By Sufuyan Ojeifo He is sphinx-like, yes, certainly unfathomable. Some would simply pass him for an enigma. They would be very correct if they situate their assessment within the political context. This is, because, politics- the very serious business of politics- is the preoccupation that has powerfully launched him into reckoning and the limelight. But [...]
Ghana has joined 14 other African countries in eradicating Guinea worm disease. The announcement from the Carter Center in Atlanta says the disease cycle has been broken after a 23-year nationwide battle. “For us, it’s a very happy occasion that Ghana has now reported zero cases of Guinea worm disease for 14 consecutive months,” said [...]
United States Department of State (Washington, DC) Mark Trainer 2 August 2011 Washington — Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger celebrate their independence on August 3. All three won their independence from France in 1960. That same month, the United States extended official recognition — though the names of two of the countries have changed. In August [...]
| Print | E-mail Written by Chris Agbambu Monday, 01 August 2011 Lack of any clear document on national security policy has remained one of the major problems confronting the country on how to tackle such challenges whenever it arises. The commandant of the National Defence College, Rear Admiral T. J. Lokoson, who made the revelation at the [...]
IT is difficult to tell what must have kept Ore end of the Lagos-Benin expressway undone up till this time. It is one riddle which may require more than mere exertion to determine. Engaging the services of a clairvoyant may not be a bad idea, if in doing so, all delinquent former Ministers of Works [...]
LONDON/DAKAR, (Reuters) – Pirate attacks on ships in the Gulf of Guinea are threatening one of the world’s emerging trade hubs and are likely to intensify unless the region’s weak naval and coastguard defences are beefed up soon. Stretching from Guinea on Africa’s northwestern tip down to Angola in the south, the Gulf spans a [...]
The suspense is over, after just under two hours for a ceremony as seductive as the posters inherited from a colorful print. Shocks will not fail, especially in the Europe with a tantalizing duel between France and Spain and Group A with a rare consistency. In Africa, Algeria and Morocco marghrébins rivals have not been [...]
THE economy of Rivers State just got bigger with the establishment of a Songhai farm covering over 314 hectares of land. Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, introduced the initiative after studying the Songhai Centre in Porto Novo, Benin Republic. The farm located at Bunu-Tai/Ban-Ogoi in Tai Local Council of the State is [...]
With delegates coming from countries in the WECA District of the Apostolic Faith Church, district superintendent, Adebayo Adeniran, said all is now set to hold the 2011 edition of its Camp Meeting and Concert. At a press conference held at the Church’s headquarters, Anthony Village, Lagos, Adeniran said the concert would be like never [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]