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Africa & World Politics, All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics
Saturday, January 17th, 2015
THE Canada chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says if voted into power, the party’s presidential aspirant, General Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, will evoke the doctrine of social contract between the leaders and the led in the polity of the country. Chairman of the chapter, Mr Elas Abone, said in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
January 15, 2015 France awards citizenship to Malian who hid hostages in fridge advertisement A Malian man who saved several hostages during the attack on a kosher market in Paris by hiding them in a refrigerator will be given French citizenship. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday that […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Baga has been the scene of fierce fighting before, including in April 2013 as seen here Niger has said it will not be involved in any attempt to retake the key north-east Nigerian town of Baga from the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram. Bodies reportedly lay strewn on the streets of the town following an […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an unprecedented jihadist attack in France held one person hostage on Friday as police cornered the gunmen northeast of the capital. The hostage drama unfolded at a printing business in the small town of Dammartin-en-Goele, only 12 kilometres (seven miles) from Paris’s main Charles de Gaulle airport, […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
By Our Reporter on January 7, 2015 Breaking News, Trending (KAMPALA, Uganda) The Ugandan military confirmed Wednesday that a senior leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army had surrendered in the Central African Republic, a victory for a U.S.-backed offensive that deepens the isolation of the feared rebel group’s top commander, Joseph Kony. Dominic Ongwen, the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Headlines
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh | credits: http://www.mydailynewswatchng.com The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall, Alex Badeh, on Tuesday confirmed that Niger Republic and the Republic of Chad had withdrawn their troops from the Multinational Joint Task Force base following increase in the activities of the Boko Haram sect. The countries’ […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Ajayi Oluwapelumi Tuesday, January 6, 2015 advertisement In this interview by Ajayi Oluwapelumi, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Ademola Oluseyi Onafowokan, shares his sympathy with Nigerian prisoners in Ghana, his efforts at ensuring their rights are not trampled upon and the constraints in prison exchange […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 1st, 2015
by Temitayo Famutimi Internet Punch illustration advertisement The founder of the Synagogue Church of all Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, has claimed that he saw a vision of the disappearance of a Singapore-bound AirAsia plane days before the incident. The AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which had 16 children and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Sunday, December 28th, 2014
By Odimegwu Onwumere | NNP | Dec. 28, 2014 – When you say “A dead God” and “A living God” what do you have in mind? Obviously, from the Nigerian Christians’ periscope, they refer “A Dead God” to represent the numerous Gods that Africa has and use “A living God” to quantify the God that […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Saturday, December 27th, 2014
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Dec. 27, 2014 – “It’s a courageous and historically necessary step. It’s possibly the most important step of his [Obama] presidency.” Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ******* Not many people saw it coming yet it did. In fact, not many would think this day will ever come in the history […]
