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Olympics - Lithuania Defeat African Champions Nigeria In Group Stage Basketball
Lithuania on Tuesday defeated Nigeria’s D’Tigers in a group stage basketball contest at the London 2012 Olympics Games. The game was play...
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Nigeria - Assassination Attempt On Vice President Sambo By Suspected Boko Haram
Gunmen on motorbikes attacked the country house of Nigerian Vice President Namadi Sambo in Zaria in northern Kaduna state on Monday, but...
Olympics - What The Medals Tally Tells Us About The G7 And BRICS
During the Cold War, the relative power of the United States and the Soviet Union were regularly measured in gold, silver and bronze. Th...
Security In Focus As Clinton Heads To Africa
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departs this week on a trip that will take her both to Africa's newest nation, South Sudan, ...
Mali - Islamists Group Stone Couple To Death For Adultery
An al Qaeda-linked Islamic militant group in control of northern Mali stoned to death a married couple accused of engaging in extramarit...
Ethnic Clashes Kill 18 Ethiopians, Displace Thousands
At least 18 people have been killed in fierce fighting between two communities over land in southern Ethiopia and 20,000 refugees have f...
Nigeria - Suicide Blast Rocks Two Police Stations In Sokoto
Explosions, including a suicide blast, rocked two police stations on Monday in northwestern city of Sokoto, the historic seat of Islam in ...
Nigeria - Still On Fuel Subsidy, Fake Subsidy By Simon Kolawole
Was I excited to see certain persons being charged to court last week over the alleged fuel subsidy scam? Not sure. But I was not unhapp...
Big Brother Africa Star Game - Uganda's Jannette Evicted
Sunday night, the Big Brother Africa StarGame kingdom bid farewell to Jannette aka Small Princess. The Ugandan has had an extensive and s...
Olympics - South Africa's van der Burgh Wins Men's 100m Breaststroke Gold Medal
South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa won the gold medal in the men's 100 meters breaststroke at the London Oly...
Olympics - Nigerian Akinyemi Enjoys Thrill Despite Swift Exit
Jonathan Akinyemi became Nigeria's first Olympic slalom canoe competitor on Sunday although his involvement in the London Games last...
Nigeria - Boko Haram Suspects Kill 5 In Kano
Suspected members of Islamist sect Boko Haram killed five people and lost four of their members in a series of gun battles in Nigeria...
Egypt - New Government Cabinet To Be Announced Thursday
Egypt's new cabinet will be announced on Thursday, state media said on Saturday, ending what was seen as a long wait for a new gover...
Nigeria - Pirates Kill Eni Oil Worker In Niger Delta
Pirates killed at least one oil worker in an attack on a boat owned by Italian energy firm Eni's local subsidiary Agip in Nigeria...
Injured Mali Leader Flies Home, Faces Challenges
Mali's interim president returned on Friday from weeks convalescing abroad after he was beaten up by a mob, facing pressure to form ...
Nigeria - Government Promises To Pay Valid Fuel Subsidy Claims
Nigerian Minister Of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Nigeria's finance ministry said on Friday it would pay valid subsidies to fu...
Nigeria - Local Banks May Shelve Africa Plans On Capital Rules
New capital rules may hinder Nigerian banks' expansion plans, as the central bank limits how financial institutions use local funds ...
Mali - US Reports Al Qaeda's Richest Faction Dominant In North
Mali Interim President Dioncounda Traore Al Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa is the militant organisation's richest faction ...
South Africa Aims To Cash In On East Africa Energy Boom
South African Energy Minister Dipuo Peters South Africa's budding energy service industry is aiming to reap the benefits of new n...
Nigeria - Forbes Billionaires Adenuga And Dangote Indicted In Fuel Subsidy Fraud
Mike Adenuga & Aliko Dangote (Nigeria's Richest Men) A total of 25 oil-marketing and trading companies in Nigeria were on Thurs...
Egypt - President Mohamed Mursi Meets Hamas Leader
Gaza Islamist leader Ismail Haniyeh met Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday in an official visit that signaled a big shift in C...
Madagascar - Rivals Fail To Agree On Leader's Return From Exile
Rivals for Madagascar's presidency, in talks to end political turmoil, failed to agree terms under which the island's former lea...
Kenya Seeks Olympics Dividend With Investment Drive
Kenyan athletes competing at the 2012 Olympic Games may be forgiven for thinking they are in London to win medals and achieve sporting g...
African Olympic Athlete Claims Asylum In UK
An Olympic athlete has walked into a police station and asked for asylum in the UK, before the games have officially begun. The unname...
Ghana - Mahama Named Ruling NDC Boss, Lined Up For Poll
Ghana's ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has confirmed newly sworn-in President John Dramani Mahama as its leader in a move s...
Nigeria - Suspected Boko Haram Members Kill Two Indians
Suspected members of Islamist sect Boko Haram shot dead two Indians after storming their factory in the northeast Nigerian city of Maidu...
MTN Nigeria Employs Ericsson's SSR 8020 To Build IP Network Of Future
Africa's biggest operator MTN Nigeria will boost its ability to serve subscribers and their growing data needs, with the deployment ...
Nigeria - Soccer Star Kanu Insist Bankrupt Portsmouth Must Pay 3 Million Pounds Wage Arrears
The administrator of crisis-hit English side Portsmouth has said the club will be shut down on Aug. 10 unless all senior players on the ...
Ghana - Citizens Mourn President, Focus Turns To Election Race
Ghana has seen a smooth transition of power after the sudden death of its president, but as the nation mourns attention is already turni...
South Africa - Fuel Sector Seals 2 Year Wage Deal
Workers and employers in South Africa's petroleum sector have agreed on a two-year wage deal, a labour union said on Tuesday, averti...
Nigeria - Anti Corruption Body EFCC To Charge Fuel Traders
Nigeria's anti-corruption agency will charge 12 fuel traders on Wednesday over allegations they illegally collected a combined 11 bi...
Nigeria - A Society Of Hardliners And Bigots By Simon Kolawole
Fellow Nigerians, why are we maiming and killing in the name of religion and ethnicity? We are never going to answer the question the sa...
Ghana - Vice President Sworn In Hours After President Atta Mills Dies
President John Atta Mills' election victory secured Ghana's reputation as one of the most stable democracies in West Africa, a p...
Nigeria - Apex Bank Benchmarks Interest Rate At 12%, As Govt Depletes Excess Crude Account
Nigeria's central bank left its benchmark interest rate on hold at 12 percent on Tuesday as expected but took measures to tighten li...
Ghana - President John Evans Atta Fifii Mills Declared DEAD
Ghanaian President John Evans Atta Mills is dead. This message was contained in a statement sent from the presidents office intercepted ...
Thousands Flee Heavy Fighting Between Congo Army And Rebels
Congolese rebels and government forces traded heavy weapons fire around two eastern villages on Friday, forcing thousands of civilians t...
Much More Work Needed To Turn Tide Of AIDS - Bill Gates
Philanthropist and AIDS prevention advocate Bill Gates said on Monday there had been significant advances in the fight against HIV/AIDS,...
Nigeria - President Jonathan Laments Over Increase In Oil Theft
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday described the situation where it is only Nigeria that crude oil is stolen as extremely em...
Tanzania - 145 People Killed In Zanzibar Ferry Disaster
Authorities in Zanzibar said on Sunday that 145 people had been killed in last week's ferry disaster in the Indian Ocean, a day afte...
Nigeria - London Olympics And The Nigerian Spirit
In a matter of five days the 2012 Olympic Games will begin in London and will run for 17 days with over 10,000 athletes, including Niger...
Madagascar - Army Quells Mutiny, Kills Rebel Leader
Madagascar's army stormed a military barracks near the island country's main airport in order to quell a mutiny, killing the cor...
Nigeria - Bomb Near Bauchi Beer Garden Kills Boy, Wounds 10 Other People
Police in Nigeria say a bomb hidden inside a wheelbarrow exploded near a beer garden in the north of the country, killing a 6-year-old b...
Big Brother Star Game - Keita And Alex Evicted
Keita has been evicted from the Big Brother House today. The housemate who is from Ghana became one of the most controversial figures in...
Madagascar - Army Starts Assault To Quell Mutiny
Madagascar's army stormed a military camp near the main airport on Sunday after mutinous troops took over the barracks and shot an o...
Nigeria's Civilian Rule, Few Gains, Many Pains By Nasir El Rufai
In the last 12 weeks, this column has focused attention away from analyzing governance of our nation at federal level to the 36 states a...
Olympics - IOC Awards Nigeria Sydney 2000 4 X 400 Relay Gold
Barely a week to the opening of Olympics Games slated for England, it was a celebration time for Nigeria Saturday as the nation’s team for...
Nigeria - Fuel Cabal To Strike Over Subsidy Pay
A Nigerian fuel importers' union said on Friday it would shut down jetties and depots from July 23 if the government did not pay out...
US Cuts Military Aid To Rwanda Over Congo Rebel Support
The U.S. government said Saturday it will cut military aid to Rwanda for this year, citing evidence Kigali is supporting rebels in the D...
South Africa - Sixteen Dead In Johannesburg Bus Crash
Sixteen people were killed in a collision between two buses in South Africa's remote Eastern Cape province on Saturday, the latest i...
Ivory Coast - Mobs Attack UN Protected Camp For Civilians
Angry mobs set fire to a U.N.-guarded camp for civilians forced from their homes in western Ivory Coast on Friday, killing three people,...
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