Ahead of the 2015 Presidential elections, stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the South-South have thrown their weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan with a call on members to remain steadfast in their support for the party. The Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih and other... Read more
Mali’s interim leader says the country’s presidential vote will take place on July 28 after months of speculation about the date. On a visit to Belgium ahead of a donors’ conference for Mali, President Dioncounda Traore also said Tuesday that neither he nor any member of the transitional government... Read more
Nearly three dozen piglets were released and animal blood spilled Tuesday at an entrance to Kenya’s parliament as civil society activists protested what they called parliament’s greedy salary demands. Police fired tear gas and water cannons and swung their batons to disperse the protesters, who gathered in what was... Read more
(AP) — Prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against two journalists at a Nigerian newspaper over a story they published on alleged plans by the nation’s presidency to disrupt opposition parties. The charges are a sign of growing government pressure on the media. Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzo Ukaibe face 10... Read more
(AP) — Nineteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africans are still passionately divided over whether Margaret Thatcher helped or hindered the cruel system of white rule and prolonged the incarceration of Nelson Mandela. The heated discussions triggered by Thatcher’s death show how influential South Africans believe she... Read more
(AP) — Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president, ascended to the country’s top office Tuesday during a jubilant celebration that began a new era in Kenyan politics, one that forces the U.S. and Europe into a diplomatic balancing act. Amid the dancing and cheering of a sea... 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
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) — The president of the Central African Republic fled the country for Cameroon after rebels overran the capital of the impoverished nation long wracked by rebellions. South Africa said Monday that 13 of its soldiers were killed in fighting with rebels, prompting criticism about why its forces had... Read more
APGA insists on April 8 schedule for national convention
The leadership of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, weekend, asserted that the planned national convention of the party tentatively scheduled for April 8 in Enugu would hold. Interim National Chairman of APGA, Chief Maxi Okwu, who made the assertion during an unscheduled visit to the party’s secretariat in Abakaliki,... Read more