ANAMBRA CENTRAL RERUN: I’m confident —Umeh

ANAMBRA CENTRAL RERUN: I’m confident —Umeh

THE candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the scheduled rerun Anambra Central senatorial zone, Chief Victor Umeh said yesterday that the exercise would not be easy, even as he expressed confidence that he has worked very hard to win the election.
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European authors always give negative image of Africa – Colette Braeckman

European authors always give negative image of Africa – Colette Braeckman

I was so overwhelmed by the violence in Kivu and I was thinking, what can I do as a writer and journalist to help these people live through their trauma. So, I decided to let the world know about their sufferings and come to their aid. I took one person, a Congolese gynaecologist, Dr Denis Mukwege in Panzi Hospital in the outskirts of Bukavu, eastern DR Congowho has been a hero in the sense that he has helped the people especially women and children recover from rape and violence meted on them during the war. We got the women to stage the scenes through the life and testimonies of Dr Mukwege. The book was published three years ago and finally we made the film. Thierry Mitchel made the film and I am co-author of the film, ‘The Man Who Mends Women’.

Akwa Ibom poll: Umana, APC failed to prove alleged rigging — Supreme Court

Akwa Ibom poll: Umana, APC failed to prove alleged rigging — Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, Monday, gave reasons why it upheld the April 11, 2015, governorship election that brought Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state to power.

Adducing reasons for the unanimous judgment it delivered on February 3, a seven-man panel of Justices of the apex court, maintained that neither the All Progressives Congress, APC, nor its gubernatorial candidate in the state, Umana Okon Umana, was able to prove that the election was rigged.

Nigeria’s Economy: Awakening The Snoring Giant

Nigeria’s Economy: Awakening The Snoring Giant

On January 28th, 2016 Channels Television aired a community programme where a man in Benin, Edo State with little education and has never left the shores of Nigeria was able to build an operational unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as drone. This is just one in the tones of unsung stories of innovations and creativity Nigerians have been producing for decades. While these talents go to waste, we spend billions of dollars yearly procuring the same innovations produced by foreign firms.

Netherlands to support Nigeria on Ogoni clean-up

Netherlands to support Nigeria on Ogoni clean-up

The Government of Netherlands on Monday expressed its readiness to support Nigeria in the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)-Report for the clean-up of Ogoniland in Rivers State.

Buhari promises to secure Niger Delta, rebuild North-East

Buhari promises to secure Niger Delta, rebuild North-East

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, in Abuja, said that the Federal Government has begun mobilizing the military and task forces to stop the sabotage of oil facilities and kidnapping of citizens for ransom in the coastal areas of the country.