Nigerian Airforce ends disaster management programme as Bayelsa urges collaboration with NEMA
Nigeria April 19, 2013
The Bayelsa State Government has challenged other security agencies to take a cue from the Nigerian Air Force to join forces with the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) to reduce the impact of natural disasters in the country. Governor Seriake Dickson made the call at the Banquet Hall... Read more
American missionary pilot missing off West African coast
Africa April 18, 2013
(AP) — The small plane carrying only its American pilot disappeared 10 days ago just miles from a refueling stop at a West African island in the middle of a tropical storm of thunder and lightning. Since then, searches with a plane and boats have found no trace of... Read more
Disagreement over Mandela’s companies widens
Africa April 18, 2013
(AP) — A granddaughter of Nelson Mandela has harshly criticized a longtime associate of the former president and anti-apartheid leader, in an escalation of a dispute over funds linked to one of the world’s most revered figures. Tukwini Mandela accused lawyer George Bizos of insulting her mother, slandering... Read more
(AP) — Rebel fighters in Central African Republic seized the presidential palace when they overtook the capital in March, though when it came to setting up shop they set their sights a bit loftier: the city’s sole luxury hotel. With no advance reservation, rebels armed with rocket-propelled grenades... Read more
(AP) — Kenya’s Red Cross says two children buried in a landslide overnight have died, as the country’s death toll from heavy flooding rose to 41. The Red Cross said Wednesday that the landslide in Narok County happened after a heavy downpour that destroyed houses and farms. The two... Read more
(AP) — Outside a dilapidated two-story building, Abdi Ali says goodbye to his veiled girlfriend Anisa and they take two separate streets to avoid attention. Soon they’re aboard a minibus heading outside Mogadishu, pretending they don’t know each other. After more than two hours of travel, they arrive at... Read more
(AP) — The name of Zimbabwe’s last white leader, who ceded power to Robert Mugabe 33 years ago and who died six years ago, has at last been removed from the nation’s list of 5.7 million registered voters. The state Electoral Commission says Ian Smith, the former prime minister,... Read more
A day after northern Emirs called for amnesty to be granted to members of the extremist group, Boko Haram and hours after Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan approved the constitution of a committee to implement an amnesty for the group, a bomb went off just a few meters from the... Read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the constitution of a 26-member Presidential Committee to “constructively engage key members of Boko Haram and define a comprehensive and workable framework for resolving the crisis of insecurity in the country.” The committee is to come up with the following: 1. Develop a framework... Read more
Northern emirs demands amnesty for Nigerian extremist group
News April 17, 2013
Not long after he echoed the few calling for amnesty for members of the extremist sect, Boko Haram, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III has been joined by other Northern Emirs in calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to implement the proposed amnesty by releasing members of the... Read more
