President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said the Federal Government and the Government of Ghana would collaborate to rebuild the St. Philip’s Central School, Ogidi, Anambra State, where the late Prof. Chinua Achebe had his primary education. Jonathan made the promise at the church service held for Achebe at Ogidi. However, the promise fell short of […]
Police say they were overwhelmed by the large crowd when a stampede killed four people at a church in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Sunday. Thousands of people flocked to the evangelical church for “holy water”, which they believed had healing powers, leading to the crush. “All of us were caught by surprise. No-one knew the […]
By Jimoh Babatunde with agency report Former Nigeria’s President ,Olusegun Obasanjo, took the 40 percent cassava flour inclusion in bread to Tanzania recently as he urged the Tanzania President to promote the use of cassava in confectioneries in his country to transform agriculture. He noted that the use of cassava flour in bread would stimulate […]
The Canadian company which arranged how the Rivers State Government’s controversial Bombardier Global 6000 private jet was ferried into Nigeria last year has written to the Federal Government, explaining how the jet got to the country through Senegal, among other details. The company, ACASS Canada Limited, stated how it assisted the Rivers State Government to […]
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | May 15, 2013 | Emeritus Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, is arguably the most recognised African churchman in the world today. Even those who do not know his name or have a detailed knowledge of his activities and achievements will recognise the face of that ever-jovial […]
THE European Union will pledge to contribute more than 500 million euros ($650 million) to help Malians rebuild their country at a conference of aid donors in Brussels today, European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso said. “Tomorrow (today) we will commit €520m for Mali between 2013 and 2014,” Barroso told reporters on Tuesday. Mali, last […]
AS the Federal Government struggles to manage its wide budgetary deficits owing to dwindling revenue, top functionaries in Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( MDAs) have rejected offers of alternative financing for infrastructural projects from the World Bank through any form of Public, Private Partnership (PPP). This indication emerged Tuesday when the World Bank expressed shock […]
Figure drooped from 900 t0 540 The number of Nigerians serving various jail terms in the United Kingdom has significantly dropped from some 900 to 540, the Nigerian High Commissioner to that country, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, has said. Tafida, who spoke against the backdrop of the Nigeria-UK Prisoners Transfer Agreement, stated this in a chat […]
By Arnold A. .Alalibo | NNP | April 24, 2013 – Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, the controversial “Iron Lady”, who shaped British politcs, died from a stroke recently at the ripe age of 87. Thatcher was Britain’s first woman premier, a right-wing colossus and key figure in the Cold War. She led Britain […]
BY UDUMA KALU LAGOS — Nobel laureate, Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, is to head one of the committees set up for burial of late eminent novelist, Prof. Chinua Achebe. Other members of the committee, known as the international committee, are Nadine Gordimer (South Africa); Toni Morrison (USA); Ruth Simmons, 18th President of Brown […]
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