Usain Bolt and Ayana win IAAF awards
By Mitch Phillips MONACO (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Ethiopian distance runner Almaz Ayana were crowned as the IAAF’s athletes of the year on Read more
Month: December 2016
“Unprecedented” numbers face severe hunger in South Sudan – U.N
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages – the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time Read more
Angola’s Dos Santos not up for re-election in 2017 -party document
By Herculano Coroado LUANDA (Reuters) – Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in power since 1979, will not stand for re-election at Read more
Joy, disbelief greet President Jammeh’s defeat in Gambia vote
By Emma Farge BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambians reacted with joy and stunned disbelief on Saturday to the defeat of President Yahya Jammeh, one day after Read more
Preparing To Be a Wife? Read this
So, there you are — having found the one you are planning a wedding with or hoping you will marry a one you are now Read more
Professor Wole Soyinka did not destroy his green card, I suppose – Raph Enechi
I HAVE DONE AWAY WITH MY US GREEN CARD – PROFESSOR WOKE SOYINKA Professor Wole Soyinka claimed that he has discarded his US green card or Read more
Revealed: Life inside a strange Lagos church, founder own 100 wives
…Where members live in commune Worship founder, with alleged 100 wives By ’TUNDE THOMAS and HENRY OKONKWO Vulcaniser bus-stop is very popular on Akowonjo-Egbeda road Read more
Biafra: Kanu’s detention, a bait to kill more Igbo – Ezeife
Kanu’s detention, a bait to kill more Igbo – Ezeife Those killed deserve death – Tsav By TUNDE THOMAS and VINCENT KALU Former governor of Read more
Nigeria lacks good leaders – Major Al-Mustapha
From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, OWERRI A former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamsa Al Mustapha (rtd) has blamed Read more
Why political crisis persists in Rivers – Celestine Omehia
Ahead of the forthcoming legislative elections in Rivers State, former governor of the State, Sir Celestine Omehia has urged the stakeholders, irrespective of their political Read more
2019: New power bloc takes shape in southwest
Amosun, Fashola, Fayemi, Shittu top list Buhari boys can’t decimate Tinubu – Igbokwe, Lagos APC spokesman No rift with Tinubu – Presidency BY TAIWO AMODU Read more
Fitch Downgrades Nigeria’s Seven Energy to ‘RD’
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) MOSCOW/LONDON, December 02 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has downgraded Nigeria-based Seven Energy International Limited’s Issuer Default Rating Read more
Nigerian court rules security agency should release Shi’ite leader unconditionally
By Camillus Eboh and Felix Onuah ABUJA Dec 2 (Reuters) – The leader of Nigeria’s largest Shi’ite Muslim sect should be released after being held Read more
$63 mln Dirty money from Nigeria seized by Britain should help Boko Haram victims – charity
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Dec 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Money stolen from Nigeria through corruption and seized by authorities in Britain should be spent Read more
Nigeria overnight lending rate eases as naira reach banks
LAGOS Dec 2 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s overnight interbank lending rate fell to 10 percent on Friday from 14 percent a week ago as October budget Read more
Nigeria plans over 7 trln naira budget for 2017 – Osibanjo
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA Dec 2 (Reuters) – Nigeria is planning a budget of more than 7 trillion naira ($22.2 billion) next year, Vice President Read more
OPEC to meet non-OPEC producers on Dec. 10 in Moscow -sources
DUBAI Dec 2 (Reuters) – OPEC will meet non-OPEC countries to finalise a global oil limiting pact on Dec. 10 in the Russian capital Moscow, Read more
African bourses urged to increase products to stem outflows
By Duncan Miriri KIGALI Dec 2 (Reuters) – African exchanges should seek the elimination of capital gains tax on their securities and roll out new Read more
Residents alarmed as Iraqi soldiers spray Shi’ite graffiti in Mosul
* Shi’ite slogans have appeared in Mosul districts taken by army * The slogans risk upsetting Sunni population of Mosul * Officials worry about new Read more
China expresses concern as Yemen’s Houthis form government
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry has expressed concern after Yemen’s armed Houthi movement and its political allies formed a new government, in what appeared Read more
Malaysia tags Myanmar violence against Muslim Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia described the violence against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority as “ethnic cleansing” on Saturday, ahead of a planned solidarity march in Read more
Philippines’ firebrand Duterte gets Trump White House invite during ‘animated’ call
By Martin Petty and David Brunnstrom MANILA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump invited Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte to the White House next year during Read more
Gambians celebrate after voting out ‘billion year’ leader
By Chiekh Sadibou Mane and Thierry Gouegnon BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who once vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for Read more
South Korea opposition introduces bill to impeach scandal-tainted Park
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s three opposition parties introduced a bill on Saturday for parliament to impeach President Park Geun-hye who, tainted by a corruption Read more
Austrian far-right candidate hits back over anti-EU charges
By Francois Murphy and Shadia Nasralla VIENNA (Reuters) – Norbert Hofer, vying to become the first freely elected far-right head of state in Europe since Read more
Renzi makes final appeal to Italians ahead of referendum
By Gavin Jones and Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – With his career on the line, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made a final appeal to Italians Read more
Trump speaks to Taiwan’s leader in move likely to anger China
By David Brunnstrom and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone on Friday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, a Read more
Egyptian man grows ‘Beard of Bees’, hopes to promote apian benefits
By Amr Abdallah Dalsh SHIBIN EL KOM, Egypt (Reuters) – Mohamed Hagras stands barechested as dozens of honeybees congregate around his face, eventually forming what Read more
New York thief grabs pot of gold off armored truck: police
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York police are searching for a green-clad man who swiped an 86-pound (39 kg) pail of gold flakes off an Read more
Footballer Drogba’s charity cleared of fraud but may have misled donors – UK watchdog
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A charity set up by Ivorian football star Didier Drogba to help children in West Africa has Read more