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The death of a 30-year-old Palestinian man in Israeli custody, possibly after torture, led to a weekend of anger and protests as Palestinians threatened to start another prolonged “intifadeh,” or uprisings, against the state of Israel. The man, Arafat Jaradat, quickly became a martyr after his family indicated that he died while in detention in [...]
<!– Text Size Print Reprints –> Oscar Pistorius was released Monday. (Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters) In the first full week since his release on bail after being charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius’s representatives have tried to gain control of the narrative. Pistorius, they said, held a private [...]
This week’s Time magazine has one of those striking cover images that bears all the hallmarks of being one that will live on for years to come. Though “Man. Superman. Gunman” refers, quite obviously, to Oscar Pistorius, the very lengthy article considers the wider topic of South Africa‘s culture of violence The magazine’s Africa bureau [...]
Stephane Hessel, the author of Time for Outrage!, has died today, on February 27, 2013. Stephane Hessel, author of Outrage, has died today Thinker, writer, diplomat and resistant Franco Stéphane Hessel, author of the popular manifesto Time for Outrage! , has died this Wednesday at age 95. His wife has announced the happening to French [...]
Related Stephane Hessel, father of ‘Indignados‘… 27/02/2013 10:55 CET Thousands greet plane of dead Kurdish activists 17/01/2013 00:55 CET Virgin unions blames bosses for bankruptcy 08/01/2013 16:04 CET Sylvia Kristel, star of erotic film ‘Emmanuelle’, dies 18/10/2012 18:36 CET Thousands join tribute march in French city 03/10/2012 02:03 CET The writer Stéphane Hessel, whose works [...]
Bazuki Muhammad / REUTERS A member of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Naval Special Warfare Forces guards the beach outside Lahad Datu, Borneo, on Feb. 19. A diplomatic crisis is engulfing part of Borneo, after Filipino rebels seized control of a remote section of Malaysia‘s Sabah State as part of an unresolved territorial dispute that stretches [...]
The head of Russia's powerful Orthodox Church on Saturday urged Russians to stay faithful to their own traditions, cautioning that Western recipes of modernisation could result in political turmoil.
Days after tightening the noose of international sanctions against Tehran, the Obama Administration has said there is still time and space left for diplomacy with Iran over its nuclear programme. “We regret that Iran has not yet made a strategic decision to address the international community’s serious concerns regarding its nuclear programme and the ongoing [...]
[New Times]I do love football but the fanaticism attached to the highly monetised European leagues by some of the people I know (not Europeans of course) always fascinates me. I grew up during the days of “Football Made in Germany” that featured the likes of Ghana’s Anthony Yeboah, Nigeria‘s Austin “Jay Jay” Okocha and Brazil’s Paulo Sergio.
[The Moment]FORMER national team and Reggiana of Italy goalkeeper, Dosu Joseph, tells Ajibade Olusesan tales of the glorious moments of his career and the car accident that reduced him to the crutches.
I’ve been writing about African art for years, and reading and thinking about Africa itself since I was a kid, without ever traveling farther south on the continent than Morocco. I knew this had to change, and recently it did when I spent time in four sub-Saharan countries: Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal in West [...]
By GEORGE JAHN ISTANBUL The EU foreign policy chief says the latest nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers have been constructive and that the two sides will meet again in Baghdad on May 23. Catherine Ashton says future talks will be guided by the “principle of a step-by-step approach and reciprocity.” That indicates [...]
*My daughter’s advice: ‘Tell Gov. Uduaghan not to keep you out late’ By Emma Amaize His office is practically the engine room of the Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan administration and, indeed, a lot of government activities are sealed and delivered in the confines of the detached one one-storey building, where Comrade Ovuozorie Macualay, a former chairman [...]
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius finished seventh in the 400 final in 47.28, backing off in the last 50 meters after he struggled to recover from a slow start despite running in lane two. Lebogang Moeng won in 45.75, but Pistorius is still the only men’s 400 runner in South Africa to post an Olympic qualifying [...]
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City In 1980, Mr Micheal Osagiede, a 54 year aged male from Edo state trafficked to a United States of America to seek for greener pastures and returned for a initial time in Nigeria in 2006 after spending 26 years in a US. However, his problem started when he met some [...]
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City In 1980, Mr Micheal Osagiede, a 54 year aged male from Edo state trafficked to a United States of America to seek for greener pastures and returned for a initial time in Nigeria in 2006 after spending 26 years in a US. However, his problem started when he met some [...]
Pistorius cruised through the last 100, looking to his left and right and appeared content to finish fourth in 47.91 seconds. He earlier clocked 48.24 in windy conditions in the heats at the NMMU Stadium. “As long as you get through in the semi,” Pistorius said. “There are a few guys here who are quite [...]
I’ll change Edo for good -Ewie By SAM ANOKAMSaturday April 14, 2012 More Stories on this Section Recently, General Charles Airhavbere (rtd) clinched the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Edo State gubernatorial election scheduled to hold later this year. In preparation for the big battle one of his spokesman, Chief Ewie Aimienwauu, [...]
KIPP Delta Public Schools has announced that Franklin McLarty, vice president of RLJ-McLarty-Landers Automotive Group has joined its state board of directors. The board oversees the academic and financial operations of KIPP Delta, a growing network of public charter schools offering a free, college-preparatory education to children in the Arkansas Delta. “We’re pleased to welcome [...]
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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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