Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By Wesonga Ochieng CHIEF Justice Willy Mutunga has warned that Chapter Six of the new constitution will be strictly enforced in the next general elections. “That chapter (Six on leadership and integrity) talks about leadership across our society. The values are clear. Those husbands who are beating their wives must know that you cannot […]
By Owen Gagare/Wongai Zhangazha Harare — SECUROCRATS are increasingly tightening their grip on Zanu PF amid further indications several members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), police and retired army officers are battling to become candidates in the next general elections President Robert Mugabe wants this year. The securocrats are challenging Zanu PF heavyweights whom […]
Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko yesterday condemned the bombing of the Abuja Corporate office of Leaders and Company, Publishers of ThisDay newspaper, submitting that it’s high time perpetrators of the dastard act have a change of heart and allow Nigerians enjoy their freedom. Two persons were confirmed killed and six injured in the explosion […]
By Chika Otuchikere, Abiodun Oluwarotimi, Isaiah Benjamin, Nanna Selkur, Bode Gbadebo, Omotola Oloruntobi, Kehinde Ajobiewe, Ruth Tene, Pembi Stephen-David, Midat Joseph, Usman Ahmed, Geoge Agba, Patience Obhafuoso, and Zoe Attat, 27 April 2012 For the first time since it began a series of deadly bomb attacks, the Boko Haram sect yesterday turned its attention […]
By Natalia Prokopchuk Jijiga — Chinese actress Yao Chen has concluded her first visit to Africa as UNHCR’s honorary patron for China by hailing the courage of Somali refugees and the generosity of their hosts in Ethiopia. Yao Chen travelled to Ethiopia last week to meet with Somali refugees in the Dollo Ado and Jijiga […]
Agordat — Women students in Agordat boarding school expressed conviction that their academic performance has been improved because of the conducive ground ensured through the school administration. The students from the sub-zones of Agordat, Mensura, Hagaz, Forto-Sawa, Laelai-Gash, Dige and Shambuko expressed conviction that the new lifestyle in the boarding school had earlier been difficult. […]
One of Liberia’s two winners of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has of late been at the core of the Liberian news media. Major radio news and newspaper headlines highlighted Madam Laymah Gbowee latest advocacy against “sexual exploitation and abuse of girls” in Liberia. In her revelation, Madam Gbowee accused teachers working in schools operating […]
Abuja — Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Zainab Maina, has expressed concern over the prevalence rate of sexual violence against women, noting that such violation was the second most prevalent violations against women in Nigeria. The minister, who expressed the concern at a press conference in Abuja, yesterday, explained that the conclusion was based on […]
Presidential aide, Nii Lantey Vanderpuiye has dared functionaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to follow up with threats of registering in the Odododiodoo constituency if they are ready to stand the wrath of the constituents in the ongoing biometric registration exercise. This follows the ultimatum given him by the General Secretary of the NPP, […]
By Yara Bayoumy NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Sudan said on Monday Sudanese forces were still bombing regions in the oil-producing area straddling their border, but insisted it would not be dragged into war. South Sudan’s Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin accused Khartoum of wanting to deter investment in the crucial oil sector of […]