A Word for Northern Nigerian Muslims: Islam and Modernity are Not Enemies
  By Pius Adesanmi I thought I was done with this but some fools who can’t tell their right hands from their left are inboxing me, purportedly defending the North and Islam against my “southern” attack. Hehehehe. I love it. The joke is on them! They don’t know my... Read more
Silence and Nigerian Teenagers That Launched a Rocket
    By Comfort Obi A SCARY but heart-warming incident happened in Imo State on September 27, 2013. Two teenagers, Gideon Emenike and Chibuisi Nwafor, aged between 16 and 17 years, performed a feat which not only shocked their rural community of Umuchima Ubaha, Okigwe LGA, but the whole state.... Read more
Illegal Sharia Police Destroys 240, 000 Bottles of Beer in Nigeria
  Police enforcing Islamic law in Nigeria’s city of Kano publicly destroyed some 240,000 bottles of beer on Wednesday, the latest move in a wider crackdown on behaviour deemed “immoral” in the area. The banned booze had been confiscated from trucks coming into the city in recent weeks, said... Read more
PDP Expels Baraje, Oyinlola, Jaja as Confusion Envelops Splinter Faction
    Apparently reacting to the long-awaited decampment of seven renegade governors and their staunch followers in its fold, the National Disciplinary Committee set up by Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has recommended the expulsion of leaders of the party’s breakaway faction, Alhaji Abubakar... Read more
Nigeria’s Presidency Denies Claims of Militant Flown Back in Presidential Jet
  The Office of Nigeria’s President on Thursday denied reports that the leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, who was released by security officials in Benin Republic, was flown aboard a presidential jet to Abuja. Mr. Dokubo-Asari was arrested on Tuesday afternoon by the Benin... Read more
Kenya Commissions $13.8 Chinese-built Rail Line
Kenya launched construction of a Chinese-funded $13.8 billion (10 billion euro) flagship railway project Thursday, hoping to dramatically increase trade and boost Kenya’s position as a regional economic powerhouse. The key transport link, to run from the busy port city of Mombasa inland to the highland capital Nairobi, is... Read more
Tanui, Former World 10,000 metres, Marathon Champion Rates Obudu International Mountain Race
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Moses Tanui, 49, a retired athletes from Kenya, and former World Champion in 10,000 metres has described the organisation of the 2013 Obudu Mountain Race as world class and good. Tanui, 49, who won the 10,000 metres in 1991in Tokyo, Japan and twice champion at... Read more
Kenyan Star, Rono Philemon  Wins 9th Obudu Mountain Race
    From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Obudu Rono Philemon of Kenya Saturday won the male category of 9th Obudu Mountain Race returning with a time of 1 hour 43 minutes to beat the defending Champion, Abebe Dinkessa of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian, who won the 8th edition of the race in 2012, came second... Read more
PRESS RELEASE   Africa: Schneider Electric inaugurate a technology for producing electricity, drinking water and heat simultaneously   –       MiCROSOL simultaneously produces 50 MWh/year of electricity, 1,000 m3/year of drinking water, and around 800 MWh/year of thermal energy   –       Kenya will be pilot country for the industrialization and commercialization NAIROBI,... Read more
No Accommodation for Govt Officials at Subsequent Editions of Obudu Int’l Mountain Race – Imoke
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has said government officials will no longer be provided accommodation at the Obudu Mountain Resort in subsequent editions of Obudu Mountain Race. Imoke stated at an interactive session at the end of the ninth edition of Obudu Mountain Race... Read more