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50 people for execution in Saudi

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, November 27th, 2015

The family of a Shiite activist sentenced to death after protesting in Saudi Arabia has voiced concerns for his fate as a rights group warned of his imminent execution. The sentence against Ali al-Nimr, only 17 when he was arrested in February 2012, has drawn international condemnation over his young age and allegations he was […]

Turkey ‘crossed the line’ with plane downing – Lavrov (Same way you crossed the line with your war in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea)

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, November 27th, 2015

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday said that Ankara has crossed the line by shooting down a Russian warplane this week and warned the incident could severely undermine Turkey’s interests. “We believe that the Turkish leadership has crossed the line of what is acceptable,” Lavrov said at the start of talks with Syrian counterpart […]

9 professors shortlisted for LASU VC contest

Posted by admin Education, Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, November 27th, 2015

Lagos – Nine out of 14 professors have been shortlisted to contest for the post ‎of the Vice-Chancellor at the Lagos State University (LASU). A competent source, who pleaded anonymity at the University’s Registrars office, made the disclosure on Friday in Lagos. The source said that 14 professors had applied for the position within the […]

Pirates kidnap five Polish sailors off Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, November 27th, 2015

Gunmen have kidnapped five Polish sailors from a cargo ship off southern Nigeria, in the latest incident in a region known as a piracy hotspot, Poland’s government said Friday. “The attack occurred at night. A group of unknown assailants boarded the boat. Five men were kidnapped” from a 16-man crew, Poland’s Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski […]

Breaking News: Scores feared dead as suicide bomber hits Kano

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News Friday, November 27th, 2015

By Abdulsalam Muhammad The KANO – – – -Scores were feared dead at Dakasoye village, Garun Mallam local goverment area of Kano, Friday, when a suicide bomber hit Shia procession on their way to Zaria, witness says. The incident which occurred by 2.00pm was said to have affected mostly women and children. A local Journalist, […]

In photos: Buhari, Tinubu, others attend late HID Awolowo’s burial

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

-Vanguard President Muhammadu Buhari among other eminent Nigerians attended the burial ceremony of late Chief HID Awolowo in Ikenne Ogun State on Wednesday…See photos. wp_posts

Biafra: We won’t succumb to intimidation —MASSOB

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

Group slams FG over Kanu’s detention Traders woo Buhari Uwazurike hosts Bianca Ojukwu By Nwabueze Okonkwo & Chimaobi Nwaiwu Nnewi—The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has said that no amount of intimidation, harassment and blackmail will ever deter its leader Chief Ralph Uwazurike from dropping the agitation […]

French Muslim body calls for imams to require ‘licence to preach’

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

-Vanguard France‘s leading Muslim body called Tuesday for imams to require a permit to preach in a bid to root out extremists, and for a new religious body to fight back against jihadist propaganda. Anouar Kbibech, president of the French Council for the Muslim Religion (CFCM), said the country’s imams should be given a […]

Downing of Russian warplane by Turkey will have serious consequences – Putin

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

President Vladimir Putin warned Ankara on Tuesday that Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border would have “serious consequences” for bilateral ties. Speaking at a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Sochi, a tense-looking Putin branded the shooting down of the aircraft a “stab in the back” by “accomplices of terrorists. […]

EU’s Tusk warns of ‘dangerous moment’ after Russian jet downed

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

-Vanguard European Union president Donald Tusk called for calm on Tuesday after Turkey, a candidate for membership of the bloc, shot down a Russian war plane on the Syrian border. “In this dangerous moment after downing of Russian jet, all should remain cool headed and calm,” tweeted Tusk, who is due to host an EU […]