As part of efforts by the Nigerian Government to strengthen its onslaught against domestic and global terrorism and help in restoring peace in troubled parts of Africa, the Nigeria Police Force has concluded plans to deploy a Formed Police Unit of One Hundred and Forty (140) Officers and men to Mali, in support of the ECOWAS and the African Union-led Peace Initiatives in Mali. The Unit, comprised of special ...

By Livinus Saint Kaior- Abuja. The president of the senate, Dr David Mark  has said that the Bill for an Act to provide for the Establishment of the New Partnership for Africa Development  (NAPAD) Commission when passed into law will certainly facilitate and strenghten the great effort of NAPAD on it’s mandate towards ensuring the sustainable development of Africa as well as contribute to the credence of Ni ...

By Livinus Saint Kaior-Abuja A group of lawyers based in  Nigeria's capital city, Abuja led by Mr. Alexander Oketa Esq ,Head of Chambers of Alex Oketa Chambers has passionately appealed to the Chairman of ECOWAS Mr. Alassane Quattara who is also the President of Cote d’ivoire, to urgently relieve Professor Mohammed Ben Umar Ndiaye of his position as the Director General of the West African monetary Agency ( ...

By Omoba Kenneth Aigbegbele It was a mammoth crowd of stakeholders that cut across traditional rulers, religious leaders and faith based leaders, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations, development partners from all walks of life including opinion leaders who gathered together to show their support to this issue – teenage pregnancies – affecting the very fabric of African society ...

By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden (Reuters) - Two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries were known to security services, a source close to the investigation said Thursday. One man, filmed calmly justifying the killing as he stood by the body holding a knife and meat cleaver in bloodied hands, was named by acquai ...

The First Lady and President of African First Ladies Peace Mission, (AFLPM), Dame (Dr.) Patience Jonathan, has canvassed for the reduction of teenage pregnancies across Africa in the just concluded National Strategy for the reduction of teenage pregnancies in Sierra Leone entitled, ‘LET GIRLS BE GIRLS, NOT MOTHERS,’ which took place on May 13 – 15, 2013. Mrs. Patience Jonathan gave a keynote address on the ...

Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General A .C Olukolade has debunked reports that Nigerian soldiers are being withdrawn from Mali to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency . “As the operation to rid our country of terrorist activities continues, the Defence Headquarters wishes to reassure Nigerians that the Nigerian military is quite capable and ready to discharge this duty professionally and creditably w ...

President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has renewed his appeal to the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) to come together and chart a way out of the growing insurgents ravaging the region. Senator Mark noted that the unabating cases of insurgencies have reached an alarming stage beyond the capability of a single state to confront. Addressing parliamentarians from the ECOWAS nations after ...

By Adagbo Onoja There is every justification for the African or the black man to be extra-ordinarily sensitive to politics and power in South Africa. South Africa is the best example of Amilcar Cabral’s argument that independence for an Africa nation must be a national liberation movement in power. The logic is that a national liberation movement in power is supposed to be root and branch critique of the so ...

President Goodluck Jonathan said Tuesday in Cape Town that having successfully liberated the continent from colonialism, racism and apartheid, African leaders must now give the fullest possible attention to the economic emancipation of their countries. Addressing the South African Parliament during his state visit, President Jonathan called on his colleagues across the continent to now make building strong ...