Bomb kills father and daughter at school in Thailand’s troubled south
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A motorcycle bomb killed a father and daughter in front of a Thai elementary school as parents were dropping off their children Read more
Month: September 2016
Serena Williams storms into the U.S. Open quarters in record-smashing style
By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – Serena Williams stormed into the U.S. Open quarter-finals in record-smashing style on Monday by easing past Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Read more
Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests
By Ange Aboa and Joe Bavier MONT PEKO NATIONAL PARK, Ivory Coast(Reuters) – Before the morning mists had broken over Ivory Coast’s Mont Peko National Read more
Nigeria’s NNPC says no plans for fuel price increase amid scourging economy
ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s national oil company said on Monday there were no immediate plans to increase gasoline prices, days after fuel marketers and former Read more
Italy says 15 boat migrants died, 2,700 saved
ROME (Reuters) – Fifteen bodies were recovered and more than 2,700 boat migrants rescued off the coast of Libya on Monday, the Italian coastguard said, Read more
Video: Kanye West’s Show at Madison Square, “There was no meltdown, no insane speech or rant” -NYP
Kanye shows why we’re lucky to have him at MSG concert There was no meltdown, no insane speech or rant, and the famous perma-frown even gave Read more
Thousands of ISIS fighters hoping for possible return to home countries as group loses ground
Security services are examining plans for how to deal with thousands of Western jihadists who would seek to return to Europe as Isis continues to lose Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte calls US President Obama a ‘son of a bitch’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday lashed out at Barack Obama as the “son of a whore” in response to Obama’s plan to question Duterte Read more
Fire at Ethiopian prison ‘holding Oromo protesters’ kills unknown number of inmates
An unknown number of inmates have died after a fire at an Ethiopian prison where prominent anti-government protesters are reportedly being held. Sustained gunfire could Read more
Protesters urge S.Africa’s Zuma, top ANC leaders to quit party posts
By James Macharia JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Members of South Africa’s ANC chanted slogans outside its headquarters on Monday demanding President Jacob Zuma step down in Read more
How your social media reputation could secure you a loan
Traditional banking in Africa has failed – 80% of the continent’s 1.2 billion people do not have a bank account or access to formal financial Read more
Mikel’s injury not threatening, Says Rohr
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has allayed fears over the reported injury of team captain, John Mikel Obi, saying it is not threatening to hurt the Read more
How state legislatures can end attacks by herdsmen – Ekweremadu
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has once more, condemned the incessant attacks in Igbo land and some other parts of Nigeria Read more
FG frowns at USA congressman who wrote on BUHARI’s Autocratic tendencies
The Federal Government has described as misguided the published letter from US Congressman, Tom Marino, to the Secretary of State, John Kerry, asking the US Read more
US Congressman accuses Buhari of autocratic tendencies, sectional appointments
A member of the United States, U.S, Congress, Mr. Tom Marino, has asked the US government to withhold security assistance to Nigeria until President Muhammadu Read more
We’re not part of ceasefire with FG – Militant group
A new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, yesterday announced that it has not entered into any ceasefire deal with the Federal Government to Read more
Building Collapses in Tel Aviv, 3 People Trapped Inside
TEL AVIV — A building collapsed in a Tel Aviv construction zone on Monday, injuring at least 18 people and trapping three people inside, according to Read more
South African Airways wins extension to file accounts in Hong Kong
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African Airways said on Monday it has been granted a three-week extension to submit financial statements to Hong Kong or risk Read more
Zambia’s Lungu to be sworn on Sept. 13 following election win
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s incumbent President Edgar Lungu will be sworn into office for a new five-year term on Tuesday next week, a government official Read more
The stock market has already picked the next U.S. president
The GOP is traditionally known as the party of Wall Street, but this year investors, for the most part, are betting against the Republican standard-bearer. Read more
Nigeria deeply divided, economy gloomy – UN report
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—A REPORT just released by the United Nations, UN, on Nigeria’s Common Country Analysis, CCA, has revealed a deeply divided society on Read more
Obasanjo denies warning against Buhari’s 2019 re-election agenda
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has denied an online report quoting him as saying that he had warned President Muhammadu Buhari not Read more
Ondo 2016: How money played major role in APC primary
While the All Progressives Congress-led federal government has made the anti-corruption war a priority, the conduct of the party’s members in Ondo shows a lot Read more
Recession: Melaye Seeks Sack Of Udoma, Adeosun, Emefiele
Agitated by the persistent economic meltdown in the country, resulting in the unprecedented hardship on the citizenry, Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West), yesterday urged Read more
ONDO APC Primaries: Tinubu’s Camp In Disarray
APC Leader, Aregbesola Fall Apart How Ministers, Govs Worked For Akeredolu Aggrieved Party Reaches Out To Mimiko The political camp of the National Leader of Read more
Why we took over Jonathan cousin’s firm –Army
Fidelis Soriwei and Ade Adesomoju The Nigerian Army has explained why the men of the Army Headquarters Garrison, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, took over the premises Read more
Nigeria Needs Lagos More Than Niger Delta – Sanusi
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has said that the success story of governance in Lagos State has positioned it as the leading state in Read more
Hong Kong Election: Anti-China activists set to take Legislative Council seats
HONG KONG – A new generation of anti-China activists have won seats on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo), preliminary results indicate. Among them is Nathan Law, Read more
Nigeria Military: Some Officers Are Selling Arms and Ammunition to Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA — Nigeria’s military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption bedeviling the country’s fight against the Read more
Restrictions on Freedom of Expression Threaten Somali Democracy
GENEVA — A new United Nations report warns restrictions on freedom of expression threaten Somalia’s political transition to democracy after decades of conflict and violence. Read more