The Nigerian High Commissioner to Uganda with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Rwanda, Fidel Ayogu has said there are currently no Nigerians serving jail terms in Rwanda and the few that live here are all law abiding. He attributed this to the renewed level of discipline and zero tolerance for corruption after the 1994 […]
Three Nigerians, alleged to be fighting alongside the soldiers of the ousted Libyan leader, Col. Muamar Gaddafi, have been killed by the National Transitional Council fighters close to Sirte, the ousted leader’s hometown. Spain-based Hamada Radio International monitored in Kaduna on Monday listed the three Nigerians killed as 33-year-old Ugochukwu Okafor; Emeka Aloysius Mohammed, […]
The United States (US) government and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have signed an agreement for a 300,000 dollars grant to train 77 officials on Nigeria’s new driver’s licence. The US Trade and Development grant was signed in Abuja at the weekend by Terence McCulley, the US ambassador to Nigeria and Osita Chidoka, the FRSC Corps […]
IT was one of the rare instances of Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka endorsing the Federal Government’s actions. To him, the logic of Nigeria’s recognition of the National Transitional Council (TNC) of Libya was so compelling that it could only elicit his approval. Prof. Soyinka’s submissions were contained in the full lecture he initially delivered at […]
By Dan Merica, CNN Washington (CNN)– Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani will be put to death for several charges of rape and extortion, charges that differ greatly from his original sentence of apostasy, the semi official Fars News agency reported Friday. In a translated Iranian Supreme Court brief from 2010 the charge of apostasy, however, is the only […]
IT emerged, on Wednesday, that ousted Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, recruited several young Nigerians into his armed forces in his heyday. Security sources told the Nigerian Tribune that the former Libyan leader targeted young university graduates, who were about going for the youth service. A security expert told the Nigerian Tribune that the deposed Libyan […]
Prof Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate and conservation heroine, has died in Nairobi after a long battle with cancer. She was 71. The environmentalist and politician died at the Nairobi Hospital at around 10pm on Sunday, officials at her Greenbelt Movement organisation told Nation.co.ke. Prof Maathai will be remembered for her fight against the Moi […]
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and his bloated delegation of around 100 people failed to fly back home from New York on Friday after their chartered Air Zimbabwe plane’s tyres were punctured while landing. Mugabe left the country on September 17 to attend the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Air Zimbabwe board Chairman Jonathan […]
AFRICA has again kicked against its poor representation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The renewed quest for more power for the continent in the IMF decision-making process is being pursued by the African leaders at the Bretton Woods Institution’s 24th meeting in Washington DC, United States (U.S.). The forum is also part of […]
FOR three weeks they wandered in the desert and their destination was Nigeria. At last, they arrived in their motherland, which they left years ago in search of the greener pasture. But the joy of these over 100 Nigerians, who escaped from the war-torn Libya and arrived safely in their country to reunite with their […]
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