Hausa community clashes with host community in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Few casualties are recorded, but there is serious tension. Some of the interviewees in the area expressed their fear of a duplication of the Southern Kaduna crises in Uyo.... Continue Reading →
US prosecutors have charged relatives of former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with conspiracy to bribe a government official. Mr Ban's younger brother and his nephew stand accused of offering money to a Middle Eastern official, through an American middleman,... Continue Reading →
Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday announced his first batch of 13 nominees for ministerial positions for consideration by parliament. The president, who was sworn in at a ceremony last Saturday, made the announcement at a news conference... Continue Reading →
So far, 2017 has been a year that most Christian clerics have given series of earthshaking prophecies. Recently, Peter Ocloo, a Ghanaian based cleric has cautioned Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, not to attend the up-coming United Nations Middle East Peace... Continue Reading →
Three days of mourning have been declared in the UAE as several die in blasts at the governor of Kandahar's guesthouse on Tuesday. The UAE ambassador was seriously injured. The UAE said the victims had been carrying out "humanitarian, educational and... Continue Reading →
Rulers are always strong and not swept of by emotions. For the President of the United States of America, it is rare for tears to drop publicly. But this was not the case last night when Obama gave a formal exit remarks... Continue Reading →
The Strasbourg court, Switzerland, has thrown out an appeal that had been brought by a Muslim couple who said they should be allowed to let their daughters sit out swimming lessons with boys. The European court of Human Rights, in... Continue Reading →
Barack Obama closes the book on his presidency on Tuesday, with a farewell speech in Chicago that will try to lift supporters felled by Donald Trump's shock victory. The First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife... Continue Reading →
Roman Herzog, who as president pressed Germany to embrace economic reform in the 1990s and also stressed the importance of remembering the Nazi Holocaust, has died. He was 82, Independent news reports. Current President Joachim Gauck paid tribute Tuesday to... Continue Reading →
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