The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Leaders across the 21 Local Government Area Councils in Kogi have signed a peace pact as the governorship election in the state draws close. The Peace Pact was signed at a “Political Parties Peace Forum’’ meeting on “Vote, Not Fight: Election No Be War” with APC Youth Leaders Forum […]
(TUNIS) – Italian coastguards recovered the bodies of 13 women who died after a crowded migrant boat capsized in heavy weather as rescue boats approached it off the coast of Lampedusa, an island south of Sicily, local authorities said on Monday. The coastguard said rescue vessels had picked up 22 survivors, but they feared many […]
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Rep. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (APC-Ondo) has called for the cooperation of all stakeholders to enable the committee deliver on its mandate. Tunji-Ojo made the call in an interview with newsmen in Abuja after the inauguration of Standing Committees of the house. “We appeal for […]
Tunisia’s former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was buried in the Muslim holy city of Medina on Saturday, an AFP photographer said, after he died in exile in Saudi Arabia. Ben Ali, who died Thursday in the city of Jeddah, was laid to rest at Al-Baqi cemetery next to the Prophet Mohammed’s mosque — […]
LILONGWE — The Malawian government announced Wednesday that it had hired two buses to repatriate nationals who were displaced following xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa. The buses left Johannesburg on Tuesday evening and the repatriated Malawians would be back home on Thursday, Secretary for the Department of Disaster Management Affairs Wilson Moleni said […]
(Pretoria) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to attend the 39th Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government in Tanzania next week. “The SADC Summit is also expected to deliberate on wide-ranging issues, including implementation of the region’s operational plans and priority programmes such as industrialisation, trade, infrastructure development, […]