South Africa celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday
South Africans are set to celebrate ex-President Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday. His foundation has urged people to do 67 minutes of voluntary work on the day - to represent the...
Middle East: Israel’s Foreign Minister to stand hearing in corruption trial
JERUSALEM - Israel's Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein plans to summon Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for a hearing in December on corruption charges. Lieberman, who heads the Yisrael Beiteinu party, is facing...
Girls urged to strip to support Vladimir Putin as president
An online campaign has been launched in Russia urging young women to support Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a presidential vote by taking off their clothes, a lawmaker's site showed...
Codewit News: Israelis 3rd in Helsinki
Gidi Kliger and Eran Sela win their second straight medal at the 470 Class European sailing Championships.  Gidi Kliger and Eran Sela won their second straight medal at the...
Why Nigeria should bridge the gap in medical tourism
Yinka Joladu, a civil servant has been suffering from End-Stage-Kidney failure. Doctors managing her case have recommended further treatment abroad. Yinka, a mother of four, is considering travelling to India...
Bullet Haram: How 7 cops turned Nigeria to ‘Afghanistan’
Why they must pay for itâ€â€FG It is purely the philosophy of a FOOL – ‘Had I known! Had anyone told them on July 30, 2009, that a single pull...
Nigeria: Tinubu in London, to speak on rebirth of Nigerian politics
Former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will tomorrow evening speak at Chatham House, London, on the rebirth of...
Nationalism: Key to Nigeria’s rebirth
I disagree with my literary master and mentor, Professor Chinua Achebe, on his well-known view that the trouble with Nigeria is leadership. Some other people have argued strongly that the...
Prime Minister Cameron begins African trade mission
Prime Minister David Cameron has arrived in Africa at the start of a two-day trade mission designed to bolster Britain's business links with some of the continent's fastest-growing economies. On...
Nigeria: Fresh anxiety in govt over Boko Haram violence
Troops will not be withdrawn from troubled Maiduguri. This is sequel to Intelligence report which revealed that Boko Haram men plan to take over government in Borno State as a...