President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the family of Nigeria’s first President, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, over the passing away of of his first son, Chief Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati.
The President also extended his condolences to the Government and people of Anambra State, and the immediate family of the deceased.

Have we brought this upon ourselves? As a Nigerian priest resident in Rome, it is always a nightmare confronting the barrage of existential questions concerning my beloved fatherland. Ever since I left the shores of Nigeria and boarded that first flight that brought me over to Europe, I am always bombarded with one question that has today become a millstone— ma padre perche sempre Nigeria? (But Father, why always Nigeria?) The deluge of this question has been such that I have decided to publicly monologize my agony.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had his defence minister executed with anti-aircraft fire for insubordination and dozing off during a formal military rally, South Korean intelligence said Wednesday, hinting at possible instability in the Pyongyang leadership.

Japanese auto giants Toyota and Nissan on Wednesday said they were recalling 6.5 million vehicles globally in the latest chapter of an exploding airbag crisis linked to several deaths.

A Chinese baby born with a cleft lip was abandoned by his parents and buried in a cardboard box two days later, but rescued alive eight days further on, media reported.