The United States of America, USA has reiterated its support for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and its effort to deliver free, fair, and credible elections, a statement from the information office of the US Embassy in Abuja has said. The US has also said it will continue to support INEC in its essential…
Gunmen Abduct Allison–Madueke’s Brother
Police say unidentified gunmen, on Thursday, kidnapped Joseph Agama, the younger brother to Diezani Allison-Madueke, Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources. Asinim Butswat, Police Spokesman for Bayelsa Command, confirmed the development explaining that the Command got a report shortly after the incident happened. Butswat said the police received a distress call from Maxwell Agama, the victim’s…
Yahoo To Close China Office
Internet giant, Yahoo, is closing down its China office as part of a worldwide consolidation aimed at cutting costs. The Beijing research center is Yahoo’s only remaining physical presence in the country after it sold its Chinese operations to Alibaba in 2005. A spokesperson for Yahoo told newsmen that “around 350 jobs” would be eliminated.…
China, Japan Hold First Security Talks After Four Years
China and Japan are holding their first high-level security dialogue in four years, following recent tensions over territorial and historical issues. The meeting in Tokyo among officials comes ahead of trilateral talks with South Korea on Saturday. The last round of talks was in 2011, before ties deteriorated over an island in the East China…
Thai Ex-PM To Stand Trial For Negligence
Former Thailand Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has been ordered by a Thailand Supreme Court to stand trial for negligence over a controversial rice subsidy scheme. If convicted, the ex-PM faces a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. It is the latest blow to the dominance of the Shinawatra family in Thai politics, after Yingluck was…
Ex-Ekiti Government Officials Accuse Fayose of Witch-hunting
Former members of the Ekiti State executive council have alleged a plot by the Ayo Fayose-led government to clampdown on them and keep them out of circulation. They also claimed that the governor is planning to confiscate their monetized official cars purchased under the immediate past governor Kayode Fayemi. Fayemi’s government had purchased a car…
Pipeline Security: Ilaje Youths Protest Non Inclusion
Ilaje youths in their hundreds, on Wednesday, protested their non inclusion in the pipeline security and protection contract released to the oil producing states of the Niger Delta by the Federal Government. The peaceful protest, which held at ‘Agbala Afin’ in the Kofawe area of Igbokoda, had youths from Ugbo, Aheri, Mahin and Etikan in…
Sierra Leone Vice President Sacked
Sierra Leone’s Vice-President, Samuel Sam-Sumana, has been sacked for seeking political asylum in a foreign embassy, the president’s office said on Wednesday. President Ernest Bai Koroma said the Vice President was sacked because he had “abandoned” his duties. On Saturday, March 14, Sam-Sumana said he had asked for asylum in the US because his life…
Gunmen Kill 7 Tourists In Tunisian Museum
Seven foreigners and a Tunisian were killed after gunmen targeted a museum in the Tunisian capital, officials say. The tourists killed were, Italian, French and Spanish nationals. The shooting happened at the Bardo Museum, which is next to the parliament building in central Tunis on Wednesday Morning. At the time of the attack deputies were…
Jonathan Swears in Eight New Ministers, Assigns Portfolios
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, administered oaths of office on Musiliu Obanikoro and seven others who were recently confirmed as ministers by the Senate. At the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting held in Abuja, the President assigned portfolios to Kenneth Kobani as minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment; Patricia Akwashiki as minister of Information;…
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