Boko Haram Releases Wife Of Cameroonian Deputy Prime Minister, 10 Chinese Workers

Boko Haram militants have released the wife of Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali, ten Chinese workers and district heads kidnapped a few months ago.

Boko Haram militants have released the wife of Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali, ten Chinese workers and district heads kidnapped a few months ago.  

Cameroon Troop

The kidnap victims were released today after intense tripartite negotiations involving Cameroon, Chinese interests, and representatives of the Islamist group. A source in Cameroon disclosed that a hefty but undisclosed ransom was paid to the Islamist militants.

Nigeria Talks Tough, Warns South Africa Over Seized $5.7 Million Arms Money

Nigeria responded with fury Monday after South African authorities confiscated a second tranche of funds meant for arms purchase to fight the extremist Boko Haram sect, denying the deal was unlawful and warning South Africa of its investment in Nigeria.

The warning came after the South African government seized US$5.7 million wired by the Nigerian government through a bank to an arms dealer in that country.
Sambo Dasuki, National Security Adviser South Africa’s Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority said the money, about N952 million, was the proceed of illegal transactions, according to local paper, City Press.
The seizure was the second in nearly three weeks, coming after authorities there froze $9.3 million transported in cash by two Nigerians and an Israeli for arms purchase. At the time, South Africa said the transaction violated its laws on movement of cash.

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.