Finns propose ban on handguns after shootings
HELSINKI – A Finnish government commission on Wednesday proposed a ban on semiautomatic handguns after two school shootings in recent years left 20 people dead. (more…)
Vatican to Irish bishops: admit blame
ROME – A top Vatican prelate told Irish bishops at an extraordinary Vatican summit with Pope Benedict XVI Monday they must admit their own blame in cover-ups of generations of...
Nigeria Ex-governors lobby for ministerial appointments
Some ex-governors are said to be engaged in a strong lobby to determine the composition of the new federal cabinet, expected to be announced soon by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan....
U.S. congratulates Nigeria’s acting leader
LAGOS (Reuters) - The United States on Friday congratulated Nigeria for maintaining democratic principles after Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed executive powers in the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua. (more…)
Nigeria’s acting president bans congratulations messages sent by his admirers
ABUJA (codewit.com) - Acting President Goodluck Jonathan appealed to Nigerians on Monday to stop putting adverts in newspapers to congratulate him on his new role. (more…)
Is Goodluck Jonathan the Answer to Nigeria’s Woes?
Asked how his son came by his unusual name, Pa Ebele Jonathan once told a reporter that as soon as the boy was born, "I instinctively realized that this child...
Iran is becoming a military dictatorship said Mrs Hilary Cliton -US Secretary od State
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday Iran is sliding into a military dictatorship, a new assessment suggesting a rockier road ahead for U.S.-led...
PeterObi: The rock on which Anambra State is standing for now
The Anambra State gubernatorial election has been won and lost. The winner has humbly accepted victory; some of the losers have, in the spirit of sportsmanship, conceded defeat, while others...
Focus on 4-point Agenda, Shagari, Gowon, others tell Jonathan
Some eminent Nigerians under the aegis of Eminent Elders Group yesterday paid a solidarity visit to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House, Abuja, and advised him to be...
Why Jonathan Goodluck demoted Aondoakaa
Last Tuesday, members of the two chambers of the National Assembly passed a special resolution pursuant to section 145 of the 1999 constitution, empowering Dr Jonathan Goodluck to act as...