Will dependence-seeking Kosovo set a precedent for other conflicts elsewhere? The answer is yes, if Kosovo becomes independent. In that case, "extrapolation is inevitable" says Bulgarian Professor of History Nina Dyulgerova.
STEPANAKERT (Tiraspol Times) - Despite Armenia’s declared position that Kosovo independence will not be
Kosovo's authorities plan to declare independence unilaterally,against the will of Serbia. The United States and most of the EuropeanUnion members have voiced their readiness to recognize Kosovo’sindependence despite Serbian objections.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday named Senator Ali Ndume as the new Senate leader and Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah as his deputy. The Senate president also named Senator Francis Alimikhena as the deputy chief whip. He was silent on the candidate of the South-West geo-political zone, who was expected to fill the Senate chief whip post.
Peace and decorum yesterday took a flight at the House of Representatives as members engaged one another in a free-for-all. But for the intervention of members of the Sergeant-at-Arms, the mace which is the symbol of the Lower Chamber, would have been either broken or carted
Dylann Storm Roof. His jacket bears badges of Apartheid-era South Africa and Rhodesia.
Dylann Storm Roof was arrested yesterday after allegedly shooting nine people dead.
THE MAN SUSPECTED of gunning down nine people at a black church in South Carolina has been charged with their murders, as the state’s governor called for him to face the death penalty.
• Buhari: Leaders of both countries to meet on improving relations • President reminds those he locked up, he suffered the same fate Jaiyeola Andrews with agency report
Bobbi remains on life support at a rehab facility. Copyright [All Access Photo/Splash News]
Bobbi Kristina Brown 'Being Taken Home To Die Peacefully' Four Months After Being Found Unconscious? Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's daughter is currently on life support in a rehab facility.
Last Tuesday’s humiliation of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the ensuing bad blood has drawn assertions from its foes that the party was only formed to win power and not to govern.
Honourable Yakubu Dogara, representing a constituency in Bauchi State, has emerged the Speaker of the 8th House of Representatives in Nigeria.
Mr Yakubu Dogara of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Mr Femi Gbajabiamila from Lagos State in the south-west region in the election held on Tuesday.
Senator Bukola Saraki (APC-Kwara Central) has been elected unopposed as President of 8th Senate by 57 of 108 senators, with 51 senators, including Senator Ahmed Lawan, absent.
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Two former governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have been fingered as the arrow head of the revolt against President Muhammadu Buhari and his party in the choice of the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
By Soni Daniel, Emman Ovuakporie, Johnbosco Agbarakwu & Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—The contest for the leadership positions in the National Assembly, last night, stretched out for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which battled to contain a rebellion in its ranks.
Texas executed Lester Bower Jr. Wednesday for a quadruple murder he maintained he didn't commit, making him the oldest prisoner executed in the most active death penalty state since the punishment was reinstated in 1982.
Destroyed vehicles remain at the scene of the explosion. (CNN)
By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- Flooding in Ghana's capital swept stored fuel into a nearby fire, setting off a huge explosion at a gas station that killed 73 people and set alight neighboring buildings, authorities said Thursday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to keep the oil portfolio for himself in the new Nigerian cabinet, rather than trust anyone else with the source of most of Nigeria's revenue and traditional fount of corruption, associates say.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has tasked the Peoples Democratic Party National Assembly Members-elect on being a credible opposition.
Mr. Ekweremadu said “being in opposition is not a life sentence for any party.”
He spoke at a retreat organised by the Forum of PDP National Assembly members-elect for its members in Port Harcourt on Monday.
Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has died suddenly at his home aged 55.
The Scottish ex-MP's death was not believed to be suspicious and the cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
A statement released on behalf of his family said: "It is with great sadness, and an enormous sense of shock, that we announce the death of Charles Kennedy.
The Rana Plaza collapse was Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster
Police in Bangladesh have charged the owner of the Rana Plaza complex with murder over the building's collapse in 2013, killing more than 1,100 people.
Sohel Rana and more than a dozen government officials are among 42 people to face charges.
Will dependence-seeking Kosovo set a precedent for other conflicts elsewhere? The answer is yes, if Kosovo becomes independent. In that case, "extrapolation is inevitable" says Bulgarian Professor of History Nina Dyulgerova.
