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Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri

Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]

Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa

Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka By Jocelyne Sambira Africa’s continued growth has sparked the interest of investors from industrialized nations, resulting in fierce competition for its resources and markets. The aggressive economic expansion efforts by China and India, among others, come to mind. Japan, however, has [...]

Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians

Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians By Nwaorgu Faustinus The former parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Parish Umuodagu Ntu in Ngor/Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev. Father Bethrand has called on Christians to be united as a body. Rev. Bethrand made the call at a send-off and reception church [...]

Malian children face education crisis

Malian children face education crisis Conflict disrupts schools By Kingsley Ighobor While the world remains focused on ending Mali’s conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education, warns the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. The fund and other [...]

Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech

Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech By Pavithra Rao In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock farmers in rural areas of Africa. Widely known for being used to track wild animals, GPS, or “Global Positioning System” tracking devices are being adapted by [...]

Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge

Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge To the President and Nigeria’s people AssalamualikumWe the MuslimsAgainstTerror.com here by offer our prayers and support for the mission to bring an end to Abubakar Shekau’s Boko Haram. We are pleased to hear of the declared states of emergency. Even though [...]

MTN Football Scholar trials berth in Enugu, Port Harcourt – Guardian

HUNDREDS of young men at the weekend thronged the Rangers training pitch in Enugu and Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt to participate in the trials for this year’s MTN Football Scholar. The trials, which started the series of auditioning for Season Three Academy, saw the enthusiastic youths demonstrating soccer artistry in groups under the watch [...]

Group Condemns Plot against Amaechi

 Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi Rivers Integrity Group has condemned the alleged plot to eliminate Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and some of his political associates. The group, in a statement by its Coordinator, Phillip Ezenna, noted that from events unfolding in the lingering crisis in Rivers State’ Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) it was [...]

Jonathan fighting Amaechi over 2015 election– Tam David-West

Tam David-West | credits: Prof. Tam David-West, a former Petroleum Minister and later Minister for Mines, Power and Steel, speaks on the state of the nation with ALLWELL OKPI Having been in government twice as minster, what do you think about the state of the nation today? If these bombs going off everyday kills any [...]

Recasting the Jonathan-Amaechi Rift

Polscope with Eddy Odivwri eddy.odivwri@thisdaylive.com, 08053069356 Although the hitherto managed quarrel between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has become such a motor-park gossip talk, the two protagonists still pretend that all is well between them. None of them or their spokespersons, has publicly admitted that there is fisty feud. Yet, [...]

Update: Amaechi/ Jonathan face-off: Court orders police to vacate Rivers council

Governor Rotimi Amaechi A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday ordered the police  to withdraw its personnel from the Obio/Akpor Local Government Secretariat and maintain minimal security at the  premises. The police had on May 3, sealed the secretariat, located at Rumuodomaya, preventing members of the caretaker committee, staff and the public from gaining access into [...]

Police to Interrogate Rivers Speaker over Alleged Threat to Amaechi’s Life

By Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt                                    The Rivers State Police Command has said it would interrogate the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Otelemaba Amachree and the Chief of Staff to Governor Chibuike Amaechi, Chief Tony Okocha, over allegations of plots to assassinate Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and other top government functionaries. The State [...]