Olatade hopes to step up for SavusavuMay 18, 2012 By Sunil Sharma Nigerian import Solomon Opeyemi Olatade who made his tournament debut for Savusavu against Lautoka last weekend in Nausori hopes to step up his game for the Northerners in the Fiji FACT which resumes today in Ba. “It is really good and awesome for [...]
Asian refiners will boost their daily imports of Nigerian crude in June to the highest level in at least 11 months, a survey of seven traders and an analysis of loading programs obtained by Bloomberg News showed. They bought 16 cargoes of Nigerian grades, including eight benchmark Qua Iboe blend, the survey showed. This works [...]
By Ben Agande ABUJA—House of Representatives, yesterday, called on the governors of the 25 states where caretaker chairmen run the affairs of local governments, to put measures in place to conduct elections into the councils. This, according to the Reps, is to ensure that all local government chair-men are duly elected. However, a prayer that [...]
The Kaduna State Government on Thursday said it has spent N54 million to train 15 pilots at the Nigerian College of Aviation and Technology, Zaria. Mr Bashir Sakadadi, the state Commissioner for Science and Technology, disclosed this in Kaduna while fielding questions from newsmen on the activities of his ministry. He said the students were [...]
From Paul Ohia Abuja, May 17 (PTI) A bomb went off in a moving vehicle in southern Nigeria”s hydrocarbon capital of Port Harcourt today, killing two people and triggering fears of a possible first strike by Islamic militants in the South, before police blamed armed robbers for the incident. Port Harcourt is the capital of [...]
More than 100 extraordinary brass, terra-cotta and stone sculptures, are featuring in an exhibition of Art of Ife , opening on Friday at the National Museum, Lagos. The exhibition, entitled, “ Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria’’ is making a return to Nigeria after presentation at various cities in Europe and the U.S. [...]
Awo’s life was a shining example to many Nigerians; his Ideas, Policies and philosophy gave life to many dying and lugubrious souls including the writer in terms of education and knowledge. Five scores after his birth and a score and two years after his demise, the spirit of Chief Awolowo is still haunting the nation. [...]
General News of Thursday, 17 May 2012 Source: GNA Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (21) « Prev Next » A dishonest husband who made up a robbery attack story to swindle his wife of her GH¢12,000.00 is now in trouble. William Oppong, [...]
This course gives journalists advanced level training in reporting business news, covering key types of equity stories including daily funding, mergers acquisitions, institutional ownership and tips for crisis coverage in the credit crunch. Delegates will practice writing complex equities news in challenging reporting simulations and learn tips for accurate and incisive reporting. The core activity [...]
The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) says it will increase charges on waste collection for hospitality and commercial ventures in the FCT. The Director of the board, Mr Isah Shuaibu, made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, saying that hotels and other commercial ventures had been grossly under-charged by the board. [...]
THE Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa has started buying land to build new churches as the property wrangle with ex-communicated Bishop Nolbert Kunonga continues, reports the Standard. However, Kunonga threatened to take over the newly-built churches saying he does not care if they use “his” name.“Assist them by telling them that they [...]
By BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE IKEJA – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, renewed the call for the creation of state police. Speaking on “Options and Strategies for Restructuring the Nigeria Police Force,” at a public hearing on Police Reform in Nigeria, in Lagos, Fashola said: “The opposition to the establishment of state police structures in [...]
Alaska News Features JOS, Nigeria — More than 1,000 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in this city and the surrounding Plateau State since the beginning of 2010. The bombings, pitched battles and mass slaughters are separate from the Islamic extremists attacks of Boko Haram and are, instead, a result of conflicts over land [...]
Vanguard The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke, has declared that the Federal Government would not respond to “the mob” over the recall of the Appeal Court President, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, from suspension. Adoke denied that the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) had been communicated [...]
The prosecutors failed, however, to prove that Taylor assumed direct command over the rebels who committed the atrocities. He has been a pivotal figure in Liberian politics for decades and was forced out of office under international pressure in 2003. He fled to Nigeria, where border guards arrested him three years later as he was [...]
Respected track and field coach, Chief Tony Osheku, has predicted that the new rivalry between the sprints duo of reigning national champion, Blessing Okagbare and All-Africa Games reigning queen, Damola Osayomi will headline the 66th edition of the Cross River State-sponsored All Nigeria Open Athletics Championships which holds between June 21 and 23 at the [...]
THE Super Eagles’ camp was thrown into some form of negative frenzy when news filtered in that team captain Joseph Yobo, picked up an injury during a Cup game for his Turkish club, Fernahce on Wednesday night. Head Coach Stephen Keshi who was among the first to pick up the sad news quickly put a [...]
The Super Eagles on Thursday put up a spirited second half performance to defeat Nationwide Division 2 side Mountain of Fire And Miracles (MFM), Abuja 2-0, but Head Coach Stephen Keshi, said after the game that he was appalled by the display of his team, because according to him they did not play like a [...]
Lagos (WorldStage Newsonline)– Guinness Nigeria Plc on Thursday in Lagos launched its Malta Guinness Low Sugar, a new lower sugar variant of malt drink. Managing Director of th company, Mr. Devlin Hainsworth, said during a press briefing that preceded the launch at the Darlington Hall, that the new variety had been developed in response to [...]
Nearly half of readers tip Benitez for Liverpool return Two years after leaving the Mersyside club, the Spaniard has been tipped as the best replacement for Kenny Dalglish after the Scot was sacked on Wednesday by the club’s owner’s Read more here : http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/05/18/3110246/yakubu-admits-to-mixed-emotions-following-blackburn
The 86-year-old Italian president, Giorgio Napolitano, is standing firm as the head of state. This old man is one of the few people Italians can still turn to in their bid to find a way out of the spiraling crisis. “Swift action is needed in order to restore trust in the credibility of the financial markets,” [...]
In a key development on Thursday, Berlusconi’s ruling PDL party softened its insistence on early elections as the way out of a deep political crisis and said it was considering the option of a Monti-led government. President Giorgio Napolitano appointed Monti a senator for life on Wednesday, in a move widely seen as a sign [...]
The Irish Times – Friday, November 11, 2011 GO, SILVIO. Go. “At once, good-night: Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once,” to quote Lady Macbeth. Italy’s crooning, billionaire prime minister, one of the world’s great political escapologists, has been singing bum notes for too long. He is due to depart [...]
The Irish Times – Friday, November 11, 2011 PADDY AGNEW in Rome ITALY: FORMER EUROPEAN Commissioner Mario Monti moved distinctly centre-stage yesterday in the unfolding Italian government crisis, prompted by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Tuesday announcement he will resign as soon as an emergency austerity budget, currently in parliament, is ratified. Late last night the formation [...]
ROME: Relief that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is about to step down mixed with deep-seated fears about the future on the streets of Rome this week as political and economic turmoil swept the country. While many said the imminent exit of the increasingly unpopular tycoon who has dominated Italian political life for nearly two decades [...]
Continuing with the series… but first, for those just joining us, or new to the program, a recap as always. Announced last fall, the 5 filmmakers selected for the next class (2011) of Focus Features’ Africa First program were Oshosheni Hiveluah (from Namibia); Cedric Ido (from Burkina Faso); Mark Middlewick (from South Africa); Akosua Adoma Owusu (from Ghana); and Zelalem Woldemariam (from Ethiopia). For those unfamiliar with the [...]
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By Robin Wander The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford is shedding light on a little-known region of central Nigeria with an exhibition of artworks assembled from collections around the globe. Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley takes the viewer on a journey to discover how communities survive and thrive along this remarkable [...]
Nollywood actress and producer, Funke Akindele popularly known as Jenifa is finally set to get married. The engagement ceremony will hold on the 26th of May, 2012 in Lagos while the wedding will be in December. The 35 year old Funke Akindele has finally revealed the identity of the man in her life which she [...]
Actress Uche Jumbo Nollywood actress Uche Jumbo who was reported to have secretly married in New York some days ago has refuted the reports. Several websites reported earlier this week that the actress married her ‘handsome Knight in shining armour’ at a secret wedding although the reports failed to give the exact date of the [...]
Africa’s vanishing Lake Chad puts 30 million lives at risk
Ahmad Salkida ,Maiduguri, Nigeria As you approach the Lake Chad basin from Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria, the evidence of despair is telling. The air is dusty, the wind is fierce and unrelenting, the plants are wilting and the earth is turning into sand dunes. The lives of herders, fisherfolks and farmers are teetering on the [...]
Growing up in her native Kenya, Juliana Rotich was the lonely, young “geek” with oversized glasses at school. Today she is a highly successful tech entrepreneur who is a co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a homegrown non-profit tech company that has taken the world by storm. The web-based reporting system is used as a tool [...]
Chief Umeh vs. Sylvester Nwobu-Alor: What is Gov. Peter Obi Saying?
By Nwaorgu Faustinus I read with sadness the present wrangling between Chief Umeh victor and the uncle to the governor of Anambra State, Chief Sylvester Nwobu-Alor who have been in the news recently on accusation and counter accusation of incompetence, among other issues raised by the duo. My state of mind is informed by the [...]
Thoughts on the Charles Taylor Verdict
By Lansana Gberie I have been asked by many people about my views on the conviction, on 26 April, of Charles Taylor, Liberia’s former president, for aiding and abetting Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF). He is the first head of state – after Admiral Doenitz, who very briefly led Germany after Hitler committed suicide, [...]
Helping the ‘collateral victims’ of AIDS
By Andualem Sisay, Rakai, Uganda Sitting on an old mattress in front of a small house in Kimukunda village in the Rakai District of southern Uganda, Teddy Nakawoeisi, 60, is waiting for her grandchildren to bring home something for supper. Between the ages of 4 and 8 years, they are at a nearby farm — [...]
Malian women create beauty and profit through local fabrics
By Kingsley Ighobor and Aissata Haidara Hand-dyed polished cotton — called bazin — is the mainstay of Malian fashion. The blind singers Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia extolled the fabric in a song released in 2005, “Beaux dimanches” (“Beautiful Sundays”). The song’s scintillating lyrics include the lines: “Sunday in Bamako is the wedding day / [...]
Ghanaians’ Dangerous Tribalism, Resolving The Misunderstandings
By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong The pronouncement by the Assin North Member of Parliament, from the opposition National Patriotic Party, the hot-headed Kennedy Agyapong, on the Accra-based Oman FM station, which he owns, that people from the Ewe and Ga ethnic groups should be killed in the Ashanti Region, once again opens the unresolved issues of tribalism [...]
Systemic corruption, Criminal James Ibori and Nigeria’s Justice System
By Nwaorgu Faustinus That corruption has become endemic, hydra-headed and even emasculated the political, religious, social and economic landscape of the sub-Saharan clime (Nigeria not exception) and has eaten so deep into its sustaining bone marrow cannot be overstressed. This is expressed in the many corruption cases being investigated by the EFCC and ICPC on [...]
East Africa’s Business Sector Shows Positive Improvement and Forecasting Promise
The East Africa Outsourcing Summit will be held in Nairobi from 5 to 6 June 2012. The event is hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events in proud partnership with the Kenyan ICT Board. In a recent report conducted and released by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, East Africa’s business sector has shown [...]
Africa takes a proactive and reactive stance towards improving IT infrastructure
The IT Infrastructure Africa Summit will take place from 12 to 13 July 2012 at the Westin Hotel, Cape Town. The summit is hosted by Kinetic Events, an international business-to-business conferencing company. The development of IT infrastructure in Africa is largely influenced by the economic benefits of IT, IT policy, and its impact on [...]
Kenya Shows Promise in Global Competitive Rankings
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release – May 2012 The East Africa Outsourcing Summit will be held in Nairobi from 5 to 6 June 2012. The event is hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events in proud partnership with the Kenyan ICT Board. Over the past decade the Information and Communications Technology sector has [...]
“We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing on Friday of Rashidi Yekini, a former player of the Super Eagles who contributed greatly to the national team,” the chairmen said in a statement signed by Effiong Johnson who is the Chairman of Chairmen in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board. Yekini, who [...]
Kogi State’s Godswill orphanage smiles to the bank with NI0 Million
As the first ever musical reality show for orphanages organised by Melody Shelters, a collaboration of Adonis Productions and Prince Tonye Princewill came to a climax this 5th of May, 2012, the Kogi State’s Godswill Orphanage has emerged as the 2012 champions. The PDP Chieftain and the Leader of Princewill Political Associates (PPA) was on [...]
PRESS STATEMENT Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the exploitative and repressive policy of the Lagos State Government who has continued to attack poor taxi operators. Fashola-led government claims as part of its ongoing ‘mega city project’ all used/Tokunbo taxi vehicles must stop operation in Lagos. Hence, Lagos State Government is currently imposing [...]
EDO PDP REACTS TO ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ACN) WICKED AND CRIMINAL ACCUSATIONS
PRESS STATEMENT EDO PDP REACTS TO ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ACN) WICKED AND CRIMINAL ACCUSATIONS Gentlemen of the Press: We have decided to address you today following the reckless, wicked and criminal allegations of Governor Oshiomhole and the ACN against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State. First, it was the issue of the [...]
African Union to press Sudan and South Sudan on peace talks
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki flew to Khartoum on Thursday after Sudan and South Sudan missed a U.N. Security Council deadline to resume peace talks. Mbeki, the former South African president, is expected to spend two days in Sudan before visiting South Sudan, to press both sides to return to talks [...]
South Africa accepts no chance of six teams
GERALD IMRAY Beauden Barrett – trying to kick the habit South Africa accepts no chance of six teams Matt Todd will worry about what he can control Versatile King keen to lock horns with Bulls Scott Higginbotham set to sign with Rebels Pat Lam slams media late-night door knock McCaw-Braid lock horns at unfamiliar No [...]
Africa: AGOA Boosts Trade, Supports Shared Growth With Africa
Washington — The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has boosted exponentially the United States’ trade with sub-Saharan Africa and remains the “centerpiece” of U.S. economic engagement with the region, according to Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson. Speaking ahead of the annual AGOA forum, scheduled to take place in Washington June [...]
African Jihadist Group Threatens To Kill Spanish Hostage
DAKAR – An extremist group in West Africa is reportedly threatening to kill a Spanish hostage seized in western Algeria last October. The group is believed to have split from al-Qaida’s North Africa branch last year with the aim of spreading jihad further south beyond the Sahara. The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in [...]
NY FBI agent killed in WWII secret mission honored
BUFFALO, N.Y. – FBI Special Agent Harold Haberfeld’s ill-fated mission to North Africa during World War II was so secret that even now, 69 years after the plane crash that kept him from completing it, his home bureau in Buffalo isn’t entirely sure what it was. As Buffalo agents dedicated a memorial in Haberfeld’s honor [...]
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