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MORE THAN 100,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE LATEST ESCALATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNICEF SAID ON SUNDAY, WARNING THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS VIOLENCE SPREADS.(PHOTO).

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 More than 100,000 children have been displaced by the latest escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF said on Sunday, warning the numbers are expected to rise as violence spreads. Since Dec. 1, intense fighting has uprooted more than 500,000 people, with children accounting for over 100,000 of those displaced in South Kivu alone, the UN agency said in a statement released Sunday. It said since Dec. 2, hundreds have been killed in the fighting, and children have been among the victims, with four students killed, six injured, and at least seven schools attacked or damaged. The rapid escalation has forced hundreds of thousands of children and families to flee within Congo and into neighboring Burundi and Rwanda, it added. Many people fleeing the violence have crossed into Burundi, with over 50,000 new arrivals reported between Dec. 6 and 11, nearly half of them children, UNICEF said, adding that the numbers are expected to rise as more displaced are identified. “Chi...
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GAMBIA'S PRESIDENT,RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET AFTER COUP ATTEMPT.

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               Yesterday monday,Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh,made some changes in his cabinet after a coup attempt.He reshuffled three major positions in his government.He reshuffled the ministry of foreign affairs,the ministry of information and the ministry of transport.He replaced every of the above mentioned ministry their ministers,and replaced them with fresh and ex serving ministers from other ministries.Prosecutors in the United States yesterday monday,charged a Texas business man with bankrolling and trying to lead the coup with the support of a former U.S Army Sergent.President Jammeh who came to power in a 1994 coup,has accused foreign based dissidents of being behind the coup bid.Though Jemmeh was out of the country when gunmen attacked the capital Banjul,late 2014 December.One more photo below.                                        ...
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GOVERNOR FASHOLA,REDUCES THE COST OF LAND TRANSACTIONS IN LAGOS STATE.

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              Yesterday monday,Lagos state Governor Raji Fashola,passed into law an executive bill,reducing the cost of land transactions in Lagos state.EXECUTIVE ORDER EO/BRF/001 OR 2015,states that ''Unless otherwise indicated,the valuation of landed property for the determination of tax and other charges payable shall be by reference to the statement of fair market value,produced by relevant professionals,adopted by the state Government and published from time to time in the official government Gazette''.The order which takes immediate effect,reduces consent fee from 6% to 1.5%,while capital Gain tax,which was previously 2% is now 0.5%,while Registration fees has been reduced from 3 percent to 0.5%.Well i believe this new bill will make a big difference during land registration.
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CIARA FANS ARE WONDERING WHAT SHE IS FEEDING HER BABY,#HIS TOO BIG.

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                                  American female musician Ciara,posted a very vulnerable picture of she and her son late monday night,but the picture in now been faced with a lot of criticism from her fans who are wondering what Ciara is feeding her son.Ciara gave birth to her son in 2014,but her fans believes that her son is too fat for his age.Ciara captioned the photo above ''#Usie''.What do you think,is Ciara son too big for his age?.Read her fans reactions below.                                                                                                                               ...
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