Maldives passes law 'to oust ex-leader from politics'

Law strips those serving prison sentences of political party memberships, including jailed former President Nasheed.

Mohamed Nasheed was dragged into a court building in the Maldives capital Male after being arrested on terrorism charges [AFP]

The Maldives' parliament has passed a law that strips people serving prison sentences of their political party memberships, a rule critics say is designed to oust jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed from politics.

Singapore teen charged after insulting late leader Lee

In a widely watched YouTube video, 16-year-old Amos Yee celebrated Lee Kuan Yew's death and denigrated Christianity.

Yee, a 16-year-old student, compared Singapore's founding leader to Jesus, calling both "power hungry and malicious" [AFP]

A teenager in Singapore has been arrested for posting an expletive-laden YouTube video attacking the country's late founding leader Lee Kuan Yew and Christianity.
A district court on Tuesday charged 16-year-old Amos Yee with jailable offences including obscenity and hurting religious feelings but released him on Sg$20,000 ($14,500) bail.

South Africa braces for Marikana massacre report

Activists demand that Farlam report investigating alleged police brutality in mining massacre of 2012 made public.

South Africa's police have been accused of brutality and activists want justice served [AFP]

The official report into the police killing of 34 South African miners in 2012 is due to be submitted to President Jacob Zuma, with rights groups demanding that its findings are published immediately.

Phuti Setati, secretary of the Marikana Commission, told AFP news agency that the Farlam report would be submitted to the president on Tuesday but said the commission had no influence over whether or when it would be published.

Buhari campaign group call for the arrest of Femi Fani-Kayode

Buhari Support Group has called on the law enforcement agents to effect the arrest of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode for saying that PDP had won in 23 states even when INEC had not announced any results. The group at a press conference in Abuja yesterday March 30th said Fani-Kayode through his action breached the electoral law

Nasir El-Rufai is making alot of rigging allegations against the PDP

See Baby Girl Born With Elephant Nose

A baby girl born with an “elephant trunk” is being worshipped as a Hindu god in a village in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, in northern India.

Locals believe that this baby girl is the reincarnation of Ganesha

The girl, who has not yet been named, was born to Rambabu Sarvesh and his wife Banna Devi on Thursday. Since then thousands of onlookers from all over the country flocked to a small village to see the new-born infant. The locals believe that the baby girl is an incarnation of the Hindu deity Ganesha, who also has a trunk.

Kashamu bribed voters during election —APC

Following the emergence of Prince Buruji Kashamu as the winner of Ogun East Senatorial District in Saturday’s National Assembly elections, the All Progressive Congress (APC) has come out to expose the irregularities used in securing his victory.

Buruji Kashamu

The Deputy Director of Senator Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organisation, Bisi Adegbuyi, on Monday at a press briefing told Vanguard correspondent that Kashamu induced voters during the polls.