 Rebel fighters say they have made gains in Misrata British military officers will be sent to Libya to advise rebels fighting Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces, the UK government has said. Foreign Secretary William Hague said the group would be deployed to the opposition stronghold of Benghazi. The BBC understands 10 UK officers and a similar number from France will give logistics and intelligence training. Mr Hague said it was compatible with the UN resolution on Libya, which ruled out foreign military ground action. He stressed that the officers would not be involved in any fighting and the move was needed to help protect civilians. Support and advice The UN Security Council resolution, passed in March, authorised a no-fly zone over Libya. Mr Hague said: "The [UK] National Security Council has decided that we will now move quickly to expand the team already in Benghazi to include an additional military liaison advisory team. This contingent will be drawn from experienced British military officers. "These additional personnel will enable the UK to build on the work already being undertaken to support and advise the NTC [opposition National Transitional Council] on how to better protect civilians. |
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Violent Protest Erupts in Kano, Kaduna Over Goodluck Jonathan’s Success
Violent Protests have broken out, Monday, in Kaduna and Kano states over presidential elections results which favour the emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan as winner of Saturday’s election.
According to BBC, young supporters of Muhammadu Buhari, who is popular in the north, have been clashing with police.
Meanwhile, Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano have imposed curfew on their states. According to BBC reports, smoke is billowing over the skyline in Kano as angry youths burn tyres across the city while the Police fired tear gas, appealing for calm on state radio.
School children were said to have been sent home as businesses are closing.
A curfew was imposed, Sunday in Gombe state, as protests were also reported in parts of Adamawa, Sokoto, Katsina and Bauchi states.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Celebrating Nigerian Electoral Chief
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| Prof Attahiru Jega |
As we celebrate the emergence of a winner in the just concluded transparent presidential polls, please my people we should not forget in a hurry the man who helped re-write the Nigerian electoral history, in the person of Prof Attahiru Jega, the Independent Electoral Commission boss. We all know the various criticisms he encountered when he was requesting fund for this assignment. We are all reaping the dividends now and commendation from international communities. All thanks to him. He is the man of the moment.
Goodluck Nigeria
Here comes our President and President-Elect, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
Just like in his motivational word, "If I can make it, you can make it". Let us follow in his steps and not get discouraged.
Nigeria, why the run?
Nigeria, what is happening? I was startled this afternoon by people running in all directions. Nobody seems to know the cause of the run, but they sure felt they needed to run. Funny enough, I was in no mood to run with them, so I stood to actually know the root cause of the commotion. The few people who were kind enough to talk to me during the chaos, disclosed that the honestly do not know the cause, but based on hearsay, some people were preparing to cause confusion in Abuja. Not long after that, I saw police patrol vehicles and military patrol vehicles, so I had a sigh of relief. Not quite 15 minutes after that, everybody went back to his or her business. I encountered this scenario in Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja. During the period of the said confusion, Kano, Borno, Adamawa, Bauchi and Kaduna were reported to be experiencing civil unrest. However, the people are going about their normal business while awaiting the final pronouncement of the presidential election.
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