Terrorists killed as troops recapture Gwoza, BH HQ + photos from the operation

Statement from the Defence Headquarters below and photos from the operation after the cut..

Pres Jonathan arrives Bayelsa ahead of tomorrow's election

President Jonathan arrived Bayelsa this evening ahead of tomorrow's presidential elections. More pics after the cut...

Photos: GEJ, other presidential candidates debate today, Buhari absent

President Jonathan and other presidential candidates of other parties took to the podium at a debate organized by the National Election Debate Group today March 22nd. APC Presidential candidate, Gen. Buhari was absent while Presidential candidates of KOWA party Remi Sonaiya, UPP's Chekwas Okorie, UDP's Godson Okoye and NCP's Martin Onovo were in attendance. More pics after the cut..

Nigeria wins the African U-20 Championship for the seventh time..

The Nigerian U-20 team beat the Senegal team 2-0 this evening March 22nd in Dakar to win their 7th African title. Congrats to Nigeria...

Kenya Begins to Construct Wall along Border with Somalia over Terror Attacks

Interior Cabinet Secretary Major General (Rtd) Joseph Nkaissery.
Kenya will this week start constructing a wall to separate it from Somalia as part of efforts to contain terror attacks.Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery said the construction will start this week.“Mandera and Bulahawa are almost merged and you cannot tell which is which. Now we want to put a wall at border point one and close the border. That will reduce the porous border entries into our country. We will be starting the construction of the border next week,” said Nkaissery.
Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow welcomed the move but argued it is not a long-term solution to the problem in the area.“He is admitting there are terrorists operating there and not bandits as he has been claiming. We hope it will help in containing the problem,” said Kerrow.He added it would be difficult and expensive to construct and man the more than 200 kilometer long wall at the border.The Senator challenged Nkaissery to come up with long lasting solutions that can help in containing continued attacks.

Pope Francis sends warm letter to Nigerians & Nigerian priests

Pope Francis sent out a warm letter to Nigerians & Nigerian priest yesterday March 17th encouraging everyone in the face of the various Boko Haram attacks. The Pope's letter below...

Photos: Goat gives birth to two-headed kid in Kenya

A goat gave birth to a two-headed kid in Kilifi in Kenya recently. The owner said he believes the goat is a gift from God and is now treating it with care. See more photos and video after the cut...

Nigeria: Exceptional Adesina tells story of the Jonathan decision that saved Nigeria from Famine

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When there was a flood in this country 2012, everybody panicked, President Jonathan didn’t panic, people said there was going to be food crisis. I remember I went to him, I had my detailed analysis done, Mr President people are telling you that we are going to have food crisis, I said; No, you didn’t choose to shock we choose our response

The President had that day on his desk quite a lot of people that had sent him letters asking for waivers to bring in food and flood the country with food. The President didn’t listen to them and he called his Minister of Agriculture, that is a great leader and he said can we survive? Do you think we are gonna survive?

Mr. President, I said, we can survive if you help us to do dry season rice. I gave him the plan, he took his pen, he used his green pen and he cancelled every single one of those things on his desk asking for waivers. He said Akin as he normally calls me go get the job done.

Today he launched dry season farming program the first President in the history of this country to launch a program for National dry season farming, so we can produce food during the main season, food during the dry season.

Obama Says Doesn't Text or Tweet, Jokes about Driving in Kenya

U.S. President Barack Obama laughs with show host Jimmy Kimmel during a commercial break in a taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live in...

President Barack Obama doesn't send text messages, rarely composes his own tweets, and isn't allowed to have a smartphone that contains a recording device, he said on Thursday.

And don't ask him for Hillary Clinton's email address. He won't give it to you.

"I do not physically tweet in general," the president said in an interview on the ABC program "JimmyKimmel Live."

"I don't text. I email. I still have a Blackberry," he said.

Obama said his teenaged daughters had smartphones and exchanged text messages with their friends, but he was limited for security reasons from having the latest technology.

"I can't use phones with recorders in them. So a lot of the new fangled stuff, for security reasons, I don't get," he said.

In a reference to the email controversy that has dogged Obama's former secretary of state, host Jimmy Kimmel asked the president if he had Clinton's new emailaddress.

ICC Judges End Crimes against Humanity Case against Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta is finally a free man afterthe International criminal Court terminated crimes against humanity charges against him.

“Noting the Prosecution’s withdrawal of charges against Mr Kenyatta, the Chamber decided to terminate the proceedings in this case and to vacate the summons to appear against him,” Judges Kuniko Ozaki, Robert Fremr and Geoffrey Henderson ruled on Friday.

But they said the court would still punish those who may have interfered with or influenced witnesses.

President Kenyatta has always maintained his innocence and lodged a major legal battle within the court to prove his innocence.

DENIED CHARGES

With the latest move, the trial of Deputy President William Ruto and broadcaster Joshua arap Sang is the only Kenyan case remaining in The Hague-based court.

US, Britain Speak Out on Corruption Crisis in Kenya

Powers and Privileges Committee Chairman Moses Cheboi leading a hearing on embattled PAC chairman Ababu Namwamba on March 12...

Foreign diplomats have told the government to pursue all top corruption suspects if it is to tame the monster that is threatening to devour the economy.

This comes as constitutional and economic experts say integrity laws should be strengthened to tackle the crisis.

US Ambassador Robert Godec, his Swiss colleagueJacques Pitteloud and British High Commissioner Christian Turner said the Kenyatta administrationshould find and prosecute the masterminds of corruption-related scandals.

The diplomats spoke in the wake of the “MPs for hire” scandal that has rocked Parliament.

Graft-related issues have also surfaced at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission where top officials are clashing over cases under investigation.

Claims have been made of top officials secretly meeting suspects on the agency’s radar while others have been accused for delaying investigations in certain high profile cases.

Also in the spotlight are Cabinet Secretary for Energy Davies Chirchir and top electoral commission officials, including Chairman Ahmed Issack Hassan, over the “Chicken” scandal.

World's first successful penis transplant carried out in South Africa

Source: The Telegraph

South African scientists have announced the world's first successful penis transplant, helping a 21-year-old who suffered an amputation following a botched traditional circumcision three years ago. 

Professor Andre van der Merwe, head of Stellenbosch University's Division of Urology, announced details of the "ground-breaking" operation at Tygerberg Hospital in Bellville, Cape Town. 

The nine-hour operation, which involved the attachment of a penis taken from a donor who had died, was carried out in December. The results were announced on Friday after doctors confirmed that the recipient of the donor organ has made a full recovery and is sexually active. 

Mr van der Merwe said the recipient, whose identity has not been revealed, had to have his penis amputated three years ago after developing complications from a traditional circumcision. 

Read more:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/11470868/Worlds-first-successful-penis-transplant-carried-out-in-South-Africa.html 

7 Pregnant Women Caught In Baby Factory, Babies Sell At N3M While Mother Is Given A Pittancet

The Ogun State Police Command has paraded 10 suspects in connection with a baby making factory located at Sebanjo Crescent, Fagbunle Bus Stop at Akute area of the state.

Eight of the suspects were pregnant young women, whose ages range from 16 to 21.
Goldmyne learnt that the factory was being run by the prime suspect, Angela Chidozie, who also lived in the four-bedroom bungalow with her husband and children. Her husband was said to be currently on the run.The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okota, said the arrest was made possible following information from the community.
He said, “I have stressed the importance of community policing. We got information yesterday that Chidozie was keeping pregnant juveniles in her house.“After the mothers give birth, Chidozie would sell the babies for N3m or more while the mother of each child would be given a pittance. When we got to Chidozie’s house yesterday, there was no one in sight. We left and when we later returned, we discovered that five of the girls were hiding in one room.