[the_ad id=”1966″] African migrants on the Mediterranean Sea By Owei Lakemfa American, Richard Russell, 29, was what you could call a normal guy. Married with a son, he was a Horizon Air ground control staff, directing aircraft and handling baggage. He might have watched the pilots with their pips and swag and concluded there was […]
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By Carole Landry Kofi Annan, who died Saturday at the age of 80, led the United Nations through the divisive years of the Iraq war and the trauma of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The first secretary-general from sub-Saharan Africa, Ghanaian-born Annan was credited for raising the UN’s profile during his two-term tenure, from January […]
Continue ReadingAfrican migrants on the Mediterranean Sea By Owei Lakemfa American, Richard Russell, 29, was what you could call a normal guy. Married with a son, he was a Horizon Air ground control staff, directing aircraft and handling baggage. He might have watched the pilots with their pips and swag and concluded there was no big […]
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There was an outpouring of condolences from leaders around the world on Saturday following the death of former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan. Here are some of the tributes: – United Nations – Current UN chief Antonio Guterres voiced deep sadness at the news, describing his predecessor as “a […]
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A protest occurred Saturday afternoon at the site of a collapsed building in Abuja as government agencies including the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA ended its rescue mission. One person was confirmed dead after the building under construction collapsed on Friday, the NEMA said, but residents said at least 10 persons remained under the rubble. […]
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One person was confirmed dead after a building under construction collapsed in Abuja on Friday, the National Emergency Management Agency said, but residents say at least 10 persons remained under the rubble. At a press conference Saturday, Mustapha Maihaja, the director general of NEMA said besides the single fatality, one other person was critically injured […]
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Four farmers were killed by Boko Haram jihadists outside a key northeast Nigerian city, a militia leader and survivor told AFP on Saturday. On Friday, around a dozen Boko Haram Islamists riding on motorcycles stormed crop fields near Ali Goshe village, six kilometres (3.7 miles) outside the city of Maiduguri, and slit the throats of […]
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Main entrance to the site of the proposed MKO Abiola Airport, Osun State By Kemi Busari “This is the airport. This is where you are going,” the motorcyclist, Folahan Joseph, said as we approached a bushy enclosure. The dark patch of damp on the fence speaks audibly of neglect. The expanse of land spanning about […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the passing of former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the early hours of Saturday. A statement released on the verified Twitter handle Presidency Nigeria @NGRPresident, noted that President Buhari called Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo from London, telling him that all […]
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[the_ad id=”1966″] Some buyers of ram in the Federal Capital Territory are groaning about the “high prices’’ of the sacrificial animal in major markets as the Eid-el-Kabir celebration draws nearer, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The Eid-el-Kabir is an annual Islamic festival of ram sacrifice practiced by Muslims globally. A NAN correspondent who visited […]
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