Thursday, 16 November 2017

Robert Mugabe resisting Army pressure to quit

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President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler, an intelligence source said on Thursday, and is resisting mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old former guerrilla a graceful exit after a military coup.
The priest, Fidelis Mukonori, is acting as a middle-man between Mugabe and the generals, who seized power on Wednesday in a targeted operation against “criminals” in his entourage, a senior political source told Reuters.
The source could not provide details of the talks, which appear to be aimed at a smooth and bloodless transition after the departure of Mugabe, who has led Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.
Mugabe, still seen by many Africans as a liberation hero, is reviled in the West as a despot whose disastrous handling of the economy and willingness to resort to violence to maintain power destroyed one of Africa’s most promising states.
Zimbabwean intelligence reports seen by Reuters suggest that former security chief Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was ousted as vice-president this month, has been mapping out a post-Mugabe vision with the military and opposition for more than a year.
Fuelling speculation that that plan might be rolling into action, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been receiving cancer treatment in Britain and South Africa, returned to Harare late on Wednesday, his spokesman said.

South Africa said Mugabe had told President Jacob Zuma by telephone on Wednesday that he was confined to his home but was otherwise fine and the military said it was keeping him and his family, including wife Grace, safe.
Despite the lingering admiration for Mugabe, there is little public affection for 52-year-old Grace, a former government typist who started having an affair with Mugabe in the early 1990s as his first wife, Sally, was dying of kidney disease.

Dubbed “DisGrace” or “Gucci Grace” on account of her reputed love of shopping, she enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF in the last two years, culminating in Mnangagwa’s removal a week ago – a move seen as clearing the way for her to succeed her husband.
In contrast to the high political drama unfolding behind closed doors, the streets of the capital remained calm, with people going about their daily business, albeit under the watch of soldiers on armoured vehicles at strategic locations.
Whatever the final outcome, the events could signal a once-in-a-generation change for the former British colony, a regional breadbasket reduced to destitution by economic policies Mugabe’s critics have long blamed on him. (Reuters)

North Korea Says Trump Deserves To Die For Calling Kim Jong-un Short & Fat

North Korea says Donald Trump should be sentenced to death after calling maniac despot Kim Jong-un 'short and fat'.

The over-the-top response comes days after the US president whined on social media that Jong-un had called him "old," before noting that he had refrained from commenting on the dictator's height and weight.

After seeing Trump's tweet, The North Korean Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun declared that Trump had now been "sentenced to death by the Korean people."

It added: "The worst crime for which he can never be pardoned is that he dared [to] malignantly hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership.


"He should know that he is just a hideous criminal sentenced to death by the Korean people."

The petty war of words between the two leaders has been escalating since Trump took to power in November last year.

Since becoming president, Trump has engaged in an escalating war of words with Kim Jong-Un, trading personal insults and threats of military strikes and raising concerns about an outbreak of hostilities.

Hushpuppi hosts OAP Freeze in Dubai


Controversial OAP Freeze was hosted by Hushpuppi in Dubai, last night!
The Cool FM OAP, is currently vacationing in Dubai and shared the photos on his IG account!
The IG stars were seen showing off their expensive wristwatches in one of the photos.


18 killed, 24 injured as suicide bombers hit Mosque, Other Place in Maiduguri

These heartless killers again? About 18 persons have been confirmed dead in multiple suicide attacks in Maiduguri, Borno state last night.
The state police PRO, Victor Isuku, said, “A total of 18 persons including the four suicide bombers, died in the multiple explosions.” Those who sustained injuries were being treated.
Four suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers, two males, and two females, sneaked into Muna Gari in the Borno state capital at about 8pm and detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies at different locations in the community. More graphic photos...




I Won’t Beg For Leniency, Says Robbery Suspect

One of the four suspected robbers arrested by the Niger State Police Command at Ibelu village, a Fulani settlement in Magma Local Government Area of the state, said he has no regret going into crime and he did that out of conviction.

The suspect, Isuhu Usman, who admitted his involvement in various crimes in the state during a chat with Vanguard correspondent, said: “I voluntarily and willingly committed the crime as nobody forced me into robbery.

 “I am not going to beg anybody for the offence I committed knowingly. So government should go ahead and jail me because I deserve it.


” His accomplice, Bello Umar, pleaded for mercy, saying he cannot explain how he got involved in robbery.

 His words: “I regret my involvement in the crime and I plead with the Police to have mercy on me because I don’t know how I got into the gang.

 “This is not my first time and I can’t explain how the crime went into my blood, because I have been on it for years and I pray that Allah will forgive me.”

Contacted, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abigail Unaeze, disclosed that investigations were ongoing and that the four suspects will be arraigned in court soon.