Following the terrorist attacks on the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya that left scores of Kenyans and foreigners dead, shopping mall patrons in the country are apprehensive that a similar incident may happen in Nigeria because most of the plazas are not adequately secured. Though activities at most of the malls in Lagos were […]
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared the end of a bloody four-day siege by Islamist militants at Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre. Five attackers were shot dead by troops and 11 suspects were in custody, he said in a TV address to the nation. Kenya has “shamed and defeated our attackers” but the “losses are immense”, […]
Kenyan security forces appear to have launched an assault on the Westgate shopping complex in the capital Nairobi in an attempt to break the siege there. Gunfire and explosions were heard at the complex and a cloud of smoke could be seen billowing from the building. A Kenyan police official said that security forces had […]
NAIROBI (AFP) – At least four dead, dozens wounded in Nairobi mall shootings, wounding at least four people and sparking a fierce gun battle witnesses and police said when an armed group stormed an upmarket shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Saturday. Police said they had surrounded the Westgate mall, which is popular with […]
Abidjan – The Ivorian Government has granted presidential pardon to 3,000 people, imprisoned for various criminal offences in the country. This is contained in statement issued by the government’s spokesman, Mr Bruno Kone, on Saturday after an extra-ordinary cabinet meeting in Abidjan. The statement said the pardon did not include political detainees and prisoners. It […]
The Central Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy says it has arrested a Cameroonian and nine Nigerians for stealing crude oil in Bayelsa State. A statement on Sunday by the Command Operations Officer, the CNC, Commodore Emmanuel Enemor, said the suspected oil thieves were arrested by the operatives of the Forward Operating Base of the […]
TORONTO — Carrying fraudulent, forged and stolen passports, dozens of Nigerian women began making their way to Toronto not long ago — so many that last year the Canada Border Services Agency identified it as a “trend.” The women were between the ages of 20 and 35, and were traveling with the help of “facilitation” […]
Former Kenyan Judiciary spokesman has petitioned the International Court of Justice in The Hague to annul the trial and death sentence against Jesus Christ, nearly 2000 years ago. Dola Indidis is also suing Israel, Italy, King Herod, Pontius Pilate, various Jewish “wise men” and the Roman Emperor Tiberius for what he considers an illegal trial […]
By Chioma Igbokwe A Gambian born British national, Mr Alieu Barry has described as blantant lies allegations of bribery for which a former Chief Justice of The Gambia Justice Joseph Wowo has been widely condemned and facing criminal charges in the West African country. Justice Wowo hails from Edo State in Nigeria but has been […]
Play media 7 September 2013 Last updated at 20:51 GMT Olympics 2020: Tokyo wins race to host Games Tokyo has been chosen to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games ahead of Istanbul and Madrid. The Japanese capital won a final round of voting by International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Buenos Aires to beat […]
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