Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2008
A Nigerian high court has ordered the oil giant, Shell, to return land housing an oil and gas terminal to its original owners. Shell Nigeria agreed to rent the land on which it built Nigeria’s largest oil export terminal in 1958 from the residents of Bonny in Rivers state. But the customary land owners took [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2008
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai may be named the prime minister of the country, while President Robert Mugabe maintains his position ceremonially according to a power sharing deal reached yesterday.
Tsvangirai came out from a long peace meeting mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki to declare that there was finally a deal on power-sharing in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2008
The just concluded soccer fiesta in Tinapa, Nigeria marked a wonderful beginning for soccer in the country. It featured English Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners, Manchester United FC; English FA Cup winner, Portsmouth FC; Nigeria’s Super Eagles and one of the 20 teams in the Globacom Premier League.
The event, the first of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2008
IF a leader could surrender his life for the interests of his people, he deserves to be honoured. If a leader could forego the comfort of his home, family and of friends or acquaintances to suffer humiliation in the land of his birth, for the freedom of his race, his name must be written in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2008
No one ever expected Chief Moshood Abiola to spend one night in prison not to talk of four years. What had started like a poor joke was already turning into a terrible dream, and we all seemed helpless. At the height of our acute frustration, one of my good friends, Ike Okonta, a most distinguished [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2008
Rebels from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta deny taking millions of dollars from Nigeria’s national oil company. The allegation was made after Abubakar Yar’Adua, the head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, told a national assembly committee that rebels had asked for a six million dollar monthly fee to refrain from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2008
The UN said the political parties in Zimbabwe have reached a consensus on holding crisis talks. UN Zimbabwe representative, Haile Menkerios, said President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have settled on a draft agreement, which he described as “a first step”. It is hoped the agreement will be signed in the next 24 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2008
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the European Union’s police and justice mission to Kosovo is illegal. Responding to this is the European Union’s spokesperson for Janvier Solana the European Unions High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Christina Gallach.
Russia says that the unilateral decision of independence for Kosovo is in breach of the highest [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2008
The U.N Security Council agreed to Serbia’s request for an urgent meeting yesterday to discuss the expected declaration of independence by Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian leaders.
According to reports there seems to have been no breakthrough at yesterdays meeting. United Nations Security Council president Panamanian ambassador Ricardo Alberto Arias spoke on what was achieved at the meeting.
I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2008
The only EU memeber that opposes the recognition of Kosovo is Cyprus . The country fears the recognition of Kosovo would be seen as a precedent that could lead to acceptance of the Turkish occupied northern part of the island.
Thanos Dokos from the think-tank Eliamep spoke on how the recognition of Kosovo could affect the [...]
