US posts $5m reward for Ugandan warlord Kony
The United States on Wednesday unveiled a $5 million bounty on Lord’s Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony, one of the world’s most wanted men, and posted rewards for three other...
Tanzania police disperse Christians trying to burn mosque
Police in southern Tanzania used teargas Wednesday to disperse about 200 Christian rioters attempting to torch a mosque over an animal slaughtering conflict. “The situation is now under control and...
NIGERIA: PHCN announces 4-day power outage
MANAGEMENT of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EDC, has announced a four-day power interruption in parts of Lagos for maintenance purposes. The interruption, beginning Friday...
NIGERIA: Rivers bans Keke-napep in P-Harcourt
RIVERS State Government has banned tricycles, better known as Keke Napep, in Port Harcourt, the state capital and adjoining communities. The ban in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area also...
World Bank unveils agenda to end extreme poverty
The World Bank has unveiled an agenda to end extreme poverty by 2016 and to boost incomes of the poorest 40 per cent of the world’s population. World Bank Group...
NIGERIA: Labour leader slams El-Rufai
The President of the Senior Staff Association of Communications, Transport and Corporations, NITEL unit, Comrade Elias Kazzah has bemoaned the politicisation of the ill-fortunes of the one time viable national...
NIGERIA: Jang Directs Striking Tertiary Workers to Return to Work
The Plateau State government has directed all heads of state owned tertiary institutions in the state to return to work and open registers for staff with immediate effect. State Commissioner...
NIGERIA: CPC Sets Up Convention Committee
The National Chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Prince Tony Momoh has appointed a 33-member committee to plan the Party’s convention. A statement issued on Wednesday by the...
NIGERIA; Kaduna Death Toll Hits 28, Communities Live in Fear
The death toll from last Saturday's attack on some villages in Atakad Chiefdom of Kaura Local Government area of Kaduna State has risen to 28 while the refugee camp in...
Nigeria: The Achebe I Knew -Ex-Classmate Mabel Segun
Mabel Segun, a writer, apart from being born the same year as the late Professor Chinua Achebe, was in the same class with him at the University College, (now University...