Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said on Sunday that he would seek a third term as the oil-rich African nation’s head of state. “I officially announce today that I am a candidate,” he told a crowd of supporters in a speech broadcast live on his Facebook page. Bongo, 64, took over from his father, Omar […]
President Bola Tinubu has emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). “We will take democracy seriously, Democracy is very tough but it is the best form of government,” he said upon his emergence on Sunday in Guinea-Bissau. Tinubu succeeds President Umaro Embalo of Guinea Bissau as ECOWAS chair. […]
At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in India Saturday after clashes over local polls in West Bengal, a state notorious for political violence during election campaigns. India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has in recent years worked hard to gain a toehold in West Bengal — ruled by a communist party […]
By Dickson Omobola President General of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, is in Lagos for a three-day visit during which he will meet with Igbo leaders and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to address issues affecting Igbo in the economic capital of the country. In an interview after one of the engagements with […]
Globally, success or failure in the examination is the criterion for future prospects. Too much emphasis is placed on paper qualifications without any thought of the ability of the individual to put into practice the knowledge he claimed to have acquired. In this respect, certificates are seen as means to an end. Thus, all means […]
By Peter Duru, Makurdi, Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo, Kaduna & Ogalah Ibrahim, Katsina Northern leaders have rejected a call by former governor of Zamfara State, Malam Yerima Sani, asking President Bola Tinubu to negotiate with terrorists and bandits in the country and grant them amnesty as it was done for Niger Delta militants by the late Umaru […]
Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, is to decide on draft legislation on euthanasia, three years after a landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court overturned a ban on assisted suicide. The vote on Thursday would choose between the two proposals. One proposal aimed at allowing doctors to prescribe drugs for suicide under certain conditions. […]
By Gabriel Agbeja The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it will effect a new tariff for toll fare at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) from July 17. This is contained in a statement signed by the FAAN Management on Thursday in Abuja. According to the management, the fare for cars will […]
By Moses Omorogieva The Police Command in Lagos State, has confirmed the killing of three suspected cultists on Wednesday night at Bariga area by another suspected group. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Command Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, Hundeyin said that the command was yet […]
Smuggler Aybak (Afghanistan), July 6, 2023 (Xinhua/NAN) Afghan police have arrested a drug smuggler and confiscated pockets of opium poppy in north Afghanistan’s Samangan province, said a statement of the provincial police department on Thursday. During routine checking of vehicles, police searched a car and discovered opium poppy packed in 10 pockets from a […]