Remarks by President Trump and President Buhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Joint Press Conference
PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Today, I’m honored to host President Buhari of Nigeria at the White House, right here in the beautiful Rose Garden. President Buhari, I want thank you very much for traveling to Washington for these important discussions.  It’s a true pleasure to... Read more
Ogoni Clean up: Reclaiming Our Future
Being an address by Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation At the Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Building Trust and Common Ground for a Successful Clean-Up held on 3rd May 2018 at Port Harcourt, Nigeria Pollution is the number one killer in the world today. It is deadlier than... Read more
Nigeria Through To knockout stage, Egypt Fight To Stay Afloat
Nigeria made a quick recovery to their shock 1-3 loss to Slovakia with comprehensive win over Bulgaria and Australia to berth in the knockout stage of the men’s second division of 2018 ITTF World Team Championships holding in Halmstad, Sweden. Unlike Nigeria, Egypt men and women teams are in... Read more
North, South Korea unite in Sweden
From Dianabasi Effiong The North and South Korean Table Tennis teams currently participating in the 2018 ITTF World Team Championships in Halmstad, Sweden have resolved to constitute a joint team to face their opponents at the semi-finals of the championship according to an ITTF-Africa Press statement on Thursday. They... Read more
HIV prevalence drops to 3.8% in Bayelsa – Commissioner
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Bayelsa has dropped from 9.1 per cent in 2010 to 3.8 per cent in 2016, the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebitimi Etebu, has said. He said this on Thursday in Yenagoa while speaking at a programme to end a two-year project for the... Read more
Nigeria’s Exclusive List Must Be Reviewed – Atiku
Former vice-president and presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has described the current composition of the second schedule of Nigeria’s constitution as not development driven. Alhaji Atiku made this declaration while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the 10th anniversary symposium of Late Sen. Abraham Adesanya held at the... Read more
Late Professor Adedeji, An Economic Icon – Gbenga Daniel
Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba (Engr.) Gbenga Daniel has described late Professor Adebayo Adedeji as an outstanding economic icon and a distinguished cerebral who served his country, the West African sub-region, the African Continent and the international community meritoriously in various capacities during his remarkable career. The late... Read more
Ohanaeze President’s Country Home Bombed
The country home of the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia John Nwodo, at Ukehe in Enugu State has been bombed, a report from the area said. According to sketchy reports available to www.Africanewscircle.com, an Improvised Explosive Device was thrown into Nwodo’s house by unknown persons from outside... Read more
Incessant Killings: ESOCS Church protest against killings, bloodshed across Nigeria.
Members of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim (ESOCS), Yewa Provincial Headquarters, Ilaro, Ogun State today staged a protest against the recurring killings across Nigeria.   This is in response to the latest bloody incidents in Benue State and the Christian Association of Nigeria’s (CAN) declaration of... Read more
Murdered For Their Christian Faith In Nigeria: An Eye Witness Account Of The Killings At St. Ignatius Catholic Parish Ukpo Mbalôm
By Reverend Father Tagesa Akpagher I went to the scene of the killings yesterday at St. Ignatius Catholic Parish Ukpo Mbalôm, which is sharing boundaries with my parish. After I deposited the corpse of the first priest that was killed, Fr. Joseph Gôr, I went back to the parish,... Read more