From: Diana-Okon Effiong, Calabar Golden Eaglets’ Head Coach, Manu Garba and his crew are confident about producing a strong team ahead of the World Cup The assurance was given in a statement by the team’s Media Officer, Morakinyo Abodunrin. The team is being camped in Calabar ahead... Read more
From: Diana-Okon Effiong, Calabar The Cross River Government has so far spent N100 million to enable Tinapa Business Resort host about 9,000 delegates during the forthcoming Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) conference in Calabar. Mr Bassey Ndem, the Managing Director of the resort, stated this when he... Read more
By Laila St Matthew Daniel Patriarchy in society and men’s attitude towards women is a far reaching problem and this attitude goes a long way in shaping public thinking about women. There is a misconceived entitlement that men have, that they are above the law where women issues... Read more
Egyptian security forces crushed a protest camp of thousands of supporters of the deposed president on Wednesday, shooting dead scores of people in the bloodiest day in decades in the Arab world’s most populous country. The health ministry said 149 people were killed, both in Cairo and in clashes... Read more
The Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Christy Atako, has called on management and staff to make the vision of the NDDC their driving force by showing more dedication, discipline and professionalism in the discharge of their duties. Addressing management... Read more
By Shama Musa Maliga He was not the only person that slept with Adaobi Ukaegbu. I have done it with her severally even when Femi was poking her day and night in Abuja. Even many security men have done it with her under Femi’s nose. So I don’t... Read more
Worried by the simmering anger of some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and workers over the lingering non-payment of civil servants’ salaries, the Rivers State Government has rallied banks to the rescue with a pledge to pay back the banks from its next allocations from the Nigerian Federation Account.... Read more
Israel intercepted a rocket near Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula early on Tuesday, exploding it in the air over the southern Israeli city of Eilat, a military official said. No damage or injury was reported in the incident, but explosions reverberated in the dark skies over the desert hills surrounding the... Read more
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, an ex-prime minister with a reputation for firmness, won Mali’s presidential election after his rival conceded defeat on Monday in a poll meant to draw a line under more than a year of turmoil. Keita, 68, universally known by his initials IBK, will now have access... Read more
Suspected Islamic militants wearing army fatigues gunned down 44 people praying at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, while another 12 civilians died in an apparently simultaneous attack, security agents said Monday. Sunday’s attacks were the latest in a slew of violence blamed on religious extremists in this West African... Read more
