ATTEMPTS by the West to use the United Nations to effect illegal regime change in Zimbabwe are doomed to fail as the world body has no mandate to subvert internal constitutional processes, the country's permanent representative to the organisation has
CHAIRMAN, Steering Committee of the Niger Delta Summit, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, appears to be having a second thought over his acceptance of the assignment, following the massive rejection of his nomination by Niger Delta leaders.
AGAINST the backdrop of the stiff opposition to the appointment of Prof Ibrahim Gambari to chair the steering committee of the Niger Delta Summit, the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) Bayelsa State chapter has called on the Federal Government to
The Rivers Police Command yesterday allayed fears of an impending militant attack on Bonny Island. Mrs Rita Abbey, the Command's spokesperson, told newsmen in Port Harcourt that rumours of impending militant attack on the island was unfounded.
Interventions by the UN have made it possible for a 10-year-old Congolese girl - who fled her Philippi home with her grandmother when the xenophobic attacks began - to be reunited with her mother in the DRC.
The outgoing Force Commander of the United Nations MIssion in Liberia (UNMIL), Lt./Gen. Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor has been appointed Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The South African government has pledged it will do everything necessary to ensure that Africans, regardless of their origin, will once more live together in peace with one another.
The United Nations refugee agency has interviewed nearly 180 Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum-seekers detained in Egypt to assess their claims for refugee status, and urged the authorities to continue to provide unhindered access to others who are being held.
Life is returning to normal in Guri-Eil in Galgadud region, central Somalia, as thousands of displaced people make their way back to the town after fleeing fighting between Ethiopian forces and insurgents.
More desperate Zimbabweans have been trying to find sanctuary at a foreign embassy. A spokesperson for the United States embassy confirmed that at least 250 victims of politically motivated violence had arrived at their gates seeking help. The official said
President and Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasehun, has called for an emergency body of eminent Nigerians to mediate in the raging face-off between the Federal Government and Niger-Delta militants.
There is this German colloquial expression, "Was ich weiss nicht machen mir nicht heiss", which translates approximately to: What I do not know cannot hurt me. This could be largely applicable to the people of the Niger Delta Region.
Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Abubakar Yar'Adua, has advocated collective responsibility approach to resolve the lingering Niger Delta crisis.
No commander on the field or command should ask any soldier for contributions or collect money under any pretext, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Luka Nyeh Yusuf, has warned.
