His killing, which came swiftly after his capture near Sirte, is the most dramatic single development in the Arab Spring revolts that have unseated rulers in Egypt and Tunisia and threatened the grip on power of the leaders of Syria and Yemen. “He (Gaddafi) was also hit in his head,” National Transitional Council official Abdel […]
The death of Steve Jobs, the Apple Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer, on October 5, 2011 has created a great vacuum in the Information Technology (IT) industry. His demise at the age of 56, after a protracted battle with pancreatic cancer and having undergone a liver transplant, has robbed the world of a great […]
THE meeting of the Heads of States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), convened on Tuesday by President Goodluck Jonathan at the Nnamdi International Airport, Abuja, failed to agree on who becomes the next president of ECOWAS Commission. It is the second time in recent time that the meeting would be deadlocked, having earlier […]
The world’s population is set to hit seven billion this month with implications for the health and rights of individuals everywhere, international experts on reproductive health have disclosed. “A world of seven billion people is a distinctive moment in history. It represents an achievement, as well as an unprecedented challenge for the future of the planet […]
ABUJA—United States Government has offered $3 million scholarship grants to Nigerian students for the 2011 and 2012 academic year, the US Embassy disclosed yesterday. The scholarship scheme, under the Educational Advisory Centre, according to the Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy, James McAnulty, will afford Nigerian students the opportunity of studying in the United […]
A Romanian diplomat, Mr. Mavrodin Eduard, is currently on the run over alleged financial scandal to the tune of N7.6 million. Eduard who is a staffer of the Embassy in Abuja is alleged to have borrowed N1million from a Nigerian friend and businessman, Mr. Nicholas Uzor, of The Basement Lounge, Wuse II, Abuja, on September […]
THE Federal Government has expressed discontent with some European Union (EU) countries’ alleged to have issued travel advice on Nigeria despite the relative peace in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. The government has also accused multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, which it described as the greatest beneficiary of the amnesty programme, of […]
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian “peace warrior” Leymah Gbowee and Yemen’s Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize, the jury said. The three prizewinners share the 2011 award “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work,” Norwegian Nobel […]
Sept 30-In very strong terms the US government is speaking out against Nigeria’s government’s efforts at negotiating with Boko Haram, insisting that it might be impossible for the federal government to convince Boko Haram to end their violence, which the Americans consider as “absolutely unjustifiable,” because many of such terror groups are “absolutely unreconcilable,” according to […]
Nigeria and Rwanda have formalized their relationship by signing a bilateral agreement that would strengthen the ties between the two countries. This was even as the Rwandan Government through it’s ministry of health had requested that the next batch of the Technical Aid Corp (TAC), be composed of specialists in general surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics […]
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