Auto Crash Kills 17, Injures
Seventeen people died and 66 others seriously injured in an accident that occurred along the Suleja-Minna road on Wednesday.
View ArticleAregbesola Accuses PDP of Mismanaging Osun State
Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday berated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for mismanaging the fortunes of the state during its almost eight years in power.
View ArticleApril Polls Will Make Or Mar Country - Braithwaite
Founder of the defunct Nigeria Advanced Party, NAP, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, has called for a revolution in the country, saying the April elections will be the spark needed for the revolution.
View ArticleTinubu Accuses PDP of Frustrating CPC/ACN Alliance Move
Immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, opened up on those behind the failure of the proposed alliance between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and Congress for...
View ArticleEnugu And Her Poster Excellencies
Politicians are men and women of theater, always adept at this game of high cunning, of unending manipulation and often full of intrigues.
View ArticleAfrica: Angola reiterates goal for All Africa's games
The retaining of women's handball title and the standing among the three first ranked male teams top the country's goals at the All Africa Games, scheduled from 3 to 18 September in Maputo, Mozambique,...
View ArticleFashola - Failure of Successive Leaderships, Bane of Country
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state Thursday reviewed the nation's leadership in the past and came up with a damning verdict that Nigeria has remained where it is because successive leaders...
View ArticleObama's Calls With Leaders of France, UK And Italy On Libya
Readout of President Obama's Calls with President Sarkozy of France, Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Berlusconi of Italy.
View ArticleCharles Taylor Trial Wrange Over Defending Counsel
The disciplinary hearing for Charles Taylor's lead defense counsel Courtenay Griffiths, which was scheduled to take place today, was adjourned as the Trial Chamber could not be properly constituted.
View ArticleGaddafi Threatens More Violence in Surprise TV Address
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi threatened more violence Friday pledging to throw open the country's arsenals to his supporters in a brief address in Tripoli's Green Square.
View ArticleUN Security Council to Debate Sanctions
The UN Security Council will consider Saturday passing a sanctions resolution against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, after the US imposed sanctions Friday, and Libya's ambassador to the UN called on the...
View ArticleThousands Defy Gaddafi to Protest in Tripoli
Thousands of protesters were on the streets of Tripoli, Friday, braving gunfire which is reported to have killed several people.
View ArticleMilitary Apologises for Beating Protesters
Egypt's ruling military council apologised on Saturday after military police beat protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square overnight. Activists still called for more protests to denounce violence by the...
View ArticleCondemnation Grows Over Detention of Activists
There is growing condemnation of the ongoing detention of a group of activists in Zimbabwe, arrested almost a week ago for watching TV footage of the revolution in Egypt.
View ArticleSudan: Army Attacks Rebel Positions in Darfur
Sudanese army attacked rebels groups in the mountainous area of Jebal Marra to open roads in the troubled region of Darfur, said the spokesperson of the Sudan Armed Forces on Thursday.
View ArticleLibya: Security Forces Fire on Protesters in Western City
Libyan security forces and pro-government groups in the western city of Zawiyah have violently attacked anti-government protesters and Egyptian migrant workers, Human Rights Watch said today.
View ArticleKarongi Residents Build Houses for the Poor
Authorities in the Western Province are carrying out a series of activities aimed at helping the underprivileged, as part of activities to mark this year's International Women's Day.
View ArticleUnit to Combat Poverty Set
The governor of Luanda, José Maria Ferraz dos Santos, on Friday here created a Provincial Technical Unit of Fight Against Poverty, to be co-ordinated by the deputy governor for the economic sector,...
View ArticleUnsung Hero of Jonathan's PDP Primary Victory
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Primaries of December 2010 at Eagle Square, Abuja, which produced President Goodluck Jonathan as the clear winner and which most observers believed to be free...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Powerspeed Targets U.S.$26 Million Turnover
POWERSPEED Electrical Ltd sees its turnover growing to US$26 million and earnings rising in the year to end September 30 helped by increased capacity in the engineering division, CEO Hilton Macklin says.
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