GEJ commissions cenotaph for soldiers killed by BH since 2011

President Jonathan today commissioned a cenotaph in Abuja in remembrance of military men and women who were killed in the North East while fighting Boko Haram

Sammie Peters Battle Cancer In U.S

 Shina Peters wife, Sammie Peters is reportedly battling with cancer in the United States of America.

Sammie Peters

According to blogger, Linda Ikeji, Mrs Peters is currently in the US receiving treatment.
Shina and Sammie have been married for over 30 years. They had their traditional marriage in 1982 and the church wedding in 1995.

Merkel joins Muslim rally for tolerance

Participating in Berlin event, German chancellor speaks out against marginalisation of Muslims or other minorities.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined a Muslim community rally to promote tolerance, condemn the attacks in Paris and rebuke a growing anti-Islam movement.
Speaking at the gathering in Berlin on Tuesday, she urged Germans not to marginalise Muslims or other minorities, saying: "Excluding population groups due to their faith or their origin is beneath the dignity osf our liberal state.
"Hatred of foreigners, racism and extremism have no place in this country."
President Joachim Gauck also addressed the vigil at the Brandenburg Gate, organised by the Central Council of Muslims in Germany under the banner "Let's be there for each other. Terror: not in our name!"

N Korea offers US talks over nuclear impasse

Proposal follows US refusal to end decades-old military drills with Seoul as condition to suspending nuclear tests.

North Korea is under an array of United Nations and US sanctions for repeated nuclear and ballistic missile tests [EPA]

North Korea has offered holding talks with the United States in a renewed bid to sway Washington after it rejected Pyongyang's proposal to suspend nuclear tests under the condition that annual US military drills with South Korea were put off.

Paraguay president urges end to corruption

Horacio Cartes, who was accused of graft himself in the past, calls on government officials to stop robbing the country.

Cartes, one of Paraguay's richest men, has been accused of currency fraud and tax evasion [AFP]

Paraguay's president has called on fellow members of the government to "stop robbing" from the South American country.
President Horacio Cartes made the statement on Tuesday during a passionate speech at the city of Villa Hayes, where subsidised housing is being built for elderly people about 50 kilometres northeast of Asuncion.
"Stop robbing. Don't rob anymore. It's the people's money,'' Cartes said.

Japan approves record defence budget

Record $42b budget is to boost defences of disputed islands amid China's assertiveness in the region.

Japan's cabinet has approved the country's largest defence budget, with plans to buy surveillance aircraft and F-35 fighter jets to improve defences of disputed islands amid China's increasing assertiveness in the region.

Oppressive policies unite Egypt activists

Ahead of the January uprising anniversary, is rapprochement likely between Egypt's 'revolutionary' forces?

Ahead of the fourth anniversary of the January 25 uprising, Egypt's Islamist and liberal activists, remain poles apart despite speculations that they may be considering some kind of rapprochement.
"The time has come for us to restore popular unity in preparation for a new wave of the January revolution," read a statement released by 20 Egyptian opposition groups on Sunday January 4.
The statement cited ongoing discussions and activities as part of a recent national reconciliation initiative between various activist groups that include the prominent youth activist group April 6 Movement, Journalists Against the Coup, and the Revolutionary Alliance of Egyptian Women.