TANZANIA STEPPING UP CRACKDOWN ON CRITICS AFTER RECENT POLLS, UN WARNS. (PHOTO).

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 Tanzania stepping up crackdown on critics after recent polls, UN warns Tanzania has stepped up its crackdown on opponents after contested elections in October that were marred by deadly violence, the United Nations warned Friday, AFP reported. Rights groups say more than 1,000 people were shot dead during three days of protests over elections on October 29 that the opposition and foreign observers describe as fraudulent. Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan retained the presidency with 98 percent of the vote, but the main opposition candidates were either jailed or disqualified. "The government has intensified a crackdown against opponents since the vote," UN human rights office spokesman Seif Magango told a press briefing in Geneva. "Reports indicate that since mid-November, dozens of individuals including academics, civil society actors and local political leaders have been detained, with several arrests allegedly carried out by unidentified armed personnel....

GOVERNOR WIKE,INCREASED NYSC ALLOWANCE IN RIVERS STATE TODAY,BY N5,000.

                   Today wednesday,Governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike speaking at the Rivers State National Youth Service Corps,NYSC headquarters in Port Harcourt,where he made the annoucement and from the pictures above,the Corp members were so happy about the increment after they lost one of their mates during the re-run election.Governor Wike increased their money by N5,000.He increased the monthly allowance of corps members serving outside Port Harcourt from N10,000 to N15,000.He also increased the state monthly allowance of corps members serving in Port Harcourt from N5,000 to N10,000.He also promised that the state government will immortalise slain corps member,Samuel Okonta,who was killed during the rerun parliamentary polls in Rivers.Governor Wike said ''The death of this corps member is unfortunate and condemnable.I urge the police to thoroughly investigate the crime.The outcome of the investigation should be made public so that those involved are prosecuted.The killing of this corps member must not be swept under the carpet''.More photos below.                                                                                                                             b

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