By Isaac Ojo-Eleka March 18, 2013 Bomb Attack in Kano: Boko Haram or Kwankwaso Haram? Friends and foes alike always jeer at me each time I say I am no more a Nigerian. There is no reason for any sane human to continue to identify with this country. Please... Read more
Sequel to the impeachment of the former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Sir Jude Agbaso, the former Chief of staff to the Imo state Governor, Mr Eze Madumere (MFR), has been sworn in as the new Deputy Governor of the state. The swearing in ceremony took place at the... Read more
Justice denied or given?: The ‘no victor, no vanquished’ Nigeria Supreme Court verdict of Adim Vs Nigeria Bottling Company
NigeriaSpecial Reports March 30, 2013
MR FELIX NWOYE ADIM V. NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY PLC & ANOR CITATION: (2010) LPELR-SC.56/2003 OTHER CITATIONS: 1 Adim v. NB.C. Ltd. (2010) 9 NWLR (Pt. 1200) 543 S.C. 2 3 In The Supreme Court of Nigeria On Friday, the 30th day of April, 2010 Suit... Read more
Mali’s northern rebel group appoints administrator for region
AfricaNewsUncategorized March 28, 2013
(AP) — A secular rebel group seeking independence in northern Mali said late Wednesday it has appointed a civil administrator for the region of Kidal, signaling it is retaking control of the government there as French forces battle radical Islamic fighters. The National Movement for the Liberation of the... Read more
BRICS to flot development bank for infrastructure
World March 28, 2013
(AP) — Leaders of five of the world’s emerging economic powers agreed Wednesday to create a development bank to help fund their $4.5 trillion infrastructure plans — a direct challenge to the World Bank that they accuse of Western bias. But the rulers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and... Read more
Guinea’s oppositon back out of talks
Uncategorized March 28, 2013
(AP) — Aboubacar Sylla, a spokesman for Guinea’s coalition of opposition parties, announced that the country’s opposition is pulling out of talks with the ruling party, negotiations initiated by President Alpha Conde last month in an attempt to resolve the political feud that has consumed the West African nation... Read more
(AP) — Vote totals for Kenya’s president-elect mysteriously increased between the time the ballot numbers were announced at some remote polling centers and when they reached the national tallying center in the capital, a lawyer for a civil society group told the country’s Supreme Court on Wednesday. Kenya’s six-justice... Read more
PAPER PRESENTED @ SAMUEL ADEMOYEGA UNIVERSITY, OGWA EDO STAE NIGEIRA, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND DIPLOMATIC STUDIES CONFERENCE, BY INNOCENT UGOCHUKWU OWUTU CPP, MISN, MSPSP B.A. (HONS) HISTORY ADV. DIP SECURITY MGT M.A. PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES M.SC INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ... Read more
(AP) — Aid groups and the international community on Tuesday condemned widespread looting in Central African Republic’s capital, saying that even hospitals had been robbed in the aftermath of a weekend coup that ousted the president of a decade. Efforts to restore order to Bangui, a city of 700,000,... Read more
Border violence halts return of Ivorien refugees
Africa March 27, 2013
(AP) — U.N. officials in Liberia say they’ve temporarily halted the repatriation of tens of thousands of refugees from Ivory Coast because of continued unrest near the border between the two countries. Robert Tibagwa of the U.N. refugee agency told The Associated Press on Tuesday that a convoy of... Read more
