NLC Says Jonathan Is Too Dull For Nigeria-Premium Times
Goodluck Jonathan The president continues to receive attacks over his plan to cut fuel subsidy. The Nigerian Labour Congress on Thursday lambasted President Goodluck Jonathan, describing him as a ...
View ArticleA Chronicle And A Clarion Call - A Review Of Time To Reclaim Nigeria By Abdul...
By Abdul Mahmud* The trouble with writers is that they must trouble our already troubled peace of mind. Please pardon the tautology. It seems to be their lot to unleash their vision of the ideal ...
View ArticleThe Real Cost Of Nigeria Petrol- By Dr. Izielen Agbon
By Dr. Izielen Agbon On December 10, 2011, if you stopped at the Mobil filling station on Old Aba Road in Port Harcourt , you would be able to buy a litre of petrol for 65 naira or $1.66 per gallon ...
View ArticleUN official in Central African Republic urges support for demobilization
The head of the United Nations peacebuilding office in the Central African Republic (CAR) told the Security Council today that dialogue between the Government and opposition groups is paying peace div
View ArticlePursuing Justice For Gambia's Deyda Hydara-CPJ Blog
By Darian Pavli/CPJ Guest Blogger December 16 will be the seventh anniversary of the killing of Deyda Hydara, the dean of Gambian journalism. It is also the 20th anniversary of the first issue of ...
View ArticleProbe launched to seize assets of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and...
Eurojust spokesman said on Thursday. "The investigation into all European assets of these two former presidents has started," the organisation's spokesman Joannes Thuy said. "In ...
View ArticleMeet Truspot, Africa's Answer To Spotify
Truspot is a Nigeria-based music social network that streams the best of African music, music videos and entertainment news for free. Founded in 2006 by Ike Orizu, a 24 year-old, Nigerian-born web ...
View ArticleOccupy Movement, African-American Leaders Form Coalition
The Occupy Wall Street movement is gaining allies. Our reporter tells us who they are and what they plan to do.Protesters of the Occupy movement are spreading their wings - joining forces with ...
View ArticleGhana slips in FIFA world rankings
Ghana dropped further three places in the latest FIFA world ranking, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced here on Wednesday. A statement on the website of the country's footbal ...
View ArticleTunisia enters semifinal in Junior Handball worlds
Tunisia reached the semifinals of the World Junior Handball Championship held from July 17 to 31 in Thessaloniki, Greece, beating Spain 31-30 in a quarterfinal match on Tuesday, the official press ...
View ArticleEthiopia rejects Banyana's request
The South African Football Association's request for a postponement of Banyana Banyana's second leg 2012 London Olympic qualifying match against Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on September 11 has ...
View ArticleVivian Cheruiyot wins Kenya Sports Personality of the Year
Kenya's athlete Vivian Cheruiyot holds her trophy of the 2011 Kenya Sports Personality of the Year at the Safaricom Kenya Sports Personality of the Year Awards (Soya) gala in Nairobi, capital ...
View ArticleCall it 'Elections in Sudan'
In a report released on Tuesday, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group accused the government in Khartoum of using flawed census figures to draft unfair election laws and skew electoral ...
View ArticleGrowth Down; Unemployment Up
LILONGWE, Malawi, (IPS) - Due to the global economic and financial crisis, growth on the African continent dropped to an average of 1.6 percent in 2009, compared to 4.5 percent in 2008. These ...
View ArticleChico Attorney's Water Project Quenches Thirst, Ambition In Tanzania
When Besta Mlowe was born 18 years ago in the town of Ifunda in Tanzania, it seemed this would be her future: she would marry young, have many children, be dominated by her husband and live in a mud ...
View ArticlePontiff Reports That Africa Has a Freshness of Hope
Dedicates General Audience to Benin TripVATICAN CITY, NOV. 23, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI dedicated today's general audience to a review of his weekend trip to Benin, reporting that he ...
View Articlean idyll awakes from its slumber
Mozambique's Ibo island, home to crumbling forts and mansions, could soon be back on the tourist map. Chris Leadbeater explores its faded ...
View ArticleKenya Police Reach Semis of Africa Club Championships
Kenya Police continued with their march towards the African Club hockey Championship title with a 1-0 win over Yobi of Nigeria in ...
View ArticleUganda Absent at Africa Mining Meet in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - UGANDA has not featured in the on-going second conference of ministers responsible for mineral resources development held in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa where the ...
View ArticleMultichoice Calls for Tax Removal
Quick removal of taxes on TV set-top boxes could fast track digital migration of TV transmission in the country, Multichoice Kenya has said. Speaking yesterday, country lead Stephen Isaboke, said ...
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