The Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWIN) launched on October 11, 2011 by President Goodluck Jonathan is failing because it is not connecting with existing pro-employment plans and projects, but high-political influence, the ActionAid Nigeria said in a report. Deputy Country Director Ifeoma Charles-Monwuba and Governance Coordinator Esther Agbon presented the report titled “YouWIN […]
Freedom from the Islamic State group comes at a steep price, as one newly wedded couple recently discovered. Eager to live a normal life, away from the harsh dominion of the militants’ self-styled caliphate, the young pair is searching for ways to bypass the extremists’ newly-implemented departure taxes and escape the IS-held city of Mosul. […]
President Goodluck Jonathan admitted Friday that he did not speak on telephone with the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, as claimed last week by Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry, an apparently false claim that sparked a diplomatic spat between the two countries with Morocco recalling its ambassador. The president ordered a full investigation into the scandal […]
Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, in this interview with our correspondent,OLUWOLE JOSIAH, highlights INEC’s preparedness for the general elections, among other issues What have you been doing with the window provided by the postponement of the general elections? One of the things we have been doing is going round the local government […]
The All Progressives Congress has called on Igbo indigenes across the state to converge on the Onikan Stadium, Lagos, to rally support for the APC presidential candidate, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd); and its governorship candidate in Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday. The Publicity Secretary of the APC in Lagos, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, gave the call […]
Nigerians could soon begin to see the hounding of chieftains of the All Progressives Congress just few days to the presidential elections as President Goodluck Jonathan is believed to have told the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to secretly investigate the personal and official finances of the leading opposition party leaders. Among the 20 listed […]
Bayelsa State was soaked in tension on Friday after the police and protesting ex-militants and their leaders clashed in Yenagoa, the state capital. The aggrieved ex-militants were said to have taken over the road to protest alleged meddling of their pipeline surveillance contracts by the Governor of the state, Mr. Seriake Dickson. Guns boomed and […]
Reigning African queen of the track, Blessing Okagbare has denounced the use of her image and footage by a body said to be working for President Goodluck Jonathan who is also the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, without seeking her consent. An advertorial by GoodHouse Nigeria tagged GEJ Okagbare, which she said had been running […]
PHILADELPHIA – From the moment she was born, much of the country assumed Jaimee Drakewood was doomed. Her mother had her in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction. She was, as the politicians dubbed it, a crack baby. “I immediately get defensive,” Drakewood, now 25, says about hearing the term. “It’s another stigma, another […]
Yaounde, Cameroon – On the day Hu Guang was supposed to fly back home to China’s Si Cuan Cheng Du province, she checked the weather. The forecast? Heavy snow and frigid temperatures. That’s the day Huang decided to remain in the dependably warm African country of Cameroon, with its mountainous landscapes and sunny skies. Guang was soon offered […]
The tally of Ebola-related deaths has passed the grim milestone of 10,000, mostly in West Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The UN health agency said on Thursday that Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone alone had reported 10,004 confirmed, probable and suspected deaths from the virus since the beginning of the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak in March 2014. There have […]
Gaza City – Abu Mohammad el-Hissi spent his whole life working on fishing boats before eventually becoming head of the Gaza-based Palestinian Fishermen’s Society. Due to the eight-year Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza, the 70-year-old Hissi says Palestinian fishermen can no longer make a decent living. “This work isn’t enough to provide for a family,” he […]
Russia’s central bank has cut its key interest rate by one percentage point to 14%, as concerns over inflation recede as Russia’s economy falters. The move, which was widely expected, comes as the rouble stabilises following its radical 46% decline in 2014. That drop prompted the bank to increase rates up to 17% in an […]
Islamic State (IS) has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigeria’s militant group Boko Haram, according to an audio message. In the tape, which has not been verified, an IS spokesman says the aim of establishing a caliphate has now been expanded to West Africa. Last week, Boko Haram posted a message saying it wanted […]
Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o today claimed he was the victim of racism when he went shopping in a west London jewellers. The 34-year-old from Cameroon, who now plays for Italian club Sampdoria, said he was targeted after trying to buy a £10,000 watch. Eto’o — once the world’s highest-paid player on £350,000 a week […]
