(AP) — It’s become an infamous photo in Uganda. The country’s leader looks on in bemusement as a young man bends low to carry a sack filled with a donation from the president — almost $100,000 in cash. The money is a donation from President Yoweri Museveni to a... Read more
Nigeria’s mobile telephony embraces number-saving
Nigeria April 23, 2013
To know what it is like to make a mobile phone call in Nigeria, ask anyone to turn out their pockets or upend their purses. One, two, three and sometimes even four phones tumble out into view, all with different carriers in hopes of being able to connect a... Read more
Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region since an insurgency there began three years ago, an aid agency said Monday. Nigeria’s military blocked access for relief officials to enter the town of... Read more
Angered by the attack on Nigerian troops which claimed the life of one of the soldiers in Darfur, the United Nations (UN) at the weekend urged Sudan to begin an investigation into the tragic incident. In a statement by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, the global... Read more
Nigeria’s Minister in charge of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has condemned a clique he accused of profiting from the country’s power problems alleging that the unnamed people were bent at frustrating the reforming of the country’s electricity sector even as he pledged to take them on. “You know that... Read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has stressed the need for the movie industry in the country to focus more on projecting the positive values and rich cultural heritage of the people to the outside world. Governor Dickson made the remark at a cultural event, which featured Wrestling, traditional... Read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured the Bayelsa State Government of technical and financial support in the promotion of the tourism industry and establish an under Water Research and Imaging Centre in collaboration with the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation to create training opportunities for the people. ReCpresented... Read more
Late Nollywood actor, Justus Esiri of Nigeria has emerged Best Actor in a leading role with his female counterpart, Florence Maseba of South Africa as Best Actress in this year’s Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, which held at the Gloryland cultural centre in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Out... Read more
By John Okiyi Kalu: I’ve read the online hysteria on Ralph Uwazuruike and treason and wish to state that most Nigerian observers are not getting it right. In November 2005, under President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ralph Uwazulike and 6 others were arraigned in an Abuja Federal High Court on charges... Read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has underscored the need for the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to be structured to meet the expectations of the people of oil producing states by addressing their developmental challenges. Governor Dickson made the call, on Friday in a live interview programme, Sunrise... Read more
