Prof Wole Soyinka on Friday in Ibadan paid tributes to late Ms Iyetade Soyinka, first daughter of the Nobel laurel…
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The 2013/2014 academic calendar for public primary and secondary schools in Abia might be hindered following the indefinite strike by…
The response of Alhaji Bamangar Tukur, PDP National Chairman, to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter. . “It is an honour…
A chastened Gov. Chris Christie did everything he could yesterday to quell the burgeoning Bridgegate scandal, but the investigations are likely to continue for months, with an Assembly committee preparing to subpoena a parade of current and former Christie…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s US presidential ambitions ran into a jam when he was forced to admit his staff lied to him about their role in blocking commuter traffic onto a major bridge. Christie, a larger-than-life Republican seen as a frontrunner…
National chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on saturday, pleaded with former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to quit the…
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has written another letter, few weeks after his letter to President Goodluck Jonathan caused an…
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Saturday kicked off his party’s election campaign with a slew of promises to crack down on rampant graft and poverty, in a bid to woo disenchanted voters. The ruling African National Congress is facing a tough…
Former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon died in hospital near Tel Aviv Saturday after eight years in a coma, prompting a flood of tributes in Israel but contempt from Palestinians. He was 85. “He’s gone,” his son Gilad told reporters at the Sheba Medical…
Several hundred demonstrators rallied outside a London police station Saturday to condemn an inquest which found that police lawfully shot dead a man in 2011, in a killing that sparked nationwide riots. They condemned the “perverse” jury verdict returned…
Fighting between rival tribes in southern Libya killed 19 people Saturday and wounded another 20, a local official said. “Violent confrontations broke out between Toubous and Awled Sleiman early this morning,” Ayoub al-Zarrouk, chief of the local council…
India on Saturday said a bitter row over the US arrest and strip-search of an Indian consulate official had triggered a “mini-crisis” in bilateral relations and much more must be done to repair ties. Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid’s remarks…
GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned Civil Servants to desist from collecting money from individuals seeking employment into the Delta State…
The Delta State Governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that he is not only a foundation member of the Peoples…
10 January 2014 – Strongly deploring recent clashes in the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah in Iraq’s Anbar province, the…
10 January 2014 – With the Security Council renewing its call on all parties in strife-torn South Sudan to end…
10 January 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency today warned that Israel could be breaking international law by limiting…
9 January 2014 – With the humanitarian situation in war-torn Syria “getting more difficult every day”, the head of the…
10 January 2014 – A United Nations-led campaign against the tsetse fly, which transmits a disease that devastates livestock, in…
8 January 2014 – Despite a delay in eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons material, the United Nations Security Council expects that…