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Page 4 African World News Web: theafricanworldnews.com Buhari claims Ghanaians part of oil Nigeria oil theft President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted President, All Nigerian Community, Mr. rently LICC has 11 Masters Degree professors that his government may have uncovered Moses Owarho commended Buhari for his teaching at the college. some Nigerian oil companies conniving tenacity of purpose in fostering good gov- She said presently the college is in search of with Ghanaian oil firms to steal crude oil ernance which was anchored on economic reconstruction and the restoration of the dignity of the nation. Liberia: Christian Farhana Kabir: Sales Rep., Founder INC.College BROKERAGE in Nimba Preeti Rao: Broker of Record The News: Awards 200 Introducing DeserviaSchorlarships Realty Inc. Broker- Run By women, forThe women!!Administration at the Liberia Internation- qualified professors to add to the present in- age - al Christian College (LICC) in Ganta, Nimba structors and professors at the college to boost County has awarded scholarships We to 200also stu- the learningOffer: at the college. from10yrs theexperience—Highly country. Qualified and specialize in : • Rent to Own dents at the• college.Wealth building Seminars for woman every 1st Saturday of the monthThe andLiberia International College was estab- Addressing *Investment members ofProperties the Nigerian com- The Vice President for Administration, Gina • Special Training for womanlished looking in 2009 to in Ganta and had graduated munity *Builder in Ghana Propertieson Monday during his Sheets, said that the 200 students are present- many students in many disciplines. one day *First state visit, Home Buhari Assistance revealed that he ly attending the collegebecome on Realtuition-free Estate to help Agents had received * New reportsImmigrants that some oil compa- them with their education in post- war Liberia. The Liberia International Christian College is *Investors a Christian faith institution founded by the nies in Ghana were bringing Nigerian She added that the funds were provided by crudeWe have oil affiliationsinto the Ghanaian with companies system Run and by woman from Lawyers to Doctors to Woman in Construction.Inland So comeChurch to usfrom for allthe yourUnited Real StatesEstate of some charity organizationsneeds in the United America by some Liberian Refugees in USA vowed to deal with the perpetrators. States of America to help poor students who Farhana Kabir Cell: 647-271-5627 email: [email protected] and since its establishment the college has had are struggling with their education in Africa an enrollment of over 3,000 graduates, some Preeti Rao Cell: 416-573-6691 email: [email protected] // Web address: www.deservia.com "We are going to pursue this information and that LICC is offering associate degree in of whom are currently teaching there. and find out if it is legally done. We will try pastoral theology, business management, ac- to get to the bottom of it and prosecute the counting, agriculture and education. Additionally, the Liberia International Chris- companies or those persons, who are in- tian has completed the construction of an Ag- volved," he declared. Madam Sheets stated further that plans are riculture College that hosts agriculture stu- underway to make the Agriculture College to dents at that college. be number one in Liberia and said that cur- DR Congo's Bosco Ntaganda pleads not guilty at ICC trial Former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda army, that girls were re- has pleaded not guilty to all charges at the start of ferred to as "a large commu- his war crimes trial at the International Criminal nal cooking pot" - command- Court (ICC) at The Hague. ers, she alleged, could pass the girls around and use The 18 charges include murder, rape and the re- them for sex whenever they cruitment of child soldiers. pleased. Evidence has been gathered from more than 2,000 Human rights groups here alleged victims, including former child soldiers. in The Hague have celebrat- ed Gen Ntaganda's appear- Nicknamed "The Terminator", Gen Ntaganda's ance, saying it is proof that trial is the biggest and most complex case in the even the most powerful ICC's history. leaders may one day be brought to justice. He fought for different rebel groups as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo's army. He made his not guilty plea in a barely audible In 2013, Gen Ntaganda voice, standing in the dock with his signature pen- handed himself in at the US cil moustache, reports the BBC's Anna Holligan embassy in the Rwandan from court. capital, Kigali. The start of the trial was a historic moment for General Ntaganda He had evaded capture for international justice and for the Democratic Re- seven years after the ICC public of Congo, our correspondent adds. first issued warrants for his arrest. Anna Holligan, BBC News, The Hague Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to Bosco Ntaganda was part of the UCP rebel group, continue. The prosecutor used her opening statement to de- led by Thomas Lubanga, who in 2014 became the scribe the experience of one witness in chilling first person to be convicted by the ICC. The BBC's Anna Holligan: "Bosco Ntaganda detail. It was the aftermath of an attack on a vil- founded the M23 rebel group" lage in the Ituri region of eastern DR Congo. Bosco Ntaganda in DRCImage copyright AFP Ms Bensouda said the witness searched though a Image caption The 41-year-old is accused of killing at least 800 pile of bodies, and found his wife, toddler son and Gen Ntaganda denies committing atrocities in civilians during separate attacks on a number of daughter, whose head was punctured and her eastern DR Congo villages between 2002 and 2003. throat slit. Then, he discovered his remaining two children who had been killed in the same way. He Gen Ntaganda was one of the leaders of the M23 He is also accused of raping girl soldiers and gathered the bodies of his family and buried them rebel movement, which had fought government keeping them as sex slaves. in a field. troops until signing a peace deal in 2013. "Humanity demands justice for these crimes," ICC According to the prosecutor, the rape and sexual Eastern DR Congo has suffered two decades of chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the court. enslavement of girls was so prevalent in Gen Nta- violence linked to ethnic rivalries and competition ganda's Union of Congolese Patriots (UCP) rebel for control of the area's rich mineral resources. Inside Nigeria African World Nov 15, 2015 Page 5 How was 700 million dollars spent? Oshiomole demands explanation nor said. He asked the former minister "to explain how he expended the billions of naira that were budgeted for the Ministry of Works because what we have on ground as a prod- uct of such expenditure cannot score for any pass mark. "Roads from Oyo to Ilorin, Ilorin to Jebba and Bida, from Ore to Ijebu-Ode, from Ikom to Calabar, Onitsha to Enugu are amongst the several roads that explain the Adams Oshiomole sad commentary on the state of Nigerian Edo State Governor, roads. "Aside from being death traps, they repre- Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, monday asked the former sent in graphic terms, the poor performance of the Segun ‘Mathematical’ Odegbami Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolemhemen, to last regime in terms of roads construction and re- explain how a whopping sum of $700 million habilitation. Rather than hide his head in shame; The section spells out conditions a candidate for meant for second Niger Bridge was expended. Onolemhemen is still oozing out diatribe against the office of FIFA President must meet. The article Nigerians. We deserve explanation and no amount puts it this way: The governor also lamented the grave conditions of blackmail can stop us from speaking out about of federal roads in Edo State, which he said, had the fate of our country," the governor said. The candidate shall have played an active role in become impassable due to what he attributed to association football (as a board member, commit- the failure of the Jonathan administration to make tee member, referee and assistant referee, coach, critical interventions. trainer and any other person responsible for tech- nical, medical or administrative matters in FIFA, a He expressed disappointment in a statement by his Confederation, Association, League or Club or as a Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, over On- Nigerian Segun player) for two of the last five years before being olemhemen's reaction to alleged mismanagement proposed as a candidate (cf. art. 24 par. 1 of the of $700 million taken from the Sovereign Wealth ‘Mathematical’ FIFA Statutes). Fund (SWF) for the Second Niger Bridge project. As contained in the statement, Oshiomhole said Odegbami joins about N140billion was reported "to have been ex- pended on the Second Niger Bridge without any- Nigeria to Deploy thing to show for it. The revelation came from FIFA presidency those who were managers of the Sovereign Wealth Funds and not figures manufactured by anybody." Drones to Fight run The governor said the former minister should di- Patrick Olusegun Odegbami is set to an- Oil Theft rect his energy and explanation "to the managers nounce that he will stand in next year's election to of the SWF, who have depleted the savings on the replace Joseph Sepp Blatter as President of World Nigeria's state oil giant NNPC has announced a explanation that it was meant for the Second Niger soccer-governing body, FIFA. plan to deploy drones to monitor the movement of Bridge." He added that Onolemhemen and the ships in a bid to fight oil theft on the country's wa- managers of the Sovereign Wealth Funds should Odegbami better known as 'Mathematical', a name terways.