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.
There is nothing about the bloody legacies of Jos that would elevate the city in the foreseeable future to the legendary status of such global melting pots of culture as Lagos or London, New York or Rome.
The valedictory service for the late Senator Gyang Dantong in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, was an occasion for some awkward reflections. Rampaging Fulani gunmen had reportedly killed Dr. Dantong (a federal legislator) and Mr.
Miss Ngozi Nwaonu, aged 26, comes from a very poor family background in Imo State. Due to her family background, her aunt (now late) decided to take her in and bear the responsibility for her training and upbringing. Tragedy struck for Ngozi with the death of her benefactor (her aunt) four years ago, leaving her to suffer and fend for herself.
Catalonians are friends with Igbo people, and do not make a secret of their love, support, alliance and aspiration for an Igbo homeland. At the height of the Biafran War, the people of Catalonia founded and ran a football club 'Biafra Football Club or Club Football Biafra.' The FC survived from 1969-1978.
For more than four decades, the Nigerian oligarchy and its subjects have been strutting on, as if the Igbo nation does not exist. Of course, we do not need the powers of a clairvoyant to let us know that Ndigbo are a conquered people. This is not the issue at hand.
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama rode a wave of broad support from moderates, women and minorities to win re-election Tuesday by defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Democratic strongholds and key battleground states.
President Goodluck Jonathan’s proclamation of Anambra State as an oil-producing entity has fueled protests by youths of the three states which if not contained could lead to violent clashes within the precinct of the oil wells.
Recently, the African Democrat stumbled on a book ‘Stay Afloat in Righteousness’, written in prison by a death-row inmate. A search led to a contact between the author and www.africandemocrat.com, the author’s touching story is worthy of every time spent in producing the following excerpt:
In the 1959 election, the election that preceded independence, the NCNC, which was predominant in the East, having 50 per cent in the West and having a foothold in the North through NEPU, scored a total of 2,594,577 votes to capture 94 seats in the Federal House.
An Eze must be in union with the council of Ndi-Eze of a state, South East Council of Traditional Rulers as well as Ohanaeze Ndigbo (the apex socio-cultural Igbo organisation). It is clear that no so called ‘Eze Igbo’ either in Nigeria or in diaspora fulfils any of the above listed criteria.
Barely seventy-two hours after the massacre of over thirty-five students of the Federal Polytechnic Mubi in rented residential quarters within Wuropatuji area of Mubi town in Adamawa state by gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram, the Police in the state is yet to provide the required information to satisfy the curiosity and anxiety of the public.
The Nigerian Police Force has officially confirmed that the unknown gunmen that killed scores of students at Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, called out the names of the student victims before killing them.
In a race against time, Nigeria’s Senate has asked the President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately appeal the judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that ceded the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon because the cessation is unconstitutional as it was not domesticated by the National Assembly.
Nobel Laureate and prolific writer, Wole Soyinka has said that for Nigeria to experience breath of fresh air, the government should eliminate the dreaded Islamist sect -Boko Haram out of the country.
The celebrated writer said this on Monday when he visited the United Nations. Soyinka said: “This is a violent organization,” Soyinka told IPS.
Former Abia state governor Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu Sunday frowned upon toying with the hopes and aspirations of fellow Nigerians in the guise of politics,even as he advised Kano state governor Rabiu Kwankwaso to give the south- east a breather.
Robert Igbinedion, the lawyer suing on behalf of the teenage girl humiliated with a dirty slap by Bishop Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church in a video which gained worldwide publicity, has filed an appeal challenging the judgement which gave victory to the wealthy Bishop in an Ogun State High Court two months ago.
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.
