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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A newspaper has been banned from publications for ‘sowing division’ among Shiites. The government in Sunni-ruled Bahrain announced Sunday an indefinite ban on the independent Al-Wasat newspaper on accusations that it publishes “what sows division” in the Shiite-majority Gulf kingdom. The ministry of information affairs said it had decided to bar the publication and stop its circulation “until further notice”, according BNA state news agency, without specifying if the ban affects the electronic edition. The order was due to Al-Wasat’s “violation of the law and repeatedly publishing what sows division in the society and affects Bahrain’s relations with other states,” BNA said. The decision came after the paper published an article on Sunday that was “offensive to a sisterly Arab state,” BNA said, in an apparent reference to an article that praised protests in Morocco. The London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy criticised the decision, saying it...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A newspaper has been banned from publications for ‘sowing division’ among Shiites. The government in Sunni-ruled Bahrain announced Sunday an indefinite ban on the independent Al-Wasat newspaper on accusations that it publishes “what sows division” in the Shiite-majority Gulf kingdom. The ministry of information affairs said it had decided to bar the publication and stop its circulation “until further notice”, according BNA state news agency, without specifying if the ban affects the electronic edition. The order was due to Al-Wasat’s “violation of the law and repeatedly publishing what sows division in the society and affects Bahrain’s relations with other states,” BNA said. The decision came after the paper published an article on Sunday that was “offensive to a sisterly Arab state,” BNA said, in an apparent reference to an article that praised protests in Morocco. The London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy criticised the decision, saying it...

http://ift.tt/2qy2kD0 The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) has deployed 50 armed personnel to check incessant attacks at the University of Maiduguri. Its Commandant, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, told newsmen on Monday in Maiduguri that the measure was necessitated by the rising cases of suicide bombing and other attacks at the institution. He said that the personnel had been deployed to strategic locations like the business centres, motor parks, worship and social centres, among other areas. The official urged the students and members of the university community to be calm and report any suspicious movement around the vicinity to security agents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the institution has recorded four incidents of attacks in the last few weeks. Vía Nigeria News – Nigerian Newspaper – The Guardian Nigeria http://ift.tt/2rya5KH

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Vocal Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has, Wednesday, lambasted the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu over a statement credited to him wherein he claimed that Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, was being held in prison for his own good. Mr. Shehu had, while reacting to questions on the human rights’ record of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, in Abuja on Tuesday, also said that the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) and the Shi’ite leader were still being kept by the government in the public interest. “On the issue of El-Zakzaky, the information we have is that he is being kept more for his own safety than the offences he committed. “If you set him free today, what do you think will likely be the reactions out there on the streets of Kaduna or in Zazzau where he comes from.” However, reacting to Garba Shehu’s comments, the fie...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Nwafor Sunday The former  Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has responded to the allegation levelled against him by the Minister of Transportion, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, over a two billion naira transferred by the former governor of Rivers state, Dr. Peter Odili to the Ministry of Aviation to fix Port-Harcourt runway. He made this known in a chat on ChannelsTV on Saturday. According to him, ” This is an absurd allegation, first and foremost I wasn’t given any money by the Rivers state government, it was my predecessor in the office that was given a loan by the Rivers state government and the money was not paid to Aviation, it was paid to FAAN. “It was a loan from the Rivers state government to FAAN as I understand it, the amount was two billion naira. Countering  Kayode stressed that “Professor Borisade was the minister then not me and the money wasn’t paid to the ministry it was paid to FAAN’s account and that is number one,. http://ift.tt...