South Africans Vote ANC Again
WITH 62.15 per cent of the popular vote, the African National Congress, ANC, extended its 20-year hold on power, amid allegations of scandals and economic malaise afflicting South Africa. It...
2015: Will INEC’s constituency delimitation deepen democracy?
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has repeatedly told Nigerians and the international community that it has set for itself the goal of conducting Nigeria’s most credible election next year....
Insecurity: C’ttee rejects emergency rule extension
CONFERENCE Committee on National Security has rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal to further extend the one-year state of emergency imposed on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. The committee, which described...
NIGERIA: Kidnapped girls: Negotiate with Boko Haram, NBA tells Jonathan
ABUJA—The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to foreclose the option of dialogue with the Boko Haram Islamic sect, with a view to securing the release...
NIGERIA: Suswam accuses APC of making mockery of democracy
MAKURDI — Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has accused the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, of making mockery of democracy in the country. Suswam said that the APC was...
Car built by Nigerian students passes international evaluation
Abuja - Nigeria has recorded a major feat in automotive technology innovation with a car called “Tuke-Tuke’`, produced by students of the University of Benin. The car has passed international...
2015: How Yuguda reconciled with Sayawa people
TWELVE months from now, the eight years administration of Governor Isa Yuguda will be over and another administration will be ushered in. The governor is not oblivious of this fact...
We lost over 500 members to insurgency in N-East —Catholic Church
MAIDUGURI — The Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri has said that it has so far lost more than 500 members and property worth over N400 million due to the activities of...
NIGERIA: Service chiefs vow to bring back Chibok schoolgirls
THE service chiefs, yesterday, said the abducted Chibok schoolgirls will be rescued and the war against insurgency won, while endorsing the Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the abduction of the...
Nigeria Official Denies President Jonathan Chibok Visit
A senior official has sharply denied reports that President Goodluck Jonathan plans on Friday to visit Chibok, the place where over 200 school girls were abducted by violent Islamist militants,...