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                      Today wednesday it was reported that at least six people were killed and 30 injured in northern Cameroon by two Islamist suicide bombers at a Muslim funeral gathering.The attackers were from Boko Haram,the group based in neighboring Nigeria according to Reuters.One of the officials said the attack in Nguetchewe,about 10 km {6 miles} east of the Nigerian border and it is the first known Boko Haram strike in Cameroon at a funeral gathering,although the militants have made an attack on a baptism in the past.One more photo below.                                                                                    

                       Few days ago,Senate President Bukola Saraki who attended Aba Trade fair shared some pictures on his social media pages with the caption ''I had fun today at the 'Made in Aba' Trade Fair.It was amazing to see the ingenuity and quality of Nigerian made products.In my remarks,i promised that the National Assembly would work on amending the Procurement Act by changing the word ''may to ''shall'' to ensure that Nigerian Products are given first priority over their foreign counterparts in the procurement process''.I just also got an information that Saraki has taken to Public Relations in a bid to boost and advertise Made-in-Nigeria goods and services.Saraki used his official Twitter account to urge Nigerians to share their websites,goods and services so that he can help them publicize it to his audience across the world.He wrote ''Share your website,if you have one so i can help retweet.Also other business det...

                  Yesterday tuesday four Catholic reverend sisters were killed in an auto-crash along the Nkarasi/Alok axis of the Ikom/Ogoja highway in Cross River State.Two other reverend sisters,who were critically injured,were rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Ikom.The six reverend sisters were in a Toyota Sienna car from Ogoja local government area to Biase local government,when the unfortunate incident occurred.The vehicle was driven by one of the sisters.A eyewitness said the accident occurred when a truck carrying soft drinks lost control and veered into their lane causing a head on collision.May their souls rest in peace,Amen.One more photo below.                                              

                        According to CCTV,the Tripoli based administration led by Khalifa Ghwell has threatened to shut the border with Tunisia if the Tunisian authorities do not reopen Tunis airport to Libyan carriers.Speaking at a press conference in Tripoli today,Tripoli's foreign minister,Ali Abuzakuk said that it would take action on the basis of what he claimed was reciprocity.Tunisia ordered all Libyan airlines to stop using Tunis-Carthage Airport at the beginning of December supposedly as a security measure following the 24 November suicide bombing in the Tunisian capital.It was intended to be for one month but was then extended.Three days ago,the ban was relaxed,but Tunis Carthage is still off limits to Libyan carriers.Further speaking of reciprocity,Abuzakuk also appeared to threaten that Turks and Jordanians will in future be required to have visas to travel to Libya {or at least to Tripoli}.He said that Libya would ...

                                                Ben Murray Bruce  who took to his social media page few hours to advice Nigerians on how we can improve education by writing ''If we really want to improve education,Nigeria's immediate priority should be to #PayTeachersWell before giving Nasco biscuit to pupils.Even if we give students all the Nasco Biscuit in the world and we do not #PayTeachersWell,we will end up with biscuit illiterates.If we do not #PayTeacchersWell and we give them Nasco biscuits to give their students,guess whose stomach the biscuits are going to end up in?.My name is Ben Murray-Bruce and i just want to make Commonsense!''.One more photo below.