Baru hits back at Kachikwu: Your allegations baseless; I followed due process
Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has finally broken his silence with a formal response to the grave allegations of insubordination and arbitrary award…
Merkel says to begin three-way German coalition talks next week
Chancellor Angela Merkel said her conservative bloc would begin exploratory talks next week on forming a three-way German coalition government with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the environmentalist Greens….
Kenya police use teargas, shoot in air during opposition march
Kenyan police fired teargas and shots in the air on Monday as hundreds of demonstrators marched through the capital Nairobi to protest against proposed legal changes that would make it…
Nigerian VP Osinbajo says running for presidency not ‘on the cards’
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who has served as acting president for much of this year, said on Monday he had not given any thought to contesting the country’s next…
George Weah in Liberia’s presidential contest
Mr. George Weah, Liberia’s ex-football star, will never have a more realistic chance of winning the presidency than on October 10 when some two million of his compatriots go to…
Museveni urges more work, not prayers
Uganda’s leader since 1986, President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people to spend more time working, not praying. The president said the people’s fundamental mission on earth was to work…
Do Not Re-Arrest Nnamdi Kanu, Please; Col. Abubakar Umar(Rtd) Begs FG
“One of the swiftest ways of destroying a kingdom is to give preference to one particular tribe over another, or to show favour to one group of people rather than…
HEADS OF INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER GROUPS STRATEGISE ON LIBERIA’S CRUCIAL ELECTIONS
Heads of international election observation missions to Liberia met in Monrovia 8th October to share information and experiences ahead of the country’s crucial presidential legislative polls. The Head of ECOWAS…
Democrats rule out Trump’s request for border wall funding in help for ‘Dreamers’
Congressional Democrats rejected President Donald Trump’s requests on Sunday that renewed protection for “Dreamers” – people brought illegally to the United States as children – include funding for a border…
FG says no link with Monkey Pox Virus
The Nigerian Government has described as fake and sinister the report that the outbreak of Monkey Pox in some parts of the country resulted from the alleged free medical care…