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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
The United States government on Friday indicted the President Goodluck Jonathan led Federal Government of massive and widespread corruption. According to the United States Department of State, government officials and agencies frequently engage in corrupt practices with impunity. This was contained in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Country Reports on Human Rights […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, April 20th, 2013
• Okonjo-Iweala Allays Fears Over N160b Revenue Loss PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Tony Blair, Saturday expressed the hope that Nigeria could solve all of its problems through patriotic commitment to unity and progress. The two leaders, who spoke in Lagos during the inauguration and opening ceremony of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
On Tuesday, 16th April, 2013, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was interviewed by Christiane Amanpour , CNN’s chief international correspondent and anchor of Amanpour, a nightly foreign affairs program on CNN International. Please find the transcript below. AMANPOUR – Introducing the interview segment Welcome back to the program. Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, is […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
MONTREAL – Police in Thérèse-de-Blainville have confirmed that they were informed Monday by Kahnawake police that a young woman had been found alive in the Châteauguay region. Police have confirmed that the woman, who identified herself as Sara Okafor, seems to have been the victim of a criminal offence. She was taken to hospital to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
A BRITISH Airways (BA) plane with over 120 passengers billed to travel to London was grounded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) after a technical fault on Monday. The Guardian learnt that one of the engines of the aircraft developed a technical fault just before take-off from the airport, as a result of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Presidency
Monday, April 8th, 2013
By Muhammad Bello President Goodluck Jonathan Monday evening departed Abuja for Nairobi where he will join other African leaders Tuesday at the inauguration of Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya’s fourth President. President Jonathan was accompanied to Mr. Kenyatta’s swearing-in ceremony at the Kasarani Sports Complex in Nairobi by the Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died “peacefully” at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke while staying at the Ritz hotel in central London. David Cameron called her a “great Briton” and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death. Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Committee for the Defence of Human Rights and the World Alliance Against Terrorism, Violence and Inhuman Treatment have appealed to the Federal Government and the National Assembly to save 14 Nigerians on death row in Indonesia. The human rights groups, in their separate petitions, forwarded to the National Assembly, urged the Presidency to wade in […]
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Africa & World Politics
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Canada issued a record number of visitor visas in 2012 with almost 1 million visas approved, Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, and Maxime Bernier, Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism, announced today. The Government is committed to attracting an increasing number of visitors to Canada as part of our plan […]
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Africa & World Politics
Sunday, March 31st, 2013
By BENJAMIN NJOKU She came into power by a twist of fate, and today, Joyce Banda, can live to retell the sad story of her struggle to liberate her country from the shackles of political conspiracy, bad leadership and economic underdevelopment. Banda was catapulted to one of the toughest jobs in the southern Africa region […]
