Three more die of injuries after Paris attacks
Three of the dozens of people critically injured in the Paris attacks have died, with 42 still in intensive care, the city’s hospital administration said Sunday. It gave no overall death toll but the Paris prosecutor had said Saturday that 129 people had died in France’s worst ever attacks. Also it is now known that […]
IPOB fires back at Mbaka, says Biafra more than money
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reacted to a recent comment credited to Enugu-based fire-brand catholic priest, Rev Father Ejike Mbaka, where he called on the pro-Biafran youths protesting for the immediate release of Radio Biafra Director and Leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to go back to their businesses as the protests could lead to their death.
APC boycott won’t stop Ekiti LG polls, Fayose declares
By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado-Ekiti-The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose on Sunday declared that the threat by members of the opposition parties to boycott the proposed local government elections won’t stop the state from going ahead with the election. According to him, for the country to have virile and functional local government system, the […]
MASSOB blasts Fr. Mbaka over Pro-Biafra agitation
A faction of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra,MASSOB,weekend,lashed out on Enugu Catholic Priest,Rev.Fr. Ejike Mbaka describing his comment on the struggle for Biafra as insensitive and unguided.
Survivor of Paris concert massacre recounts moment of doom
It was to be an evening of fun, watching an American rock group with some friends.
Obama, Putin break ice in six-second encounter
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama shook hands and chatted in a six-second encounter Sunday at a summit in Turkey, breaking the ice for the first time since Moscow launched its air campaign in Syria.
Ambode, Lagos and The Economist
Some mischief must be at work when a person sees a cup half full and declares with glee that it is nearly empty! Some ignominy must be in the offing when a man enjoys today’s clement weather but declares that yesterday’s showers still constitute a blight on the bright day. Some hatchet work must be in place when a foreign magazine writes a timid analysis that acknowledges only a quarter of the good work on the ground in Lagos state, Nigeria’s economic powerhouse.
Restrictions: India tops list for Facebook censoring again
India had made 5,832 requests for content removal between June and December 2014.
Uphill task for Buhari’s economic team
Nigeria finally has a government after a wait of more than five months but the new ministers have their work cut out to reverse a damaging slump in Africa’s leading economy.
US, Saudi leaders to meet after Paris attacks
US President Barack Obama will hold talks with Saudi Arabia’s KingSalman on Sunday, a US official said, as world leaders seek a united response to the Paris assaults claimed by Islamic State jihadists.
Islamist attacks from 9/11 to Paris bloodbath
Friday’s attacks in Paris are the latest violence claimed by radical Islamist groups since the destruction of the twin towers in New York in 2001.
