Friday 6 November 2015

Biafra Protests Holds Onitsh/ Asaba To A Stand-Still!

Members of the campaign for Biafra group on Friday, November 6th, shut down the Onitsha - Asaba Niger Bridge over detention of Nnamdi Kanu, a RadioBiafra director. 

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The protest caused long stand-still traffic which stretched all the way to Asaba.

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23 Year-Old- Woman Who Didnt Suspect She Was Pregnant Gives Birth In Plane!

A 23 year-old- woman, Ada Guan was delivered of a beautiful baby girl onboard a flight from Canada to Japan, without knowing she was 37 weeks gone, this came as a shock, especially after two pregnancy tests she took before the flight came back negetive. 
Her boyfriend of one-year,  Wesley Branch, said she told him she felt something fell  out of her, then on lifting up her pants he a head, then heard 'Wah'...and baby Chloe was born
Guan was moved to up first class to deliver her baby and remained there for the rest of the flight, which has to be the most well-deserved seating upgrade in the history of seating upgrades.
Other passengers on the plane said the flight was normal until about the 10th hour when the flight was somewhere over Russia and the captain announced that he had exciting news, fortunately, there were three doctors on the plane who attended to Guan.
 The beautiful, healthy baby was named 


Bushbuckridge Was Not Fixed For Zuma's Visit - Mayor!

As part of his Siyahlola Monitoring ProgrammeSouth African President Jacob Zuma visits Bushbuckridge  in Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africato inspect delivery of basic services. 

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Meanwhile the Mayor of BushbuckridgeRenias Khumalo, has debunked the rumoure that the infrastructures were fixed inorder to safe its face during the presidential visit. Khumalo said on the contrary, the infrastuctures has been in place long before Zuma's visit and that potholes were repaired on the road between Dwarsloop and Thulamahashe, not because President Zuma is speaking at Thulamahashe Stadium, but because it was part of the provincial government's maintenance plan. 


One-Year-Old Overcomes Cancer With Genetically Engineered Designer Immune Cells treatment!

In what was described  by a doctor as “almost a miracle”, a one- year old with aggressive leukaemia became the first in the world to be treated with designer immune cells that were genetically engineered to wipe out her cancer.
The baby girl identified as Layla Richards, who was given months to live after conventional treatments failed to eradicate the disease, is now cancer free and doing well.

AlShabaab Militants Killed As KDF Takes Them On!

Information revealed that several  AlShabaab militants were killed in the clash between them and the the kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) near Badhadhe town, about 40km from Kenya-Somalia border.



Ireland Joins In The Combat Against Domestic Violence & Violence Against Women!

The campaign against domestic violence and violence aganst women got a boost when Ireland on Thursday, November 5th, signed the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, otherwise known as the Istanbul Convention.


Ambassador Peter Gunning, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the Council of Europe signed the Convention on behalf of Ireland at the Council of Europe Offices in Strasbourg - France.

The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence which is a major step towards successfully combating violence against women and domestic violence in Europe was adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers in May 2011 in Istanbul, it is expected to come into force when it has been ratified by ten countries. 

Amnesty International had in the past, urged Ireland to sign the Convention, a move necessary to ensure its swift ratification.

Thursday 5 November 2015

President Buhari Hosts Jonathan In Aso Villa!

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Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (left) and current President Muhammadu Buhari (right), during Goodluck's visit tothe state house at  Aso Villa, Abuja, on Monday, 2nd November.