Monthly Archives: November, 2018

An ex-president of Madagascar and the man who overthrew him in a 2009 coup will compete to become the island state’s next leader in a run-off election in December after the two came top in a first-round vote that...

When it rains, it pours - and Facebook’s utterly sodden year continues to be flooded by accusations of bad governance.Mark Luckie, a black, former Facebook employee whose job it was to handle the firm’s relationship with “influencers”, put it...

By Anayo M. NwosuThere are many young people out there desirous of contesting for various elective positions in order to make the desired difference.Unfortunately, many of them especially those from South Eastern Nigeria don't know how to go...

By Anayo M. NwosuI attended another church’s service on invitation by a friend last week. The presiding pastor blamed the economic hardship in the country on the work of our enemies. He cast and bound as many of them as...

Al Shabaab gunmen and a suicide car bomber struck a religious centre in central Somalia on Monday, killing a cleric and at least nine of his followers, a police officer said.“The militants killed 10 people including the cleric, teenagers...

At least 29 people are now known to have died after a cruise boat carrying party revellers capsized on Lake Victoria, Ugandan police say.The vessel was carrying close to 100 people when it sank on Saturday near Uganda's capital,...

A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn.The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived...

By Anayo M. NwosuAs I wrestled my brother to the ground and rained punches at him, both of us knew that the ferocity of my beating was not equivalent to the minor insult I had accused him of. "What did...

By Anayo M. NwosuPastor Rufus would not take anymore advice from anybody. If he could look the regional pastor in the face and say "no", who again wouldn't he say "no" to. His heart was bleeding just as his burning...

Islamic State claimed responsibility for five attacks in an area it calls the “State of West Africa” that it said resulted in 118 casualties in the past week, according to a video posted on its account on the messaging...