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Canada deported Leon Mugesera, accused of helping to incite the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, ending his 15-year legal battle to avoid returning to his homeland. “Leon Mugesera is now airbound for Kigali! Thank ordinary ppl in Canada who saw thru confusion in int’l legal labyrinth and said ‘he must go,’” Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said in a message on ...

Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, popularly known as Seal, and his wife Heidi Klum are planning to end their almost 7 years of marriage. The couple got married on May 10, 2005 and have 3 biological kids. Seal adopted Heidi’s eldest girl from a previous relationship. Seal is a British soul and R&B singer-songwriter born to a Nigerian mother ...

Investigations by pointblanknews.com has revealed how the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Hafiz Ringim and his cronies, Thursday in Abuja, presented a fake suspect to Police Affairs Minister, Caleb Olubolade, purported to be Kabir Sokoto, the Christmas Day Bomb suspect, in a desperate bid to beat the 24 hour deadline by President Goodluck Jonathan. This is even as police sources ...

(AFP) Nigerian police foiled fresh attacks in the city of Kano Monday, discovering eight bomb-laden cars and over 100 unexploded devices around sites attacked last week. “So far we have discovered over 100 home-made bombs in the operation we have launched in bomb recovery in different parts of the city,” said a senior police official on condition of anonymity. He ...

Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison Madueke’s son, Ugonna Madueke, has responded to the publication of several of his photographs on various internet sites depicting a lavish lifestyle, while his mother is entangled in allegations of corruption in the oil sector. Here are the pictures and his response: “A Wicked Attack On My Person Via Internet Photos” It was with great ...