By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna: President Goodluck Jonathan has urged all Nigerians to renounce violence and unite in the interest of peace and development of the country. This was contained in his Easter message to Nigerians: President Goodluck Jonathan has enjoined Christians and non Christians to embrace peace and harmony so that children of both faiths will grow up as brothers, sisters and friends. He used the Occassion of Easter to urge both Christian and Muslim preachers to utilise their pulpits to preach peace and harmony, so that children of both faiths will grow up as brothers, sisters and friends. Dr.... Continue Reading
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – Angry youths on Monday protesting against the results of the presidential poll held on Saturday, April 16, stormed the Nigerian Christian Corpers Fellowship, NCCF, Secretariat in Minna, the Niger State capital in the northern part of Nigeria and forcibly locked fifty members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in the state in the building and set the building on fire. Reports say the leader of the corps members managed to break the door and set his colleagues free and the NYSC members ran to the nearby army barracks for safety. According to Reports,... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The Banjul Magistrate Court yesterday convicted and sentenced a man to a fine of D10, 000 in default to serve three months in prison for saying that “Senegal will attack The Gambia.” Karamo Saidy Fatajo, a businessman at the Albert market in Banjul, was earlier arraigned and charged with conduct conducive to a breach of the peace. According to the particulars of offence, the convicted person on 16th December 2010 at Banjul Albert Market in the city of Banjul conducted himself in a manner conducive to a breach of the peace, by saying that “Senegal will... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The recent executive order that all GSM operators in the country must register all SIM cards on their network or risk losing their license, has raised serious concerns among members of the general public, with many expressing doubts as to the confidentiality of the information collected during the registration process. However, for many people who spoke to this paper yesterday, the move could not have come at a better time than now taking into consideration crimes committed, especially those caused through mobile phone calls. Despite being the norm in most African countries, many Gambians are of... Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Muwamba – Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi on Wednesday finally left Malawi for South Africa for medical treatment five months after his due date. The government had refused Muluzi permission to travel to South Africa for specialised treatment for his slipped discs problems arguing that the State specialists should first determine his condition. But the High Court has on several occasions ordered that the State should facilitate his medical review trip. On April 2 2011, President Bingu wa Mutharika directed that Muluzi should be allowed to travel to South Africa without strings attached and that government should provide... Continue Reading
