Robert Mugabe looked Sunday to a seventh term as Zimbabwe’s president after winning elections denounced by the opposition as “stolen” and criticised by Western powers.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has suspended Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo from the party “for engaging in anti-party activities.’’

South Korea on Sunday warned the North it was “reaching the limit” of its patience over stalled talks to revive a joint industrial complex once seen as a rare symbol of cooperation between the rivals.

Two months after mindboggling seizures of 56,750 rounds of live ammunition, Oyo/Osun Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 181 prohibited goods, even as the Command revealed a new trend of smuggling contraband items into the country with a vehicle designed to convey frozen products for cold-room operations.

Fifteen children aged between 12 and 16 years were yesterday crushed to death in Barkin-Ladi, Plateau State, by a commercial vehicle conveying maize to a nearby market. Nine others were injured and have been hospitalized.

President of the Kano State Chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Tobias Michael Idika, has alleged that high government officials and security agencies are benefitting from the terrorist acts by members of the Boko Haram in parts of the north and would therefore want the crisis to continue.

BY PETER DURU MAKURDI – Former Chief Security Officer, CSO,  to late Gen Sanni Abacha, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha, Saturaday afternoon paid a thank you visit to retired Controller of Prison, in charge of Kirikiri prison, Mr. Iorbee Ihiagh in Makurdi Sunday Vanguard gathered that Mr. Ihiagh was in charge of the Kirikiri prison when Al-mustapha […]

The Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, Surdiman Haseng, speaks, in this interview, how his nation is collaborating with his host-country in a mutually benefitting manner. Excerpts:

It was a slap on the face of decorum. The official broke loose from the crowd and grabbed the cameraman recording the scene. The official, identified as Benin-City Airport Manager, took the camera and smashed it. Many in the crowd were aghast. The crowd had gathered following a row between officials of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and those of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue over alleged tax default and scene was the Benin-City Airport last Tuesday.

After intrigues, controversies,accusations and counter accusations, the Independent National electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday, announced the registration of the All Progressive Congress, APC, as one of the political parties in the country.

South Africa coach Gordan Igesund has described the forthcoming clash between the Bafana Bafana and the Super Eagles at the Nelson Mandela Challenge on August 14 as a tough match and he says he is ready for the challenge of facing the African champions.

A few days after five northern governors, Murtala Nyako, Aliyu Babangida, Sule Lamido, Magartakarda Wamakko and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, visited three former heads of states – Generals Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalam Abubakar – and the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, over what they termed ‘consultation with stakeholders’, the Presidency took offence. The reason is that the seat of power sees the action of the governors as a stab on the back.

Elder statesman and Ijaw Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark and political leaders of Delta State and the Urhobo ethnic nationality including Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, yesterday endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 polls.

Therefore, we interpret the idea of love contained in Russell’s definition as containing the elements highlighted by Fromm. However, making allowances for the turbulent and deep emotional attachment characteristic of romantic love, the kind of love intended by Russell involves tolerance, kindness, and feeling of solidarity for fellow human beings. Now, thinkers have hotly debated the problem of knowledge since the earliest beginnings of philosophy.

On Sunday June 30, 2013, Governor Danbaba Suntai marked his 52nd birthday in far away New York, USA where he is recuperating from the injuries he sustained from a plane crash in October 2012. On the occasion, his deputy, Garba Umar who is currently acting as Governor of the State sent him a goodwill message on behalf of himself and the people of Taraba State.