CAIRO (AFP) – The Muslim world on Thursday expressed hopes for better ties with the Vatican under new Pope Francis, after years of strained relations with Benedict XVI who was seen as hostile to Islam. The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning, came out with similar statements expressing […]
Ben Agande Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina on his historic election wednesday as the first Pope from the Americas and 265th successor to the Chair of St Peter. A statement by Dr Reuben Abati, special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity yesterday said with Cardinal […]
Newly appointed Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Thomas Amolo, yesterday, revealed that Kenya was the greatest supporter of Nigeria during the just concluded African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2013 in South Africa. Speaking during the official opening of the Kenyan Tourist Board/Kenyan Airways road show held in Abuja yesterday, Amolo who arrived Nigeria two weeks […]
“In the law, being sent to prison is nothing to do with putting you in a terrible prison to make you suffer. The punishment is that you lose your freedom. If we treat people like animals when they are in prison, they are likely to behave like animals. Here, we pay attention to you as […]
LONDON (AFP) – Italian archbishop Angelo Scola is favourite to be the next pope ahead of Ghana’s Peter Turkson and Odilo Scherer of Brazil, bookmakers said Tuesday as cardinals prepared to choose the new pontiff. Bookmakers were also taking bets on the official name that the successor to Benedict XVI will take, with Leo, Peter […]
A lion reportedly attacked a man and woman having sex in a bush in Africa, killing the woman. News website My Zimbabwe reports that Sharai Mawera and an unidentified male were having sex in a bushy a… them. “Unfortunately the woman, who was also known as Mai Desire, was mauled to death by the lion, […]
By New Nigerian Politics There are indications that the planned e-passport issuance by the Nigerian Embassy in Toronto beginning March 16 may have ran into murky waters after some Nigerians complained of fees charged by the Nigerian-Canadian Association (NCA) for non-members who seek to take advantage of the services. They wondered why the association should […]
Nairobi — Outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga who came second to Uhuru Kenyatta in the presidential election, vowed on Saturday to contest the results in the Supreme Court, alleging “massive tampering” of the March 4 vote. He said that every instrument deployed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) failed and that there was […]
Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru on Saturday claimed to have killed seven foreign hostages captured last month. A French family is believed to be held by Islamists in the south of the country, while the war in Mali has raised concerns for the fate of other French hostages in the region. Ansaru issued a statement in […]
Johannesburg — Former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital for a scheduled medical check-up on Saturday afternoon, the presidency said. “Doctors are conducting tests and have thus far indicated that there is no reason for any alarm,” said spokesman Mac Maharaj. He said the check-up was to manage existing conditions that came at his […]
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