SOUTH Africa has again postponed the target date of its land reform programme. In its post apartheid election manifesto, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) had promised to redistribute 30 percent of agricultural land in its first five years in office. But by 2001, some seven years later, less than two per cent had been distributed.
Nigeria dropped nine places to 130th position out of the 180 countries ranked on the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2009 by Transparency International (TI), a global anti-corruption watchdog.
Prosecutors spent much of today's cross-examination of former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, reading out statements by other West African leaders condemning Mr. Taylor Liberian rebel group for crimes committed against Liberians and members of international humanitarian agencies, including American Catholic nuns and peacekeepers during his country's civil war.
Last week Thursday, the House of Representatives was thrown into what may qualify as a brief drama following a motion by chairman, House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, Alhaji Sani Saleh-Minjibir (Kano, PDP), calling on the House to condemn a report by TELL magazine describing Nigeria as a failed state.
THE PRESIDING Member (PM) of the Effutu Municipal Assembly in the Central Region, Mr. Alex Afenyo-Markin, has urged all the political parties, especially the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to do everything within their domain to protect the nation's infant democracy.
Mrs. Maryam Babangida, wife of former military president General Ibrahim Babangida, said yesterday that she is alive. She said the widespread rumour which claimed she had passed on at a hospital in the United States were "untrue, cruel, malicious and calculated to create mischief."
Charles Taylor did not support plans to attack Sierra Leone while he was in Libya, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today while being cross-examined by the prosecution.
Happy FM, an Accra-based radio station, on a sports programme yesterday, announced that three prominent players of the senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, failed to join their colleagues to Angola to play a FIFA sanctioned international friendly match, scheduled for today.
Charles Taylor's testimony was cut short for the second day in a row, as prosecutors asked for more time to "rearrange strategies" for the cross-examination of the former Liberian president on trial for his alleged role in crimes committed during Sierra Leone's brutal conflict.
Nigeria qualified for the World Cup in a tense Group Two photo finish after beating brave Kenya 3-2 at Moi International Sports Centre on Saturday. The results pushed the Super Eagles to top position in the group with 12 points after long time table leaders Tunisia were beaten 1-0 by Mozambique in Maputo to remain with 11 points.
LONG fuel queues have hit Lagos State and other major cities across the country, as the problem of logistics hinders efforts by the Pipeline Products and Marketing Company, PPMC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to discharge products from its imported cargoes for distribution to marketers.
Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone's most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.
The Court of Appeal in Enugu this morning dismissed Andy Uba's case asking the court to grant him leave to assume office as Governor of Anambra State after the tenure of the incumbent, Governor Peter Obi in February 2010. Details later...
No doubt, there is yet to be a weekend in Nigerian football history in recent times comparable to last weekend. It was one 'blessed' weekend that saw seeminly impossibile situation turned to possibility. It was a weekend that God answered the prayers of teeming Nigerian football passionate fans.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration will host the 1st African Children and Youth Multimedia Conference as part of efforts to improve the participation of children in multimedia activities in Nigeria.
