IBB Tells Jonathan Way Out of Violence
Vanguard (Lagos)-Former military President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has told President Goodluck Jonathan that political solution, entrenchment of value system, responsible leadership, meeting people's...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Ugandan Rebels Strike Across Border Again
Citizen (Juba)-The Governor of Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State Rizik Zakaria Hassan told journalists that at least two persons have been killed by a small group of Lord's Resistance Army in his state.
View ArticleNigerians Protest in London
Vanguard (Lagos)-Several hundred Nigerian students protested outside the Nigerian High Commission against the abolition by Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan on January 1st of fuel subsidies, which...
View ArticleNigeria: Court Seeks to Bar National Strike As Anger Builds
RNW Africa (Hilversum)-A Nigerian court issued an order seeking to bar a national strike planned for next week as police blocked protesters on Friday in the capital over soaring fuel prices which have...
View ArticleWho's Misleading President Jonathan?
This Day (Lagos)-Fellow Nigerians, I now know for real that it would be mere wishful thinking to wish any Nigerian on our side a happy new year! I had predicted correctly in my last article, Can We Say...
View ArticleNigeria: Boko Haram Kills 30 Southerners
Vanguard (Lagos)-The Boko Haram Islamic sect has made good its threat to attack Southerners living in the North as no fewer than 20 people from both the Igbo and Yoruba extractions were murdered in...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: Ex-Rebel Leader Arrested
RNW Africa (Hilversum)-Central African Republic police arrested ex-rebel chief Jean-Jacques Demafouth Friday for an alleged bid to destabilise the country, a court official and Demafouth said.
View ArticleNigeria: Boko Haram Kills Dozens in Mubi, Maiduguri
The Moment (London)-SUSPECTED members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, made well its threat by killing 36 Igbo people in the North, three days after the expiration of its ultimatum to southerners to...
View ArticleSudan: Children Killed By Air Strikes in South Kordofan
Radio Dabanga (Hilversum)-The Sudanese sir force reportedly targeted the village of Al Ganaya in El Buram locality, South Kordofan with air strikes on Thursday killing mainly children.
View ArticleNigeria: Bomb Blast - Israel to Help FG Tackle Boko Haram
Vanguard (Lagos)-Israeli government has offered to provide security services to the Federal Government to help it tackle the Boko Haram sect.
View ArticleNigeria: Gunmen Kill Over 13 People in Adamawa
Leadership (Abuja)-Barely two weeks after some explosives detonated in Mubi, a commercial town in Adamawa State, unknown gunmen struck again, killing over 13 people and injuring others in different...
View ArticleLibya: Conflict Over, 1.2 Million Children to Return to School
Unicef (New York)-More than 1.2 million children return to school in Libya on Saturday, 10 months after evacuating classrooms because of the fighting during the country's popular uprising.
View ArticleSouth Sudan: UN Launches Major Aid Effort After Clashes in Troubled Region
UN News (New York)-A massive humanitarian operation to bring succour to people affected by inter-ethnic violence in South Sudan's state of Jonglei is under way with United Nations having carried out...
View ArticleBoko Haram Threats - Army Assures South-East, Soutt-South Citizens of Safety
Vanguard (Lagos)-THE Nigerian Army said in Enugu yesterday that it was fully prepared to contain any form of uprising or reprisal attacks in the 10 states of Abia, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Benue,...
View ArticleNigeria: Boko Haram - Army Warns Against Reprisal Attacks
This Day (Lagos)-The Nigerian Army Friday in Enugu read the Riot Act to those planning to stage reprisal attacks in the ten South east as well as South-south states in response to the increasing spate...
View ArticleSouth Africa: 2012 No Walk in the Park - Lagarde
SAPA (Johannesburg)-Unemployment and the Euro crisis are the biggest threats to the South African economy in 2012, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde said on Friday.
View ArticleNigeria: Protests Persist in Benue, Commuters Stranded, As Fuel Sells for...
Vanguard (Lagos)-Residents of Makurdi, the Benue State capital are yet to come out of the shock of the new pump price of fuel or PMS in the wake of the removal of petroleum subsidy by the Federal...
View ArticleSouth Africa: IMF Chief Lagarde Meets Zuma
RNW Africa (Hilversum)-IMF chief Christine Lagarde met President Jacob Zuma on Saturday, wrapping up a visit to South Africa in which she warned that the global growth outlook is likely to be lowered.
View ArticlePM Odinga Decries Attack On Teachers Over KCPE
Nation (Nairobi)-Prime Minister Raila Odinga has condemned attacks on teachers over the Kenya Certificate Primary Education results.
View ArticleSouth Africa: Zuma Worries About Euro Debt Impact
SAPA (Johannesburg)-President Jacob Zuma on Saturday raised his concerns with International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde that the Euro debt crisis had far reaching effects, said presidential...
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