Bombers hit Niger mine and barracks
Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:37 GMT
A number of people are wounded in bomb attacks in north-western Niger on a military camp and a French-run uranium mine, officials say. UN chief begins DR Congo visit
Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:50 GMT
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon begins a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo as fighting continues near the eastern city of Goma. Nigeria author Achebe to be buried
Thu, 23 May 2013 00:25:12 GMT
Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, is due to be buried in his home town in Anambra state. SA opposition rejects Gupta report
Wed, 22 May 2013 18:47:47 GMT
South Africa's main opposition party condemns as a cover-up an official probe into the use of a military base for an Indian society wedding. Ethiopian awarded anti-FGM prize
Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:49 GMT
Ethiopian activist Bogaletch Gebre wins an international prize for her campaign to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM).
Leo’nel Zack Orji Drops ‘Dancia’
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:55:18 +0000 As new hip hop sensation, Leo’nel prepares for his debut album, which is billed to be released later this year, the youngster has dropped yet another single Dancia. Leo’nel, who recently signed on to Dope Mates Music, said Dancia will confirm the positive rating he has been enjoying since his debut in the Nigerian music [...] President Jonathan’s Church Donation
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:48:01 +0000 Last Saturday’s fundraiser in Lagos, in aid of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Deanery and Youth Development Centre, Otuoke, Bayelsa State – a church being promoted by President Goodluck Jonathan – was clearly an abuse of office and privilege. President Jonathan, on the day, had led few state governors, business tycoons and other benefiting political hangers-on [...] Exploring Public-Private Partnership For Development
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:47:23 +0000 By Sola Ogunmosunle When Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999, one of the very first issues that characterised the polity is the clamour for the re-adjustment of our lopsided federalism, created by many years of military rule that was rather very autocratic. The other tiers of the federating units i.e. the states and local government [...] Abolish Political Party System
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:43:38 +0000 By Oluwole Sholanke It is a general perception that politicians are corrupt and that they use political parties to loot the nation’s treasury. It is lamentable that this kind of situation is having negative impact on the nation’s economy. The so-called representatives of the masses that were voted for by the masses to cater for [...]
Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released
Tue, 21 May 2013 14:07:15 -0700
ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all the women now held in custody. Nigeria seeks Niger's military support against Boko Haram
Tue, 21 May 2013 13:19:12 -0700
By Abdoulaye Massalatchi and Joe Brock NIAMEY/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria has asked its northern neighbor Niger for help in an offensive against Boko Haram insurgents, as West African states try to cooperate against a spread of Islamist violence. An intelligence source in Niger said on Tuesday security had been tightened along the thinly populated border and military police were ... Nigeria says to free all female Boko Haram suspects
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:17:01 -0700
LAGOS, Nigeria, May 21 - Nigeria said on Tuesday it would free a number of detained Islamist suspects, including all female ones, in what a senior security source called a move to build popular support for its offensive against Boko Haram militants entrenched in the north. Nigeria, Africa's most populous state and biggest oil producer, is waging its fiercest military campaign yet against Boko ... AP PHOTOS: Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe
Wed, 22 May 2013 10:03:10 -0700
OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time.