BOSTON (AP) — Teachers who knew Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as a child described him as a hardworking youngster who seemed to have a bright future.

Catheryn Charner-Laird, his third-grade teacher, said Tsarnaev was just learning English after moving to the U.S. from Russia in 2002 and cared very much about his schoolwork. She said he "always wanted to do the right thing."

MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 10 militants to life in prison for their involvement in the 2012 attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, a public prosecutor said.

Sayed Naeem said the court announced the ruling at an undisclosed location because of security concerns.
"Each militant got 25 years in jail. It is life in prison for the 10 militants who were tried by an anti-terrorist court," he said. In Pakistan 25 years is considered a life sentence.

Shots fired from NFL legend Tim Brown -- who just blasted Floyd Mayweather as one of the most BORING fighters ever ... and said he refuses to pay to watch him fight Pacquiao!!! Brown just appeared on "105.3 THE FAN Dallas/Ft. Worth" -- and sounded off on the head of The Money Team ... saying, "He's BORING man! He never gets hit. Knock somebody out, will ya?!" The former wide receiver went on to explain that Floyd is more of a "piddy pat" fighter who never goes in for the kill -- "If I'm gonna pay for a boxing match, I wanna see blood." Damn, Tim Brown.
Source: tim brown-mayweather is boring-knock-somebody-out-already

1803

France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.

1812

Louisiana became the 18th state in the United States.

1939

U.S. commercial television made its official debut at the New York World’s Fair.The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.

1945

Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide.

1948

The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia.

1975

The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.

1991

Over 131,000 were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a cyclone struck Bangladesh.

2003

Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

source:This day in history/April-30

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his father have had a stormy relationship, but they are back together for the fighter’s toughest test yet against Manny Pacquiao.

Over the years, Mayweather Sr. has spent long stretches estranged from his son because of their clashing egos and the father’s stints in jail, including a five-year sentence two decades ago on a drug trafficking conviction.

Mayweather Sr., who turned to training after his own boxing career was cut short when he was shot in the leg during a family dispute, once almost took a job training Oscar De La Hoya against his son.

One of the global global PC manufacturers, Lenovo while reaffirming its commitment to the Nigerian smartphone market has introduced a mix of three new smartphones into the market.

Telling the company’s success story after it entered Nigerian market last year, Shashank Sharma, Executive Director of Mobile Business Group of Lenovo, Middle East and Africa (MEA) at a breakfast meeting with Technology Journalists described Nigeria as a vital focus for the organisation.
“Nigeria is one of the fastest growing smartphone markets globally. With about 30 per cent smartphone penetration, the country represents huge growth potential for Lenovo.

The potential pay-per-view television revenue for Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao’s blockbuster welterweight showdown with Floyd Mayweather is so stratospheric that with just four days to go, an actual figure is impossible to predict.

Stephen Espinoza, vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports, said interest in the bout is unprecedented to a degree that the usual markers for predicting the number of purchases and revenue just don’t apply.

By Lawrence Hurley

(Reuters) - Tensions on the Supreme Court over the use of the death penalty in the United States spilled over on Wednesday as the justices appeared badly split in a case brought by three death row inmates calling Oklahoma's lethal injection method a violation of the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

1429
Joan of Arc entered the city of Orléans. She would end its months-long siege and would become known as the "Maid of Orléans."
1916
The Easter rebellion in Ireland ended with the surrender of Irish nationalists.
1945
American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp.
1978
Japan's Naomi Uemura, traveling by sled dog, became the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
1980
Film director Alfred Hitchcock died at age of 80.
1986
Pitcher Roger Clemens set a major league baseball record by striking out 20 batters in a regular nine-inning game. He repeated his feat in 1996.
1992
A Los Angeles jury acquitted four police officers accused of beating Rodney King. Massive rioting and looting ensued.
1997
The first joint U.S.-Russian space walk was made by Jerry Linenger and Vasily Tsibliyev from space station Mir.
2011
Kate Middleton marries Prince William in a lavish royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London.
Source:This Day in history/Apr-29

The Nigerian military says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from an area where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is active.
However, it said the girls abducted from a school in Chibok in April 2014 were not among them.

1788
Maryland became the 7th state in the United States.
1789
Fletcher Christian led the mutiny aboard the British ship Bounty against Captain William Bligh.
1945
Benito Mussolini was executed.
1947
Thor Heyerdahl and five others began their Pacific Ocean crossing on the raft, Kon-Tiki.
1967
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army.
1992
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture unveiled its first “food pyramid.”
2001
Dennis Tito became the first space tourist.
2004
The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal first comes to light when graphic photos of U.S. soldiers physically abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners were shown on CBS's 60 Minutes II.
Source:This day in history/April-28

Vladimir Putin has accused US agents of directly aiding rebel fighters in the second Chechen war.
The Russian President made the comments in a film on state-run television marking his 15 years in power.
The documentary gives considerable time to the conflict in the North Caucasus, a battle for independence that mutated into an Islamist insurgency.
Mr Putin accuses the West of trying to tear Russia apart by supporting terrorists.

4977

Universe is created, according to Kepler

On this day in 4977 B.C., the universe is created, according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, considered a founder of modern science. Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets.

Kepler was born on December 27, 1571, in Weil der Stadt, Germany. As a university student, he studied the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus’ theories of planetary ordering. Copernicus (1473-1543) believed that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system, a theory that contradicted the prevailing view of the era that the sun revolved around the earth.

1521
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a fight with natives of the Philippines.
1805
The U.S. Marines captured Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.
1865
The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana; more than 1,400 people were killed.
1956
Rocky Marciano retired as undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion.
1961
Sierra Leone gained independence from Great Britain.
1983
Pitcher Nolan Ryan surpassed Walter Johnson’s strikeout record—one that had held since 1927.
1987
Austrian president Kurt Waldheim was barred from entering the United States. He was accused of aiding in the execution of thousands of Jews in World War II.
1993
Eritrea declared itself independent.
source:This Day in history/April-27

LONDON (AP) — With Britain's general election fast approaching, almost anything can become political — even Prince William and his wife Kate's choice of private medical care for the upcoming birth of their second child.

Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday defended the royal couple's choice of private treatment over public care offered by the National Health Service.

MOSCOW (AP) — Intercepted calls showed that United States helped separatists in Russia's North Caucasus in the 2000s, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in a new documentary in which he underscored his suspicions of the West.

The two hour-long documentary, to be aired on the state-owned Rossiya-1 TV channel later on Sunday, is dedicated to Putin's 15 years in office. It focused on Putin's achievements as well as challenges to his rule — which the producers and Putin blame on Western interference.

Johannesburg (AFP) - A wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa could provoke reprisals from neighbouring countries, raising concerns among South African business leaders and officials that the violence against foreigners could further damage the weak economy.

Calls for a boycott of South African products have multiplied amid anger in Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and elsewhere on the continent over their citizens being attacked by mobs in Johannesburg and Durban.

1607
Colonists land at Cape Henry, Va., They would found Jamestown the next month.
1865
John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin, was surrounded by federal troops in a barn in Virginia. He was shot and killed, either by the soldiers or by his own hand.
1937
The German Luftwaffe (air force) destroyed the Spanish town of Guernica.
1964
Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined to form Tanzania.
1986
The worst nuclear power plant accident in history occurred at Chernobyl, near Kiev, U.S.S.R.
1994
The first multi-racial elections were held in South Africa.
2000
Vermont Governor Howard Dean signed the nation's first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
Source: This Day in history/April-26

WASHINGTON –- Paul Pierce emerged out of the Washington Wizards’ trainer’s room late Friday night and let out, "Man, I’m tired.”

A few minutes later, he walked ever so gingerly into the interview room before sitting down and sighing as if the short walk from the locker room sapped him of his remaining energy.

Pierce might have been walking and sounding like 900-year-old Yoda, but don’t be fooled. Moments before, Pierce was in full assassin mode as he basically ended the Toronto Raptors’ season for all intents and purposes.

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake has struck 80km east of the city of Pokhara, Nepal, the US Geological Survey said. Some buildings have reportedly collapsed in the capital, Kathmandu. Witnesses say that the tremors were also felt in India.
There have been no official reports of damage or injuries. However, Reuters witness said some buildings in Kathmandu had collapsed.

The quake was at a depth of 31km.

Some tremors were reportedly felt in some cities in northern India, including the capital, New Delhi, witnesses told Reuters.
Source:Earthquake strikes nepal-india

1901
New York became the first state to require license plates on cars.
1915
British, Australian, and New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli.
1928
The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.
1945
Delegates met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
1953
The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.
1959
The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.
1990
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua.
1992
Islamic forces took over most of Kabul, Afghanistan after the Soviet-controlled government collapsed.
2003
The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the "Confederate flag" design from its state flag.
Source: Day in history/April-25

For 25 years, Ali Addeh refugee camp has been a holding point for those fleeing into Djibouti
Many come from Somalia, Ethiopia and especially Eritrea -- which is ruled by a one-party state
Despite the risks, Eritrean refugees say they'd risk their lives with people smugglers
Ali Addeh refugee camp, Djibouti (CNN)Henol and Mebratu emerge from their current home, a modest structure with plastic sheeting serving as its roof, carrying the "master folder."

One of the most important documents on the camp, it's a record of each Eritrean's name and their case -- whether they've been granted refugee status, whether they've had their resettlement interview, whether they've attempted the journey to Europe by sea, and whether they've survived it.

1800
Library of Congress was established.
1898
Spain declared war on the U.S..
1915
Turks began deportation of Armenians that led to the massacre of between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians.
1916
The Easter Rebellion begins in Dublin, Ireland. Although unsuccessful, the uprising was an important symbolic event leading to the establishment of the Republic of Ireland.
1953
Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1990
The shuttle Discovery blasted off with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Source:Day in history/April-24

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iranian ships are moving northeast away from Yemen, a U.S. official said on Thursday after a convoy of Iranian cargo ships prompted U.S. concerns that Tehran was sending weapons into region.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, called the move a "promising sign" but said the United States would continue to monitor to see if the ship's course continued.

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the U.S. government had warned Iran not to send weapons to Yemen that could be used to threaten shipping traffic in the Gulf.
Source:iranian ships moving away yemen u-official

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use her “good offices and position to investigate allegations of hate speech by the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, which has resulted in killing, violence and discrimination against Nigerians and other African citizens living in South Africa, as well as the complicity/negligence of the country’s law enforcement agencies to prevent these crimes against civilian population.”

The organisation also urged her to “bring to justice anyone who is responsible for these international crimes prohibited under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for the parents of an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a St. Louis suburb say they plan to file a civil lawsuit Thursday against the city of Ferguson.

Attorneys for the family of Michael Brown announced their plans in a statement Wednesday night.

The lawsuit had been expected. Attorneys for Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, and his father, Michael Brown Sr., said at a press conference in early March that a wrongful death lawsuit would be filed "soon."

Two days ago, Kenyan security officers raided the house of Shaikh Hassaan Hussein Adam ‘Abu Salman’, a radical cleric known for his support of Al-Shabaab. The cleric and his wife were interrogated in Nairobi’s Eastleigh neighborhood before being taken into custody.

Prior to his detention, the Kenyan authorities were aware of the cleric’s influential role among Somali jihadists. Shaikh Hassaan has been the informal mufti of Al-Shabaab, issuing fatwas that justified the terror group’s killings and carnage in Somalia. Last year, the cleric issued his famous fatwa in which he propagated the killing of jihadists who sowed discord among the mujahidin in Somalia. Ahmed Abdi Godane, the Emir of Al-Shabaab, used that same fatwa as a pretext to terminate his rivals in the radical group. Two founders of the militant group—Ibrahim Al-Afghani and Abdihamid Olhaye ‘Moalim Burhan’—were killed in the coastal town of Baraawe in Somalia last June.

Vetnam National Assembly vice chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan called for a prompt signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, describing it as a crucial step toward an elevated Asian- Pacific nexus.

Ngan made the request at meetings with US senators and representatives during her 10-day working visit to the US, which wrapped up on Tuesday.

At meetings, fields of common interest were discussed such as TPP negotiations, regional peace and marine security maintenance.

April 2

1616
Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
1954
Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs.
1969
Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death (later reduced to a life sentence) for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
1985
Coca-Cola announced that it was changing its formula and introduced New Coke.
1998
James Earl Ray, convicted of assassinating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died.
2004
The U.S. resumed diplomatic relations with Libya.
Source:http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/April-23

1500
Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.
1509
Henry VIII became king of England.
1616
The Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid. (Some sources say April 23.)
1864
Congress authorized the inscription "In God We Trust" on coins minted as U.S. currency.
1889
The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers.
1970
The first Earth Day was observed.
1994
Richard M. Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.
2000
Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.
Source: http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory?month=apr&day=22

By VICTORIA SHANNON
APRIL 21, 2015
Good morning.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Headway in genetic testing.

Two advances in genetic tests for breast cancer are announced today that could make the process less expensive and more precise.

In one, a Silicon Valley start-up says it will offer a test on a sample of saliva that is so affordable that most women could get it.

• Morsi gets prison term.

An Egyptian court sentenced the deposed president Mohamed Morsi today to 20 years in prison over the deaths of protesters in 2012.

Mr. Morsi faces several other trials, as do thousands of Muslim Brotherhood loyalists.

By Dapo Akinrefon, Charles Kumolu & Gbenga Oke
The imminent absence of the South-East from top leadership positions in the Senate and House of Representatives is of little bother to leaders of the region, former Anambra State governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said.
However, radical member of the Second Republic House of Representatives, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday, put the plight of the region to its decision to put all their eggs in one basket, even as renowned economist, Dr. Pat Utomi, cautioned All Progressives Congress, APC to ensure that it gives a fair representation to all sections of the country.
The reactions came as APC, which is set to take over the Presidency and the National Assembly, denied taking a decision on the zoning of the top positions of government.

1836

Texan army under Sam Houston defeated Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto.

1910

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), author of the novel Huckleberry Finn, died at the age of 74.

1918

Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious World War I German flying ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action today.

1960

Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia.

1975

South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned.

1980

Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. She was later disqualified for cheating.

1995

Timothy McVeigh was arrested in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.

1997

The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.

This day in history/April-21

US authorities have arrested and charged six men in the US state of Minnesota with conspiring to support the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
The six men allegedly had plans to travel to Syria where they would join and fight with the group.
Court documents say the men tried to fly from airports in San Diego and New York City, but were stopped before doing so.
Officials say at least one person from Minnesota has died fighting with IS.
Source:

THE Presidency has rejected a media report that President Goodluck Jonathan is demanding a refund of N2 trillion unused campaign funds, following his disappointing outcome in the presidential election, saying that the report is mischievous, false and embarrassing.
Speaking to State House correspondents in Abuja, on Sunday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, maintained that those behind the story were intent on causing crisis in the country.
He rejected the suggestion that President Jonathan had set up a five-man committee to probe the use of the funds.
“The front-page story of a national newspaper of April 19, alleging that the Presidency spent a whopping N2 trillion on the 2015 general election and that a committee of five has been set up by President Jonathan to conduct an audit of how the funds were disbursed by party members and state officials is mischievous, false and embarrassing.

Following xenophobic attacks by South Africans against foreigners, particularly those of African descent, Nigerians have been counting their losses with the Nigerian Consul-General, Ambassador Uche Ajulu-Okeke saying the loss by Nigerians included looted shops, burnt shops, two burnt mechanic workshops, 11 burnt cars and two stolen cars, among others.

Speaking with News Agency of Nigeria, NAN on phone, Ambassador Ajulu-Okeke said “Nigerians have compiled damages to their property and it is totalling about 1.2 million Rand or N21 million, which will be sent to the Federal Government for further action”

Abuja – Sen. Uche Chukwumerije is dead.

Chukwumerije, a former Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, died on Sunday in a Turkish Hospital in Abuja at the age of 75.

Chukwumerije: Boko Haram endangers Igbo bid for presidency in 2015

He was a three-time senator that represented Abia North, he was elected into the Senate in 2003.

Chika Chukwumerije, son of the deceased said in a telephone interview that his father died of lung cancer at exactly 4.30 p.m., on Sunday.

“We are trying to organise some things; he died at exactly 4.30 p.m., this evening.

1769

Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac murdered.

1841

The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue was published.

1902

Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.

1912

Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, died.

1912

The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park. They beat the N.Y. Highlanders (who in 1913 would become known as the Yankees) 7-6.

1971

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the practice of busing for racial desegregation.

1999

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. 14 students (including the shooters) and 1 teacher were killed; 23 others were wounded.

2008

Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race.

2010

An explosion on a BP oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana kills 11 people and injures 17. Experts estimate that 13,000 gallons of crude oil per hour are pouring into the Gulf of Mexico.

This day in history/April-20

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. — The episode could have been a chapter from the thriller written by former Senator Bob Graham of Florida about a shadowy Saudi role in the Sept. 11 attacks.

A top F.B.I. official unexpectedly arranges a meeting at Dulles International Airport outside Washington with Mr. Graham, the former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, after he has pressed for information on a bureau terrorism inquiry. Mr. Graham, a Democrat, is then hustled off to a clandestine location, where he hopes for a breakthrough in his long pursuit of ties between leading Saudis and the Sept. 11 hijackers.

This real-life encounter happened in 2011, Mr. Graham said, and it took a startling twist.

The knives are already being sharpened for the leaders of Britain’s political parties, several of whom could see their careers brought to a brutal end if they fail to deliver at the May 7 election.
Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, his Liberal Democrat deputy Nick Clegg, leader of the main opposition Labour party Ed Miliband, Nigel Farage of the anti-EU UK Independence Party — all run the risk of being kicked out.

New migrants emergency - 28 rescued, many corpses found as boat with 700 capsizes

Twenty-eight migrants have been rescued but hundreds are feared dead after a boat carrying as many as 700 migrants capsized last night.
The incident happened in an area just off Libyan waters, 120 miles south of Lampedusa.
The emergency was declared at about midnight when the migrants are believed to have moved to one side of the boat, capsizing it, when a merchant ship approached.
The incident bears similarities to another case last week when some 400 migrants are believed to have perished Only some 150 were rescued.
A number of bodies were washed ashore in Libya.
Source: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150419/local/new-migrants-emergency-28-rescued-many-corpses-found-as-boat-with-700.564511

BY PETER DURU, MAKURDI
No fewer than 60 persons were feared killed at the weekend in a bloody communal crisis between Ologba and Egba communities of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that the latest crisis which left many with varying degrees of injury was a fallout of a lingering dispute between the fishing communities over the ownership of a fishing pond in the area.
The latest crisis between the sister villages came on the heels of last month’s outrageous conflict in Egba community which claimed close to 100 lives when suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded the community.

Charles Kumolu

Dr. Femi Aribisala, a pastor and Vanguard columnist, in this interaction with Vanguard editors, ventilates his passion for President Goodluck Jonathan and explains his position on the person and politics of the president-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari. Excerpts:

Femi Aribisala

What is your perspective on the just concluded presidential election?

This has been the most important political campaign I have witnessed in Nigeria. And the campaign will, to some extent, define the presidency. There were things that needed to be said, emphasized and brought to Buhari’s attention because we needed to remind him that some things would not be acceptable if he becomes the president. Buhari was made to go through a lot of phases. There were some things like the Muslim-Muslim ticket which some of us made so much noise about and they just had to drop it at some point. There were other things that Buhari did which he would not normally do because we made so much noise about his antecedents. Sometimes people simplistically define the process by the result. No! The whole debate is to make him understand that it is not what he had before. It was to make him realize that this is a democratic framework. It was also to sensitize him that certain things would not be acceptable.

•We will go into action before we are sworn-in
•‘Our priorities on security, economy, unemployment, corruption’
•On indiscipline: People are more prepared to behave than in 1983

If statements from the president-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, are to be believed, the incoming administration, to be inaugurated on May 29, will hit the ground running. Buhari says he intends to put together a small cabinet that may go into action even before the swearing-in. In a nutshell, he speaks on the shape of things to come in this interview.

By Levinus Nwabughiogu

There has been an influx of defectors from the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to your party, APC, since after your victory at the polls. Many think the development may destabilise the APC. How do you intend to manage the situation?

I think this is a question meant for the party. I wish John Oyegun was here to answer you because we have a system. Just because I am the presidential candidate and the president-elect, I don’t think the system has allowed me to usurp the power of the party executives. But, certainly, in a multi-party democratic system, fundamentally, it is the number that matters for the people. But for the party, what matters is the ability to manage the number so that the majority will have its way and there will be justice. No matter what happens to the PDP by May 29, I assure you or I assure them through you that there will be justice in the APC.

By Gbenga Ariyibi, Ado Ekiti

The face -off between the 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly and Governor Ayo Fayose may soon be over, as the governor says he is willing to negotiate with the lawmakers

The lawmakers are pushing for the impeachment of the governor, as they have directed the state Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, to constitute a panel to investigate allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him and his deputy, Dr. Kolapo Olusola

Fayose and Buhari

Speaking on Friday during a thanksgiving service at Ansar ud Deen Mosque, Ado Ekiti on his victory at the Supreme Court, which affirmed his election, Fayose said he was ready to sit with the lawmakers and negotiate.

This statement was not without a caveat as the governor clarified that he was ready to make peace with the lawmakers as long as they were ready to embrace the move in the over all interest of the state.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja

Contrary to the content of the letter that President Goodluck Jonathan refused to sign the Constitution Amendment Bill because of alleged usurpation of executive powers by the National Assembly in the bill, among other reasons, there is an allegation that Jonathan signed the original amendment bill.

Sources close to the Senate told Sunday Vanguard that because the original Constitution Amendment Bill sent to the president for his assent was allegedly signed before the change of mind, the Senate is demanding that the President returns the original copy of the bill forwarded to it.

1775

The "shot heard around the world" was fired. Colonial Minute Men took on British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord, Mass., starting the American Revolution.

1824

Lord Byron died of a fever while helping the Greeks fight the Turks.

1882

Naturalist Charles Darwin, developer of the theory of evolution, died.

1897

The first Boston Marathon was run.

1933

The United States went off the gold standard.

1943

The Warsaw ghetto uprising began, one of the first mass rebellions against the Nazis.

1993

The siege at Waco, Texas, ended when FBI moved into the Branch Davidian compound with tear gas and cult members set fire to the compound killing over 80 people.

1995

The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., was destroyed by a car bomb. 168 people, including 19 children were killed in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history up to that time.

2005

Germany's Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI.

This day in history/April-19

BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE
AFTER the euphoria of their electoral victories, one of the major challenges that will confront the President-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), and 20 or 21 new governors is the level of debt stock the out-going administrations will leave behind.

According to the Debt Management Office, DMO, the Federal Government has a stock of $6.445 billion in external debt (N1.29 trillion at the rate of one dollar to N200)) and another N7. 9 trillion domestic debt totalling N9.19 trillion, as of December 31, 2014. This is the equivalent of two years budget.

Back in March, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini was recorded saying that foreigners must pack up and leave the country.

In the presence of both Police Minister Nathi Nhleko and provincial MEC Willies Mchunu, the king was reported to have told a gathering that it was time foreigners were told to return to their countries. The king accused them of messing up the country’s towns by hanging their fake clothing brands on the streets.

“Now when you walk down the street you can’t recognise a shop you used to know because it has been taken over by foreigners who mess it up by hanging up rags,” the king said.

Many believe this is what has fuelled the xenophobic attacks across South Africa. The audio is in Zulu, with English subtitles.

His remarks were widely condemned as encouraging hatred towards foreigners, which may result in more violent behaviour towards them.

When the king was later confronted and asked to apologise, Zwelithini’s spokesman, Prince Thulani Zulu, said the king has nothing to be sorry for. That King Goodwill Zwelithini meant each and every word when he said foreigners must pack their bags and get out of South Africa.

Prince Thulani said:http://www.lazywrita.com/2015/04/video-shocking-south-african-king.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&m=1

“I think the people who’re complaining are misinterpreting his speech. He didn’t say foreigners must be attacked or harassed. The king was talking about foreigners who are here illegally. Some are involved in serious crimes like drug and human trafficking. We don’t need such people in our country so the king is right.”
shocking south african king speech that cause xenophobia

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday directed his diplomats to use “creative negotiations” to bridge a sharp divide with Iran over the fate of sanctions if it agrees to curb itsnuclear program, signaling flexibility in hopes of keeping a tentative agreement from unraveling.

At least 33 people killed and more than 100 others injured in attacks near bank branch in eastern Nangarhar province.

Deadly suicide bombings hit Afghanistan's Jalalabad

At least 33 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a series of attacks in Jalalabad city in the eastern Nangarhar province.

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The Great San Francisco Earthquake destroyed over 4 sq mi. and killed over 500 people.

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The first game was played in Yankee Stadium (“the House that Ruth built”). Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4–1.

One person killed when a car bomb went off outside the American consulate in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region.

ISIL claimed responsibility for the blast outside US consulate [Getty]

A car bomb at the entrance to the US consulate in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Erbil, killed at least one person and wounded five others, the local mayor said.

The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has assured that the PDP members in the National Assembly will work with APGA for the ultimate good and progress of the State. He said this yesterday during the presentation of Certificates of Return to those that won the Senatorial and House of Representatives seats in the State.

Flanked by the Senator-elect for Anambra South, Sen. Andy Uba; Hon. Uche Ekwunife (Central); and Princess Stella Oduah (Anambra North),

By Soni Daniel & Ben Agande

ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan spoke for the first time, yesterday, on why he conceded defeat to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), in the March 28 presidential election, saying he did so to avert a collective tragedy.

President Goodluck Jonathan speaks during his visit to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos, on March 12, 2015. President Jonathan visited the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on March 12, and launched a new online mobile platform, X-Gen, designed to increase local investment. The platform is targetted at increasing the number of local investors in the country and to enable about 30 millions domestic investors have access to the market. AFP PHOTO

President Jonathan was responding to remarks by the French ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Denis Guaer, who commended him for setting a record of humility, patriotism and courage in safeguarding the democratic process in Nigeria and Africa for which he will always be remembered.

The French ambassador told the President: “Nigeria is not only an economic power in the world today, but also a great democratic example. And it is all by your effort, Mr. President. The last elections and your response was truly a great achievement and you will always be remembered for it.”

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his father have had a stormy relationship, but they are back together for the fighter’s toughest test yet against Manny Pacquiao.

One of the global global PC manufacturers, Lenovo while reaffirming its commitment to the Nigerian smartphone market has introduced a mix of three new smartphones into the market.

The potential pay-per-view television revenue for Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao’s blockbuster welterweight showdown with Floyd Mayweather is so stratospheric that with just four days to go, an actual figure is impossible to predict.

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One person killed when a car bomb went off outside the American consulate in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region.

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