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election official writes as people cast their ballots during elections
in Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. Thousands
in Central African Republic's capital voted Wednesday in national
elections with hope that a new president will lead to greater stability
after years of violence.The National Electoral Authority said lines were
moving until polling stations closed in Wednesday's vote. No violence
was reported. The African Union observation mission head said that no
major issues were seen. However, voters and candidates remarked that
names were missing from ballots and some materials were not available.
Voters are choosing a government to replace the
transitional leaders put in place in 2014. More than 1.8 million people
were registered to vote at more than 500 polling stations nationwide.
United Nations peacekeepers and national security forces provided
security at polling stations.
The nation has been rocked by unrest since March 2013.
Liverpool's
Christian Benteke, right, celebrates his goal during the English
Premier League soccer match between Sunderland and Liverpool at the
Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015.
The striker pounced on a flicked pass from Adam
Lallana to place a low finish into the bottom corner, just 22 seconds
into the second half. Benteke earned Liverpool a 1-0 victory over
Leicester on Saturday, too.
Liverpool climbed to seventh in the standings, tied
for points with Manchester United but behind its great rival on goal
difference, and five points off the top four with exactly half the
season gone.
Sunderland stayed next to last with its fifth
straight loss in December, and fell seven points from safety as recently
hired manager Sam Allardyce struggles to turn around the fortunes of
the perennial relegation contender. Sunderland's home game against
last-place Aston Villa on Saturday assumes even greater significance.
It was Benteke's sixth goal in seven career games
against Sunderland — more than he has scored against any other club —
and another step in the right direction for a player who hasn't been a
regular since joining from Aston Villa for 32.5 million pounds (then
$50.7 million) in July.
"I came to Liverpool to try to score a lot of
goals, I'm in good shape," said Benteke, who has six league goals this
season. "I hope I can keep it up." Some have questioned whether the
tall, imposing Benteke fits into the high-tempo, high-energy style of
play favored by Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, and he said this week
that he has been told by the German coach to "run more."
Benteke prodded in a scrappy winner against
Leicester on Saturday, but this one was more clinical, pouncing on
Lallana's flick of Nathaniel Clyne's forward pass to find space behind
Sunderland's defense and locate the far corner with a low finish.
Lallana later acknowledged he didn't intend for the ball to reach
Benteke.
Referrer World
Chief Frank Kokori, a human rights activist
and former labour union leader, has said the south-south is not part of
the struggle for the creation of a Biafra Republic.
He condemned the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign
State of Biafra for saying the south-south was a part of Biafra, The
Punch reports.
Kokori was reacting to that anybody who says that Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa and Cross River states were not part of Biafra was deceiving himself.
MASSOB said Biafra comprises all the states of the former eastern region, including the Anioma community in Delta state.
Kokori, who is an indigene of Delta state wondered how the
south-south region could be part of the struggle for Biafra when most
Igbo people had refused to abandon their businesses outside the
south-east to join the Biafran agitation at home.
He said: “So, we in Delta State have never been part of Biafra.
Anything that is Biafran today is purely in the South-East which does
not include Rivers, Bayelsa , Cross River and Akwa Ibom.
“These states are not part of this new Biafran joke. To me, it is
a joke. The Biafra of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu was a serious issue.
What people like Ralph Uwazuruike of MASSOB and Nnamdi Kanu of IPOB are
doing is trivialising the serious struggle of Ojukwu. “They are not even serious; they don’t know what they want. What
they want is not viable and so they are just trivialising. Is Biafra
today possible with five landlocked South-East states?”
According to him, MASSOB and other pro-Biafran agitators were jokers
trying to exploit the oil-rich Niger Delta and to deceive Nigerians.
He noted that the creation of a Biafra Republic could spell doom for
the south-east as the geopolitical zone is landlocked and not strategic
for international commerce.
The human rights activists therefore, called on Igbo leaders to
caution the pro-Biafran agitators who had no idea of the implication of
their demand.
He also asked the federal government to release Nnamdi Kanu, the
director of Radio Biafra, who has been in the custody of the Department
of State Services, for the sake of peace with a stern warning not to toy
with treason again.
Meanwhile, by operatives of the DSS despite court rulings.
The naira has on Wednesday, December 30,
2015, strengthened against the dollar on the parallel market, the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
This is coming at a time when Nigerian are groaning about the
increasing exchange rate of the dollar to the naira and as currency
speculators are expressing fears that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
might come up with policies that might be unfavourable to them in 2016.
Naira strenghtens against the Dollar at the parallel market.
In the new development, the naira gained N1 to appreciate about 0.4
per cent, to exchange at N226 to the dollar against the previous N227.
At the official inter-bank window however, the naira remained at N197
to the dollar just as available apex bank’s record puts the price of
crude oil at 36.09 dollars.
The currency speculators are now envisaging that the apex bank might
come up with policies that would affect them negatively in the new year.
A man dressed as a female has been reportedly
caught and arrested on suspicion of terrorist attack on Friday morning
at the ECWA church in Biliri LGA in Gombe state.
Muslim youths who were reportedly guarding the church on Christmas
day apprehended an alleged suicide bomber in his late twenties who was
carrying the explosives, The Whistler reports.
However, the police in Gombe state has later reported that no explosive device was found on the suspect.
Fwaje Atajiri, the police public relations officer in the state, confirmed the arrest and said the suspect was being questioned.
Faruk Dankuka, the chairman of caretaker committee of Billiri local
government council of Gombe state, also looked into the matter and after
an investigation he debunked rumors about the bomber.
Suspected cross-dresser who allegedly planned Christmas day suicide bombing attack at the ECWA church in Gombe.
“Police arrested someone in Komta village, but the news has
started going round that the suspect was trying to plant a bomb. The
information we gathered from police is that no device was found with
him. He was just one of those that dresses like women. “From the ongoing investigation, the man could be one of the
homosexuals. For now, nobody can say he is a suicide bomber or not until
investigation is concluded,” Dankuka said.
Dankuka called on the people to continue to live in peace and to be
their brothers’ keeper at all times as well as to be security-conscious.
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New York fashion favourite David Tlale will
be the international fashion designer showcasing his designs at a
prestigious event TODAY Tuesday 22nd of December at the Eko Hotel & Suites.
A
model walks the runway at the David Tlale fashion show during
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014 at The Pavilion at Lincoln Center
on February 9, 2014 in New York City.
In the 13 years since Tlale launched his brand, the South African
native has showcased his inimitable designs at all the premium fashion
platforms and etched his mark as a favourite on the South African and
African fashion landscapes.
In 2009, he was awarded Fashion Designer of the year at the Africa
Fashion Awards in Johannesburg, and later made his debut at
Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week. In 2011, the presented his Made in
the City collection in celebration of the 92 years of Nelson Mandela’s
life and sent 92 models down the Nelson Mandela Bridge used as a runway
on what was deemed to be the longest ramp in the history of South
African fashion.
The proudest moment for Tlale was being the first South African
fashion designer to show case Solo at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New
York in September 2012. He has also received an award for Designer of
the Year in the African Diaspora in New York in 2014. He has worked with
many super models, including Tyson Beckford, Nykhor Paul, Oluchi, Tatum
Keshwar and Millen Magese.
Since his debut on the catwalks, Tlale has been an ambassador for the
“Change-4-Ever Campaign”, an initiative that aims to alleviate poverty
in Southern Africa. As well as appearing at the MMR event as the
international fashion designer, David will be receiving an award for his
outstanding achievement in the fashion industry.
This year’s Music Meets Runway event will feature artists like Darey,
Seyi Shay, Victoria Kimani, Lil Kesh, Super Star Wizkid and many more.
Darey will be hosting this prestigious event!
In the new development, the naira gained N1 to appreciate about 0.4
per cent, to exchange at N226 to the dollar against the previous N227.
“Police arrested someone in Komta village, but the news has
started going round that the suspect was trying to plant a bomb. The
information we gathered from police is that no device was found with
him. He was just one of those that dresses like women.
