Development institutions call for greater cooperation to maximize aid effectiveness RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 19, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Effective and well-coordinated institutions are essential to achieving a balanced integration of economic, social and environmental interests, participants agreed yesterday at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Development institutions emphasized [...]
The Permanent Observer of Denmark Bids Farewell to the AUC Chairperson ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 19, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Jean Ping, received in his office at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, on Friday, 15 June 2012, the Ambassador of the [...]
THE AFRICA DAY / INVITATION TO THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — INVITATION TO THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES What: Celebration of Africa Day Theme: Accelerating Progress towards Sustainable Development in Africa When: June 19, 2012 Where: Rio-Centro Who: Organized by the [...]
Chairperson Receives the Credentials of the First Permanent Observer of Greece to the African Union ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Jean Ping, received in his office at the AU Headquarters on Friday, 15 June 2012, the credentials of [...]
DAKAR – Officials from the European Union, the United States, Japan and other countries are meeting today to mobilize aid for some 18 million people facing severe food shortages in West Africaâs Sahel region. Families there are approaching the lean season, with the next harvest months away. But, aid experts say, it is still possible to avoid the worst. Representatives of the affected West African countries are also taking part in Mondayâs meeting in Brussels, sponsored by the …
African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping enlisted Gabon’s President Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba to help spearhead his re-election campaign and fight South Africa for control of the top decision-making body. South Africa, which is lobbying African nations to back its Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to replace Ping in July, has “total disregard” for an unwritten [...]
Sahel food crisis– Commission scales up assistance and launches a Partnership for Resilience in Sahel BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, June 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The European Commission is increasing its humanitarian funding to the Sahel by €40 million, bringing its response to the food crisis to €337 million. This extra [...]
Cheering news! That is what is coming out of Team Nigeria’s camp in Germany with head coach of weightlifting Patrick Bassey declaring that they are at home and shaping up well ahead of the Olympics. The coach who was full of praise for the National Sports Commission (NSC) for making the camping possible noted that [...]
Lagos, Nigeria – The 2nd edition of the ECOWAS Under-23 Games is billed to open in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, with participants competing in five sports – athletics, handball, volleyball, African wrestling and boxing, which is making its debut at the biennial regional sporting competition. The ECOWAS Commission said 11 of the 15 ECOWAS Member States [...]
SIM Cards Paul Obi in Abuja As partial of a plan to daunt a sale of pre- purebred sim cards in a country, a coercion group of a Nigerian Communica- tions Commission (NCC), yesterday in Makurdi, Benue State, arrested 5 persons couple with a sales and placement of pre-registered SIM Cards, an act that is [...]
Pretoria — The appointment of the country’s first female National Police Commissioner, Magwashi Victoria Phiyega has been welcomed. Institutions like the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) have welcomed the appointment, saying it contributes towards gender equality and equity in the country. The CGE was of the view that the Phiyega’s appointment in the security cluster [...]
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS RECOMMENDS EXPANSION OF ECOWAS COMMISSION ABUJA, Nigeria, June 14, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers ended in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday, 12th June 2012, with wide-ranging recommendations including one for an increase in the number of Commissioners for the ECOWAS [...]
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) – The Taraba State supervision has vowed to accommodate a 2015 deadline for a emigration from analogue to digital broadcasting.The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and a International Telecommunications Union (ITU) set a deadline. The technical cabinet on digitization of promote stations in Taraba State set adult by Governor Danbaba Suntai was [...]
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has resolved to sacrifice some of its Sports Federations in order to concentrate on those that present it with comparative advantages in Africa. Nigeria’s Sports Minister and Chairman of the NSC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi said the Commission will soon review its policy on the management of the Sports Federations to [...]
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]
Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians
Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians By Nwaorgu Faustinus The former parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Parish Umuodagu Ntu in Ngor/Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev. Father Bethrand has called on Christians to be united as a body. Rev. Bethrand made the call at a send-off and reception church [...]
Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge
Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge To the President and Nigeria’s people Assalamualikum We the MuslimsAgainstTerror.com here by offer our prayers and support for the mission to bring an end to Abubakar Shekau’s Boko Haram. We are pleased to hear of the declared states of emergency. Even [...]
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech By Pavithra Rao In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock farmers in rural areas of Africa. Widely known for being used to track wild animals, GPS, or “Global Positioning System” tracking devices are being adapted by [...]
EASYKOBO.COM presents Nigeria’s 1st Free NSE Stock Trials
Aug 9 (Lagos) –Easykobo Finance website welcomes you to the new and improved easykobo.com experience. In December 2010,Easykobo.com was formed during the financial crisis to bring a fresh approach to investing in the Nigeria capital markets, website was upgraded last month. Easykobo.com now features Nigeria’s first free Stock trials simulation with exciting prizes for winners [...]
Telkom SA joins IT Leaders East Africa Summit in September as platinum solution provider
The anticipated 2nd annual IT Leaders East Africa Summit will take place from 5 to 6 September 2012 in Nairobi; in the heart of Kenya’s esteemed capital city. The summit is produced and hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events in proud association with the Kenya ICT Board (KICTB) and Kenya Information Technology and [...]
Hennessy Artistry To Release Music Video For Bartender On August 17th
The video of the year is about to drop! Hennessy Cognac announced today, that acclaimed Film Maker, Clarence Peters has delivered the music video for ‘Bartender’, the historic Hennessy Artistry collaboration between Naeto C and M.I – two of Africa’s best Hip hop artistes. The video promises to be very exciting and arguably sets a [...]
CHIBUIKE ROTIMI AMAECHI AND THE RESOURCES OF RIVERS STATE – A SCORE CARD!
The main treatise of this attempt for avoidance of doubt is to examine and x-ray how Gov Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has diligently and prudently managed the resources of Rivers State or otherwise. This becomes imperative considering the Punch Newspaper publication in its edition of [...]