The Mystery in Thailand, Fish Rain Down In The Streets.

It rained fish in Thailand today according to BBC news
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The Mystery in Thailand, Fish Rain Down In The Streets.

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It rained fish in Thailand today according to BBC news
Wonders of God! How will science n evolutionists xplain this?A mystery, a phenomenon that only God understands. Instead of rain falling, fishes fell.

Muslims Threw Christians Overboard During Med Voyage

ROME (AP) — Italy's migration crisis took on a deadly new twist Thursday as police in Sicily reported that Muslim migrants had thrown 12 Christians overboard during a recent crossing from Libya, and an aid group said another 41 were feared drowned in a separate incident.

Palermo police said they had detained 15 people suspected in the high seas assault, which they learned of while interviewing tearful survivors from Nigeria and Ghana who had arrived in Palermo Wednesday morning after being rescued at sea by the ship Ellensborg.

The 15 were accused of multiple homicide aggravated by religious hatred, police said in a statement.

The survivors said they had boarded a rubber boat April 14 on the Libyan coast with 105 passengers aboard, part of the wave of migrants taking advantage of calm seas and warm weather to make the risky crossing from Libya, where most smuggling operations originate.

During the crossing, the migrants from Nigeria and Ghana — believed to be Christians — were threatened with being abandoned at sea by some 15 other passengers from the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali and Guinea Bissau.

Eventually the threat was carried out and 12 were pushed overboard. The statement said the motive was that the victims "professed the Christian faith while the aggressors were Muslim."

The surviving Christians, the statement said, only managed to stay on board by forming a "human chain" to resist the assault.

Earlier Thursday, the International Organization of Migration said four migrants who were picked up in recent days by the Italian Navy reported a shipwreck to aid workers after arriving in the Italian port of Trapani Thursday. Their boat had originally been carrying 45 people; the others are presumed dead.

The IOM said the migrants — two Nigerians, a Ghanaian and one Nigerien — were found floating in the sea by a helicopter and were rescued by the Italian Naval ship Foscari. They had left Tripoli in Libya on Saturday and stayed adrift for four days. The location of the rescue was not immediately known.

The new tragedies come just days after aid agencies reported 400 presumed dead in the sinking of another ship near the Libyan coast. The deaths have raised calls for a more robust search and rescue of the seas between Libya and Europe amid a surge in migration between the Middle East and Africa toward Italy.

Muslims Threw Christians Overboard During Med Voyage

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ROME (AP) — Italy's migration crisis took on a deadly new twist Thursday as police in Sicily reported that Muslim migrants had thrown 12 Christians overboard during a recent crossing from Libya, and an aid group said another 41 were feared drowned in a separate incident.

Palermo police said they had detained 15 people suspected in the high seas assault, which they learned of while interviewing tearful survivors from Nigeria and Ghana who had arrived in Palermo Wednesday morning after being rescued at sea by the ship Ellensborg.

The 15 were accused of multiple homicide aggravated by religious hatred, police said in a statement.

The survivors said they had boarded a rubber boat April 14 on the Libyan coast with 105 passengers aboard, part of the wave of migrants taking advantage of calm seas and warm weather to make the risky crossing from Libya, where most smuggling operations originate.

During the crossing, the migrants from Nigeria and Ghana — believed to be Christians — were threatened with being abandoned at sea by some 15 other passengers from the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali and Guinea Bissau.

Eventually the threat was carried out and 12 were pushed overboard. The statement said the motive was that the victims "professed the Christian faith while the aggressors were Muslim."

The surviving Christians, the statement said, only managed to stay on board by forming a "human chain" to resist the assault.

Earlier Thursday, the International Organization of Migration said four migrants who were picked up in recent days by the Italian Navy reported a shipwreck to aid workers after arriving in the Italian port of Trapani Thursday. Their boat had originally been carrying 45 people; the others are presumed dead.

The IOM said the migrants — two Nigerians, a Ghanaian and one Nigerien — were found floating in the sea by a helicopter and were rescued by the Italian Naval ship Foscari. They had left Tripoli in Libya on Saturday and stayed adrift for four days. The location of the rescue was not immediately known.

The new tragedies come just days after aid agencies reported 400 presumed dead in the sinking of another ship near the Libyan coast. The deaths have raised calls for a more robust search and rescue of the seas between Libya and Europe amid a surge in migration between the Middle East and Africa toward Italy.

MAN INDICTED IN US FOR DRUG DEAL ELECTED SENATOR IN NIGERIA - YAHOO NEWS

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A man indicted in the United States for allegedly smuggling heroin, in a case that was the basis for the TV hit "Orange Is The New Black," has been elected a senator in Nigeria.
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Buruji Kashamu was little known before he returned home in 2003 from Britain, despite a U.S. extradition order, to become a major financier of President Goodluck Jonathan's party.

Election results posted late Wednesday identify Kashamu as senator-elect in southwest Ogun state. Opponents are challenging his victory in court, saying ballots were rigged.

Kashamu, 56, hung up the phone twice when The Associated Press called Thursday for comment about the drug case. Kashamu has said he is "a clean businessman" and that the 1998 indictment by a grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois for conspiracy to import and distribute heroin in the United States is a case of mistaken identity. He has said Chicago prosecutors really want the dead brother he closely resembles.

A British court refused a U.S. extradition request in 2003 over uncertainty about Kashamu's identity. Chicago Judge Richard Posner refused a motion to dismiss Kashamu's case last year.

A dozen people were long ago tried and jailed in the case, including American Piper Kerman, whose memoir about her jail time became the Netflix hit "Orange Is The New Black." Kerman's book never identified Kashamu by name, but there is a West African drug kingpin whom she calls "Alhaji" — meaning one who has completed the haj or pilgrimage to Mecca.

A Nigerian federal court last year ordered Kashamu's extradition, an order upheld by an appeals court. But Nigeria's government has not extradited him.

That failure caused Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president, to warn that "drug barons ... will buy candidates, parties and eventually buy power or be in power themselves."

Jonathan's perceived protection of Kashamu was a factor that led Obasanjo to defect from the ruling party.

Kashamu is suing Obasanjo for libel for stating that Kashamu is a fugitive from U.S. justice. He had won a court order halting publication of Obasanjo's autobiography but a judge this week rescinded it, saying Kashamu had misled the court.

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, a former military dictator, has promised to fight corruption. That has alarmed many politicians in a country where corruption is endemic.

MAN INDICTED IN US FOR DRUG DEAL ELECTED SENATOR IN NIGERIA - YAHOO NEWS

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A man indicted in the United States for allegedly smuggling heroin, in a case that was the basis for the TV hit "Orange Is The New Black," has been elected a senator in Nigeria.
Related Stories

Buruji Kashamu was little known before he returned home in 2003 from Britain, despite a U.S. extradition order, to become a major financier of President Goodluck Jonathan's party.

Election results posted late Wednesday identify Kashamu as senator-elect in southwest Ogun state. Opponents are challenging his victory in court, saying ballots were rigged.

Kashamu, 56, hung up the phone twice when The Associated Press called Thursday for comment about the drug case. Kashamu has said he is "a clean businessman" and that the 1998 indictment by a grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois for conspiracy to import and distribute heroin in the United States is a case of mistaken identity. He has said Chicago prosecutors really want the dead brother he closely resembles.

A British court refused a U.S. extradition request in 2003 over uncertainty about Kashamu's identity. Chicago Judge Richard Posner refused a motion to dismiss Kashamu's case last year.

A dozen people were long ago tried and jailed in the case, including American Piper Kerman, whose memoir about her jail time became the Netflix hit "Orange Is The New Black." Kerman's book never identified Kashamu by name, but there is a West African drug kingpin whom she calls "Alhaji" — meaning one who has completed the haj or pilgrimage to Mecca.

A Nigerian federal court last year ordered Kashamu's extradition, an order upheld by an appeals court. But Nigeria's government has not extradited him.

That failure caused Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president, to warn that "drug barons ... will buy candidates, parties and eventually buy power or be in power themselves."

Jonathan's perceived protection of Kashamu was a factor that led Obasanjo to defect from the ruling party.

Kashamu is suing Obasanjo for libel for stating that Kashamu is a fugitive from U.S. justice. He had won a court order halting publication of Obasanjo's autobiography but a judge this week rescinded it, saying Kashamu had misled the court.

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, a former military dictator, has promised to fight corruption. That has alarmed many politicians in a country where corruption is endemic.

ICPC Recovers N600,000 Unpaid Pensions To Retiree

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered N600,000 retirement benefits owed to Malam Adamu Umar by Sabon Gari Local Government in Kaduna State.

The ICPC spokesman, Mr Folu Olamiti, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday said Umar was denied his retirement benefits since his retirement from the Local Government five years ago.

He said that Umar had petitioned the ICPC in 2014 alleging that the Kaduna State Local Government Staff Pension Board had denied him his retirement benefits since 2010.

“Investigation by the commission into the matter showed that the Pension Board was indebted to Adamu to the tune of N554, 263.80.

“The amount was derived from the retiree’s gratuity and his accrued 53 months unpaid pensions by the board,” he said.

Olamiti, who said that the board had adequately perfected the payment, added that the regular monthly payment had also been commenced. (NAN)

ICPC Recovers N600,000 Unpaid Pensions To Retiree

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered N600,000 retirement benefits owed to Malam Adamu Umar by Sabon Gari Local Government in Kaduna State.

The ICPC spokesman, Mr Folu Olamiti, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday said Umar was denied his retirement benefits since his retirement from the Local Government five years ago.

He said that Umar had petitioned the ICPC in 2014 alleging that the Kaduna State Local Government Staff Pension Board had denied him his retirement benefits since 2010.

“Investigation by the commission into the matter showed that the Pension Board was indebted to Adamu to the tune of N554, 263.80.

“The amount was derived from the retiree’s gratuity and his accrued 53 months unpaid pensions by the board,” he said.

Olamiti, who said that the board had adequately perfected the payment, added that the regular monthly payment had also been commenced. (NAN)

Eight Rivers Governorship Candidates describe April 11 Governorship election as peaceful, Credible and Acceptable

COALITION OF RIVERS STATE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATES (CORGCA)

PRESS RELEASE

We, the under-signed political parties governorship candidates who contested the 2015 governorship election in Rivers State with utmost faith and spirit of sportsmanship, unity, fairness, peace and progress and the overall interest of the good people of our cherished state, unanimously resolve and state as follows:

1. That the conduct and outcome of the 2015 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections of 11th April, 2015 is relatively peaceful, violence-free, fair, credible and acceptable.

2. That we heartily congratulate the PDP and CHIEF ( BARRISTER ) N.E. WIKE ( CON ) , the winner of the aforementioned election, as the democratically elected Governor of Rivers State, awaiting swearing in come May 29, 2015.

3. That we advise all well meaning people of Rivers State and other political parties’ gubernatorial candidates to join us and give unflinching support and cooperation to the anticipated unity government of Chief (Barrister) N.E Wike in fostering development, peaceful coexistence and good governance as exemplified by the President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

4. That we finally pray God Almighty to give the Governor-elect the foresight, wisdom, strength and protection to lead our beloved state to anticipated development.

LONG LIVE NIGERIA
LONG LIVE RIVERS STATE
LONG LIVE CORGCA

We are:
1. Prince Uchechukwu Ichenwo -AD
2. Barr. Kemka Elenwo -KOWA
3. Engr. Godwin David -NNPP
4. Mrs. Anastesia Tepikor -NCP
5. Mr. Enyida Royal -CPP
6. Mr. Boma Edmund Jacks- PPA

7. Hon. Livingstone Nodi -APA
8. Deacon Akuro Parker -UPP

Eight Rivers Governorship Candidates describe April 11 Governorship election as peaceful, Credible and Acceptable

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COALITION OF RIVERS STATE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATES (CORGCA)

PRESS RELEASE

We, the under-signed political parties governorship candidates who contested the 2015 governorship election in Rivers State with utmost faith and spirit of sportsmanship, unity, fairness, peace and progress and the overall interest of the good people of our cherished state, unanimously resolve and state as follows:

1. That the conduct and outcome of the 2015 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections of 11th April, 2015 is relatively peaceful, violence-free, fair, credible and acceptable.

2. That we heartily congratulate the PDP and CHIEF ( BARRISTER ) N.E. WIKE ( CON ) , the winner of the aforementioned election, as the democratically elected Governor of Rivers State, awaiting swearing in come May 29, 2015.

3. That we advise all well meaning people of Rivers State and other political parties’ gubernatorial candidates to join us and give unflinching support and cooperation to the anticipated unity government of Chief (Barrister) N.E Wike in fostering development, peaceful coexistence and good governance as exemplified by the President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

4. That we finally pray God Almighty to give the Governor-elect the foresight, wisdom, strength and protection to lead our beloved state to anticipated development.

LONG LIVE NIGERIA
LONG LIVE RIVERS STATE
LONG LIVE CORGCA

We are:
1. Prince Uchechukwu Ichenwo -AD
2. Barr. Kemka Elenwo -KOWA
3. Engr. Godwin David -NNPP
4. Mrs. Anastesia Tepikor -NCP
5. Mr. Enyida Royal -CPP
6. Mr. Boma Edmund Jacks- PPA

7. Hon. Livingstone Nodi -APA
8. Deacon Akuro Parker -UPP