SOCIETY NEWS

Tradition marks Igbo Union 2nd anniversary

By Hakeem Babalola

Cross-section

Budapest, Hungary - The Igbo Union Hungary celebrated its end of the year party on December 3 in a grand traditional together which started with the breaking of Kola-nut. Although the ritual was performed in Igbo language, African News Hungary was carried along with the help of an interpreter.

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Malawi to review anti-gay law
ByTatenda Malan, AfricaNews reporter in Namibia

Malawi has announced that it will review a list of legislation, including a ban on homosexual acts. "In view of the sentiments from the general public and in response to public opinion regarding certain laws, the government wishes to announce to the Malawi nation that it is submitting the relevant laws and provisions of laws to the Law Commission for review." Justice Minister Ephraim Chiume said in a statement.

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 Anti-gay legislation protest

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Anti-gay law: Nigerian govt talks tough
By Sani Tukur 


"We owe no one apology over anti-gay law"...Nigeria tells foreign countries to mind their business, and stop meddling in the country's law-making process. The Federal Government on Wednesday restated its determination to pass a law banning same-sex marriage and open display of affection by gays within its territory.

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Nigerians abroad beg money from home
 By Gbola Subair, Abuja

FOLLOWING the harsh economic situation being experienced by European countries and the United States of America, Nigerians in the diaspora are now going through difficult times and have resorted to begging money from those at home. 

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Woman Buried Alive, Digs Self Out with Ring

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Don't change money at Lagos airport's entrance

This is a great warning to everyone both foreign tourists and business visitors to Lagos, please under no circumstance should you change money from those who hang around the front of Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja.

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Zambia explains why Bush was not  arrested                                                                               By Mabvuto Phiri, Lusaka, Zambia  

Zambia received no sufficient information from Amnesty International to arrest former US President George W. Bush, the country's president Michael Sata said. The former US president was visiting Zambia this weekend to raise awareness about cervical and breast cancer.

PRESS RELEASE

"Free the refugees of Ferah"

The human rights organization has sent the Egyptian and international institutions and the media the personal data of the notorious trafficker in human beings who is holding 59 Eritrean migrants hostage and torturing them every day with his brothers. A photo of Abu Musa has been sent to the Egyptian authorities and the UN.

PHOTO NEWS

Nigeria's Anti-Gay legislation: Protest @ the Nigerian embassy 

The gay community in New York protested against the recently promulgated anti-gay legislation by the Nigerian national assembly. The protest took place at the Nigerian embassy in New York.

NEWS & REPORT

S/African police invade Nigerian embassy

 By Stephen Gbadamosi with agency report 

If necessary steps are not taken, a disagreement over visa refusal to some South Africans in Johannesburg during the week may develop into a major diplomatic row between Nigeria and South Africa. According to a South African newspaper, Saturday Star, some members of a local church had accused the Nigerian Consulate staff of demanding bribes from them before they could be granted visa to the country.

COMMENTARY

The CIA, Kwame Nkrumah, the destruction of Ghana 

Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was the first President of the first free nation in Africa, and a founding father of the Pan-Africanist movement. His dream was to turn Ghana into a modern industrial utopia – a society shaped by the power of science that would serve as a model for the rest of the African continent. At the heart of his plan was the Volta Dam, a hydroelectric power plant that would provide Ghana with all the cheap power that it would need to initiate an industrial revolution.

WORLD FOOTBALL

Brazil legend Socrates dies aged 57

Brazil's 1982 World Cup captain Socrates, the 'Golden Heel' renowned as one of the great playmakers of his generation, died in hospital on Sunday of septic shock at the age of 57. A smoker and drinker even in his playing days, Socrates had been on a life support system in Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital since Thursday when he was admitted suffering from food poisoning.

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Arrest Bush during Africa trip

Amnesty International called on Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia on Thursday to arrest former U.S. President George W. Bush for human rights violations when he visits Africa this month. As president from 2001 to 2009, Bush authorized the use of water boarding and other interrogation techniques that Amnesty and other human rights groups consider torture.