Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The United States has disclosed that a US counterterrorism operation in January killed two hostages who were being held by al-Qaeda. Dr. Warren Weinstein, an American held by the militants since 2011, was one of those killed in the raid in the border […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Following the increasing xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa, Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini, has appealed for calm. The King had been accused of fueling the attacks, which have killed at least seven people, after saying foreigners should “go back to their countries.” […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The 2015 Lagos Black Heritage Festival, LBHF, has kicked-off in grand style at the Freedom Park, Lagos. The seven-day event will be a manifestation of several cultural activities from within and outside Lagos State. Inspired by the spirit of convergence for which Lagos […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow South Africa is set to hold a huge protest march against xenophobic attacks in Durban following a surge of attacks on foreigners. Organizers of the march said about 10,000 people were expected in the city’s biggest show of solidarity with foreigners. At least […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Schools have reopened across Sierra Leone nine months after they were shut down because of the Ebola outbreak. The government said it hopes that the studying time lost by the country’s 1.8 million children can still be made up for. The United Nations […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Iraqi government has reclaimed more than a quarter of its territory earlier captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, since the US-led coalition air campaign began in August 2014, a Pentagon spokesman says. ISIS took over large swathes of […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Fierce fighting has continued between government troops and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, despite renewed diplomatic efforts to enforce a truce. Ukraine officials said six government soldiers were killed in the past 24 hours and army positions were fired on 26 times near […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Following the accreditation process for the Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections that started early in most areas in Somolu Local Government, voting exercise has now commenced in many polling units across the LGA. The voting exercise, which started at exactly 1.30pm […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have commenced the accreditation process for the gubernatorial elections in many polling units across Somolu Local Government Areas. The process, which began around 8.15am in areas like Fola Agoro, Akoka and Bariga, has however witnessed low […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A Nigerian Air Force helicopter has crashed in Lagos. Dele Alonge, Air Force spokesperson, made this known in a statement on Friday. The spokesman said the helicopter was on a training mission in Lagos at about 10 a. m. on Friday when it […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow John Kerry, the United State Secretary of State, has warned Iran over its alleged support for Houthi rebels in Yemen. He said the US would support any state in the Middle East that felt threatened by Iran, and would not “stand by” if […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Edwin Clark, a former Federal Commissioner for Information during the First Republic and South-South leader has condemned the award of commendation given to Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC by the U.S. Clark said the commendation was coming too […] More
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