Making Amends

Three hostages being held by militants in the Philippines have appeared in a video pleading for their governments to meet the captors' demands. The Canadian, Norwegian and Filipino men are being held by Abu Sayyaf, the Islamist militant separatists who last week beheaded Canadian John Ridsdel. In the video, the hostages say if the demands are not met "we will be executed like our friend John". Abu Sayyaf has previously demanded a multi-million dollar ransom. The Philippines and Canadian government have said they will not give in to ransom demands. The Philippines has also launched a military operation against the militant group.

Reports have it that at least two unknown assailants have hacked a Hindu tailor to death in central Bangladesh, amid a rise in attacks on religious minorities in the South Asian nation. Police officials said they were investigating whether Saturday’s killing in Tangail was linked to religious groups suspected of a series of minority killings, or was tied to a family dispute. Many of the killings have been blamed on or claimed by groups such as al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group.

A child has been pulled alive from the rubble after a building collapse in Nairobi killing at least seven people. The survivor was found 10 hours after the building collapsed on Friday night in the poor neighbourhood of Huruna as torrential rain lashed the Kenyan capital. Nairobi Deputy Governor, Jonathan Mueke, said an investigation would look into why the building collapsed. It is unknown how many people are still trapped in the debris. Reports say more than 120 people have been rescued and taken to hospital.

The National youth Corp service has opened its portal for all legible graduates to print their respective call up letters. Congrats to all prospective coppers......

Johannesburg Advocate George Bizos has expressed concern about some of the things happening in South Africa, but he was still optimistic about the future.            Bizos said that he was aware that there were people who had been "left out" in the country and that he was worried about them.         The Advocate added that he got upset when people claimed that his friend and former president, Nelson Mandela, had let the country down.

Congrats to you all........

Photo Credit: The Punch Newspaper The minister of state for Labour and Productivity, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN); his wife, Blessing; and son, Joshua, on Sunday died in a road crash along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, 57 kilometres to their Kaduna destination. It was learnt that the Sport Utility Vehicle in which the family travelled in, had a burst tyre on the highway, leading to the crash. Ocholi, who hailed from Ogbabede-Abocho in the Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, and his third child were said to have died on the spot after the Prado-Jeep had a burst tyre in the rear and somersaulted several times. It was gathered that the minister’s SUV ran into other vehicles in his convoy. A critically injured Blessing died at the Doka Government Hospital, Kaduna, around 4pm on Sunday. The driver and aide de camp, who were also rushed to the clinic, were later brought to the National Hospital, Abuja at 7.45pm for treatment. The Kaduna State Sector Command...