By Jaja King, Abuja – Further Investigations have revealed that the much touted $250 million investment by Sarner Limited UK into Delta State Leisure Park located at Oleri in Udu local council area of the state is mere window dressing. According to documents obtained exclusively from Companies Home UK, Sarner Limited UK is a small company and does not have the financial capacity to invest such amount in a project. Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan had said the project was a partnership between Sarner Limited UK and the state Government with the former funding the project to the tune... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Gambia Correspondent – The Banjul Magistrates’ Court yesterday convicted and sentenced Lawyer Mosses B. Johnson Richards to two years in prison with hard labour for the offence of sedition. Richards, a former High Court judge, was also sentenced to six months in prison with hard labour for the offence of giving false information to a public officer. Both sentences are to run concurrently. Delivering his judgment, Magistrate Alagba told the court that the accused person was arraigned before the court for the offence of giving false information and for sedition. He added that Richards denied the charges when... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – After several months of work on the newly constructed Vai Town Bridge in Monrovia, followed by rigorous foot assessment by key government officials and partners, the convoy of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has finally plied the bridge amidst jubilations from community dwellers and onlookers. The bridge assessment was part of several road projects dedicated and inspected by President Sirleaf over the week-end in around Monrovia. The Bridge which connects the Commercial District known as Vai Town to that of the popular commercial area of Waterside collapsed in 2007. The Government of Liberia through the World Bank commenced the... Continue Reading
Terrorist activities have been on the upswing in Nigeria, a country that has been in the throes of daring suicide bombers masquerading as Islamic adherents. By the day, the Nigerian economy wobbles under the attendant weight of terrorism, which has punctured investors’ confidence and left the economy on the downward slope.
The President of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Judge Khalida Rachid Khan, on 14 September 2011, assigned Judge Arlette Ramaroson (Madagascar) to the Appeals Chamber of the ICTR effective from 22 September 2011. The assignment takes into consideration Resolution 1878 (2009) of the UN Security Council amending Article 13 (3) of the Statute of the ICTR which provides that the President may assign up to four additional Permanent Judges serving in the ICTR Trial Chambers to the Appeals Chamber of the ICTR once their cases are completed. It also recalls Resolution 1955 (2010) and Resolution 1995 (2010)... Continue Reading
