while a soldier was reported injured in the explosion, and is curr...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Some beneficiaries of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government N-power programme in Nasarawa have protested the non-payment of their five months stipend. The protesters, who carried placards and leaves, marched for over five kilometres from the Lafia Branch of United Bank for Africa to the Government House. Spokesman of the group, Abdulkareem Isiaka, said most of their members have not been paid since the programme started five months ago. He said the protest was to draw the attention of the concerned authority to come to their aid by ensuring that they get their money as at when due. “All those who are yet to be paid have already reported to their respective places of primary assignment. “We have reported to the authority at the various local government areas, yet nothing was done about it hence the need for the protest. “Maybe they are not reporting the case to the appropriate authority, but with this protest now the authority will be aware th...