The Associated Press BERLIN — A German lawmaker says Parliament is close to passing a law explicitly banning bestiality after animal rights groups and tabloid newspapers pushed for existing legislation to be clarified. Max Lehmer, a lawmaker with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition, said Wednesday after a meeting of Parliament’s agriculture committee that the ban
by crossriverwatch admin Lawyer and Civil Rights Activist, Bar. Obono Obla has successfully obtained the details of financial allocations to the eighteen local government areas of Cross River State from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Abuja. It will be recalled that in a letter dated November 9, 2012 and addressed to
By SaharaReporters, New York The Federal Government has sacked, with immediate effect, the Director General (DG) of the Bureau for Public Enterprises, Bolanle Onogoruwa, directing her to hand over to Benjamin Ezra Dikki, the most Senior Director in the Bureau. Mr. Dikki will hold the position in an acting capacity. The changes were contained in
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Government and the United African Company of Nigeria Property Development Company have signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction and development of 284 housing units to be known as Golf Estate. The construction of the housing units, which will be done in two phases, is expected to be
Uganda’s military chief said on Tuesday that the leader of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colonel Sultani Makenga, has agreed to withdraw from the eastern cities of Goma and Sake. African leaders called on the rebels on Saturday to abandon their aim of toppling the government and leave the city
KIBUMBA, Congo (AP) — Congo residents and M23 rebels say that another rebel group, the FDLR, has crossed the border into Rwanda and is fighting the Rwandan army. An M23 officer who would only give his name as Lt. Paluku and people who live in the Congolese village of Kibumba say they have heard fighting
Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat’s buried corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium. Palestinians witnessed the funeral of their hero and longtime leader eight years ago, but conspiracy theories surrounding his death have never been laid to
Nigeria head coach, Stephen Keshi has assured he will meet the January 9 deadline of Caf for submission of final squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. ”We are aware of the deadline and we shall ensure we keep to it,” Keshi was quoted as saying in the November 23 edition