en-ng-hotdailynews: 2015-08-31 Nigeria World

Egypt sentences 3 Al-Jazeera reporters to 3 years in prison
Philippine Star
Marwa Fahmy wife of Canadian Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohammed Fahmy, left, talks to policemen following the verdict in a courtroom in Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced three Al-Jazeera ...

Greste calls for Sisi pardon after Egypt jails Al-Jazeera journalists   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
The Latest: Greste Calls on El-Sissi to 'Undo Injustice'   New York Times
UPDATE 5-Egyptian court sentences 3 Al Jazeera journalists to prison   Reuters
Hindustan Times
Ahram Online
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Foreigner arrested in Bangkok bombing case
New Zealand Herald
Police have arrested a suspect in relation to the Bangkok shrine bombing. Photo / Thai Police. Thai authorities arrested a foreign man they said had been holed up in a suburban apartment with bomb-making equipment and stacks of passports, the first ...

Unseen security footage underscores patchy Bangkok blast probe   Zee News

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Indian village council orders rape of two sisters
The Nation
New Delhi - An unofficial, all-male village council in India's Uttar Pradesh state has ordered the rape of two young sisters after their brother eloped with a woman of a higher caste, a report published on the Hindustan Times said. The 'sentence' was ...
Thousands urge help for Indian sisters 'ordered raped'   The News International
Sisters sentenced to be raped in India   Sky News Australia
Indian sisters facing rape as dishonour punishment   New Zealand Herald
TVNZ
Herald Sun
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Death toll lower for Swaziland crash: police
Sky News Australia
Police have given a much lower toll than previously reported for a road accident in Swaziland involving girls heading to a traditional royal ceremony. "Thirteen people have died and the toll hasn't risen since the accident,' police spokesman Khulekani ...
Confusion still reigns over death-toll in horror Swaziland accident   Times LIVE
Dozens of women killed in crash en route to King of Swaziland's dancing virgin ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Swaziland: Festival continues despite calls to mourn dancers   New Zealand Herald

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Reuters

Egypt sets Oct election date, after three years without parliament
Reuters
CAIRO Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election, starting on Oct. 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, the final step in a process to bring back democracy that critics say has been tainted by widespread repression. Egypt has been ...

Delayed Egypt elections to start on Oct 17   The Sun Daily
Egypt elections to start on October 17   ABS CBN News
Egypt sets long delayed parliamentary election date to begin October 17   ABC Online
Sky News Australia
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Graft suspect, Audu emerges APC's Kogi flagbearer
Daily Times Nigeria
Former Governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, on Sunday received the nod of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to seek a return to the office he had occupied twice. He is currently being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes ...

Kogi 2015: Audu emerges APC candidate   The Nation Newspaper
Ex-Gov. Abubakar Audu Wins Kogi APC Governorship Primary Election   The Streetjournal
Audu emerges Kogi APC governorship candidate   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Leadership Newspapers
Pulse Nigeria
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IANS

Pakistan rejects report on fastest growing nuclear arsenal
IANS
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistan on Friday strongly rejected a report published by a US think tank, which claimed that Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world. “The report is utterly baseless,” said Qazi Khalilullah, the foreign ...
HC summoned to Foreign Affairs Ministry   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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57000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, Chad, Niger – NEMA
The Punch
A total of 57,743 Nigerians are living as refugees in various camps in the Republics of Cameroon, Chad and Niger, the National Emergency Management Agency has said. According to NEMA, the Nigerian refugees live in eight different camps in Cameroon, ...

FG begins rehabilitation of over 57000 Nigerian refugees in neigbouring countries   DailyPost Nigeria
57, 000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, Niger, Chad, says NEMA   Daily Trust
IDPs: NEMA shifts attentions to rehabilitation, alleges expulsion 12000 ...   WorldStage
The Nation Newspaper
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Wike, Amaechi disagree on corruption, witch-hunt
The Nation Newspaper
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have disagreed on the governor's anti-corruption crusade and the alleged witch-hunt of his ...

Amaechi slams Wike, says probe panel, illegal   DailyPost Nigeria
Amaechi Faults Rivers Probe Panel Over Corruption Charges   Leadership Newspapers
Wike: Amaechi's Stand on Judicial Commission of Inquiry Laughable   THISDAY Live
Daily Trust
Pulse Nigeria
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Beware of political hacks - Ogun warns citizens
WorldStage
The Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Barr Taiwo Adeoluwa, has reacted to the spate of criticisms against the state government in the mainstream and social media on the recent sanctions imposed on some education workers by the Civil Service ...

Ogun And The Politics Of Examination Paper   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Olufunso Amosun: God will forgive the rumour mongers   The News
Amosun's Wife Denies Money Laundering Story   Leadership Newspapers
Premium Times
Daily Trust
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