Nigeria>Cameroon to use witchcraft in fight against Boko Haram

The president of Cameroon, Paul Biya has demanded that an aspect of witchcraft be integrated into the fight against Boko Haram sect.

Local chiefs in that country who were worried by the spate of attacks of the sect on the country had asked their president, Paul Biya, to give them the permission to use their witches and wizards to fight and destroy the bloodthirsty sect.

The president of Cameroon, Paul Biya has demanded that an aspect of witchcraft be integrated into the fight against Boko Haram sect.
Local chiefs in that country who were worried by the spate of attacks of the sect on the country had asked their president, Paul Biya, to give them the permission to use their witches and wizards to fight and destroy the bloodthirsty sect.
According to Bisong Etahoben, a respected Cameroonian journalist, the chiefs believe with the supernatural powers of the witches and wizards, Boko Haram will be decimated.
Confirming the development via his Twitter handle, Etahoben tweeted that President Biya has given them the go ahead to use their spiritual power to wipe out the sect from the shores of the country.
“The head of state has demanded that an aspect of witchcraft be integrated into the fight against Boko Haram,” he tweeted.

Africa: Parents Arrive at Their Children's School Angry with Coffins Threatening to Bury Lazy Teachers

Teachers at Matshitsholo High School, Ulundi, SA, arrived yesterday morning only to be confronted by angry parents threatening to bury them alive in coffins because they are lazy and selfish. The parents said they came to show the teachers how serious they are about their children's education. 
One of the parents said: "They are no better than ghosts, so we will bury them alive"

 According to Daily Sun SA, the parents are demanding the immediate removal of the teachers.They said the teachers are expected to be teaching pupils during school hours, but instead use the time to rest or take care of personal matters.

Nigeria:Olumide Bakare cries out for help (Photos)

Olumide Bakare on hospital bed


– Olumide Bakare cries for financial help
– The veteran actor is diagnosed with heart and long related disease
– He has been on admission since January 2


One of Nigeria’s gifted and talented actors Olumide Bakare is crying out for help.
The veteran actor has been critically sick for a while now and reported to be in the intensive care unit of  (UCH) Ibadan since Saturday, January 2.

But his health condition is worsening and the medical situation has prompted him to call on good-spirited Nigerians to come to his aid financially.

Bakaer is said to be suffering from lungs and heart related ailment and his bill has accrued that he cannot foot it again. He lamented that the debilitating ailment has inflicted a huge strain on his finance as he has spent over a million naira on his worsening health.

Bakare presently needs about thirty thousand naira daily for dialysis and he is asking Nigerians to come to his aid both financially and spiritually.

He cried out:  “This is beyond me; I can no longer handle this on my own. I need financial assistance. Help me to beg Nigerians to help me so that I will not die. I need their prayers to survive this.”

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Bakare has also asked Nigerians to assist him. Good spirited Nigerians willing to help him are to send their widow’s mite to his ECOBANK account, account number A/C No. 3872003592, account name is Olumide Bakare.

Olumide Bakare became famous for his acclaimed role as Chief Koko in the rested TV series, Koko Close. He has been a regular feature in many Nollywood movies including Tunde Kelani’s Ma’ami.

Latest Breaking News: Ghana's President John Mahama's son Sharaf signs for Belgian top-flight side Mechele

Ghana President John Mahama's son Sharaf has SHOCKINGLY signed for Belgian top-flight side Mechelen, GHANAsoccernet.com has been exclusively told by reliable sources in Belgium.

Two reporters with Belgium's biggest sports newspapers have also confirmed to Ghana's leading football news outfit that indeed the student has joined Mechelen, the club famed for signing Ghanaian players.

The 22-year-old, who just last year was a student in the Untied Arab Emirates, signed the deal after training with the side since October, the soucres told Ghanasoccernet.com.

The deal has not been confirmed by the club on its website even though it is already widespread in the European country.

This comes just eight months after Sharaf Mahama announced his decision to pursue his career in football after playing in Stephen Appiah's testimonial in June last year.

 
Sharaf Mahama played as a second half substitute in the game which was also played by Africa's top stars including Emmanuel Adebayor, Asamoah Gyan and Andre Ayew but did not have enough playing time to demonstrate his prowess.

He arrived in the country along with his compatriot Hope Doagbodzi who have been training with the side in their bid to grab a permanent deal.

style.display="none"">" width="669" height="534" /> Sharaf Mahama (right) with a friend supporting Asamoah Gyan during a game in the UAESharaf Mahama is reported to have even scored in a friendly match for Mechelen when he was deployed as a striker

Now the club insiders say the son of Ghana President John Mahama has signed a contract with the club along with Doagbodzi.

The information also claims that two other Ghanain youngster Rueben Acquah and Opoku Ampomah were also signed by Mechelen who previously had Ghanaian defender Nana Asare as their captain.
Abdul-Yakuni Iddi (and his brother) both from Ghana also played for Mechelen in the past.

It has not been confirmed from the Presidency whether the Sharaf Mahama is the same as the son of the Ghanaian leader but in Belgium is it news that the son of the leaders of the West African country has joined a club in their top-flight.

Sharaf Mahama is already popular with footballers in Ghana as he is close friends with Andre Ayew, Jordan Ayew, Asamoah Gyan and Stephen Appiah.

He is a football and fitness addict who has joined his father in public fitness activities in recent times.
While studying in Dubai, he regularly attended matches of Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan when he was the star striker of Al Ain in the UAE top-flight league.

Africa:South Africa's drought is bad for hippos, great for lions

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa — At South Africa’s biggest national park, wildlife officials are warning of difficult weeks ahead: unless significant rains come, animals will start dying.

This is the harsh reality of life in a country suffering its worst drought in decades. Cattle are already dying, and crops have been destroyed. Many South Africans are dealing with drinking water shortages, and volunteers have been delivering emergency water supplies to communities in dire need.

William Mabasa, spokesman for the Kruger National Park, says that visitors to the park may be upset to see wildlife suffering, but drought is a natural cycle like fire and floods.
“Those with strong genes will survive,” he said.

Hippos will be among the first animals affected. They typically stay cool in rivers and water pools during the heat of the day, going to graze at night — but are now spending more time grazing during daytime as they struggle find enough food.

Kruger is a vast park in South Africa’s northeast, bordering Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Animals here rely largely on rivers, though water holes are supplied by park management in some places.

News and Photo How Sometimes, Iowa Democrats award caucus delegates with a coin flip

In a handful of Democratic caucus precincts Monday, a delegate was awarded with a coin toss.

It happened in precinct 2-4 in Ames, where supporters of candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton disputed the results after 60 caucus participants apparently disappeared from the proceedings.

As a result of the coin toss, Clinton was awarded an additional delegate, meaning she took five of the precinct’s eight, while Sanders received three.

Similar situations played out at various precincts across the state, but had an extremely small effect on the overall outcome, in which Clinton won 49.9 percent of statewide delegate equivalents, while Sanders won 49.5 percent. The delegates that were decided by coin flips were delegates to the party's county conventions, of which there are thousands selected across the state from 1,681 separate precincts. They were not the statewide delegate equivalents that are reported in the final results.

The statewide delegate equivalents that determine the outcome on caucus night are derived from the county-level delegates, but are aggregated across the state and weighted in a manner that makes individual county delegate selections at a handful of precincts count for a tiny fraction of the ultimate result. 
Here’s what happened in Ames, according to David Schweingruber, an associate professor of sociology at Iowa State University (and Sanders supporter) who participated in the caucus:

A total of 484 eligible caucus attendees were initially recorded at the site. But when each candidate’s preference group was counted, Clinton had 240 supporters, Sanders had 179 and Martin O’Malley had five (causing him to be declared non-viable).
Those figures add up to just 424 participants, leaving 60 apparently missing. When those numbers were plugged into the formula that determines delegate allocations, Clinton received four delegates and Sanders received three — leaving one delegate unassigned.

Unable to account for that numerical discrepancy and the orphan delegate it produced, the Sanders campaign challenged the results and precinct leaders called a Democratic Party hot line set up to advise on such situations.
Party officials recommended they settle the dispute with a coin toss.
A Clinton supporter correctly called “heads” on a quarter flipped in the air, and Clinton received a fifth delegate.

Football Again:Ajax anxious over Angola trip

A copious number of e-mail exchanges with their forthcoming Angolan hosts has still not yet been able to inform Ajax Cape Town where they will be playing their African Confederation Cup tie this month.
“We have been sending e-mails back and forth but we still don’t know anything. The Angolans just keep telling us not to worry, they will take care of us,” said coach Roger de Sa.

Ajax Cape Town have been drawn to play Sagrada Esperanca in the first round of the African Confederation Cup with the first leg away on Saturday February 13.
Ajax’s opponents are from Dundo in Angola’s Lunda Norte, more than 1 000km east of the capital Luanda.
Ajax face having to travel there once they get to Luanda, although the match might also be played in the capital.

Confederation of African Football rules state that clubs hosting matches 200km or more away from the capital must pay for and arrange the internal travel of the visiting team.
If they are to travel into the interior, Ajax want to know they details of their travel. They can refuse any bus trip longer than 100km.

Sagrada Esperanca are owned by the state diamond exploration company and have twice before played in the Champions League but never in the Confederation Cup.
They only qualified for the 2016 edition because Bravos do Maquis, who beat them 1-0 in the Angolan Cup final in October, could not enter because of a lack of funds.
Ajax were also cup runners-up but play in the Confederation Cup because Nedbank Cup winners Mamelodi Sundowns are in the Champions League.