Africa

Thailand Consortium Proposes $2 Billion Investment in Country

20 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Betrand Nwankwo A consortium of Thailand companies made up of Rainbow Energy Limited, PTT public company and Transglobal Energy Funds (TRC) has set aside $2 billion to be invested in Nigeria’s energy sector if Federal Government approves their proposal. The targeted areas are the power... 

Senator May Be Prosecuted Over Power Deals

21 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Chuks Ohuegbe There are strong indications that the embattled former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, may be prosecuted over his involvement in the $16 billion power sector scam. LEADERSHIP investigations confirmed that the House of Representatives adhoc committee report... 

Insulate Niger Delta Problem From Politics - Onosode

21 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Lagos Boardroom technocrat, Mr Gamaliel Onosode, has advised that the programmes envisaged for the resolution of the Niger Delta problems should be insulated from politics. Onosode told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba that what was needed to deal with the challenges in the Niger... 

Business

Nigeria: Strike - Muslim Youths Urge FG, NUT to Save Education

21 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Abdulraheem AoduKaduna The Federal Government, teachers and other stakeholders in the education sector have been urged to resolve the lingering impasse over the Teachers Salary Scale (TSS) in order to save the education system. The National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO)... 

Kenya: Govt Plans to Reverse Privatisation of Tea Authority

19 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Cedric LumitiNairobi The Kenyan government plans to reclaim ownership of the cash-strapped Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) a few years after its privatisation. The move is aimed at boosting production and halting the mass exodus of farmers from the crop that has seen the tea sector... 

Rwanda: Kigali Set to Get Urban Network

19 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Bosco HitimanaKigali Completion of work to build Kigali metropolitan network based on the national backbone fiber optic has been set for December this year. This will be followed by extensive works to build the cable across the country covering 30 districts, which will come to completion... 

Politics

East Africa: U.S. Signs Trade Agreement With Region

21 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Edmund KagireKigali THE United States Government on Wednesday signed an agreement with the East African Community that will see the US strengthen and increase their trade relations with the economic bloc. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement... 

Zimbabwe: Hefty Cash ‘Thank You’ for Soldiers

19 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Foster Dongozi/Bertha Shoko SOLDIERS, partly blamed for the brutal wave of violence that gripped the country before the 27 June presidential election run-off, have been awarded hefty salary increases ranging between $3 trillion and $10 trillion. Several Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers... 

Nigeria: Massob Militants Plot Against Britain, Over Niger Delta

21 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Emma OguOwerri Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has warned Britain against sending troops to the Niger Delta, saying that MASSOB will join forces with the militants to fight such foreign troops. Uwazuruike, in an exclusive... 

Culture

Zimbabwe: Zakaria Wants IDS for Free Treatment

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Zimbabwe: Allan Chimbetu in Trouble Again

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Nigeria: I’d Go Back to Kennis Music If…

INTERVIEW19 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Lolade Sowoolu Eddy Remedy or Eddy Montana, whichever you prefer to call him, is the front-liner for the Remedies; that late 90s Hip Hop group famed for ‘Shako Mo’. Delta by origin and son of a late police man, Eddie grew up in the heart of Lagos barracks while Eddy... 

Migration

South Africa: ‘New Reception Office Too Risky for Refugees’

18 July 2008Posted to the web 18 July 2008 Francis Hweshe and Luleka Damane A legal expert from the UCT Law Clinic has raised serious safety concerns over the decision by the Department of Home Affairs to ask refugees to travel to Nyanga to apply for asylum papers. The department announced on Thursday that, as from next week, asylum... 

Kenya: Man Who Lost Seven in Family Fears to Return

18 July 2008Posted to the web 17 July 2008 Barnabas BiiNairobi As victims of the post-election violence started to return to their farms, Mzee Joseph Mwangi Macharia remained a lonely and worried man in an isolated camp in Uasin Gishu District. At the age of 72 years, Mzee Macharia is reluctant to return to his five-acre piece of... 

Rwanda: Managing Nile Crisis

OPINION18 July 2008Posted to the web 18 July 2008 Kelvin OdooboKigali A recent expedition by a New Zealand team of explorers, claims to have reached the true source of the River Nile after travelling 6,700 kilometres in the Nyungwe forest. In July 2007, news that scientists from Boston University had discovered, through remote sensing... 

Sports

Nigeria: Olympic Eagles’ Final List Emerges July 23

21 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Orkula Shaagee Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Asso- ciation, Bolaji Ojo-Oba has said that the final list of the National Under-23 Team to the Beijing 2008 lympic Games would be ready on July 23. He said the association in conjunction with the team’s handlers is working hard... 

Zimbabwe: Team Zimbabwe Named

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Nigeria: 2010 World Cup/Nations Cup - Not Yet Uhuru for Eagles

20 July 2008Posted to the web 21 July 2008 Fidelis Ebu Embattled Executive member of the Nigeria Football Association,(NFA) Dr Peter Singabele believes that the Super Eagles would clinch the tickets to the 2010 World Cup and the African Cup of Nations, but strongly doubts the team making impact at the mundial. Dr Singabele, whose... 

World News

Mugabe ready for talks to end Zimbabwe crisis

Zimbabwe’s opposition and the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe will sign a deal on later today laying down a framework for formal talks to end the country’s deep crisis, according to sources from both sides. An official of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai,... 

Greek police charge Briton with baby murder

A 20-year-old British woman has been charged with the murder of her baby in Crete, the Foreign Office said today. A spokesman said: "We can confirm a British national was charged with the murder of her baby in Malia, Crete, today. We are providing consular assistance." He said he could not comment further due... 

Brown to target Iran in historic first speech from Knesset floor

Gordon Brown will today use the first ever speech by a British prime minister to the Israeli parliament to issue a clear threat of tougher international action if Iran fails to halt steps towards becoming a nuclear military power. “Iran now has a clear choice to make: suspend its nuclear programme and accept our offer...