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South Africa Buries Mandela Amidst Military Pomp and Traditional Rites

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, December 15th, 2013

Reuters) South Africa will bury Nelson Mandela on Sunday, closing one momentous chapter in its tortured history and opening another in which the multi-racial democracy he founded will have to discover if it can thrive without its central pillar. The Nobel peace laureate, who suffered 27 years in apartheid prisons before emerging to preach forgiveness […]

Desmond Tutu changes mind, to attend Mandela’s burial

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, December 14th, 2013

The spokesman for retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu says the Nobel prize-winning cleric has changed his plans and will attend the funeral of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Roger Friedman said late Saturday that Tutu will take a flight early Sunday morning in order to attend Mandela’s funeral service in Qunu. He did not say what brought […]

First Lady, Patience Jonathan, moves to end Boko Haram insurgence

Posted by admin Boko Haram, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan Saturday, December 14th, 2013

-Vanguard First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan on Friday inaugurated the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme Maternal and Child Health otherwise known as MAMA Project with a declaration that henceforth she should no longer be called Patience but “Mama Peace.” According to her, the peace evangelism was what she would be preaching to bring an end […]

U.S. warns North Korean after execution of leader’s uncle

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Saturday, December 14th, 2013

SEOUL (AFP) – The United States has warned North Korea against any “provocative acts” following the shock execution of leader Kim Jong-Un’s uncle, as the reclusive state campaigned to rally support behind the young supremo. Washington also sought to step up talks with its Asian allies, voicing concern over regional stability after Jang Song-Thaek — […]

Mali unrest: Kidal attack kills two UN peacekeepers

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, United Nations Saturday, December 14th, 2013

-BBC Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in a car bomb blast in the north-east Malian town of Kidal. The blast hit a bank guarded by the peacekeepers and set fire to a UN armoured vehicle, eyewitnesses said. Three other people have been wounded. More casualties are feared as the bank building collapsed. […]

Mandela: ‘Fake Interpreter’ has faced criminal charges, news network says

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, December 14th, 2013

-Punch The sign language interpreter ridiculed for his incoherent translation of the Mandela memorial service has faced a multitude of criminal charges in the past, including murder, attempted murder and kidnapping, South African news network eNCA reported on Friday. The network said it received documents from a senior police source that show Thamsanqa Jantjie was […]

Court clears El-Rufai over Abuja lands

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Friday, December 13th, 2013

» From GODWIN TSA, Abuja An Abuja high court yesterday freed former Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of charges of abuse of power while in office Justice Sadiq Abubakar Umar who delivered the judgment said the prosecu-tion has failed to establish a Prima facie case against the former minister. […]

Boko Haram threatens to bomb UNIMAID, others

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Friday, December 13th, 2013

Boko Haram members Fear has gripped the residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital, as the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic Sect has again threatened to attack selected areas of the city. It was gathered that the Boko Haram Sect singled out the University of Maiduguri as the next target of its planned attacks on […]

Crisis: Speaker, Rivers House of Assembly write IGP

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers Friday, December 13th, 2013

Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Honourable Otelemaba Amachree | credits: www.nigeriainfo.fm The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Amachree, and the House have sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, asking him to take judicial notice of an appeal challenging the ruling of an […]

Chinese firms sign $733m cement deal in Nigeria, Myanmar

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, December 13th, 2013

Two Chinese firms, Sinoma and CITIC Heavy Industries, have agreed deals totalling $733m to produce cement in Nigeria and Myanmar, respectively, as they expand in emerging markets overseas. Reuters reported that Sinoma International Engineering Company Limited, a unit of China National Materials Company Limited, signed a $536m contract with Nigeria’s Dangote Cement Plc, Sinoma […]