Former PR manager turns drinks vendor

About two decades ago, Nathaniel Iyanda, 63, was well known to many petroleum marketers and other key players in the oil and gas sector, who always sought his services as a public relations and advertising expert.

Iyanda was a pioneer member of the Board of Advertisers Association of Nigeria. Until May 1997, he was the Public Relations/Advertising Manager of the defunct Texaco Nigeria Plc (now MRS Plc).

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Jaji, Abuja Terror Attacks: Army, police arrest 22 officers

 Abuja Nigeria : The police and army authorities have separately begun investigations into the twin bombings at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, and the attack on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad headquarters in Abuja.

Saturday PUNCH’s investigations showed that the army authorities had arrested 10 soldiers, including men and officers on duty when the incident occurred on Sunday.

It was also learnt that 12 policemen were currently being detained over the terror attack on the SARS headquarters on Monday.  

It was reliably gathered that both agencies – the military and the police – suspected that the attacks were carried out with the assistance of internal collaborators.

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2 years after CWG & after 1 year in jail, Lalit Bhanot is IOA boss

NEW DELHI: Two years ago, he faced allegations of graft in the organization of the controversy-ridden Commonwealth Games, which eventually resulted in him spending almost a year in jail. Today, Lalit Bhanot is back as boss of the Indian Olympic Association.

Bhanot was the secretary-general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and widely perceived as a close aide of Suresh Kalmadi, who headed the OC. His remarkable comeback - his election as IOA general secretary is a formality as he faces no opponent - tells a tale of backroom intrigue and power politics that saw him partner Haryana politician Abhey 

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South Delhi garbage dump is home to a family of 6

NEW DELHI: Most people who hurry past the garbage dump at Masjid Moth would find it difficult to stand there for a few minutes because of the all-pervading stench. But for Shobhraj Kumar and his family of six, the dump is home. The 62-year-old says he has been living in the 20-square-feet concrete dhalao (dump) for the good part of 38 years.

The family, which collects refuse from nearby apartment buildings, even has two small children — Aditya, who is a year old, and Sagar, 2, living amidst the garbage. They are the kids of Kumar's younger son, who got married a few years ago in Gorakhpur and brought his bride 

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Search for missing people after Kashmir avalanche continue

At least 18 people are missing, including eight Pakistani soldiers, after being hit by an avalanche in the disputed Kashmir region, officials say.

The avalanche struck in the mountainous Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
The soldiers were searching for colleagues hit by an earlier avalanche when they were struck by a second fall.

Officials said the hunt for the missing was being hampered by bad weather and the region's harsh terrain.

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Plane crashes houses in Congo killing 30

A CARGO plane has crashed at Brazzaville Airport, in Congo's capital, as it was trying to land in a storm, killing the crew and around 30 residents, emergency services and witnesses say.

 

Around 30 local people were killed as the aircraft skidded off the runway and crashed into houses and a bar before crashing into a ravine, said Georgelin Massemba, head of the emergency services.

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Britain suspends aid to Rwanda

BRITAIN says it will withhold STG21 million ($A32 million) in aid to Rwanda following concerns over its support of rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

The announcement by International Development Secretary Justine Greening follows the widely criticised decision by her predecessor, Andrew Mitchell, to restore a tranche of aid in September following its suspension in July.

Britain meanwhile said it would give a further STG18 million to provide 100,000 people in DR Congo with food, water, household items and emergency education, as the advance of M23 rebels sparks fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.

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Secret files show Kenya 1959 Hola detention camp massacre cover-up

SECRET documents just released show how British colonial authorities in Kenya tried to hush up the 1959 Hola detention camp massacre, in which 11 men were beaten to death.

 

The files shed more light on the March 3, 1959 deaths during the Mau Mau uprising, which were initially blamed on contaminated water, though autopsies found the men were severely beaten. No prosecutions were ever brought.

The papers revealed that prison camp staff made no attempt to tell the truth about what happened, while the government minister for Britain's colonies wanted the incident to "drop out of sight", according to the files released on Friday.

Many more Kenyans were injured in the incident.

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Pakistan to free more Taliban prisoners

PAKISTAN has agreed to free more Taliban prisoners in the future, a move considered a key step to coaxing the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war in Afghanistan.

 

The decision was announced in a statement by the foreign ministry in Islamabad after a one-day visit by Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasoul, who held talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Hina Rabbani Khar.

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Hillary Clinton jokes about a presidential run

The incessant chatter about a 2016 presidential run by Hillary Rodham Clinton has gotten to the point where she seems to be making jokes about it.

The secretary of State -- and the spouse of ex-president Bill Clinton -- appeared to reference the rumors during a speech Friday in which she praised top aide Jake Sullivan.

"When Jake Sullivan first came to work for me, I told my husband about this incredibly bright rising star -- Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law School -- and my husband said, 'Well, if he ever learns to play the saxophone, watch out,'" Clinton said.

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Man kills Wyoming professor, woman, self

A man wielding a "sharp-edged weapon" — possibly a bow and arrows — killed a Casper College faculty member during a science class Friday morning, then committed suicide, Wyoming police say.

Earlier, the suspect murdered a pajama-clad woman on a city street near campus.
Police Chief Chris Walsh said the male faculty member and the killer were found dead in a classroom at the community college's physical science center about 9 a.m. MT (11 a.m. ET). The barefoot woman was found about 2 miles away Hawthorne Avenue, the Casper Star-Tribune reports.

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Obama hits the road to talk tax rates

President Obama is taking to the road today to press his case for adopting his plan to avert the "fiscal cliff."
Obama will visit the Rodon Group, a company in the Philadelphia suburbs called K'Nex Brands, a construction toy company whose products include Tinkertoy and Angry Birds Building Sets.

The trip comes one day after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with congressional leaders and presented a plan that included $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over the next decade, while maintaining the George W. Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class. That offer was rejected by the Republican leadership, which opposes hiking taxes for any Americans.

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