THE Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), in Kaduna, has arrested over 100 suspected mercenaries from Libya. They were suspected to have fled the country and arrived in Kaduna through the Niger-Nigeria border at the weekend, after the fall of the regime of Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. The suspects, according to an eyewitness, arrived in the state […]
There is no confirmation that some Muammar Gaddafi loyalists have entered Nigeria from neighbouring countries such as Niger, Foreign Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru has said. Ashiru told Nigerian reporters covering the 66th UN General Assembly in New York that speculations that Gaddafi’s men had entered some states in Nigeria were untrue. “Our security agencies are on the […]
THE Federal Government has disclosed that the recognition accorded the Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) by the United Nations (UN) through its Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, as well as the African Union (AU) and South Africa on Tuesday have finally vindicated Nigeria’s position that the new interim government in Tripoli is the legitimate government of Libyans. […]
UNITED NATIONS – (AFP) – Israel said Friday it regrets that Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has handed over a request to the United Nations to admit Palestine as a full member state. “We regret the step,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman Gidi Shmerling told AFP. “We believe that the only path to true peace is […]
LUSAKA, (AFP) – Zambia’s new President Michael Sata took office Friday, kicking off with a pledge to crack down on the rampant corruption that turned voters away from his predecessor. Sata, who five years ago threatened to chase the Chinese out of the country, said after his swearing-in that he welcomed all investors but wanted […]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The Palestinian bid for UN membership will be “quickly” handled and sent to the UN Security Council, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said. Speaking after Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met UN leader Ban Ki-moon, the spokesman said: “The appropriate procedural reviews will be quickly undertaken in the secretariat and afterwards will be […]
TWENTY-NINE countries, including Nigeria, have launched a new multilateral organisation to fight terrorism. Speaking at the launch in New York on Thursday, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the new group would become “a counter-terrorism network that is as nimble and adaptive as our adversaries. The GCTF, which has 30 founding members […]
The British Airways has announced special fare discounts for its Nigerian customers to mark its 75 years of operation in the country. A statement by the airline in Lagos on Wednesday said that the fare reduction would affect travellers to Europe and the United States from Lagos and Abuja. The statement quoted the BA […]
IT emerged on Monday, that the outsted Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, may have escaped being cap-tured by rebel forces in Tripoli in a state-of-the-art armoured Mercedes Benz 4X4 ML provided by French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. The revelation given by Mediapart, an investiga-tive news site, showed that the French president approved the sale of the £3.5 million Mercedes […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru By Tokunbo Adedoja Nigeria, the first African country to back Libya’s Transitional National Council (TNC), was absent at the weekend when the United Nations General Assembly voted to recognise the transitional authorities as the representative of the North African country. No explanation was given as at press time […]
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