Buhari Support Group Issues Fresh Warning To Presidency

As the country’s general elections draw nearer, Buhari Support Organisation, the umbrella body of all voluntary groups working for the victory of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has issued fresh warning to the presidency.

INEC’s Chairman, Attahiru Jega.

The organization’s Director of Media, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, while addressing a media conference on Wednesday in Abuja, warned against any attempt to change the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), The Nation reports.

xFrance: More Russia sanctions if Ukraine port attacked

Kiev fears Mariupol, with its 500,000 people, could be the next major target for pro-Russia separatists.

The capture of Mariupol could open a corridor to the south, including the already annexed Crimean peninsula [AP]

Moscow would face more EU sanctions if pro-Russia separatists attacked Ukraine's government-held port of Mariupol, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.

Kenya police say armed groups killed 173 people in 2014

Figure for last year is higher than 2013 when al-Shabab killed at least 67 people in assault on Nairobi's Westgate Mall.

Kenya sent its troops into Somalia in 2011 to fight the al-Qaeda-linked armed group, al-Shabab [AP]

Armed groups killed 173 people in Kenya in 2014, the highest number in the three years since Kenya experienced violence blamed on neighbouring Somalia's al-Shabab fighters, the country's police force has said.

Greece: Government suspends professional football after violence

 

The Greek government has suspended professional football in the country indefinitely.

The move follows violence at a match between rivals Olympiakos and Panathinaikos, as well as a brawl between club officials at a board meeting on Tuesday.

Austria passes controversial reforms to 1912 Islam law

Protesters held a demonstration against the new law outside the parliament building in Vienna on Tuesday

The Austrian parliament has passed controversial reforms to the country's century-old law on Islam.

The bill, which is partly aimed at tackling Islamist radicalism, gives Muslims more legal security but bans foreign funding for mosques and imams.

Burkina Faso Team: Keshi Loses Out

 
Stephen Keshi, following the new appointment of German’s Genort Rohr, has lost out in his claim to replace Paul Put as coach of the Burkina Faso National team.
Keshi was rumored to be the front runner for the job due to his age, but when he was linked to the managerial role in South Africa and Equatorial Guinea, the Burkinabe Football Federation has opted against employing him as the country’s national team coach.

Jonathan Endorsed By Two Traditional Groups

Good news for President Jonathan and his campaign team as he has now been endorsed by two groups who also endorsed the governorship ambition of Ifeanyi Okowa and his deputy, Kingsley Otuaro, in Delta State.

President Goodluck Jonathan

Daily Independent reports that the Urhobo Youth Awareness and Concerned Urhobo in North America, have thrown their weight behind the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan.