Six Countries Turn Down Petroleum Minister Alison-Madueke’s Asylum Request, BCA Report Says
April 14, 2015 The report, dated March 2015, focused extensively on Nigeria’s general elections. It said the notorious Minister, whose impunity is known to have been closely-protected by President Goodluck Jonathan, will be coming under the microscope for the first time in her Ministerial career. No fewer than six countries have already refused to grant
12 Great Cities To Retire To In Africa
April 14, 2015 Picking a foreign destination for retirement involves a bunch of trade-offs that are very personal. Other than the biggie — health care and costs — you also want to consider ease of everyday living, travel restrictions, scenery, food, culture, amenities, the weather and the law. Then there’s also this one: will you like your new environment full
Winners Are – Nigerians
April 13, 2015 THE mounting excitement about the results of the 2015 elections hardly leave room to consider any encumbrances to the change that has been promised since the herald of that buzz that at the beginning seemed like one of those slogans that manage to exist till the end of the campaign. Change is
Chimamanda Adichie: On The Oba Of Lagos
April 11, 2015 By Chimamanda Adichie A few days ago, the Oba of Lagos threatened Igbo leaders. If they did not vote for his governorship candidate in Lagos, he said, they would be thrown into the lagoon. His entire speech was a flagrant performance of disregard. His words said, in effect: I think so little of
Walter Scott shooting: The worst part of black history isn’t slavery, but the time we thought the law actually protected us
April 9, 2015 What is has always been. In America, black people have always been targeted, stalked, terrorised, tortured, murdered. Sometimes what I need people to understand is that this is normal. What is not normal is how you’re finding out about it. Reading these words on your computer screen about such a thing is
Obama Commends Jonathan, Buhari, Jega On Successful Presidential Election
APRIL 8, 2015 United States President Barrack Obama has commended President Goodluck Jonathan and President elect Muhammed Buhari for their public commitments to non-violence throughout their political campaigns and election. In a statement on Wednesday, Obama congratulated General Buhari on his election and President Jonathan for conceding defeat. Full text of the statement follows: The
Shot and Killed While Running Away
April 8, 2015 South Carolina prosecutors charged a police officer with murder on Tuesday, after video surfaced showing him shooting a fleeing, apparently unarmed man in the back multiple times, after a traffic stop. The arrest of the North Charleston officer, Michael Slager, comes after a series of high-profile deaths of black Americans at the
Don’t Expect Miracles When I Assume Office, Gen. Buhari To Nigerians
April 6, 2015 The new President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in an interview on Sunday called on Nigerians not to expect miracles from him when he assumes power on May 29th. General Buhari, who spoke with the BBC, said the war against insurgency is an ongoing, noting that “for five, six years, the Nigerian enforcement law agencies,
Kenya Garissa University attack: Al-Shabaab gunman Abdirahim Abdullahi identified as son of Kenyan government official
April 6, 2015 Kenya’s government has identified one of the al-Shabaab gunmen they believe is responsible for killing nearly 150 people in a brutal attack at a university on Thursday as the son of a Kenyan government official. Kenya’s interior ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka said the gunman, named as Abdirahim Abdullahi, had been known to
Kenya Garissa university attack: Massacre survivor Cynthia Cheroitich found in cupboard
April 4, 2015 A survivor of the Garissa University College massacre was found today, two days after the attack by Somali militants al-Shabaab that killed almost 150 students. Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, said from her hospital bed that she hid in a large cupboard and covered herself with clothes and refused to emerge even when some