By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | March 3, 2017 – After the killings in the January and July coups and that unsurpassed butchery of Igbo civilians in northern Nigeria, there was a desperate need for peace in the country. In search of peace, the regional governors, David Ejoor, Usman Katsina, Robert Adebayo and Chukwuemeka […]
Zimbabwe has appealed for $100m (£82m) to help those hit by floods that have killed 246 people since December. Officials say floods, which follow a crippling drought, have swept through villages, destroying roads, crops and livestock in the south of the country. The air force has transported some marooned villagers to safety. Last week the […]
FORMER Permanent Secretary in the Power Ministry, Ambassador Godknows Igali, has forfeited 47 brand new Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) to the Federal Government. The revelation was contained in a report submitted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Senate Committee on Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruptionon Wednesday. The Commmittee had earlier received the […]
Chukwudi Akasike, Samuel Awoyinfa, Leke Baiyewu and Adelani Adepegba A coalition of Niger Delta militants, on Wednesday, threatened to blow up Multichoice, owner of DSTV; MTN, Shoprite and 16 other major South African investments in Nigeria if the Federal Government failed to shut them down within one month. The militant groups, who were reacting to […]
Spain has appointed a ‘sex tsar’ to help boost the country’s “catastrophically low” birth rate . Young couples have reportedly blamed being “too tired after a full day at work” and “late nights” for the decrease. So, faced with a rapidly declining population, the Senado de Espana has tasked demographic expert Edelmira Barreira with sorting […]
A taxi stops in the small town of Champlain. Loaded down with belongings, a family with two children gets out and hurries to the road’s end at a stream marking the US-Canada border. “We are coming all the way from Jersey City,” says the father, Mohammed Ahmed. The city near New York is more than […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja -Punch Another 180 Nigerians are expected back in Nigeria from Libya on Tuesday. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Friday while receiving the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Commission, Sadiya Farouk, at the Presidential […]
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, screened an 82-year-old non-career ambassadorial nominee, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor (retd.), who refused to recite the National Anthem when he was asked to do so. The refusal by the nominee to recite the anthem had shocked members of the committee. The nominee was asked series […]
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja A vicious kidnapper and armed robber, Henry Chibueze a.k.a Vampire, has been killed by in a gun battle with the Police Special Forces led by the IGP intelligence Response Team. He was gunned down at about 1am this morning in Omu Awa Forest, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Chibueze […]
Victor Moses’ most recent goal came in November’s 2-1 win over Tottenham Chelsea wing-back Victor Moses has signed a two-year contract extension to commit himself to Stamford Bridge until 2021. Moses, 26, who spent the previous three seasons on loan at Liverpool, Stoke and West Ham respectively, has become a regular under manager Antonio Conte. […]
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