Pope Warns Against Corruption On Visit to Africa
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday denounced corruption, warning it could lead to violent upheaval, while calling on African leaders not to rob citizens of hope on his second visit to the continent.
View ArticleI'll Do Everything to Ensure Unity - HRM Olu Epe
It was really a scintillating occasion as sons and daughters of Epe, Lagos state, trooped out recently to pay homage to HRM Oba Shefiu Olatunji Adewale, Bangbopa Esilokun 1, the Olu-Epe of Epe Kingdom....
View ArticleUganda: PPDA Cancels Hared's Oil Reserve Tender Win
Barely three months after government awarded Hared Petroleum Ltd the contract to manage the Jinja-based national oil reserve, the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) has...
View ArticleGbagbo's Son Challenges House Arrest in French Court
The son of Côte d'Ivoire's deposed president Laurent Gbagbo is to challenge his detention in the French courts.
View ArticleGuebuza Inaugurates Statistics Headquarters
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza declared on Friday that the permanent challenge facing the National Statistics Institute (INE) is to produce credible and trustworthy data, and make it available to...
View ArticleGbagbo's Party to Boycott Ivory Coast Vote
The party of ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo plans to boycott next month's legislative election, its interim leader Miaka Oureto said Saturday.
View ArticleIslamist Jebali to Be
Hamadi Jebali, of the Islamist Ennahda party, will be Tunisia's next prime minister, under a deal struck between the country's three main parties, a senior politician said.
View ArticlePope Benedict Targets the Youth in Benin
Generally regarded as the motherland of voodoo, Benin is set to be the international meeting point of Catholics from Africa and around the globe for the coming three days, when the small West African...
View ArticleNigeria: ASUU Threatens Another Strike Over Agreement With
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said yesterday that it might embark on another strike if the Federal Government failed to meet the Nov. 22 deadline to implement its 2009 agreement with...
View ArticleLiberia: Woman Killer Arrested
Togolese Police have arrested murder suspect William G. Dweh in Lome, after he fled Liberia following allegations of killing his fiance, VenelsayKarsu early last month in Monrovia, the Liberia National...
View ArticleBoko Haram's Ambition Growing, U.S. Warns
The United States ambassador to Nigeria, Terence McCulley has warned the Federal Government about the growing influence of Boko Haram, an Islamist sect behind dozens of deadly bombings and...
View ArticleNigeria: Against Gender-Based Violation111
Early this month, the Ekiti State House of Assembly passed into law a bill prohibiting gender-based violation. The law defines gender-based violation to include acts or threats to commit acts liable to...
View ArticleSociety Does Not Recognize Role of Women
Mozambique's First Lady, Maria da Luz Guebuza, has warned that Mozambican society still does not respect gender equity.
View ArticleRwanda: RURA Lays Off
The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) terminated the employment of 64 workers, scaling down its staff to 103.
View ArticleSomalia: Banadir Region Administration Warns Harming IDPs
The Banadir region administration on Friday warned harming to the Internally Displaced People in the camps in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
View ArticleFuel Subsidy - Don't Burn Down This House
THE Labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain". The ongoing exchanges (not yet a debate) about removal of subsidy in petrol can be likened to a dialogue of the deaf and the dumb. The two...
View ArticleNorth Africa: Egyptian, Somali Migrants Arrive in Italy
A fishing boat carrying 166 Egyptian and five Somali migrants arrived overnight in the southern Italian port of Bari, the Italian coast guard said Saturday.
View ArticleFAAC Meeting Deadlocked As FG, States Disagree
FOR the third time in two months, the meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) for October came to a deadlock yesterday.
View ArticleTension As Raila, Ruto, Uhuru Meet in Kisii
Three leading presidential aspirants on Friday came face to face at a funeral in Kisii and promised to ensure the next elections are peaceful.
View ArticleNigeria: Govt Will Crash If Subsidy Stays - Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has predicted that Nigeria would crash if the Federal Government failed to act fast by removing subsidy on petroleum products.
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