Nigeria: Unimaid Closure, Disgrace to Govt - Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described as a disgrace to government, the recent closure of University of Maiduguri as a result of Boko Haram attacks.
View ArticleSomalia: UK to Target Terror Training At Conference
Britain pledged on Thursday to use a London conference on Somalia next year to come up with new measures to combat terror training in the war-torn country.
View ArticleKenya: Probe Killings Reports, Country Told
A human rights organisation on Thursday asked the government to investigate reports that 11 civilians were killed during air raids by Kenyan troops on Hosingow Village in Somalia.
View ArticleGambia: Prof Eleanor Fox Meets GCC Officials
Professor Eleanor M. Fox and a team of visitors from the University of New York in the United States Saturday held a meeting with officials of The Gambia Competition Commission (GCC) at the...
View ArticleEgypt: Egypt - Where They Have Burned Books...
Set on fire on 17 December, the Egyptian Scientific Institute was another casualty of last week's clashes between the military and protestors in Cairo. Lillian Boctor speaks to artist Adham Hafez [MP3...
View ArticleTanzania: Mzumbe University to Establish a Case Development Centre
Mzumbe University would soon establish a development centre with a view of facilitating teaching in business and management through case method.
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Parliament Reacts to Rebel Athor's Death
A speaker of South Sudan's National Assembly on Thursday said it was a "relief" that rebel leader General George Athor, was killed on Monday evening.
View ArticleKenya: Protect Refugee Camps
Though Kenya is assailed by a host of problems, the government must not neglect its responsibility of providing security in refugee camps.
View ArticleNigeria: Saving Unwanted Babies
It is common for women who have children out of wedlock to throw them in refuse dumps or other obscure places either for the newborn to die or to be rescued by good Samaritans if they are lucky.
View ArticleNigeria: Amosun Reads Riot Act to Criminals
Ogun State Government Thursday inaugurated the state's Security Trust Fund (SRF), alongside the Joint Military/ Police Task Force in order to give individuals and groups opportunities to maximise their...
View ArticleNigeria: Explosion Rocks Yobe, Anambra
Ten persons were reportedly killed yesterday, as explosions rocked Damaturu, Yobe State and Anambra State.
View ArticleTanzania: Varsity to Start Case Development Centre Soon
Mzumbe University will soon establish a 'case development centre' to facilitate teaching in business and management through case methods.
View ArticleNigeria: Multiple Bomb Blasts, Gun Shots Rock Damaturu, Potiskum, Maiduguri
Pandemonium broke out yesterday in Damaturu and Potiskum, Yobe State and Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as residents of the area scampered for safety, following multiple explosions, which rocked...
View ArticleNigeria: Bauchi Earmarks N10 Billion for Security
Bauchi state Government has earmarked the sum of N10billion for security in the 2012 budget. The state commissioner of Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Aminu Hammayo disclosed this while briefing...
View ArticleLiberia: Students Riot in Monrovia
Students of the vacation job scheme initiated by the government Thursday stage a violent demonstration in Monrovia and its immediate environs in protest of what they called government "delay tactics"...
View ArticleSouth Africa: North West Office of the Premier Engages Bursary Holders in...
More than 78 bursary holders of the North West Office of the Premier bursary scheme some of whom were studying Medicine and Quantity Surveying are expected to complete their studies this year as...
View ArticleAfrica: Nigeria'll Continue to Work for Peace, Progress in Africa
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday assured that Nigeria's foreign policy decisions and actions will be guided by the need to promote peace, stability, unity and progress in Africa.
View ArticleSudan: Jem Rebels Say Moving Towards the Sudanese Capital
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Thursday said their fighters have reached Kordofan region in their way to the Sudanese capital in order to topple the ruling regime.
View ArticleNigeria: Eagles Square up Against FRSC
The first test match for home-based Super Eagles will hold this Friday at the training pitch of the National Stadium in Abuja against National Division One side, Federal Road Safety Commission....
View ArticleKenya: Police Arrest Six Over Christmas Terror Plot
Six suspected Al-Shabaab militants have been arrested amid reports that the terrorist group planned to carry out attacks in Nairobi and Mombasa over the festive period.
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