(AP) — The leader of the Islamic extremist network Boko Haram apparently has refused to take part in any possible amnesty deal offered by Nigeria’s government to stop the guerrilla campaign of bombings and shootings now plaguing the country. An audio recording obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday... Read more
The Bayelsa State Government has condemned the recent attack which claimed the lives of several policemen in the creeks of the state and pledged to bring the culprits to book when apprehended. A combined team of security operatives on Tuesday recovered the bodies of ten of the slain policemen... Read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Sunday commissioned the multi million naira Deputy Governor’s lodge, disclosing that it was part of his administration’s Restoration Agenda aimed at giving people a sense of belonging. Describing his Deputy, Rtd Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah as an active participant in his... Read more
Worried by the financial crises rocking Nigerian airlines, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is working out modalities to rescue the carriers by way of ensuring that they access loans at low interest rates. To that effect, the apex bank met last week with three aircraft manufacturers- Boeing... Read more
(AP) — A demonstration in support of Central African Republic’s new leader Michel Djotodia was held in the capital, Bangui. Several hundred residents marched through the city of 700,000 Saturday, carrying banners endorsing Djotodia, who came to power last week when the Seleka rebel coalition advanced from the north... Read more
(AP) — Protests by the unemployed in southern Algeria are raising the specter of rising unrest in the country’s sensitive oil regions, and are increasingly attracting the attention of al-Qaida. Algeria’s vast, sparsely populated Sahara only holds 10 percent of the country’s population but it is home to this... Read more
Kenya’s Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country’s next president and the loser accepted that verdict, ending an election season that riveted the nation with fears of a repeat of the 2007-08 postelection violence. Jubilant Kenyatta supporters flooded the streets of downtown Nairobi,... Read more
(AP) — Nelson Mandela is breathing “without difficulty” after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area that was caused by pneumonia, the spokesman for South Africa’s president said Saturday. Mandela, the 94-year-old former president and anti-apartheid leader, had a recurrence of pneumonia, said presidential spokesman Mac... Read more
(AP) — Attacks on villages surrounding a central Nigerian city at the heart of unrest between Christians and Muslims have killed more than 50 people this week, officials said Saturday, as authorities pleaded for peace over the Easter holiday. The attacks around Jos, a city in Nigeria’s fertile central... Read more
The attention of the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has been drawn to media reports putting the death toll of the Monday, 18 March 2013 suicide-bomb attack at New Road Luxury Park, Sabon Gari, Kano, which killed scores and wounded many, at 37! And the statement credited to two persons,... Read more
