…as Egyptair plans to increase frequencies to 21The nation’s avia-tion sector is set to receive another boost in the area of air safety and operations following a meeting between representatives of the Nigerian government and that of Egypt in Cairo.The meeting, which was convened based on an invitation extended to the Senior Special Assistant to […]
Iraq’s government has offered a reward of $17,200 (£10,300) for each foreign militant killed from al-Qaeda or the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), a former affiliate. A larger reward of $25,800 (£15,500) is being offered for the capture of militants belonging to the two groups. The announcement was made on the website […]
KAMPALA – Uganda President Yoweri Museveni will sign into law a controversial bill that will see homosexuals jailed for life despite international pressure, a government spokesman said Monday.“He will ascend the bill. This bill is very popular both within the parliament and Ugandan society. The president is under strong domestic pressure to sign the bill,” […]
GENEVA – The man who hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines flight en route from Addis Ababa to Rome on Monday was the co-pilot, according to the Geneva airport where the plane was forced to land. The co-pilot said he had seized his chance when the pilot went to the bathroom, Bertrand Staempfli, the airport spokesman, told […]
The absence of an interpreter on Monday again stalled the trial before a Federal High Court, Lagos of a Portuguese woman, Roseangela Goncalves, charged with drug trafficking. Gonclaves, 36, is charged along with Christopher Olua, 38, on a two-count charge of dealing on a restricted narcotic, cocaine. They had both pleaded not guilty to the charge but the Judge, […]
Boko Haram Violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has threatened to declare war on Cameroon if she does not cease to support Nigeria’s military campaign against it. In recent times, the sect has been at the receiving end of a massive onslaught by the army in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. Members of the sect […]
Crashed Algerian military plane… on Tuesday. | credits: European Pressphoto Agency An Algerian military transport plane has crashed in mountains in the north-east of the country with 103 passengers and crew on board, BBC reports. The Hercules C-130 crashed in a mountainous area of Oum al-Bouaghi province, en route to Constantine. One survivor has […]
South Africa’s heated election campaign turned violent on Wednesday, forcing police in Johannesburg to fire rubber bullets and stun grenades to separate armed supporters of the ruling ANC from an opposition rally. African National Congress militants brandished sticks and hurled petrol bombs and bricks at members of the Democratic Alliance holding a march near the ANC’s […]
International peacekeepers have failed to prevent the ethnic cleansing of Muslims in the Central African Republic, a human rights group says. Militia attacks have led to a “Muslim exodus of historic proportions”, according to a report by Amnesty International. Aid groups have warned of a food crisis, as many of the shops and wholesalers were […]
By Odimegwu Onwumere Nigerians in Guinea on February 10 2014 barricaded the Nigerian Embassy in that country in protest of what they said was unlawful arrest and detention of fellow Nigerians, especially from Igbo extraction and, keeping them in the prison for days. According to a report by Igbo socio-political group called Njiko Igbo, about […]
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