Ex-Anambra Governor Obi Joins PDP — The Nation Newspaper

 

Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has finally joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He announced his decision following a visit to his Onitsha residence by leaders of the PDP in the South East zone on Tuesday, according to a statement by Obi’s media aide, Valentine Obienyem.
Peter Obi Obi, who initially said he would get back to the leaders on their request that he joins PDP, finally accepted following  the insistence of the forum that time was of essence.

Prosecute The Government Not Duncan – Former Liberian Minister Declares

Former Liberian Public Works Minister, Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods, says it is premature for anyone to discuss prosecuting Thomas Duncan, the Liberian man who arrived in the US infected with Ebola. He said discussions bordering on a possible prosecution of Mr. Duncan when he arrives back in Liberia or by US authorities for misrepresenting his Ebola status, should be carefully examined before drawing conclusions.

 
Minister, Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods Speaking at a Carter Center forum at the Emory University’s Department of Ethics and International Studies recently, Attorney Woods decried the government’s haste to prosecute a man who is already fighting for his life.

Iheanacho One Of 10 Hottest Football Teenage Prospects-Daily Mail Global

Nigerian teenage sensation, Kelechi Iheanacho, has made UK based Dailymail’s list of the 10 hot teenage prospects that have the football world buzzing with excitement.

 

Iheanacho was the star as the Flying Eaglets conquered the world last year in the UAE, and was snatched by English giants Manchester City after a hot battle with other top European clubs.

Hong Kong protesters call for fresh rallies

Hong Kong protesters have called for a fresh round of protests after talks with the city's government, aimed at defusing a standoff that sparked weeks of demonstrations, collapsed. The city's chief secretary, Carrie Lam, said the talks scheduled for Friday were called off because of the students' unswerving demands for universal suffrage, which she said was not in accordance with the city's mini-constitution, and what she described as their illegal occupation of parts of the city and calls for people to rally.

'Priceless' Civil War Photo of Slave Selina Gray Found on eBay

A National Park Service volunteer browsing on eBay has made an astonishing discovery: a long-lost photo that park officials have described as a "priceless" piece of Civil War history. The stereo view image depicts Selina Gray (at right, above), an enslaved woman who was head housekeeper at the Virginia home of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. NPS spokesman Lee Werst described Gray as a "pivotal but little-known figure in our nation's history." Her bravery in defending the house after Gen. Lee's family left helped to save cherished heirlooms that had once belonged to President George Washington.

advertisement advertisement Juarez Cartel Leader Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Arrested in Mexico

The leader of the notorious Juarez drug cartel was arrested at a seemingly routine traffic checkpoint, Mexican authorities said Thursday. The FBI had offered a $5 million reward for Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, 51. Known as "The Viceroy," he took over the Juarez Cartel when his brother, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, died in 1997 as a result of botched cosmetic surgery. He also oversaw a brutal turf war with the rival Sinaloa Cartel that is believed to have killed more than 8,000 people from 2009 to 2011 in Ciudad Juarez, across the Mexican border from El Paso, Texas.

More deaths in India and Pakistan clashes

India's defence minister has asked Pakistan to stop its shelling in the disputed Kashmir region and warned it would make such attacks "unaffordable," as the death toll in cross-border firing climbed to at least 17 after five additional fatalities were reported overnight.
"If Pakistan persists with this adventurism, our forces will make cost of this adventurism unaffordable for it," Arun Jaitley told journalists in New Delhi on Thursday.
"Pakistan should stop this unprovoked firing and shelling if it wants peace on the border."
At least two people, including a woman, were killed in the Pakistani border town of Sialkot in overnight firing by Indian troops, according to the website of Pakistan's Dawn newspaper.
Pakistan said it was capable of responding "befittingly" to Indian actions.
"We do not want the situation on the borders of two nuclear neighbours to escalate into confrontation," the Defence Ministry said in a statement.