Wole Soyinka, may he never live long on September 05, 2014 / in Viewpoint 12:33 pm / Comments IT was a night of radiant quality stars, in December 2010, at the State House, Banquet Hall of the Ghanaian Government, Accra,Ghana, where Professor Wole Soyinka was awarded the Millennium Excellence Award and Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize, […]
TIME Magazine: How Nigeria keeps Ebola at bay Written by TIME Magazine Category: Columnists advertisement FEARS that Africa’s most populous country would become a tinderbox for the disease have so far not come to fruition. Ebola is still running rampant in parts of West Africa. Over 1,500 people have died in Guinea, Sierra Leone and […]
THE Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday ordered 20 commercial banks in Nigeria to dishonour any withdrawal cheque from Sani Dangote, younger brother of Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and his companies, Dansa Foods Limited and Bulk Pack Services Limited. The presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang, gave the order while presiding over a […]
• France restates support to fight insurgency • Senator seeks more troops, another blames weak military on Babangida • Shehu of Borno cautions CJTF on ‘rules of engagement’ DESPITE global outcry against the activities ofBoko Haram, the United States (U.S.) yesterday decried the security threat posed by the insurgents in Nigeria. Speaking at the opening […]
• Govt to help ECOWAS countries over Ebola outbreak • World leaders seek more action to check disease A FRESH insight into why the United States (U.S.) rejected Nigeria’s request for the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp emerged Thursday. The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas Greenfield, explained that Nigeria’s request was […]
THE Ndigbo has criticised the apparently procured, choreographed and orchestrated interview on Arise Television on Thursday, August 28, 2014 in which a certain Stephen Davies, an Australian of the ilk of many white mercenaries prowling the African continent, accused Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika of being a sponsor of Boko Haram. In a statement issued by Director […]
• More troops coming from govt, says Shettima • Ezekwesili, others want Nigerians to remember Chibok girls NORTHERN leaders Thursday rallied support for President Goodluck Jonathan over the Federal Government’s campaign against insurgents. The leaders, who spoke under the aegis of the Northern Elders Council (NEC), urged Nigerians to support the government to overcome […]
The Niger State Government on Thursday made it clear that there was no case of Ebola Virus Disease in the state, and so will take proactive measures to ensure that it does not gain entry into the state. The Commissioner for Health, Hajia Hadiza Abdullahi, at a news conference in Minna disclosed that government was already creating […]
Christian Okeke -Abuja Thursday, September 4, 2014 advertisement THE Government, on Wednesday, warned that the Boko Haram sect must not be allowed to establish fresh links with the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This was as it called the parties involved in combating terrorism to continue […]
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the town of Banki, which borders Cameroon, after government troops fled, residents say. The military has not yet commented on the latest town to reportedly fall to the insurgents in recent weeks. Fears have been raised that their main target is Maiduguri, the capital of north-eastern Borno […]
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