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
Following the Court of Appeal’s reinstatement of the former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Baraje-led faction of the party says “the days of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and his illegal National Working Committee (NWC) in the Wadata... Read more
The final match of the 2013 UAE World Cup between three-time champions, Nigeria and defending champions, Mexico on Friday in Abu Dhabi would be a game of wits. This much was the verdict of Coach Manu Garba, Golden Eaglets’ Head coach after Nigeria handed a 3-0 defeat to... Read more
The World Mountain Race Association (WMRA) Mountain Running World Champion Philip Kiplimo of Uganda is leading 120 athletes to the 9th Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race. This was disclosed to sports journalists in Calabar by Mr. Patrick Ugbe, the Cross River Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development. Ugbe also told... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Chief (Dr) Matthias Offoboche, a PDP Chieftain and former Deputy Governor of Cross River has called for power shift to the Northern senatorial District in the 2015 governorship election. Offoboche also said that it was unfair for people to use the 1979 Calabar-Ogoja Accord to... Read more
By Obichi Ikechi Like a plot unfolding in stages, the attacks on Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Madam Stella Oduah have sunk to a sad new low. As the commissioned attackers could not nail their target on the leaked BMW purchase ‘scandal’ they have resorted to attacking her widely acclaimed airport... Read more
Golden Eaglets’ Head coach Manu Garba (MFR) said he was confident that his wards would deliver the goods yet again in Tuesday’s semi-final decider against Sweden at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai. “All my life, I have never entertained any fear and I don’t even know what fear means,” posited a self-... Read more
