Coach Manu Garba (MFR) has dedicated Nigeria’s fourth record FIFA Under-17 World Cup victory to both President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Hajiya Babita Garba after Golden Eaglets 3-0 thrashing of Mexico on Friday in Abu Dhabi. Away from the battery of cameras and in the hallowed corridors of... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Wife of Cross River Governor, Mrs Obioma Imoke has called on stakeholders to join hands in sensitising the public on the dangers of pneumonia. Mrs Imoke said this on Tuesday in Calabar, at a sensitisation and advocacy rally organised by a Non Governmental Organisation, Breath... Read more
The Bayelsa State Government has affirmed its commitment to make judicious and optimal use of the Underwater Cultural Research and Imaging Centre to be established in Yenagoa, the State capital. Governor Seriake Dickson, who stated this at the first Africa Regional Meeting on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural... Read more
Uduaghan Approves Release of Over N6 Billion For Immediate Payment to Pensioners
Nigeria November 13, 2013
Thousands of retired civil servants in Delta State whose pension payment have been delayed now have reason to be happy following a reprieve from Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan who has directed an immediate payment of pension arrears. By the arrangement hammered out in a meeting between the Governor and members... Read more
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has lauded the recent report by Amnesty International which further traced the persistent wide spread oil spill in the Niger Delta region to the activities of the international oil companies, especially Shell, which it accused of manipulating and misleading the country on... Read more
The Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has has described the party’s suspension of its factional chairman, Alh. Abubakar Kawu Baraje as a sad abuse of the PDP constitution dismissing the decision as “undemocratic” and “unacceptable.” In an unrepentant statement reacting to the suspension and made available to www.Africanewscircle.com, the... Read more
Three people were killed on Friday during clashes between the MNLA Tuareg separatist group and the Malian army in the north of the country, the MNLA said in a statement, accusing the Malian army of violating a ceasefire agreement. The MNLA said on its website that the Malian army... Read more
South Africa’s government took to the courts on Friday to delay the release of an investigation into a $19 million taxpayer-funded upgrade of President Jacob Zuma’s private residence at Nkandla in rural KwaZulu-Natal province. Zuma and the ruling African National Congress, which faces elections next year, have come under... Read more
Porsche Makes Strategic Move Towards Regional Expansion With a Focus on Africa
AfricaPress Releases November 8, 2013
PRESS RELEASE Porsche Middle East and Africa FZE eyes Africa expansion DUBAI, UAE, November 7, 2013/ — In line with the brand’s global 2018 development strategy, Porsche Middle East and Africa FZE (http://www.porsche.com/middle-east), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is planning to expand... Read more
Pioneering Energy Project to Bring Relief to Mano River Union Countries
Uncategorized November 8, 2013
PRESS RELEASE Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea (CLSG) electricity networks interconnection project TUNIS, Tunisia, November 7, 2013/ — The Board of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) approved on Wednesday, November 6 in Tunis the Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea (CLSG) electricity networks interconnection... Read more
