Criminal Herdsmen Waging War Against Nigeria – Jonathan

GOODLUCK JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday that terrorists, who disguise themselves as pastoralists are largely responsible for the frequent clashes in the north where thousands of people have been killed and property worth several millions of Naira destroyed.

After record strike, life returns to South African platinum town

An armored vehicle carrying banknotes for an ATM machine rolled down Marikana's dusty main street on Tuesday, a rare sight for locals in the gritty South African mining town starved of cash during a five-month platinum strike that has just ended.

Russia's Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin asked Russia's upper house on Tuesday to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine in defense of Russian-speakers there, the Kremlin said in a statement.
The step seemed certain to be welcomed by the West as a sign that Moscow was ready to help

South African officials arrested over Mandela memorial 'fraud'

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Six senior South African government officials were arrested on Monday for alleged fraud relating to the memorial service in December of former president Nelson Mandela, police said.

At least 22 killed in clashes in C.African Republic: witnesses

BANGUI - At least 22 people have been killed in two days of clashes in Central African Republic, witnesses said on Tuesday, as foreign troops struggle to curb cycles of violence between Muslim and Christian communities.

New labour threat looms after South Africa's longest strike ends

By Joe Brock
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The end of South Africa's longest strike will provide respite for its troubled platinum sector, but the stranglehold unions have over a flatlining economy has not loosened and more industrial action is looming.

Egypt's president says will not interfere in judicial rulings

Egypt President

CAIRO - Newly elected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday he would not interfere with judicial verdicts, following an international outcry over lengthy prison sentences given to three Al Jazeera journalists a day earlier.

#Nigerian security investigating possible mass kidnapping

By Felix Onuah
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces are investigating a possible mass kidnapping of villagers in the northeast state of Borno where Boko Haram Islamist militants abducted more than 200 schoolgirls two months ago, a security source said on Tuesday.

Does Tonto Dikeh’s new song Sugar Rush ft. D’Banj, sounds like Dorobucci ?

Tonto Dike & D'Banji

By OLUFEMI AJASA

Snippet of Tonto Dikeh’s new song, featuring D’Banj titled ‘Sugar Rush’ which was released yesterday sets DB records on high mention on the social media especially for its beats which sounds very attractive with its perceptual auditory association to trending song, Dorobucci.

Japan PM 'Sorry' Over Party Member's Sexism

The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologised after a member of his party barracked a female politician with sexist taunts.

Tokyo city assembly member Akihiro Suzuki has also said sorry and resigned from the ruling

Journalists: Egypt President Won't Intervene

Egypt's newly elected president has said he will not intervene over the jailing of three Al Jazeera journalists despite international condemnation.

Australian Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian national Mohammed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher

70 insurgents were killed in Borno air raid by soldiers

By Ndahi Marama, Abdulsalam Muhammad, CALEB AYANSINA & FATIMAH KAREEM

Maiduguri—Over 70 suspected Boko Haram terrorists, who participated in separate attacks on Chuha I, Chuha II and Korogilim villages of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State last weekend, have been killed in an air raid, with support from ground troops of the 7 Division,

Boko Haram ready to swap 219 girls with 70 detainees

BOKO HARAM INSUTGENT

According to report which emerged yesterday, they are also asking the government to grant amnesty to its members.
The Nation reports that a lawyer who has a close relationship with the insurgent, Hajiya Aisha Wakil also known as Mama Boko Haram, told AlJazeera English that the sect said they would free the girls only when these conditions are met.

Finally Timaya Ends Beef With Patoranking

Timaya had earlier said that the way Patoranking left his label, left him with a sour taste. Timaya had discovered and shot Pato's first video.
Patoranking had been part of Timaya's Dem Mama soldiers but he did not sign any contract

Boko Haram Abducts 91 Persons From Seven Villages In Borno

BOKO HARAM

Members of the radical Islamist sect- Boko Haram have abducted 91 persons from seven villages in Borno State, vanguard reports.
According to a local vigilante official, who made this known on Monday night, said the sect

British Jihadist Was Prayer Caller At Mosque

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent

A third jihadist featured in a recruitment video released by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been identified as a prayer caller at a city mosque in Aberdeen.

Abdul Rakib Amin settled in the northeast of Scotland with his family after travelling from Bangladesh.

Dangote gets $300m facility for refinery construction

BY EDIRI EJOH, with agency report

Dangote Industries  Limited has secured a $300 million facility from African Development Bank, AFDB to finance the construction of its crude oil refinery and Greenfield fertilizer manufacturing plant.

I buried ex-Customs officer, daughter alive — Herbalist

BY EVELYN USMAN

LAGOS— EmotionS ran high, yesterday, at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following the startling confession of a 64-year‑old herbalist, on how he buried a 68-year‑old retired Customs

Sudan's Meriam Ibrahim 'Freed' From Prison

A woman sentenced to death after being accused of converting from Islam to Christianity has been released from prison, according to her lawyer.

The case of Meriam Ibrahim, who is married to a Christian American, triggered an international

8 died, 20 injured in Monday afternoon blast in Kano

Victims

By Abdulsalam Muhammad
KANO – A suicide bomber blew himself up alongside 7 others Monday afternoon, while 20 sustained life threatening injury at Kano School of Hygiene Technology located along Gida