Confusion once again enveloped the Rivers State House of Assembly on
Thursday as the police stormed the Assembly complex, shooting live
ammunition and firing teargas canisters to disperse the sitting of 25
lawmakers loyal to the State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.
The 25 lawmakers met to hold the first plenary in the House since it
was sealed off in July following a bloody fracas in the Assembly.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Nelson Mandela Dies at 95
( BBC) – South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa’s president says.
Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa’s transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison.He had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital.
In a statement on South African national TV, Mr Zuma said Mr Mandela had “departed” and was at peace.”Our nation has lost its greatest son,” Mr Zuma said.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was one of the world’s most revered statesmen after preaching reconciliation despite being imprisoned for 27 years.
He had rarely been seen in public since officially retiring in 2004.
“What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves,” Mr Zuma said.
“Fellow South Africans, Nelson Mandela brought us together and it is together that we will bid him farewell.
“Earlier, the BBC’s Mike Wooldridge, outside Mr Mandela’s home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton, said there appeared to have been an unusually large family gathering.
Among those attending was family elder Bantu Holomisa,A number of government vehicles
Since he was released from hospital, the South African presidency repeatedly described Mr Mandela’s condition as critical but stable.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was elected South Africa’s first black president in 1994.
He stepped down after five years in office.
May his soul RIP….
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