CONVICTED WAR CRIMINAL LUBANGA ANNOUNCES NEW REBEL GROUP IN EAST CONGO.(PHOTO).

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 Convicted war criminal Lubanga announces new rebel group in east Congo A convicted war criminal based in Uganda has announced a new rebel movement intent on toppling the government in eastern Congo's Ituri province, creating another potential security threat in the war-scarred region, Reuters reported. The formation of the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CPR) by Thomas Lubanga, an Ituri native, comes as Congo's army faces an unprecedented advance by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels elsewhere in eastern Congo. The International Criminal Court secured its first conviction against Lubanga in 2012 on charges of recruiting child soldiers and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. He was released in 2020 and President Felix Tshisekedi appointed him to a task force to bring peace to Ituri. But in 2022 he was taken hostage for two months by a rebel group, which he blames on the government, and is now based in Uganda. In written responses to questions from Reuters, Lubanga said the CPR h...

AMBODE COMMISSIONS MAJOR LINK BRIDGE IN BADAGRY YESTERDAY+ORDERS COMMENCEMENT OF WORK ON ARADAGUN-WHISPERING PALMS ROAD PROJECT.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: 7 people, people standing                  As part of measures to boost tourism and enhance movement of goods and services,Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday thursday commissioned the newly completed Imeke-Ajido Bridge,a major link bridge in Badagry axis of the State.The Bridge,which is 500 metres long,was designed with sidewalk on both sides.Addressing a mammoth crod of joyous residents who came out to receive him after walking on the bridge,Governor Ambode said the delivery of the project was a promise kept and an effort aimed at making life comfortable for the people.Before the construction of the bridge by the State Government,the people of the area were said to have been subjected to intold hardship trying to connect Ajido town to Imeke,all suburbs in Badagry.The Governor said :'' Apart from this bridge that we have just commissioned,take the second phase which connects this place to Whispering Palms as being approved immediately and work should commence immediately.It is good that the Kabiyesi is here.The last time we came here was sometime in July and which we said this bridge should be constructed by CCECC.Today,we are happy to see that the bridge has been completed and it is hereby commissioned for use from this moment onwards while we believe strongly also that before the end of June 2017,we should have a very good road to Whispering Palms which will also improve on the tourism potentials of Badagry and it will also improve the economy of this axis.''.More photos below.
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