Tribute To 9/11 ATTACKS
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the...
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In Nigeria, Corruption Deserves Death Penalty, Labor Unions Say Amid Buhari’s War On Graft
Corruption should be punishable by death in Nigeria, labor officials said Wednesday in the capital city of Abuja. Their call falls within a broader effort by Nigerian...
Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Has ‘A Very Nasty Sting In Its Tail’ -UN
Community volunteers conducting Ebola awareness raising activities in Port Loko, Sierra Leone. Photo: WHO/S. Gborie The United Nations health agency’s special envoy on Ebola response...
UN Human Rights Expert Condemns Executions of 10 People in Chad After Swift Trial
Photo: UNODC An independent United Nations human rights expert has condemned the recent executions of 10 people in Chad who were suspected of being members...
Nigeria President Made A Twist -Declared Assets
According to statement by the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu said “the documents...
Nigeria Politics :100 DAYS OF PRESIDENT BUHARI
EDITORIAL BY ‘JIDE ADESINA I think President Buhari is a man of his words according to his speech at chathamhouse in London. In all honesty...
Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency Nabbed Four Nigerian University Graduates With N57m cocaine
He said, “I am a 2009 graduate of Economics but I have no job. I left Nigeria in search of job opportunities. My condition of...
The Al Jazeera Trial: The Verdict, Reactions, and Next Steps
On Saturday, August 29, Egypt’s Cairo Criminal Court sentenced journalists Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed, and Peter Greste to three years in prison, in the latest...
Hunger Rises in Somalia As El Nino Floods Loom – U.N.
Author: Katy Migiro The number of Somalis in hunger has risen in the past six months, the United Nations said on Monday, predicting a further...
South Sudan’s Rebels Accuse Government Forces of Burning Down villages, Rapping Women And Girls in Unity State
SPLA soldiers in Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: AFP/File South Sudanese rebels have accused government troops of rapping women, girls, and burning down villages in Unity...
Chinese Investment In Africa Is More Diverse And Welcome
China’s economic engagement in Africa tends to elicit controversy. Many Chinese deals are accompanied by Western headlines such as “China in Africa: Investment or Exploitation?”;...
Crisis : Algerian Troops Kill Senior Terrorist Leader ; Somali Forces Kill 20 Al-Shabaab Fighters
Algerian army troops on Tuesday overnight killed a senior leader of an armed group linked to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and his assistant...
500 Days On, No Trace of Chibok Girls
By Soji Bamidele and Kristin Palitza Manasse Allen says he is running out of patience. Two of his nieces are among the kidnapped group of...
Mugabe Set To Work With The West ,…
Mugabe said he planned to amend the country’s investment laws, a move which may be seen as a climbdown from the tough stance on indigenisation....
UNHCR Delivers Aid To Thousands in Southern Libya As Conflict flares
In Libya, UNHCR has managed to distribute aid to tens of thousands of displaced people in and around Tripoli and in the south-west over the...
UN Chief Arrives in Nigeria To Mark Bombing, Abducted Girls
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Nigeria on Sunday to commemorate the Boko Haram bombing of his organisation’s headquarters and focus new attention on...
INEC Begins Procurement of Materials For Kogi Election
Acting Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Amina Zakari, said the commission had begun the production and procurement of materials for upcoming Kogi and...
President Buhari of Nigeria Urge Guinea Bissau To Respect Rule of Law And Constitutions
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed deep concerns at the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau and urged respect for constitutional order. The Nigerian...
Tanzania Suspends Job Agencies in Crackdown On Sex, Labour Trafficking
Tanzania has suspended about a quarter of its recruitment agencies in a bid to crackdown on human trafficking after complaints that girls sent as domestic...
South Africa Suspends Pistorius Release….
South African authorities have suspended the release of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, convicted of killing his girlfriend, into house arrest this week. South Africa has put...