Thai People Embark On 1 Year Mourning Period For Late Monarch!

An official one year mourning period resumed Friday, October 14, 2016, in Thailand, as the people mourn the demise of late King BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ, affectionately referred to by Thai People as "Father".

The late monarch, whose health was reported to be unstable due to age related ailments for several years, died peacefully on Thursday, October 13, 2016, at about 3:52 local time in a Bangkok hospital. He was aged 88.



Having ascended the throne in 1946 after the death of his brother. King BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ reigned for 70 years,  which made him the longest reigning Monarch. 

Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has been named as successor, but said he wants to be able to mourn with his people before making announcement for succeeding his father.

Nigerian Government Debunks "Swap" Rumour In The Release Of 21 Chibok Girls!

Against widespread speculations that there was a 'swap' of Boko haram prisoners for the release of 21 Chibok school girls, Nigeria's Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo said there was no swap of any kind in securing the release of the kidnapped secondary school girls.

Addressing newsmen after receiving the girls in Abuja, Osinbajo said: "There's no exchange of any kind, certainly there was no swap of any kind. The truth of the matter, of course I should know, even when we started negotiations, we had said that we are ready to consider what ever options there were. but I believe that very fortunately, God truly helped us in the negotiations". 

In what is believed to be a mass release since the kidnap of over 200 girls and women from Chibok, Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria, in April, 2014, 21 girls, including a baby delivered by one of the girls, were released to the Nigerian authorities on Thursday,  October 13th 2016.  The released girls after medical check up, met with Nigeria's Vice President in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city.

About 197 girls are still believed to be in Boko-Haram's captivity. It was gathered that the terrorist group earlier offered a swap of some of its commanders  held in Nigerian prisons for the release of the kidnapped girls.

Ghana's NPP Launches "Agenda For Change" Manifesto!

One of Ghana's Political Parties, in the on-going campaign towards December 7th, 2016, general elections, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) officially launched its manifesto recently in Accra.

Citing Ghana's major challenges, while revealing the party's manifesto tagged: "Agenda for Change: Jobs, Prosperity and Securing the Peace", NPP's Presidential flag-bearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, stated that his agenda is focused on creating "an optimistic, self-confident and prosperous nation with a strong and thriving democratic society in which mutual trust and economic opportunities exist for all, irrespective of their background".

The event which held at the International Trade Fair, Accra, Ghana's capital city on Sunday, October 9th, 2016, saw a large turn-out of party members.

AFWK Held In Accra, Ghana!

The need to create an operating infrastructure, for cultural activities across Africa's burgeoning Fashion Industry, was the thrust of the just concluded Accra Fashion Week 2016, AFWK2016, held between 5th - 9th October, 2016, at the International Trade Fair Complex, Accra, Ghana. 

Roving Informant was there, and brought you pictures.

Pictures of some of AFWK exhibitors below:

 

The event, witnessed a large turnout of exhibitors and goods, ranging from: clothes, bags, shoes, herbal body soaps and moisturizers, virgin hair  treatment products, head ties. Majority of the products were produce in Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon and Zambia.

More Pictures Below:

Imported Pounded Yam Flour In Nigeria, A Mockery Of Nigeria's Economic Growth!

Imported Pounded Yam flour pictured below. Like most traditional Nigerian food, possibly raw yam flour was exported to the United states of America from Nigeria, where it was refined, packaged and re-imported for sales.

 

Situations as this makes it almost impossible for the already overly depreciated =N= currency to gain any significance in the international market. 

At 56, Nigeria has gotten to an age where technologies for 'refining' raw yam flour for instance, and every other traditional food processing as the case may be, needs be introduced, the yam flour and other products manufactured in the country and exported instead to generate international revenue for the country through exchange transactions. This will aid straighten the economy.

Nigeria Turns 56!

Nigeria turns 56.

Here is wishing Nigeria a happy Independence Anniversary and many more fruitful years ahead. 

God Bless Nigeria.

Stop The Cowardly Act Of Killing Children!

It beats the imagination of any right thinking individual why an act, as spiritless as the killing of innocents, be it in seemingly orderly and organized societies, war torn Syria, or anywhere else the world over, can ever amount to the unraveling of any crisis. Children have over time, being used as shields in conflict zones, or as baits by mischievous individuals or groups who impose on their vulnerability. 

A wounded Syrian Child being rescued

This brings us to a recent occurrence in the United states of America, where an 8 year-old girl was brutally murdered in Miami Florida. To fish out the perpetrator(s), the Miami Police, Florida, Uited States, offered a $25,000 to anyone who could come up with meaningful information on the murder of the girl, identified as Jada. 

8-year-old Jada

Information revealed that Jada was shot dead in NW 101, street, and NW 25 Avenue, Miami Florida, on August 28, 2016, at about 4:58pm.

Roving Informant is adding its voice to the a clarion call to Stop The Cowardly Act Of Killing Children.

Photo credits: Hossam ElShazly published article on Aleppo and Miami Herald