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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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IS BODE GEORGE GOING ON EXILE AFTER BUHARI WON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?

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                                   Bode George who was the former Deputy National Chaiman of the Peoples Democratic Party {PDP},said to Vangard newspaper that ''What will i be doing here? i can decide to go and live anywhere.Look at everyone surrounding him {Buhari}.So i am not joking about it,what will i be doing here?.At 70,what will i be doing here?.All we have been doing to restructure the country has been lost.We have been trying to ensure balance in the polity but all that,has gone,then what else will i be doing here?.NTA even tweeted that Bode might go on exile now that Buhari won.Read NTA tweet below.                                                                    
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READ ORUBEBE'S APOLOGY SPEECH TO NIGERIANS BELOW,AFTER HE ACCUSED JEGA ON NATIONAL TV OF COMPROMISE.

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                                 Godsay Orubebe,who was a former Niger Delta Affairs Minister,challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} Chairman Attahiru Jega during the collation of election results in Abuja,accusing Jega of compromise.Orubebe took hold of the micro phone at the centre and sat on the stage while criticizing Jega's handling of the results collation.But last night after it was obvious that Buhari had won,Orubebe said during a 30 minutes press briefing in Abuja that he regretted his action for allowing his emotion to overwhelm him.Orubebe pleaded with Niger Delta youths not to perpetrate violence because of the election of Gen Muhammadu Buhari.''Election is a passionate thing and i really regret what took place during the results collation.I was unnecessarily pushed by Jega to get to that level.I want to apologise particularlyto young Nigerians that took up to take p...
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