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2016-2017 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NIGERIA REPORT

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The conflict between the military and the armed group Boko Haram continued and generated a humanitarian crisis that affected more than 14 million people. The security forces continued to commit serious human rights violations including extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances. The police and military continued to commit torture and other ill-treatment. Conditions in military detention were harsh. Communal violence occurred in many parts of the country. Thousands of people were forcibly evicted from their homes. Boko Haram Boko Haram continued to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in the northeast, affecting 14.8 million people. The group continued to carry out attacks and small-scale raids throughout the year. The national and regional armed forces recaptured major towns from Boko Haram’s control. In its response to Boko Haram attacks, the military continued to carry out arbitrary arrests, detentions, ill-treatment and extrajudicial executions ...

BRIEF HISTORY OF RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCAST IN NIGERIA

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                         Broadcasting in general can be defined as the distribution of audio and/ or video content or other messages to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communication medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Simply put, broadcasting is the act of transmitting a program or information by radio or television. There are only three main types of broadcasting- radio broadcasting, television broadcasting and webcasting/live streaming.   Origin of Radio Broadcasting in Nigeria     The Nigeria Broadcasting Service (NBS) began broadcast in Lagos, Ibadan, Kaduna, Kano and Enugu on short wave and medium wave transmitters. In 1956, The Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) was established through a bill by the House of Representatives.     Meanwhile, in Nigeria, Radio started with the introduction of the Radio Di...

211 POWERFUL HOLY GHOST INSPIRED QUOTES FOR CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS

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Psalms 45:1-2 1. My heart is inditing a good matter : I speak of the things which I have made touching the king : my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2. Thou art fairer than the children of men : grace is poured into thy lips : therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Ecclesiastes 12: 9-11 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.  10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.                          11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man : and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. ...

WHAT IS YOUR POTENTIALS

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                             Life is not a rehearsal, as quoted by a preacher. we don’t have another life except for the one we have now, and I strongly believe that each and every one of us are endowed from the womb by God. We all have potentials and great destinies. But the question is, have you discovered your potentials? Have you been able to visualize your destiny? Have you discovered who you are? According to the dictionary, the word POTENTIAL is defined as ''existing in possibilities, not in actuality. Being potent; endowed with the energy adequate to produce a result'' Sometime I try to make friends with people only to study them and tell them about their wasting potentials. A lot of people are on the wrong side of destiny simply because they failed to discover their potentials. You can’t be successful on the wrong side of your destiny. Your potential is that thing that God deposited in y...