NEWS

 South Africa ruling party celebrates 100years

Bloemfontein — The ruling party's 100-year celebrations started with a golf day and a walk-about by President Jacob Zuma on Friday, but controversial youth league leader Julius Malema was likely to walk away as newsmaker of the day.

NEWS

 Campaign against slave trade secures release of 32 refugees

 

Rome / Arish, December 25th, 2011. Hundreds of sub-Saharan refugees have been released by the smugglers and allowed to reach Israel following the campaign against the smuggling of migrants and human organs in the Sinai, led by Everyone group, New Generation Foundation for Human Rights, ICER, Coalition for Organ-Failure Solutions, Eritrean Concern and other NGOs, and following the CNN documentary "Death in the Desert", which was broadcast for the first time on November 5th, 2011. 

COMMENTARY

 Jonathan: How not to practice zoology

By Odimegwu Onwumere

Nigerian president

The announcement of the withdrawal of the fuel subsidy is causing a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement. Nigerians have been caused to lose sleep and peace since the January 1st avoidable proclamation was made. No matter all the hallucination of benefits the proponents of this inane policy are watering down the throat of Nigerians, the fuel subsidy removal is a debauching New Year Gift from President Goodluck Jonathan-led government to Nigerians.

COMMENTARY

Nigeria embassy Thailand vs Nigerians in Thailand
By John Mike
 
 

Olugbenga Ashiru FA Min

The unresolved crisis and the silence of home government… When diplomatic wickedness is growing unchecked in any land, the masses suffer untold harms! This is exactly what Nigerians living in Thailand are suffering in the hands of our so-called ambassador Suleiman and counselor Abayomi since August 23, 2011 when Nigerians in Thailand protested against an unacceptable and unbearing misrepresentation by the Embassy. And the silence of our home government on this issue has continue to worsen the issue as it encourages the embassy to continue to hold Nigerians like Mr Uche Ijere in Thai jail.

PHOTO TALK

Nigerians in the United Kingdom@ the Nigerian embassy in London protesting against Goodluck Jonathan's harsh economic policies @ home, especially the recent removal of oil subsidy.

LETTER

An open letter to Nigerians abroad

By Adewale T. Akande

My dear countrymen and women, I am using this urgent and important open letter to congratulate all Nigerians from all ethnic and religious individuals, groups, associations, and communities living outside the shore of Nigeria for a Happy New Year, 2012. I pray that this New Year will bring peace, love unity, freedom, safety and sustainable development to the citizens of our fatherland that are no doubt in a critical and undeserved situation that calls for immediate action.

NEWS

‘I get daily racist abuse as African taxi driver’

Bartholomew

Bartholomew Omoifo (36), a qualified accountant, reveals he receives daily racist abuse and is scared to work as a taxi-driver

NEWS

kenyan women set for politics
Protus Onyango

Nairobi — The August 2012 elections in Kenya will open doors to massive political participation by women for the first time ever.

EXCLUSIVE NEWS

2012: Year of mysterious occurrences
By Theresa Onwughalu


The General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) worldwide, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, has described year 2012, as a “cryptic year”. He predicted that it is a year of positive and negative mysterious occurrences and assured the faithful that there is ‘no shaking’ for them.

COMMENTARY

Nigeria, which way to go?

By Kingsley Omose

In a post made sometime in October 2011, I had warned that the
decision of the 36 State Governors to refuse NNPC and PPPRA to make deductions for fuel subsidy from the Federation Account for September 2011 fuel imports was going to result in a stalemate at the start of January 2012. The Governors followed it up by refusing deductions for October, November and December 201

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Actress becomes Amnesty International ambassador
By Gbenga Adeniji & Maureen Azuh

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has been appointed an ambassador by the Amnesty international. The human rights group is reputed as the world's most popular.

PHOTO TALK

While Nigerians sorrow, their ministers are laughing at them during the Federal Executive Meeting...do they get It - at all?!

FEATURE

Abuja Xmas bombing: Untold story 

 
“I still wish that the events at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church on Christmas day, are all bad dreams, from which we’ll all wake up,” Alhaji Musa Sa’idu, the Hakimin Madalla said. But after he closes his eyes for about a second, he opens them to the reality of the moment, his eyes misted over. “This Boko Haram has done nothing but bring Islam a bad name. 

COMMENTARY

 Enough of shedding Igbo blood

Please find below lists of Madalla bomb blast victims of 25^th December 2011 at Niger State. Madalla bomb blast victims at the national hospital

PHOTO TALK

Nigerians protest against removal of oil subsidy

NEWS & REPORTING

Fuel subsidy removal: Nigerians protest 

Thousands of people attended rallies in Abuja, Lagos and Kano yesterday to protest removal of fuel subsidy which heaved up petrol prices to as much as N160 per litre in parts of the country. The Federal Government on Sunday announced scrapping subsidy on petrol, with regulator agency PPPRA fixing the price per litre at about N144, up from N65.

EDUCATION NEWS

Nigeria: Obtaining student visa with tears 

NUC head, Julius Okojie

In this report, SEGUN OLUGBILE who visited some foreign embassies in Abuja highlights the challenges being faced by young Nigerians in search of student visa to further their university education abroad 

NEWS & REPORTING

Singer enters Senegal's presidential race

 By Tamba Matthew

Dakar — World-renowned singer Youssou N'Dour stirred up the battle for Senegal's presidency today by announcing he plans to take on veteran incumbent Abdoulaye Wade in February elections.

YOUR HEALTH

Gentlemen, there's a sperm killer on your lap 

By Shola Ogundipe 

 

YOUR laptop may be enhancing your hi-tech prowess and internet compliance, but do you know it could, at the same time, be shrinking your chances of biologically fathering your children? 

A THOUGHTFUL MESSAGE

 A German view of Islam

 

We owe ourselves & our children to do our bit to keep the world sane...A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism. 'Very few people were true Nazis,' he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. 

SAVE OUR SOUL

 Human trafficking: a desperate appeal from Sinia

Rome, January 2nd, 2011. The New Year starts with a desperate plea that Everyone Group is passing on to the United Nations, the institutions of the European Union, the Egyptian authorities and the Palestinian territories (where the leaders of the trafficking in human beings and organs reside).

NEWS

 Nigeria: Boko Haram militants tells christians to leave the north

Islamic militants in Nigeria gave Christians three days to leave the north following President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in four northern states. 

NEWS REATURE

 MFM: A church refused to be destroyed

By Taye Obateru

Thrice, attempts were made, thrice the bombs did not detonate... When an explosion was heard on Christmas Day in Jos, the Plateau State capital, and news thereafter that a bomb had exploded at a church, many people wailed and lamented over what they expected to be: loss of lives and injuries to many as is usually the case. Some concerned citizens, in fact, rushed to the scene to lend a hand in rescue operations, but this turned out to be unnecessary.

EDUCATION & CAREER

Why Nigerians prefer Ghanaian educational system 

DOZENS of Nigerians daily migrate to Ghana. Statistics revealed that, as of 2008, out of 22 million of Ghana's population, Nigerians, mostly, students, made up one million.Over the years, the population of universities, polytechnics and vocational training centres in Ghana has increased, against what it used to be many years ago.