South Africa coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba has told his Nigerian counterpart, Stephen Keshi to prepare for war when the Bafana-Bafana confront the Super Eagles in Cape Town on Wednesday. Mashaba, who admitted that the Super Eagles have had upper hands in encounter involving the two teams in the past warned that Wednesday’s second round of […]
Niyi Adeyi President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday in Ndjamena hold talks with the Chadian’s President, Idriss Deby to establish a strong alliance against terrorism and violent extremism. In a press statement issued Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, Jonathan ongoing talks with President Deby who is also […]
By Eric Ojo African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms will be inaugurated at the on-going Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday this week. The Declaration, which is a Pan-African initiative to promote human rights standards and principles of openness in internet policy formulation and implementation on the continent, will also be […]
…For insisting they will not play Sierra Leone in Abidjan over Ebola scare Ivory Coast will be disqualified from the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations if they forfeit their qualifier against Sierra Leone because of fears over Ebola. The Ivorian government will not allow the match, which is scheduled for 6 September in Abidjan, to […]
…Order Students to Stay Away from Campus for 21 Days With Ebola in mind, US campuses are screening students arriving from Nigeria and other West African countries. Extra health checks are part of protocols campuses throughout the United States have in place as they prepare for as many as 10,000 students from Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia […]
The Botswana ICT 2012 Statistics’ report, released late last year, indicated a significant growth in both mobile and internet subscriptions in Botswana. An increase in the consumer’s access to the internet in recent years is mostly due to the result of a reduction in costs following improvements in international connectivity. According to Irfan Pardesi, CEO […]
Lena Petermann scored in the eighth minute of extra time to lead Germany to a 1-0 victory over Nigeria to claim the under-20 Women’s World Cup at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday. The game finished tied 0-0 after 90 minutes. The victory is Germany’s third at this competition, after winning the event in 2004 and […]
(Reuters) – A wooden boat with around 170 African migrants on board trying to reach Europe has sunk off the Libyan coast, a spokesman for the Libyan navy said on Saturday. Migrants have been streaming out of North Africa in rickety boats in rising numbers for years. So far in 2014, the total number reaching […]
FIFA will move ahead with holding the Club World Cup competition in Morocco despite the Ebola outbreak currently plaguing parts of the continent. The world soccer governing body said on Thursday that there is no reason to relocate the Club World Cup from Morocco as it has not been hit by the Ebola outbreak currently […]
Some Air France flight crews are refusing to board planes bound for Nigeria, Guinea and Sierra Leone and over fears of the Ebola outbreak, the airline said Tuesday. Cabin crew scheduled to work on some flights “have not wanted to carry out their assignment”, a spokesman for the company told AFP. He refused to be drawn […]
…As The Maiden US – African Leaders Summit Ends The level of bilateral investment between Nigeria and the United States (US) has risen to $36 Billion per annum, with the hope of soaring in the future. President Goodluck Jonathan established last night in Washington DC while speaking at a dinner held in his honour by […]
Worried by the torrent rate of casualty and cases of contracted victims of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Liberian President, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced state of emergency in the country. The President in a nationwide broadcast on Thursday, established that “some civil liberties might have to be suspended”. The latest decision […]
The World Bank has pledged $200m to help contain the deadly Ebola virus, with the growing crisis forcing healthcare system in Liberia to shut down out of fear of staff contracting the virus. The World Bank said on Monday that it would provide up to $200m in emergency assistance to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone […]
Latest report has it that one of the Physicians who attended about two weeks ago to the first Ebola causality in Lagos, South Western Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer has contracted the deadly virus. Confirming the case, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu said: “This new case is one of the doctors who attended to the […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Lagos Members of the public have been urged to exercise restraint in taking position and analyzing the death sentence hauled at a Sudanese woman, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, for denouncing Islam. The caution was given on Sunday in an exclusive interview with African Examiner by the Acting Amir (President) of Lagos District of […]
Seychelles have cancelled Saturday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone because of fears over the Ebola virus. Sierra Leone were prevented earlier on Thursday from boarding a plane at Kenya’s Nairobi Airport that would have taken them to Seychelles for the second-leg tie. The decision to stop the team travelling was taken […]
The Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday, abducted the wife of Cameroon’s Vice Prime Minister, Amadou Ali and killed three people in an attack on the Northern town of Kolofata. Also, Seini Boukar Lamine, a religious leader and town’s Mayor, was kidnapped in a separate attack against his household. The Deputy Prime Minister, who was at […]
The prevalent skirmish between the Israel and Palestine may soon cease as the United Kingdom (UK) former Prime Minister and Mideast Quartet Envoy, Tony Blair arrived in Cairo Saturday for parleys with the stakeholders. Blair, who is representing the European Union, Russia, United Nations and United States, is expected to hold talks with Egyptian officials […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri, If the present internal wrangling and crisis currently rocking the Imo state chapter of the peoples democratic party PDP, over which senatorial district should produce the party,s flag bearer in the 2015 governorship election is anything to go by, one would say that the party is in for a big trouble, and […]
The two – day Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders’ Summit in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, has approved some initiatives and number of recommendations, including Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), consideration of single currency, food security, infrastructural and manpower development in the sub region. In the communique issued at the close of the 45th […]
