GRAPHITTI NEWS : 2014-11-23

Saturday, November 29, 2014

6 Minutes, 7 Seconds Of Noise, Silence For Mandela

A man plays a vuvuzela outside Durban's Moses Mabhida stadium before the World Cup semi-final between Germany and Spain on July 7, 2010 ©Rajesh Jantilal (AFP/File)

The South African government will lead an international moment of noise and silence on the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela's death, the former president's foundation said Saturday.

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak (centre) waves as he is transported to the Maadi military hospital in Cairo, on November 29, 2014, after a court dismissed a murder charge against the ousted leader over the deaths of protesters during a 2011 uprising ©Khaled Desouki (AFP)

An Egyptian court dismissed Saturday a murder charge against Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising, sparking a Cairo demonstration that police dispersed with tear gas.

Rampaging gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have killed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Godspower Ayodu, and six other persons in Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Residents look at burnt motorcycles outside the Central Mosque in Kano on November 29, 2014 ©Aminu Abubakar (AFP)

President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered full scale investigation into bomb attacks on the Central Mosque in Kano that left 35 killed and 150 injured on Friday.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has proposed giving financial incentives to Israeli Arabs to encourage them to forfeit their citizenship and move to a new Palestinian state.

AFP Photo / Emmanuel Dunand

A breakthrough means to ease pain for millions of patients has been discovered by US researchers – and it’s right inside our body.

Togbe Ngoryifia Cephas Kosi Bansah, King of the Ewe people in Ghana (Reuters / Ralph Orlowski)

A king of a Ghanaian tribe, who rules his people via Skype, e-mail and phone from Germany, has been the victim of burglary. The thieves reportedly managed to steal four crowns.

KANO MOSQUE ATTACK UPDATE: 100s Feared Dead In Kano Mosque Multiple Blasts

People gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Kano, Nigeria, Friday Nov. 28, 2014. An explosion tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday, and officials feared the casualty toll would be high.. (AP Photo/Muhammed Giginyu)

Hundreds of people were killed and hundreds more injured in multiple bomb attacks at the Central Mosque in Kano on Friday, witnesses say.

AFP Photo/Emmanuel Dunnand

A food company from Denmark has been supplying food to hospitals after preparing it in a cement mixer. The discovery was made by the country’s food watchdog who said the levels of hygiene at their production facility were “abysmal.”

Real Madrid have criticized UEFA president Michel Platini for suggesting their forward Cristiano Ronaldo should not win the Ballon d'Or.

Nigerian Turkish Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan in February 2014 (Photo: facebook.com)

The Nigerian-Turkish Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja, is set for kidney transplant and other complex medical surgeries in Nigeria, to save Nigerians the agony and cost of overseas treatment for such ailments.

A South Korean ICT Expert, Mr Kuk Jeong, on Friday, in Seoul said “Africa needs adequate and stable electricity supply to successfully develop and implement e-Government and to fight corruption.

Pele's condition is improving but he remains in the intensive care unit of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, according to a statement released on Friday.

There was an explosion at the Central Mosque in Kano this afternoon as Muslim faithfuls were holding their Friday Jumat service.

Reuters/Luke MacGregor

It isn’t even December yet, but for thousands of Brits it’s time to shop till you drop, as annual ‘Black Friday’ sales take place across the globe.

Shoppers look for bargains at a store at Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets, in Leesburg, Virginia, on November 27, 2014 ©Peter Stebbings (AFP)

The traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season has become a two-day affair, with more stores opening before people put down their turkey legs on Thanksgiving. There's good reason for the creep; businesses know shoppers will only spend so much, and they want the first crack at grabbing those holiday dollars.

Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu

More prominent Nigerians are painting a gloomy picture of the economy, with the naira dropping many points and oil prices crashing.

Babatunde Raji Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has written to President Goodluck Jonathan over the legality of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme and Federal Road Maintenance Agency, SURE-P/FERMA task force and for occupying the old toll gate axis of the state without observing due process.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson (Reuters/Edgar Su)

Measures to limit the number of immigrants from the EU are “only reasonable,” London Mayor Boris Johnson believes. Commenting on the prime minister’s proposal, however, he urged against preventing people “of value to economy” from coming to Britain.

Wasila's father-in-law, Sani Garba, holding a picture of the 14-year-old (AFP Photo/Aminu Abubakar)

The father of a teenage girl, accused of murdering her husband with rat poison in what turned out to be a fatal post-marriage celebration, is appealing to a local court in an effort to spare his daughter the death sentence.

Alexa Nicole De Armas, charged with Human Trafficking of a person under 18 years old. (Sarasota County Sheriff's Office)

A 17-year-old girl was charged with organizing a prostitution ring at two Florida high schools. Police say she pimped out a 15-year-old girl to a client for US$40 and a bottle of liquor so a 21-year-old could have sex with the underage student.

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says PVCs distribution would begin today in Rivers and Nasarawa states.

Reuters / Michael Dalder

The financial crisis in Europe is prompting some nations to repatriate their gold reserves to national vaults. The Netherlands has moved US$5 billion worth of gold from New York, and some are calling for similar action from France, Switzerland, and Germany.

Lights twinkle in a mall in Canberra, Australia where David Richards has set a Guinness World Record by stringing up almost 1.2 million Christmas lights in the center of the national capital, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Alan Porritt)

An Australian lawyer David Richards has set a world record by stringing up almost 1.2 million Christmas lights in the center of the national capital.

Author P.D. James, whose publisher says died at age 94. Ulla Montan/AP

British mystery and crime novelist P.D. James, whose best-known works featured poet and Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh as a protagonist, has died at age 94, her publisher says. The author of books such as "The Children of Men" and "Innocent Blood" died at her home in Oxford, England.

Recharge Your Phone In 30 Seconds? Israeli Firm Says It Can

Photo: Youtube

An Israeli company says it has developed technology that can charge a mobile phone in a few seconds and an electric car in minutes, advances that could transform two of the world's most dynamic consumer industries.

Reuters / Blair Gable

Now imagine that you have an epileptic child who suffers excruciating pain then you discover something that gives the child immediate relief. The only catch is: it is illegal!

Chuck Hagel.(AFP Photo / Jim Watson)

US President Barack Obama has accepted the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, senior administration officials have said, a number of US news outlets reported.

An explosion believed to be a bomb rocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat along the Murtala Mohammed in Calabar, Cross River State, on Monday.

PHOTOS: Another Year, Another Successful MTN Marathon Held.

This year 18,887 individuals officially registered for the MTN Kampala Marathon but the overall number of actual runners far exceeded 20,000. (Photo: MTN Uganda)

The MTN marathon 42km race was won by Uganda's Alex Chesakit (men) and Carolyne Migadde (women) on a wet Sunday morning.

Image from polizei.bayern.de

Police in Germany found a private nuclear-proof bunker made by a man who says he feared an attack from Russia. At least 140 different weapons were found in his “atomic safe” facility where he was planning to hide with his family.

(Photo: Nigeria News Service)

President Goodluck Jonathan said all state capitals would be linked with rail transportation to boost the nation’s economy.

Image from suneris.co

A New York based startup has developed a gel capable of sealing even the most severe bleeding wounds in mere seconds. The plant-based polymer is on the course to save human lives after already being tested in veterinarian use on animals, RT.com reports.

Roger Federer and Switzerland won the Davis Cup (Photo: PA)

Roger Federer tasted success in the only major tournament to have eluded him as he steered Switzerland to their maiden Davis Cup success.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and with it his second Formula One world title. They told him, too, that he was Mercedes-Benz's first champion since a chap called Juan-Manuel Fangio, in 1955. (Inset: Nicole plants a kiss on his helmet) (Photo: PA/Getty Images)

Lewis Hamilton claimed a second Formula One world championship with victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The Nigerian Navy has denied reports that naval personnel were among security operatives that invaded the All Progressives Congress (APC) data centre at Ikeja, Lagos.

A Nigerian, Ms. Queen Agho, has cried to the Federal Government to save her baby from forceful adoption by the Norwegian authority.

The stage is set for the final of Nigeria’s most glamorous football competition, the Federation Cup taking place today at the Teslim Balogun Stadum, Lagos. The gladiators for this year’s final are cup holders, Enyimba Football Club of Aba and Dolphins Football Club of Port Harcourt.

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