THE European Union will set up major energy projects in Anambra State, as part of efforts to tackle the challenge of power supply in Nigeria. Disclosing this during a courtesy visit to Governor Peter Obi at the Government House, Awka, yesterday, the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. David MacRae, said the EU Energy programme, […]
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AFP) – Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday of war crimes for arming Sierra Leone’s rebels in return for diamonds in the first verdict against a modern former head of state by a global court. “The trial chamber finds you guilty of aiding and abetting of all these crimes,” presiding judge Richard […]
By Kenneth Ehigiator THE Federal Government, yesterday, remained adamant over its decision to ban foreign airlines operating in the country for refusing to dismantle fare disparity between what they charge Nigerians and their counterparts in other countries in West Africa, even as Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, is expected to speak on the issue today. […]
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda was chosen as the keynote speaker for the second South-south Economic Summit because of the transformation of Rwanda under his watch from an ailing economy to the fastest growing economy in Africa, it was learnt yesterday in Asaba. Billed for Asaba, the Delta State capital, the summit will open on […]
The African Network Campaign on Education for All has raised the alarm that more than 26 African countries are likely to miss the Education for All 2015 target unless governments of member states demonstrate greater political will. This comes as African ministers of education begin a week-long meeting in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, today (Monday). Programme […]
Five Nigerians have been arrested for allegedly trafficking in drugs in India and Malaysia. A 35-year-old Nigerian, Uche Sylvester, who used to traffic drugs between Mumbai and Delhi, was arrested in the capital and 100 grams of cocaine was recovered from him, the Times of India reported on Sunday. Sylvester was arrested near the Delhi […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday sought the assistance of Germany and the United Nations in tackling the insecurity in some parts of Nigeria orchestrated by the activities of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Jonathan made the appeal at a joint press conference he held with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, shortly after a bilateral talk […]
DIPLOMATS and foreign agencies in Nigeria have been urged to refrain from issuing “frivolous” statements on the security situation in the country to their nationals. The Federal Government, which reacted yesterday to recent travel warnings by some embassies to their nationals, asked the envoys to align more with the nation’s security and avoid making statements, […]
JUSTICE Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday remanded three Bolivians in prison custody over an allegation of producing 4.8 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine. The drug is said to be similar to cocaine, heroin and Lysergic acid Diethylamide (LSD). The Bolivians, Reuben Ticono Jorge, Yhugo Chaveaz Moreno and Yerko Artunduago Dorado, were earlier arraigned by the […]
THE six states of the South South region in Nigeria are to tap the experiences of Rwanda in resolving their conflict, security challenges and economic problems in an emerging partnership between both parties. Already, a delegation of the states including the chairman of the South South Governors Forum, Liyel Imoke of Cross River State and […]
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