FRESH 4RM GIM

Authorities in Burkina Faso began exhuming the remains of former president Thomas Sankara on Monday in a bid to establish responsibility for a murder that has dogged the West African country since 1987. Sankara’s relatives have for years pressed for the remains to be tested, saying they suspect it may not be that of the former president, who died in a coup that brought his former ally Blaise Compaore to power.

Asari-Dokubo The leader of Niger Delta Volunteer Force, NDVF, Alhaji Asari Dokubo was Monday berated ‎over his utterances against the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari and the country in general. The President of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agittators(NCNDE-A), ‘General’ Israel Akpodoro, expressed worry over the incessant attacks and vituperations from Dokubo on national issues saying, those threats issued by him were “empty, bear-footed and treasonable”.

The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has emerged as the new Chairman of the South South Governors Forum following a meeting which is recorded as the first to be held shortly after the unveiling of the Calabar International Convention Center. The governors of the BRACED Commission unanimously endorsed the Edo State Governor following his wealth of experience which other South South state governors believe can be beneficial to the region.

China hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the building of two lighthouses in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Tuesday, a move that is likely to escalate tensions in a region already jittery about Beijing's maritime ambitions. China's Ministry of Transport hosted the ceremony for the construction of two multi-functional lighthouses on Huayang Reef and Chigua Reef on the disputed Spratly islands, state news agency Xinhua said, defying calls from the United States and the Philippines for a freeze on such activity.

* Militants attacked two police patrols in rural areas * Al Shabaab say killed 25 officers, police deny * Kenyan president under pressure, tourism devastated (Adds details, police comment on no deaths)  Islamist militants from Somalia attacked two police patrols in neighbouring Kenya on Tuesday, triggering a gun battle in a rural area hit by a string of cross-border raids, both sides said. Somalia's al Shabaab fighters said they had killed 25 Kenyan officers, an account contradicted by the police force that said one of its men had died and four had been wounded.

Just yesterday, Lewis Hamilton was linked to Gigi Hadid, with the two looking cosier than a knitted jumper down at the racing track during the Monaco Grand Prix. driver.Kendall Jenner and Lewis Hamilton are now being romantically linked. Copyright [Rex/Olycom SPA/Getty/Paul Gilh … Alas, the course of rumoured love never did run smooth, with reports today claiming that Kris Jenner is actually pushing for Kendall Jenner to strike up something of a romance with the Formula 1 He's got a fast car, she wants a ticket to anywhere.*

Mohammed Haliru Bello, former minister of defence, Monday night emerged the acting chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Bello’s nomination was made at the BoT meeting which held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The BoT had opted for another nomination as President Goodluck Jonathan had declined the opportunity to take the offer of the BoT chairman.