EU leaders are now seeking UN Security Council approval for military action against smugglers in chaos-ridden Libya. But rights groups have blasted the Europe for focusing on patrols rather than humanitarian efforts. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has also urged the European Union to refrain from resorting to force. Video released by the Italian coastguard on […]
Another 5,800 migrants desperate to reach Europe were rescued this weekend as they tried to cross the Mediterranean on rickety boats, more than 2,150 of them on Sunday, the Italian coastguard said. The number rescued this weekend was one of the highest recorded in recent years, raising fears that the tide of people risking their […]
North Korea said it has arrested a South Korean student of New York University for illegally entering the country from China last month. Won Moon Joo, who North Korea says has permanent residency in the U.S. and lives in New Jersey, was arrested on April 22 after crossing the Amnok River from the Chinese border […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified an accord Saturday to set up a $100-billion reserve fund for the so-called BRICS — the five leading emerging economies that include Russia, China, Brazil, India and South Africa. Moscow is expected to contribute $18 billion to the reserve, well behind the $41 billion China has promised to pour into […]
Western powers are getting set to counter an expertly crafted Russian disinformation campaign over Ukraine which has left them wrong-footed too many times for comfort. The aim is to win the daily battle for the news headlines, to get the EU and NATO story out to show that Russia’s message falls well short of the […]
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa As Nigerians converged on Okoroba, in Bayelsa State, to pay their last respects to late Dr. Oronto Natei Douglas, the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan was conspicuously absent at the burial of her husband’s aide. Late Oronto Douglas until his death was the Special Adviser on Research, Documentation and […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has said he remains the most documented president in the history of Nigeria, due largely to the works of his Special Adviser on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr Oronto Douglas. The President was paying tribute to late Douglas at the end of a commendation service in his honour at the Saint Peters […]
Centre for Strategic and International Studies(CSIS) recently hosted in Washington D.C., an inaugural Global Development Forum which had in attendance leaders from business, government, academia, non-governmental organisations, and the policy community. The 2015 Global Development Forum held, Thursday, April 23, at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies’ headquarters, in Washington D.C., United States. The […]
Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has faulted the current employment of new teachers into the workforce of the Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori, by the Rivers State Government , describing the process as ‘not only fraudulent, but a misplaced-priority and therefore, unacceptable.’ State PDP Chairman, Bro. Felix Obuah, through his Special Adviser […]
AKHERE Godwin, Benin The traditional ruler of Sasaro in the Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State, HRH Azutorome Unuaikhazor, has denied reports that a missing police rifle was found in his bedroom, insisting that he actually retrieved the rifle from youths in the area and had kept it safe for the police. The monarch […]
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of Sheikh Musa Muhammed, the Chief Imam of the Abuja Central Mosque as a sad setback to the efforts to reunite Nigerians of various faiths after a very divisive campaign leading to the recent elections. “He died at a time when the counsels of Nigerians of the highest […]
Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) that any attempt to proceed with the planned Local Government election which has been scheduled for May 23, 2015 amounts to an open disrespect for the court of competent jurisdiction which had ordered that status-quo-ante be maintained […]
The Centre for Strategic and International Studies(CSIS) recently hosted in Washington D.C., an inaugural Global Development Forum which had in attendance leaders from business, government, academia, non-governmental organisations, and the policy community.
Wife of the governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has showered encomiums on a couple, Dr. Obi and Barrister (Mrs.) Rosaline Ifezulike for donating a Ford branded ambulance to enhance and support delivery of medical services in the rural communities of Anambra by the Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ), a non-governmental organization promoted […]
The Southwest caucus of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has backed calls for the Chairman of the party, AlhajiAdamu Muazu and other members of the National Working Committee to resign their positions. It would be recalled that the Party’s Governors’ Forum had asked the National Chairman of the party, along with other National […]
Vice President, Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo has urged Nigerians to give the incoming administration the maximum support to enable them succeed. The Vice President made this call at the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) Stakeholders Conference, Saturday, at the Main Conference Auditorium, National Mosque Complex, Abuja. “Government as you are aware is a continuum […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, weekend, formerly commenced lobby for the candidacy of Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina for the position of the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). A statement issued by the Atiku Media Office in Abuja said that Atiku Abubakar’s shuttle diplomacy to shore up much-needed support for the […]
In their separate condolence messages to Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, who lost his mother, weekend President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has said losing a parent is the most painful stage of one’s life, just as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said nothing can replace the vacuum created by parents in the life of their […]
Umbrella body of editors in Nigeria, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, has urged the in-coming General Muhammadu Buhari-administration to facilitate a conducive platform which would create a synergy with the media in order to effectively tackle the problem of corruption. President of the body, Mr Femi Adesina, who made the call, Sunday, on the occasion […]
National Football League (NFL)’s Cincinnati Bengals have secured the depth on their offensive line and believe they added a tackle of the future by selecting Texas A&M and Nigerian-born Cedric Ogbuehi with the 21st overall selection, Thursday night, in the first round of the NFL Draft. The 6-foot-5, 305-pounder tore his ACL in the Liberty […]
Fifty is a nice round number, but it cannot compare to the nine figures on the check Floyd Mayweather Jr collected after beating Manny Pacquiao, Saturday night. “For my team to hand me a $100 million check is remarkable,” said Mayweather, whose take from the long-awaited mega-fight with Pacquiao could eventually swell to as high […]
Governor-elect of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, has inaugurated a 21-member transition committee, with Chief Sunny Akpadiaha as Chairman and Mr. Udeme Ufot as Vice Chairman, at a ceremony which held at the Banquet Hall of the Government House, Thursday. A statement by the Chairman, Publicity Committee of the Divine Mandate Campaign […]
EDDIE ONUZURUIKE . Having gone through the throes of an inconclusive election in Abia recently, I thought it was over until I heard a jingle in one of the private radio stations- Family Love FM, 103.9, Umuahia and read what looked like the newspaper version on the Hallmark of Thursday, April, 30, 2015 page 8, […]
Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has stressed the need for employers of labour, both in the private and public sector of the country, to endeavour to make the welfare of workers paramount in their scheme of things. In a statement signed by Michael Jegede, the Senator’s Special Assistant on […]
Umbrella organization of the Ogoni people, the Ogoni Central Indigenous Authority, OCIA, has distanced itself from reports associating the group with membership of the Lower Niger Congress (LNC). In a letter to the leadership of the congress, signed by the President of the OCIA, Dr. Goodluck Diigbo, the group rejected claims that it was a […]
