Rebels in South Sudan have seized some oil wells and captured half of the capital of the main oil-producing region, the government and army said on Thursday as African leaders held talks to avert civil war. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn met South... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar A new Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) network, GOtv which uses latest generation Digital Video Broadcasting Standard (DVB-T2), has berthed in Calabar, Cross River. GOtv was lunched on Tuesday in Calabar with a promise to provide affordable but excellent service, particularly to those who... Read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has dismissed as false, speculations that a ban on fish importation in the country was in place following orders from his ministry. Adesina, in a press release made available to Africanewscircle.com, Washington DC, by his Special Assistant on... Read more
Defunct Action Congress (AC) Governorship candidate in the 2007 general election, Prince Tonye Princewill is a member of the PDP, a prominent player in the politics of Rivers State has broken his silence on the politics of the state and other matters. He spoke on his support for the... Read more
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has replied the controversial letter which his predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo wrote him and made public recently. Below, is President Jonathan’s reply: December 20th 2013 His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR Agbe L’Oba House, Quarry Road, Ibara, Abeokuta. RE: BEFORE IT... Read more
Thirty seven Nigerian lawmakers have defected to Nigeria’s main opposition coalition, giving it a slim majority in the lower house of parliament, in a further blow to President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 re-election bid. The move follows a defection by five powerful governors last month to the opposition All Progressive... Read more
Nigeria’s finance minister presented lawmakers Thursday with a proposed budget of 4.642 trillion naira ($29 billion) for 2014, saying it was lower than last year because of rampant oil theft and lower customs duties. Minister Ngozi Ikonjo-Iweala said the proposal includes capital expenditure of just 1.1 trillion naira... Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, turned around Wednesday on his earlier revelation that the sum of $49.8 billion realised from the sales of crude oil between January 2012 and July 2013 were not remitted to the Federation Account by the Nigerian National... Read more
* Obasanjo compares situation with brutal Abacha-rule * Former leader says Jonathan promised not to seek 2nd term * Presidency says claims are reckless and baseless Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has been told it would be “morally flawed” for him to run for re-election... Read more
