Author : Jide Adesina
Libya Approves Budget As Eastern Oil Port Reopens
Libya’s parliament approved the overdue 2014 budget worth $47 billion Sunday, drawing on reserves to offset...
Can Africa revolutionise agriculture the way it did telecommunications- Strive Masiyiwa?
Launching a business can be hard work, especially in Africa, where weak governance systems and inconsistent access to critical resources impede success. For Africa’s...
Ivorian president pledges cash incentives for world cup team
Cote d’Ivoire president Alassane Ouattara has told his country’s footballers he will double their World Cup win bonuses if they beat Greece, the Ivorian Football...
Apple, Google, Samsung vie to bring health apps to wearables Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000125787/apple-google-samsung-vie-to-bring-health-apps-to-wearables?
A model presents a Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch after its launch at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin For decades, medical technology firms have...
Algeria Now Top Destination for German Weapons
BY RICHARD PALMER Germany approved the export of over $1 billion worth of arms to Algeria in 2013, making it the largest buyer of German weapons...
Mauritania’s president Abdel Aziz wins another term in disputed elections
Mauritania’s president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has won another term after getting more than 80 percent of the vote. The former army general, who is backed by the...
At least seven killed in college blast in,Kano northern Nigeria
n explosion tore through a state college in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Monday, killing at least seven people, a security source said....
Scores of militants killed as Kenyan jets strike al-Shabaab’s Somali bases
Kenyan fighter jets have attacked two bases belonging to Islamist al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia and killed at least 80 militants, African Union peacekeepers there...
Sudan: Woman condemned to death released after international pressure
Today’s release of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, a Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to death by hanging for ‘apostasy’ and to flogging for ‘adultery’, is a step...
Libyans to elect parliament in polls key to stability
Libyans are to elect a new parliament on Wednesday, in a vote seen as crucial for the future of a country hit by months of...
Al-Jazeera condemns 'unjust' Egypt verdicts against staff
Al-Jazeera slammed as “unjust” an Egyptian court decision Monday to jail three of its journalists for between seven and 10 years after convicting them of...
Al-Jazeera condemns ‘unjust’ Egypt verdicts against staff
Al-Jazeera slammed as “unjust” an Egyptian court decision Monday to jail three of its journalists for between seven and 10 years after convicting them of...
POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM EKITI STATE ELECTION
A complete overview of the election by ‘jide Adesina and edited by Veronica Olayinka...
Ebenezer Babatope's reaction to PDP victory in Ekiti
Former Minister of Transport and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope reacts to Saturday’s...
Ebenezer Babatope’s reaction to PDP victory in Ekiti
Former Minister of Transport and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope reacts to Saturday’s...
Fayemi Concedes Defeat
Governor Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress party congratulates PDP’s Ayo Fayose on winning the 2014 Ekiti governorship election and concedes defeat : See...
PDP; AYO FAYOSE IS THE GOVERNOR ELECT OF EKITI STATE
Dr. Ayodele Peter Fayose has been declared the next Governor of Ekiti state. According to the announcement of the Returning Officer of INEC, Professor Isaac...
PDP; AYO FAYOSE ON EARLY LEAD IN EKITI STATE ELECTION 2014 while Deputy Governor Prof Modupe Adelabu loses in her polling unit CAC, Ado Ekiti
‘I can authoritatively say today that history will repeat itself with your cooperation. My husband, Ayo Fayose, will return to the Government House Ekiti to...
Tight Race in Ekiti Governorship Election 2014; Fayemi vs Fayose
The Ekiti State governorship election holds today June 21. The election will be conducted in the 16 local government areas of the state. According...