Nigerian React To Buhari Pulling Out Of Presidential Debate

 All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari was today revealed would not participate in the presidential debate organised by the Broadcast Organisation of Nigeria (BON).

Garba Shehu, directorate of media and publicity of the APC presidential campaign organisation, said the boycott is due to the “unhidden bias and campaign of calumny by some key organisers of the programme, against the corporate political interest of the party (APC) and its candidates”.

Governor Jang Says Buhairi's Past Will Haunt Him

Plateau State Governor, Jonah David Jang, is sure that the past of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will not be forgotten.

Jonah Jang

The politician made claim January 28 while speaking during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Ladi.
According to Jang, Buhari has committed a lot of atrocities against politicians while acting as a military Head of State, which acts would be recalled during the February elections, ThisDay reports.
The governor noted that Buhari allowed the military “to get into his head” adding that he was going about jailing the innocent.
He was quoted as saying:

Houthis 'beat and detain demonstrators' in Yemen

Anti-Houthi protesters and journalists attacked and several detained in capital, Sanaa.

Dozens of protesters marching in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, have been beaten back by Houthi rebels who control the capital, witnesses said.
The rebels fired automatic rifles in the air and struck the anti-Houthi protesters with batons and knives, AP news agency reported on Wednesday.

Report says US journalist in Iran to face trial 'soon'

Washington Post condemns continued imprisonment of its journalist Jason Rezaian as "appalling and outrageous".

Rezaian, his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, and two photojournalists were detained in Tehran on July 2014 [EPA]

A Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for more than six months will stand trial "soon," the Islamic Republic's official news agency reported.
The report, published by the IRNA news agency on Wednesday, said Gholam Hossein Esmaeili, a senior judicial official, issued the statement but it did not say when the trial would start.
"Jason Rezaian will be tried soon,'' Esmaeili was quoted as saying.

Opposing CAR forces agree tentative initial truce

Senior member of anti-balaka rebels and the ex-Seleka movement have adopted a tentative ceasefire, mediator says.

Warring forces in the Central African Republic have agreed to an initial ceasefire agreement, the top mediator at Kenyan-based peace talks has said.
The deal was signed between senior representatives of the anti-balaka rebels and the ex-Seleka movement of ex-president Michel Djotodi on Wednesday.

Philippine president under fire over police deaths

Aquino seeks continued support for pact with Muslim group, saying collapse of peace deal would cause more violence.

Aquino's peace agreement with the MILF have virtually ended major fighting in the south in the last four years [Reuters]

The Philippine president has warned that the collapse of a peace deal with the country's largest Muslim rebel group would lead to a new wave of violence, after criticism of the accord followed the killing of at least 44 police commandos in the southern island of Mindanao.

Google: Impossible to filter all YouTube "terror"

Screening the almost 300 videos uploaded every minute would be like pre-screening phone calls, Internet firm says.

On YouTube, users can highlight problem videos and have them reviewed by a member of staff [YouTube Screen Grab]

Internet giant Google has said that its video-sharing website YouTube is so inundated that staff cannot filter all "terror"-related content.
Google said the volume is complicating the struggle to halt the publication of terrorist propaganda and hostage videos.