Anti-piracy measures – African shipping and maritime security and safety experts gathered in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Tuesday to discuss proposed new policies to improve maritime security in Africa, the African Union (AU) said here. The experts are meeting … read more
The four Christian clerics who visited ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua last Monday at the Presidential Villa, were at the Villa again on Tuesday – this time for a meeting with the Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan. The church leaders were the … read more
The Action Congress (AC) has declared that the first challenge before the newly-constituted cabinet of ministers must be to declare the ailing President, Umaru Yar’Adua, incapacitated by invoking Section 144 of the Constitution. The party, in a statement by its … read more
The religious massacres have stopped, but “secret” killings of Christians and Muslims continue on a smaller scale across central Nigeria, claiming more than 30 lives this year, police said Tuesday. The warning came after three people died and several others … read more
INTRIGUES and subterfuge over the state of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s health continued yesterday as the nation was enveloped by stories that he reportedly met with some Christian leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday evening. Reports had it that … read more
FORMER boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Tuesday, said he was ready to return home after over a year in exile, and would be willing to serve under Acting President Goodluck Jonathan if … read more
More revelations have surfaced as to how the four clerics enlisted in Turai’s latest propaganda about her husband’s health were recruited and used. The four men reportedly met ailing president, Umaru Yar’Adua, on Thursday. They are: Ustaz Musa Mohammed, the … read more
The Chief Imam of the National Mosque in Abuja, Ustaz Musa Mohammed has said that President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua could not speak coherently when he led two other Islamic clerics on a visit to the President at the Presidential Villa … read more
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has called on stakeholders in all sectors of the country’s economy to give adequate attention to the issue of transparency, accountability and honesty in their conduct, as a way of enhancing the living conditions of the … read more
The United States announced new security measures on Friday to replace the mandatory screening of air travelers from 14 mostly Muslim countries that had angered some allies when it was imposed after a failed bombing on Christmas Day. The measures … read more