New Morocco Constitution, Election Meant to Avoid Arab Spring-Style Uprising
As other Arab nations erupted in unrest and violence, what unfolded on the streets of Morocco was a peaceful but similar refrain, followed by a new constitution and an election -- giving Moroccans a ...
View ArticleIs rumour about Smith quitting as Test skipper true
Strong rumours are circulating that Graeme Smith is about to step down as South Africa's Test captain after the team's lost to Sri Lanka in Durban.
View ArticleRecapitalisation and Threat to Bankers' Jobs
analysis Lagos - Within the last five months, there has been uneasy calm in the nation's banking sector as banks manoeuvre in their bid to escape the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)'s axe ...
View ArticleIMF Pushing the Country to End Subsidy - - Report
Abuja/Accra - The International Monetary Fund is nudging Nigeria and some other African countries to remove fuel subsidies, a report by UK-based news agency Reuters said yesterday, calling into ...
View ArticleS&P Upgrades Country's Credit Rating
Global rating agency, Standard & Poor's, S&P, yesterday, expressed confidence in the Nigerian economy, as it upgraded its outlook on the country's credit rating to positive, from ...
View ArticleNew Move to Combat Ghost Workers Fraud
In a dramatic move aimed at ending the ghost worker syndrome, the government has directed all civil servants to report to their respective duty stations and collect cheques for their January 2012 in ...
View ArticleSmoke Out Boko Haram Sponsors, Jonathan Orders Security Chiefs
Barely 24 hours after the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) declared that the Christian Community was fast losing confidence in federal government's ability to protect Christians' ...
View ArticleTributes Pour in for the Late Minority Leader
Pretoria - Messages of condolences are pouring in after the shock and untimely death of Minority Front Leader Amichand Rajbansi, who passed away on Thursday. Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele who ...
View ArticleBoko Haram Targets Religious War - Presidency
The Presidency, said, yesterday, that the spate of bombings in the country by the militant Muslim group, Boko Haram, was to provoke the Christian community and drag them into a religious war. ...
View ArticleMonths of Miseries Herald a Hazy New Year
analysis IF turning back the hands of the time, was a possibility, many Nigerians would not be in a hurry to turn back the time to 2011. This is why there is a hurry to see this year gone with ...
View ArticleEnsure Right Use of Drugs Meant to Cure Children
editorial A recent report which noted that 70 per cent of medicines prescribed for children are unlicensed, used off-label and are not studied for particular age groups, brings to light an issue ...
View ArticleMy Dismissal Was Witch Hunt, Declares Livingstone
The former Public Information Director at the National Elections Commission (NEC), Mr. Bobby Livingstone, says he was dismissed because of his past political affiliation. Mr. Livingstone described ...
View ArticleMove to Transfer Media Regulatory Duties to RURA Sparks Debate
A proposal in the draft Media Bill that gives the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) the mandate to regulate the media sector has prompted a heated debate over the agency's capacity ...
View ArticleOver 3,000 Genocide Victims in Rubavu Still Buried in Mass Grave
Seventeen years after the Genocide against the Tutsi, remains of more than 3,000 victims in Gisenyi Sector, Rubavu District still remain in a pit with the tools that were used to slaughter them. ...
View ArticleBonga Spill - Group Solicits Intervention of International Communities
Warri - THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change has warned Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) against treating the Bonga oil spill with kid gloves, saying that it has ...
View ArticleAfrica's fire history 'unlocked'
A model has helped shed light on how human-started fires shaped Africa's landscape, researchers report. Before human activity became widespread, most fires were caused by lightning strikes ...
View ArticleBattling to be heard in Benghazi
The uprising that brought an end to the 42-year rule of Col Muammar Gaddafi began in the city of Benghazi, but some residents there feel they are already being left behind in the new Libya. The ...
View ArticleZambia's Sata reconciles with Malawi after row
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian president Michael Sata said on Friday he had decided to reconcile with eastern neighbour Malawi after a diplomatic row over his 2007 deportation from that country when he ...
View ArticleICRC sends aid for casualties in Somalia fighting
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Committee for the Red Cross said on Friday it had sent more than a ton of medical supplies to southern Somalia, where over 100 people have been wounded in areas ...
View ArticleMorocco name Taarabt and Chamakh
Queens Park Rangers' Adel Taarabt and Arsenal's Marouane Chamakh are both included in Morocco's 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations ...
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