Amaechi: My issues with Wike, Abe and Mrs Jonathan
Hours to Saturday’s aborted Presidential and National Assembly Elections, Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, spoke in an interview in which he claimed that his successor as governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike lived in fear of him even as he accused the chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu of working in cahoots with Wike to […]
3 African Countries Providing Solutions in Fight Against Genital Cutting of Girls
Photo: Newtown grafitti/FlickrBy Patrick Egwu, Annie Njanja and Mamadou Lamine Ba While Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been declared illegal in some African countries, it still persists. Patrick Egwu in Nigeria, Annie Njanja in Kenya and Mamadou Lamine Ba in Senegal explored what was being done in their countries to stop this age-old discriminatory practice. In […]
Nigerian Troops Kill 37 Bandits, Lose 6 in Zamfara
Troops of Operation Saharan Daji (OPSD), fighting bandits in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, have killed 37 bandits, but lost 6 during an operation. A statement by the Acting Force Information Officer, Major Clement Abiade said the bandits were killed simultaneously during an operation to decimate banditry activities in Zamfara and other contiguous States. Abiade said […]