ABUJA, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Nigeria arrived home on Tuesday to wild celebrations as tens of thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of their heroes after the team ended a 19-year wait to win the African Nations Cup at the weekend. The players landed at Abuja’s disorganised airport to the sound of beating [...]
Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomole, has threatened to publish the report submitted to him by the police to drive home his accusations that the police was involved in the murder of his private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde. This is coming after the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, labelled the accusation by the former Labour Union [...]
A gang-rape in Delhi, India, that resulted in the death of a university student has prompted nationwide protests that activists hope will change a culture in which harassment and violence is said to be common. By Muneeza Naqvi, Associated Press / January 7, 2013 In this photo taken last Wednesday, Indian women carry placards as they [...]
By Kate Kelland LONDON | Fri Jan 4, 2013 5:42am EST LONDON (Reuters) – A Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls’ education has been discharged from a British hospital after doctors said she was well enough to spend time recovering with her family. Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot [...]
The story of how a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was battered and raped for an hour aboard the private bus as it cruised the streets of the capital last month has shocked much of India. She was left for dead after the gang of men used an iron bar to inflict horrific injuries, and died at [...]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The doctors treating former South African leader Nelson Mandela believe he should remain in Johannesburg for now to be close to medical facilities that can provide care to the 94-year-old, the government said Thursday. Mandela left a hospital Wednesday evening after nearly three weeks of treatment there, and was brought to his [...]
YouTube Residents Flee Damascus Suburb NPR is not identifying the author, a Syrian citizen, for security reasons. Daily fighting in Syria has become so commonplace that it often merits little attention. But recent Syrian air strikes against Yarmouk, a densely populated area outside the capital Damascus, touched off an exodus of residents and demonstrated the [...]
A basketball match between Lagos and Delta states female teams at the Rowe Park venue. | credits: Saheed Olugbon Delta State female basketball team coach Nosa Uyigue says the host, Lagos State, is employing home advantage to subdue opponents in order to finish among the top teams at the 18th National Sports Festival. Delta lost [...]
Asaba — No fewer than 10,000 flood victims accommodated in several camps in Delta State, have returned home, even as experts from the state Ministry of Environment have commenced the fumigation of the flood ravaged areas, including homes, farmlands, hospitals and schools affected with a view to preventing possible diseases and attack by dangerous reptiles. [...]
NOAKCHOTT (Reuters) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz returned home on Saturday after more than a month of medical convalescence in France, calming fears concerning the state of his health and uncertainty over who was managing the country in his absence. Abdel Aziz, an ally of the West in its fight against al Qaeda in Africa, flew to Paris on October 14 after soldiers opened fire on his unescorted car as he returned to the capital Noakchott from his country residence. The government and Abdel Aziz himself have said the shooting was accidental. …
An Indian man shot and killed his teenaged neighbour in a rage after she objected to him urinating near the gate of their home in the heart of New Delhi, police said on Friday.
[Leadership]The Golden Eaglets have pledged to win their last 2013 African Under-17 qualifying home match which kicks off at 2:00pm against Mali on Sunday as a parting gift to the government and people of Cross River State.
[CAF]Esperance Sportive de Tunis 1-2 Al Ahly
Two Croatian generals have returned home to a hero's welcome after a UN court overturned their convictions for war crimes during the bloody 1990s breakup of Yugoslavia.
[SA Info]Banyana Banyana returned home from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) African Women’s Championship on Tuesday to a rapturous welcome from hordes of supporters who brought the arrivals hall at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport to a standstill.
Spanish banks have agreed to halt repossessions for the most vulnerable – three days after a woman jumped to her death as officials arrived to evict her from her home.
[SAFA]Banyana Banyana found themselves on the end of a 4-0 drubbing by hosts Equatorial Guinea in the final of the 8th CAF African Women Championship, played in Malabo on Sunday, 11 November 2012.
[SAFA]Banyana Banyana out to beat hosts Equatorial Guinea and the red tide
[This Day]Coach Manu Garba (MFR) has reiterated that the Golden Eaglets would be at the ready to face the Junior Eagles of Mali in the final round qualifier for a place at the 2013 African Under-17 Championship to be hosted by Morocco.
[Vanguard]Coach Manu Garba (MFR) has reiterated that the Golden Eaglets would be at the ready to face the Junior Eagles of Mali in the final round qualifier for a place at the 2013 African Under-17 Championship to be hosted by Morocco.
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UK Prime Minister to Lobby President GoodLuck for Gay People in Nigeria
The Britain Prime Minister, Mr David Cameroon whilst reacting to questions from a Nigerian, Name, Bisi, living in Britain, who asked for his reaction to a bill approved by Nigerian lawmakers last month banning same-sex marriage – setting jail terms of up to 14 years for offenders – and making it illegal to form gay [...]
Death Of Nans Senate President And Four Others In Auto Crash Erc Condoles With Nans And Students
PRESS STATEMENT Death Of Nans Senate President And Four Others In Auto Crash Erc Condoles With Nans And Students The death of the Senate President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Donald Onukaogu Sunday, Dimeji Azeez (a.k.a Fagbocious) and three others is indeed shocking. Reportedly, they died in an auto crash while on their [...]
Taming the Ghost Workers Abdullahi M. Seidu For years, ghosts’ workers in Nigeria are not meant to be seen on their duty post but clearly visible on the payroll. They crawl under the shadow of darkness to suck dry our common wealth. They are reapers where they have not sown anything! Going by the [...]
Condoms, narcotic drugs flood Boko Haram camps
More of the dirty sides of the insurgents’ lifestyle are being revealed as troops continue to stumble on strange and bizarre objects such as several used and unused condoms as well as charms and amulets of various shapes in the captured terrorists camps. Defence spokesman, Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade, who made the revelation, said that [...]
Clarifying Nigeria’s Debt Position
Clarifying Nigeria’s Debt Position There has recently been a lot of misinformation and misconception in our public debate on debt. My goal in this article is to shed some light on the public debt, to clarify the real state of Nigeria’s debt position, and hopefully, provide a knowledge platform for constructive debate. Let me say [...]
Governor Yari: An Excellent Performer in search of “Result-Oriented SSG”
Governor Yari: An Excellent Performer in search of “Result-Oriented SSG” I do not live in Zamfara but passively at the moment, so my view is shaped from what opinions of pundits gathered and my research. As I moved round, the enormity of work done was not only amazing and revealing but very exciting to behold. Good networking, expansion [...]
Africa’s mobile youths drive change Cell phones reshape youth cultures
Africa’s mobile youths drive change Cell phones reshape youth cultures By Jocelyne Sambira The sight of teenagers selling mushrooms using mobile phones is becoming a familiar one in rural Namibia. Namibia Polytechnic faculty member Maurice Nkusi, designer of a cell phone–based curriculum, told the TechDailyNews that most of these children have never even used a [...]
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US Scrambles to Save Taliban Talks After Afghan Backlash
Mr. Karzai reacted in fury after an apparent diplomatic breakthrough on Tuesday — the opening of a Taliban peace office in Qatar — instead became a publicity coup for the Taliban. In televised images that horrified many Afghans, the Taliban introduced what appeared to be an embassy, raising their flag, speaking in front of a [...]
Global Forced Displacement at 18-Year High
The United Nations refugee agency says more people in 2012 became refugees or internally displaced people than at any time since 1994. The UNHCR said in a report Wednesday that war and other crises last year forced one person from his or her home every 4.1 seconds. The agency’s annual Global Trends report said more [...]