Gunmen kill 15 in northeast Nigerian town

Suspected Boko Haram fighters open fire in Kautikari village, near the Cameroon border, witnesses and police say.

Gunmen believed to be from Boko Haram have opened fire in a remote town in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 15 people, witnesses and a security source have said. The attack on Monday night targeted Kautikari, near the Cameroon border, just 10 kilometres from the village of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls, who still remain captives, were abducted in April.

Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Azharul Islam found guilty of war crimes committed during 1971 independence war against Pakistan.  Azharul Islam was found guilty for the killing of more than 1,200 people in Rangpur [Mahmud Hossain Opu/Al Jazeera]

Bangladesh's war crimes court has sentenced a leading Islamist leader to death for rape, mass murder and genocide during the country's 1971 liberation war.

Lagos Countdown 2014: A party like never before on December 31st

Organizers of the 2014 Lagos Countdown has assured all fun lovers that this year’s event will be the
 mother of all shows. Speaking at a press parley today, the Managing Director of Lagos State Signage

Two-Year-Old Boy Playing With Infected Bats Spread Ebola

According to a recent discovery by scientists, the most likely cause of the deadly outbreak of Ebola in West Africa was a young boy playing near a colony of virus-infected bats.

AIT reports that the scientist said the two year old boy described as patient zero became infected and was the first to die in his village in Meliandou, Guinea in December 2013.

‘Patient zero’ was Emile Ouamouno, and he was described as a playful toddler by his father Etienne.

Before his death, on December 6, 2013, Emile had been near a tree housing the free tailed bats.

Jonathan Will Come Out Victorious – Dickson

Bayelsa state governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson has projected that current President, Goodluck Jonathan will defeat Buhari come 2015 national elections.

The governor told voters from all regions of the nation to go out and get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and get ready for the general election.Seriake Dickson asked bayelsans to pray for their former governor so he could overcome the difficult circumstances facing the administration.

NFF Sends second batch of elite referees to London

 

A second batch of elite referees, this time 20 in number, will depart Nigeria for a two –week capacity building exercise in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2015.
The delegation would be led by Chairman of the NFF Referees Committee, Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh, and would also include the Chairman of the Nigeria Referees Association, Alhaji Ahmed Maude.

UN calls for 'full Rohingya citizenship'

Non-binding resolution sends a strong message to Myanmar's government over its treatment of country's minorities.

The General Assembly urged the government to allow the Muslim minority to call itself Rohingya

The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution urging Myanmar to provide "full citizenship'' to its Rohingya Muslim minority and to allow them to move freely throughout the country. The resolution adopted by consensus on Monday, stressed the assembly's "serious concern'' about the government's treatment of the Rohingyas, sending a strong message from the 193-member world body that the international community is united in wanting change in Myanmar's treatment of its minorities. It also called on the government to take measures to ensure that the Rohingyas can safely return to their communities, to conduct independent investigations into rights abuses, "and to promote peaceful coexistence".