Profile of Malawi's Bingu wa Mutharika

Bingu wa Mutharika

Bingu, Ex-World Bank economist first known as champion of poor, but later blamed for Malawi's economic woes, has died at 78a Mutharika was a polarising figure in Malawi's history, often praised for his efforts to end corruption, but also lambasted by critics for being arrogant and autocratic.

Nigeria - Kabiru Sokoto’s wife delivers baby in police cell

Wife of the  alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Kabiru Abubakar Dikko, alias Kabiru Sokoto, has delivered a baby boy in a police cell where she is being detained.

Chinese teenager sells kidney to buy iPhone, iPad

BEIJING — Authorities have indicted five people in central China for involvement in illegal organ trading after a teenager sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPhone and an iPad.
The case has prompted an outpouring of concern that not enough is being done to guard against the negative impact of increasing consumerism in Chinese society, particularly among young people who have grown up with more creature comforts than the generations before them.

Prosecutors in the city of Chenzhou charged the suspects with intentional injury for organizing the removal and transplant of a kidney from a 17-year-old high school student surnamed Wang, the official Xinhua News Agency said late Friday.

A woman on duty Saturday at the Chenzhou Beihu District People’s Procuratorate in Hunan province confirmed that prosecutors are handling the case and that the defendants are facing charges of intentional injury.


Via Washington Post

A US Navy F-18 jet has crashed shortly after take off

A navy spokesman told the BBC that the plane went down just before 12:08 (16:08 GMT) and two crew members ejected safely.

The plane hit an apartment building, with photos showing flames and black smoke rising from behind houses.

Both pilots and four other people, including a firefighter, are being treated for injuries.

One person has already been released from Virginia Beach hospital, and there have been no reports of fatalities.

The cause of the crash is not yet known.

Pentagon spokesman George Little used Twitter to say Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was being kept informed: "#SecDef is closely monitoring F-18 crash in Virginia Beach; concerned about potential loss of life and injuries."

Nigeria - Security foils planned Boko Haram bombings.

A very bloody Easter in Nigeria may have been averted by the State Security Service (SSS) following early detection of 60 bombs believed to have been planted by the Boko Haram Islamist sect. The SSS Thursday discovered 60 Improvised Explosive Devices planted in different locations at the British Cotton Ginnery Area (BCGA) of Gombe town in Gombe State.

Mr Bitrus Asha, the Gombe State Director of SSS who called the interception a lucky break, disclosed that his men had acted on a tip-off and that all the bombs were programmed to go off on the eve of Good Friday as Christians prepare to mark Easter. The SSS Director who paraded four suspects over the intended attack disclosed that one of the bombers managed to escape.

He said: “We acted on a tip-off; the men were arrested between 12 noon and 1.30 pm. As you can see, there are a lot of explosives numbering about 60 packed in tins and ready for detonation.

“So we are lucky that the tins were discovered and you are even advised not to go near the items with your handsets. Very soon, the items will be defused. We are lucky that we made the discovery.”

The Gombe State Director of SSS, Bitrus Asha, could not confirm if the 60 bombs discovered in Gombe were manufactured in the state or transported from a Boko Haram facility elsewhere. He said: “It is too early in the day to get the full identity of these men; it is only investigations that will tell us whether they are local recruits of Boko Haram or people from another state.

"It is clear they never meant well for citizens of this state but we are on high alert and have reinforced patrol to avert any untoward incident”.

T. B. Joshua's Prediction?: Malawi President's Unconscious

Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika
has been admitted to hospital after
suffering a cardiac arrest.
Mr Mutharika, 78, is unconscious in the
intensive care unit of a hospital in the
capital, Lilongwe, after falling ill on Thursday

 morning. Several family and cabinet members,

including his brother, Foreign Minister
Peter Mutharika, are at the clinic.

Ghadafi's son reportedly attacked in detention

SAIF al Islam Ghadafi, the son of slain Libyan leader Moamar Ghadafi, has been attacked in detention in Libya, a lawyer from the International Criminal Court said today.

"Ghadafi has been physically attacked," ICC defense official Xavier-Jean Keita said in a statement accusing Libyan authorities of depriving the country's onetime favorite son of his fundamental rights.
"He also suffers pain due to the absence of dental treatment," the lawyer said.
Saif is wanted on charges of crimes against humanity for his role in trying to put down the uprising that overthrew his father last year.
Keita, who is acting as Saif's primary counsel, did not say when the attack took place or give any further details.
Also Thursday, the global police agency Interpol issued alerts seeking the arrest of two senior officials in Ghadafi's ousted regime on suspicion of torture and kidnapping.

    A statement from the France-based body said Libya had requested assistance in detaining two officials identified as former interior minister Al Senussi Alozyre, 63, and his former deputy Naser al Mabruk, 60.

They are accused of a range of offenses including carrying out illegal arrests, unjustified deprivation of personal liberty and torture.

T B Joshua Predicts Death of an African Leader

Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua has caused confusion again in Zimbabwe after repeating his prophecy that "the death of an old African president" is imminent.

In February this year T.B Joshua, leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, announced that an African leader would die within 60 days. Though, he did not say the location of the leader, Zimbabwe was abuzz with speculation given Mugabe's ailing health and frequent trips to Singapore for treatment.

Texas - Tornadoes Devastation in pictures

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South Sudan shoots down a Sudanese military jet

South Sudan's military spokesman says South Sudan shot down a Sudanese military jet flying over its territory.

Col. Philip Aguer said South Sudanese forces shot down a Sudanese MiG-29 jet fighter Wednesday afternoon.

Aguer said the MiG was one of two Sudanese jets flying over South Sudanese oil fields. Aguer said the jets had dropped "many" bombs in the region earlier Wednesday.

South Sudan split off from Sudan last year after decades of war, but the two countries have been moving closer to military confrontation in recent months.

Boko Haram: How we caught Nigerian Al-Qaeda leader – SSS

ABUJA—The State Security Service, SSS, yesterday, narrated how an alleged link-man between the Boko Haram Islamic sect and the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, Mallam Mohammed Ashafa, was apprehended by the Pakistani government through the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, and handed over to the Federal Government for prosecution.

SSS, which made the disclosure on a day it produced one of its retired investigative agent, Mr Bukar Tarha to testify before a Federal High Court in Abuja, insisted that Ashafa, who is a 46-year-old man of about 5.4 in height, under interrogation, admitted his involvement in both national and international acts of terrorism.

Nigeria - Another illegal pension account uncovered by the Senate

Another illegal police pension account with N3billion cash has been discovered.

The discovery, which was announced yesterday by the Senate Committee probing the management of the pension fund, deepens the scam in the pension system.

Permanent Secretary Atiku Abubakar Kigo and five other top civil servants are standing trial for the alleged theft and mismanagement of N32.8 billion police pension fund.

The Senate Committee said the account is with an old generation bank.

Trans Sahara Route - Courtesy Nelson Ayok

Funny but Serious.

Tuareg tour. All the route-burgers, all the "Camarades", all the "kalushes", here we go..all the way to Arlit, Asamaka, Bengazi, Tamarrasset, In-guezam and then we assemble at Maghnaia (hotel de valley) before marching to the no-mans land, from where we would see the lights from Ceuta and Melilla. WHEN JUNGLE MATURE, DEY NO DE TELL MAN, COS BRODA NO DEY FOR JUNGLE

Russia - Moscow tower ablaze

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MOSCOW (AP) — Firefighting helicopters are trying to put out a spectacular blaze atop an under-construction Moscow skyscraper, planned to be Europe's tallest building.

Orange flames were leaping about 250 meters (880 feet) Monday, visible in the night sky to much of the city.

No injuries have been reported at the fire in the eastern tower of the Federation Tower complex, part of a massive development along the Moscow River about 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) west of the Kremlin.

The cause of the fire was not immediately determined.

The tower, when completed, is to be 360 meters (1150 feet) tall.

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CORRUPTION: N47.1 BILLION THEFT, COURT FREES ERASTUS AKINGBOLA

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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday dismissed the criminal charges against a former managing director of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola for lack of diligent prosecution.

Russia - plane crash kills 31

A passenger plane crashed and burst into flames after takeoff in Siberia on Monday, killing 31 people and putting the spotlight on Russia's poor air-safety record before Vladimir Putin's return as president.

Thirteen survivors were pulled from the wreckage but one later died after being rushed by helicopter to hospital in the city of Tyumen, some 1,720 km (1,070 miles) east of Moscow, emergency officials said

Nigeria - Bomb Explosion in Kaduna

    

 A bomb on Sunday evening, exploded at Ungwan Muazu, along Nnamdi Azikwe expressway in Kaduna State.
Although no casualties have been reported, LEADERSHIP gathered that  yet, A suicide bomber was killed in the explosion.
Meanwhile, the area has been cordoned off.
Only yesterday, Members of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, threatened to engage the security operatives in Kaduna State in a free for all.
They even warned residents to flee all security formations in the state.

Via Leadership Newspaper

Nigeria - Pictures Of Coffins Placed In Front Of UNIBEN Bursar's Residence

This looks like a scene straight from Nollywood but it's not. This is real life. Dr May Nwoye, the Bursar of the University of Benin, woke up Friday morning March 30th, to find two coffins and some juju objects in front of her residence, located at the senior staff quarters in the university premises. By that same night, a smaller coffin with a doll was found, not in front of her gate this time, but in front of her door... Not only that, my sources in Benin say the woman has been receiving death threats on her phone and a few weeks back, her security was withdrawn by the school authority. Plus since the coffin was found in front of her residence, no UNIBEN security has visited the house. juju infront of her home juju infront of her home Front of the House Juju Front of the House