Ivorian Ex-Warlord Gets Life Sentence For Massacres
A court in Ivory Coast in Abidjan has handed down a life sentence to a former warlord, Amadé Ouérémi, over his role in massacres that were carried out in the west of the country following the disputed election in late 2010. According to official figures from the UN, now fewer than 300 people were killed […]
Malian Post-Coup Govt Reveals Election Date
A possible return to democracy is in sight in Mali as Presidential and legislative elections will now take place next February. The country’s post-coup government announced on Thursday, explaining that it was honouring the timetable it promised to the international community. By this arrangement, the first round of voting for the presidency and legislature is […]
Why PDP Govs Are Desperate To Join APC — Gov Bello
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has claimed that more governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are desperate to the All Progressives Congress (APC) because only the ruling party has the magic wand to move the country forward. Bello made this assertion while speaking after the APC Strategy and Contact Committee meeting […]
Makinde Looks Quiet But Very Deadly – Fayose Alleges
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has described the current Governor of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde as ‘deadly’ stating that his looks and actions are in sharp contrast with each other. The former Governor was reacting to a video where the Oyo State Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Alhaji […]
Why Twitter Snubbed Nigeria For Ghana – Lai Mohammed
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has claimed that the reason why social networking service, Twitter, decided to make Ghana its African headquarters was due to the activities of unpatriotic Nigerians. The Minister made this claim in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Twitter co-founder, Jack Dorsey, had on Monday announced […]
Becoming President Without Rivers Votes Impossible – Wike
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has declared that anybody jostling to be President will need to secure votes in Rivers and combine with either Kano or Lagos to stand a chance of emerging victorious. He said such a crucial position has established the importance of Rivers in the political scheme of the country […]
Buhari Returns To Nigeria After UK Medical Check-Up
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening returned to Abuja from the United Kingdom (UK), exactly 16 days after he left for a routine medical check-up. Recall that Buhari left Nigeria on Tuesday, March 30 briefly after a security meeting with defense and intelligence chiefs, as well as other security sector managers where he charged […]
Zuma Rejects Court Deadline Describes It As ‘A Sham’
Former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma has rejected a request by the country’s top court to suggest what punishment he should face if found guilty of contempt of court describing it as ‘a sham’. The Ex-President faces possible sanctions for failing to appear in February before the Zondo Commission, a judicial inquiry into corruption […]
UCL: Real Madrid Hold Liverpool To Reach Record Semi-finals
Serial winners Real Madrid, on Wednesday, put up in a masterful display of games management to hold Liverpool to a 0-0 draw at Anfield and book their place in the semi-finals of this season’s UEFA Champions League. The 13-time winners of Europe’s prestigious club competition, Real Madrid progressed 3-1 on aggregate. They have now qualified […]
Protesters, Police Clash Again Over Wright’s Shooting
It was a fourth of night face-off as protesters went face to face with the police for Wednesday in the American city of Minneapolis over the killing of a young Black man by name Daunte Wright who was shot by an officer last weekend. Reports say that tensions have soared over the Sunday police shooting […]
Over 20 Children Killed In Niger School Fire
No fewer than 20 children died Tuesday after several classrooms were consumed by fire at a school in Niger’s capital Niamey, the fire service in the country has disclosed. ‘Twenty-one classrooms in straw huts caught fire. Around 20 children were trapped in the blaze,’ fire service commander Sidi Mohamed announced on public television. He went […]
Egypt ‘Seizes’ Suez Megaship, Demands $900M Compensation
The megaship which blocked Egypt’s Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been ‘seized’ on court orders until the vessel’s owners pay nearly a billion dollars, canal authorities revealed yesterday. Two weeks ago, the 200,000-tonne MV Ever Given got diagonally stuck in the narrow but crucial global trade artery in a […]