MONTREAL — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Saturday that Canada recognizes the newly-independent country of South Sudan, and welcomed the new country into the “community of nations.” “This historic occasion represents an important opportunity for the people of South Sudan to build a brighter, better future for themselves,” Baird said in a statement. Baird […]
In his first address as the President of the new South Sudan Republic, Mr Salva Kiir asked the people of the South Sudan to forgive but not forget those who committed atrocities against them during decades of conflict with the north in which some 1.5 million people died. Mr Kiir, who signed the constitution and […]
Nigerian United States based environmental scientist, Dr. Asopuru Okemgbo, has said that life in United States of America is not bed of roses, as immigrants and foreigners have to prove themselves beyond their equals. Okemgbo, who has been in the US for over 20 years, said the basic needs – water, food, access roads, transportation […]
The whole of South Sudan has been in a festive mood since its January referendum in which the people voted massively for independence from the North. But the drums blare out their music more than ever before as the region declares their independence from the North today. The birth of Africa’s newest nation comes after […]
African Development Bank logo The global financial crisis notwithstanding, Nigeria and the rest of African countries, raked in $126 billion between 2000 and 2010 in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), portfolio investment and Official Development Assistance (ODA), a research report has shown. The report, which is the African Economic Outlook estimated that ODA and FDI […]
Dangote Cement Plc is set to build a $400 million plant in Zambia this month, Zambia’s Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Mr. Felix Mutati disclosed last Monday. Reuters quoted Mutati as saying a team of construction experts from Dangote was expected in Zambia this week for an arrangement for the plant. According to him, […]
THE bilateral trade volume in import and export between Nigeria and its German counterpart has been put at N678 billion (€3 billion) in 2011. Besides, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will be in Nigeria on a state visit to President Goodluck Jonathan and to kick off the German-Nigerian Business Forum holding from July 14 to […]
Former International Monetary Fund chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest Friday after prosecutors said the hotel maid who accused him of attempted rape lied to a grand jury and made other false statements. Strauss-Kahn, 62, still faces charges that he sexually assaulted the woman in New York but questions about her credibility appear […]
ORGANISERS printed Muammar Gaddafi’s portrait and mounted it on one of the flags decorating the road to the African Union (AU) summit venue back when he was expected to rule for life. Now his proud face flaps incongruously in the wind here, the only sign of a man who has long dominated this gathering of […]
THE demand for United States (U.S.) visa far outstrips what the consular section can deal with, rather than a deliberate attempt to shut out qualified travellers from the U.S. Consequently, this is responsible for the apparent delays in the process, which transmutes, in some cases, to denial of application, the U.S. Consular chief in Nigeria, […]
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