A Florida man has been charged with murder after police say he threw his five-year-old daughter off a bridge in St Petersburg. A police officer saw the incident after he followed John Jonchuck Jr, 25, for speeding, Chief Anthony Holloway said. The girl, who was dropped into 60ft (18m) of water, was found about an […]
By Our Reporter on January 7, 2015 Breaking News, Trending (KAMPALA, Uganda) The Ugandan military confirmed Wednesday that a senior leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army had surrendered in the Central African Republic, a victory for a U.S.-backed offensive that deepens the isolation of the feared rebel group’s top commander, Joseph Kony. Dominic Ongwen, the […]
UNITED States oil prices dropped below $50 a barrel on Monday, for the first time since 2009. The US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in February briefly dipped to $49.95 a barrel, before rallying somewhat to $50.20 a barrel. According to Agence France-Press report, the breach of the $50 level came as the Dow […]
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Dec. 27, 2014 – “It’s a courageous and historically necessary step. It’s possibly the most important step of his [Obama] presidency.” Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ******* Not many people saw it coming yet it did. In fact, not many would think this day will ever come in the history […]
The United States will “respond proportionately” to a North Korea cyber attack that damaged Sony Pictures Entertainment, President Barack Obama has said, after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Pyongyang was responsible. “We will respond. We will respond proportionately and we’ll respond in a place and time and manner that we choose,” Obama told an […]
BY WILLY EYA Tony Uranta is a former member of the National Dialogue Committee and Secretary of the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy. In this interview, he examined the ongoing war against Boko Haram, alleging US conspiracy to make Nigeria a failed state. Excerpts: What is your reaction to the continuous […]
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh The face-off between Nigeria and the United States over the commitment and sincerity of the US military in assisting Nigeria to fight the Boko Haram insurgency worsened within the week. This followed an allegation by a top Nigerian intelligence source that US trainers incited Nigerian soldiers […]
By Jean Herskovits GOVERNMENTS and newspapers around the world attributed the horrific Christmas Day bombings of churches in Nigeria to “Boko Haram” — a shadowy group that is routinely described as an extremist Islamist organization based in the northeast corner of Nigeria. Indeed, since the May inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the […]
By Funmi Ajumobi To clear the bitterness against United States of America for not being able to help stop insurgency/ terrorism in Nigeria, Mrs Maria E. Brewer, Deputy Missioner, US. Embassy,Abuja, says his country has come to work with Nigeria and not for Nigeria.Brewer spoke while responding to audience question at the Hubert H.Humphrey 2014 […]
President Goodluck Jonathan The United States has announced the cancellation of the training of a battalion of the Nigeria Army, at the request of the Federal Government. It said that the first two phases of the training were conducted between April and August, 2014, noting that it had provided untrained civilian personnel with basic […]
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