The Syrian quagmire and American interest
As I watched President Obama and his Secretary make passionate claims why the US should strike Syria. My mind flashed back to same "unassailable" arguments made years ago by President...
£3,000 visa bond: UK govt still undecided – ENVOY
ABUJA—Contrary to speculations that November 2013 is the date the new UK visa bond of £3,000 would take off, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Andrew Pocock, weekend, said his...
Stowaway: Family, volunteer lawyers beg for his release
BENIN CITY — THE family of the stowaway teenage boy, Daniel Oikhena, who is still being detained by the Department of State Security Services, DSS, in Lagos, has appealed for...
Two Nigeria pastors, 28 others nabbed over pipeline vandalism
LAGOS — THIRTY suspected pipeline vandals, among them, two pastors and two teenagers were, weekend, arrested by officials of the Ogun State command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence...
British secret agency, M16, police proposed £3,000 visa bond against Nigeria
A report from a United Kingdom based journal, University World News, has said the £3,000 visa pilot scheme against Nigeria was proposed by the British intelligence service, MI6 and British...
NIGERIA: Casket seller ‘kidnaps’ self, demands N2m ranson from brothers
ENUGU — Kidnapping for ransom which has remained the quickest means of making money among criminals within the South-East zone has taken a new dimension as some dubious people now...
Congress seeks narrower authority for Obama in Syria
WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress in both parties said Sunday they would not be able to support the current draft of a resolution authorizing President Obama to launch a military...
Obama surprised staff with decision on Syria
WASHINGTON — The president's decision to seek congressional approval for a military strike against Syria came out of the blue — none of his national security team saw it coming,...
U.S. Hundreds come out to mourn boy who died from amoeba
LaBELLE, Fla. -- In LaBelle, Fla., lies a boy whose family said changed the world. Zachary Reyna, 12, was buried Saturday near trees covered in Spanish moss, next to...
Kerry cites new evidence Syria used sarin gas
The United States has new evidence showing that the government of Syria used the nerve gas sarin against its own people, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday. Kerry...