Thousands gather to bury Ghana’s Mills

Accra (AFP) – Thousands of mourners from presidents and dignitaries to ordinary Ghanaians arrived in the capital’s Independence Square on Friday for the funeral of president John Atta Mills.

His body lay in state early Friday, for a third straight day, for a final viewing before being placed in a black limousine for the short drive to the funeral site under military guard.

JTF recovers rocket launchers from terrorists in Maiduguri

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State yesterday announced its recovery of nine Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers from a hideout of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in Maiduguri.

Also seized were four AK47 rifles, one General Purpose Machine Gun ( GPMG), 11 chargers, 1,032 rounds of ammunition, three AK47 Magazines and three Wooden Butts.

Meet Barack Obama's Brother, who lives in a ghetto in Kenya

As a tall, strangely familiar figure leaves his one-room shack in a notorious African slum this week, a few people jokingly call out to him: ‘Mister President! Mister President!’


Heading for breakfast through his junk-strewn yard, stepping over streams of sewage, the appearance of this slim, angular man prompts giggles and pointing from children in rags playing in the muck.

late Ghana president to be laid to rest today



The funeral of Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, who died suddenly in July, is to be held in the capital Accra. It is a day that they would bury Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the first Ghanaian president to die in office. Today is a climax of a three-day burial programme, which began on Wednesday. Mills is to be buried on the grounds of the seat of government at Osu Castle in Accra, the Ghanaian Capital.

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton Refuses to spend the night in Nigeria because of security fears

 



The heightening of security in Abuja on Thursday notwithstanding, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, shelved many of the activities scheduled for her and left Nigeria for Ghana.

She later held a meeting with the Ghanaian President, Mr. John Mahama, at his residence in Accra. She is billed to participate in the state funeral for the late President John Attah Mill.

Dana Air Crash :Journalists Assaulted At LASUTH

Journalists Assaulted During Release Of Bodies of Dana Air Crash Victims At LASUTH.more photos when you continue

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30 HIV Lovers wed in Jigawa State

Thirty persons living with HIV and AIDS have entered into marriage contract under the couple matchmaking scheme initiated by the Jigawa Action Committee on AIDS.

The Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Bashir Ahmad, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Wednesday that the measure was to control the scourge in the state.

Ahmad said the agency, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria, had so far trained 50 HIV positive women on various trades.

Odumosu comes last in 400m women’s Olympic hurdles Final

Nigeria’s Ajoke Odumosu failed to ignite the country’s hope for a medal, as she came eighth in the 400m hurdles on Wednesday night.

She followed the footsteps of Blessing Okagbare who gave so much hope in the heats but placed last in the 100m final following 'injury'.The 2010 Commonwealth gold medallist who is also the current African champion in her event, finished eighth in the final after a difficult start to the race, cruising home in 55.31 seconds. Her personal-best is 54.40.

hitman in Dewani honeymoon murder gets 25 years

One of the South African hitmen, Mziwamadoda Qwabe (pictured above on the right), accused of killing honeymooner Anni Dewani was this morning sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to her murder.

28 year old Anni Dewani (pictured above with her husband) was shot and killed after the taxi she and her husband were travelling in was hijacked on the outskirts of Cape Town on November 13, 2010 while on their honeymoon. Her British husband Shrien Dewani is accused of masterminding the killing in a murder set up to look like a botched carjacking. He allegedly hired three men to kill Anni. He says he's not guilty.
South Africa is still awaiting his extradition. Qwabe is the second of three South African suspects to be jailed. In 2010 another man turned state witness and implicated Dewani in plotting to kill his new bride. He was sentenced to 18 years

Suspects That Killed Over 24 Church Member in Kogi arrested

The police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested three suspects in connection with the Monday and Tuesday gun attacks in Okene, Kogi State, in which a total of 24 persons, including two soldiers, were killed.

Kogi State Police Command, yesterday, announced that it had arrested the leader of the gang at Ibillo, EdoState.

Kidnappers Seize Delta’s Newest Judge

From Vanguard

Kidnappers struck again in Delta State, Tuesday, abducting a newly-appointed judge of the Delta State High Court, Justice Marcel Okoh.

Justice Okoh, a former Director General of Public Prosecution, DPP, in the state, was kidnapped by armed men at Oria-Abraka in Ethiope –East Local Government Area of the state. Okoh had been on his way to the oil city of Warri.

Lawan Stopped at Airport from Travelling Abroad

The suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on the Monitoring of the Fuel Subsidy regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan, was Tuesday night barred from travelling out of the country at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Lawan, who is currently under investigation for collecting $500,000 from the Chairman, Zenon Petroleum & Gas Ltd, Mr. Femi Otedola, to doctor the report of the House ad hoc committee, was scheduled to board an Emirates Airline flight en route to Saudi Arabia to perform the lesser Hajj when he was stopped by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) at the airport and prevented from leaving the country.

Woman Gives Birth In A Latrine

A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Chinwe Amoloku, on Sunday [Aug 5] gave birth to a baby in a latrine at Umusan Ogbe, Kwale, Delta State.
Amoloku, who it was learnt, had no inkling that she was due for delivery, had visited the convenience in the evening when she gave birth without the help of a birth attendant.

 n the process, the baby reportedly fell into the pit toilet.

7 Cameroon athletes go missing from Olympics Games

 

Seven Cameroonian athletes who participated in the 2012 London Olympic Games have disappeared from the Olympic Village, this is according to the mission head.

The athletes, five boxers, a swimmer and a footballer, (all pictured above) packed their personal belongings and disappeared when no one was looking. The woman disappeared first, and the others followed. Looking for greener pastures I guess.

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Scary as hell, huh? Was seen in Pretoria, South Africa

Asari Dokubo threatens to bomb Hausa's in Niger/Delta

What the former Ijaw Youth Council president and founder of Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force said while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Monday:

The arrogance of B/H is un-islamic. The type of bomb they are using is small small pikin bomb. If we begin, nobody will stay in Abuja. 

We don’t manufacture bomb but we buy bombs & dynamites. I started armed struggle in the N/Delta. It's because of GEJ that we at quiet. Soon, we will not be able to guarantee our patience any more. If Ijaw people should retaliate, every household in the North will cry. It is the North that needs peace more than us.