Solomon Chukwu, the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB) has said that the projected independent Biafra state will also include the Niger Delta region of the country.

The group has been agitating for an independent Biafra state and its members have staged several protests calling for a break away from Nigeria.

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1831
Darwin began his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.

1900
Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashed her first saloon.

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1776
George Washington defeated the Hessians at Trenton.
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Fresh revelations have emerged on how the Islamic Movement in Nigeria popularly known as Shi’ite started the Boko Haram insurgency in the country as far back as 1997.

This revelation, according to The Nation, was made by the Muhammad Idris, the president of the Human Rights on Non-Violent Initiative, a civil society organisation..

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged journalists how to behave with the news when Nigeria is at war, saying that Nigeria army has met the deadline on Boko Haram.

Lai Mohammed was speaking in Lagos on Wednesday, December 23, during the interactive session with newsmen.

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There was drama at a Federal High Court in Abuja today, December 23, when Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra and a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) made an objection in court.

But instead of answering the clerk’s question, Kanu began by saying he has an objection to make. His counsel, Vincent Obetta, in his advice urged his client to wait for the case to be fully mentioned before any further objection.

After the clerk was done with calling of the case and the accused person, the judge, A. R. Mohammed, said: “It will be good to appreciate and take into consideration the objection raised by the defendant.”

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How animals can give you tuberculosis
By Meera Senthilingam,

In 2014, an estimated 9.6 million people were infected by tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organization. Potentially fatal -- 1.5 million died from it the same year -- it is a disease known to be spread from human to human. But a subset of those contracting the disease today are getting it from infected animals.

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