Sporadic clashes in Eastern Ukraine may be threatening the ceasefire pact agreed upon by leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France, more than 24 hours after it was supposed to have taken effect. According to the Ukrainian military Command, the pro-Russian rebels had attacked 112 times since early Sunday, mostly in the ferociously contested Debalteve…
Borno Declares Public Holiday for Buhari’s Rally
Borno State Government has declared Monday, February 16, as a work-free day for the presidential campaign rally of Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate. This was disclosed by Ahmed Jidda, the Secretary to the State Government, in Maiduguri on Sunday, February 15. Jidda said the gesture was to enable residents to welcome Buhari…
First Lady Commiserates With Bayelsa State
Patience Jonathan,the First Lady has commiserated with the Bayelsa government over the death of some prominent Peoples Democratic Party, PDP women leaders in the state. The women leaders died on Saturday in an auto crash in Elele, Rivers State. In a statement signed by Ayo Adewuyi, the First Lady’s Media Assistant, she prayed that the…
Ukraine President Orders Ceasefire
Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president has said a truce agreed with pro-Russian rebels in the east must be honored, as he ordered the army to stop fighting. Poroshenko said, “perhaps the last chance for peace won’t be lost,” adding that agreements “must be honoured, and we are expecting that the ceasefire deal will be adhered to.”…
China Sends 14th Medical Team To Botswana
The governments of China and Botswana on Friday, February 13 signed an agreement that would see China send the 14th Chinese medical team to Botswana. Zheng Zhuqiang, Chinese Ambassador to Botswana and Dorcas Makgato-Malesu, Botswana’s Minister of Health signed the agreement. According to the terms of the deal, the 14th medical team will have 46…
Our Mandate Is To Protect Lives, Not Kill- Police IG
In an apparent response to the recent threat issued by controversial Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mbu, who promised to kill 20 civilians in retaliation for attacks on any policeman during the upcoming elections, Suleiman Abba, the Inspector-General of Police, has warned Policemen against the use of firearms during the elections “except in extreme…
Gambia To Host Conference on Ebola
Gambia is set to host an international conference on Ebola elimination in West Africa from February 26 to 28. The event organized by the Sierra Leone Embassy in Gambia in collaboration with the Gambian Ministry of Health, is aimed at complementing the efforts to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone. Soulay Daramy, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to…
AIG Mbu Threatens to Kill Civilians In Retaliation
Joseph Mbu, the new Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 2, on Thursday, said the upcoming Presidential and governorship elections in his zone will be “fire-for-fire” if politicians play any pranks. The controversial police boss made the declaration at a meeting with men of the Ogun State Police Command at the headquarters in Eleweran,…
Boko Haram Launches First Attack On Chad
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect have carried out an attack on Chad on Thursday night. Chadian officials said the fighters crossed Lake Chad by motorboat and attacked a village at the shore of the lake in what is the first Boko Haram attack against the country. The terrorist group was…
Freed Al Jazeera Journalists Reunite with Families
After being held in prisons custody in Egypt for 411 days, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, both journalists working with Al Jazeera, an international television network, have regained their freedom and reunited with members of their families. The journalists were released on Friday, a day after an Egyptian court granted them bail and slated the…
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