FOR nations in Africa to banish poverty from their domain, their leaders must ensure and sustain an annual growth of the continent’s economy by 11 per cent. World Bank Vice-President for Africa Region, Obiageli Ezekwesili, made this observation on Monday in Lagos while addressing media chiefs on the role of the media in development. Ezekwesili, who addressed […]
Scores of Libyan army vehicles have crossed the desert frontier into Niger in what may be a dramatic, secretly negotiated bid by Muammar Gaddafi to seek refuge in a friendly African state, military sources from France and Niger said yesterday. A spokesman for the rebels’ National Transition Council said that banknotes included in the convoy […]
The Federal Government has sensationally disclosed that it now has strong evidence on the identity of those involved in the recurrent bomb attacks across the country. Following this, President Goodluck Jonathan has given an express order to security agencies to go after these terrorists and their sponsors, sating that they were testing his resolve to […]
Hakeem Babalola, Budapest, Hungary – August 30, 2011 – Libya’s destruction, a victory for the west; a defeat for ordinary Libyans The suffering of Libyans has just begun. For there can never be true liberation when your oppressor is the one who defines what your freedom should be. The ousting of Colonel Gaddafi, Libyan leader […]
That the Nigerian government has formally recognised the National Transitional Council (in Libya) is not only disappointing, it is appalling. This move shows that President Goodluck Jonathan and his foreign policy team are weak and incapable of complex analysis; and perhaps, do not truly understand international politics. Frankly, Nigeria’s position on this matter should […]
Muammar Gaddafi’s wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighbouring Algeria on Monday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country, the Associated Press reports. Gaddafi’s whereabouts were still unknown and rebels are worried that if he remains in Libya, it will stoke more violence. In Washington, […]
Available details on Saturday showed that the bomb blast inflicted on the UN office in Abuja on Friday by the Boko Haram sect was part of the global activity of the dreaded Al Queada group to mark the 10 anniversary of the bombing of the American twin towers on September 11, 2001. Sources confirmed at the weekend […]
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has fled Libya to Zimbabwe on a jet provided by Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe, it was claimed yesterday, as rebels began the march on his home town. According to a Daily Mail report, President Mugabe’s political opponents claimed their spies saw Gaddafi arrive in the country on a Zimbabwe Air Force jet in the […]
YAOUNDE-(AFP) – Seven heavily armed assailants boarded a Cameroonian ship with 150 people on board off the coast of Nigeria Saturday and took its captain hostage, security sources in Cameroon told AFP. “The Cameroonian ship Monica was attacked around 8:00 am (0700 GMT). The captain on board was abducted,” a man, who was on the […]
The African Union has refused to explicitly recognised Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), in a setback for Libyan rebels who have already been recognised as the legitimate government by more than 40 countries. Instead, the AU on Friday called for an inclusive transitional government in the North African state that would also involve officials from […]
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