Category: Africa

Liberia international midfielder Dulee Johnson is in custody in Sweden for allegedly raping a 22-year-old woman, according to Swedish prosecutors. "With regard to the identity, that will come out in...

A NEW report by an international watchdog, Global Witness, has accused banks in the United Kingdom of encouraging corruption in Nigeria and some other countries.The report listed the banks as...

President Goodluck Jonathan, at the weekend, urged Nigerian leaders and the mass media to learn to be patriotic and avoid utterances that will instigate or fuel crisis in the country....

HARARE - Whoever said two heads are better than one probably did not have Zimbabwe’s inclusive government in mind. Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai demonstrated this in the recent past...

Nigeria's independence day bomb blasts have become an issue in the country's presidential campaign with an investigation into one of the leading candidate's campaign manager and calls for the president's...

One sad tendency in Nigerian politics is the habit of arguing that one mediocre politician has a better record than another mediocre colleague. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, it appears, has become...

It is no doubt that Nigeria suffered another major blow on that black Friday, which incidentally was her fiftieth birthday. A day to most nations, of honor and glory for...

Passengers and users of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Thursday, expressed diverse concerns over the recently introduced stringent security measures adopted by the Federal Airports Authority of...

Zimbabwe’s prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai is accusing President Robert Mugabe of betraying the country by making unilateral appointments to top political jobs. Mr. Tsvangirai said Thursday that his party is...

President Goodluck Jonathan should immediately resign from office because he has proved that he is incapable of leading the nation justly and fairly, the Northern Political Leaders Forum declared in...