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.
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.
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has refuted a statement on The Cable, where he was quoted to have given a damning verdict on the Igbo at a lecture he delivered at the Hutchins Centre, Havard University, U.S.A.
The presidential candidate of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Chief Dr. Chekwas Okorie has challenged former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) to reject his advisors’ voices and show up for the presidential debates.
An opinion poll that was conducted by a group, Youth Ballot Evolution, YBE, has handed President Goodluck Jonathan a 51 percent victory over the candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) who got 49 per cent of the total number of votes cast.
Soldiers seize truck with 3,600 INEC ballot boxes in Ogun
From SEGUN OLATUNJI, Abeokuta
The Nigerian Army yesterday, intercepted a truck loaded with about 3,600 ballot boxes belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along the Ijebu Ode-Sagamu-Benin Expressway in Ogun State.
Dutse—Jigawa State Governor of Sule Lamido has said that the cabals surrounding the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammad Buhari would not allow him win next month’s general elections in the country.
ASABA—EX-MILITANT leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, held a meeting, yesterday, in Asaba, Delta State, with former top commanders of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, from Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states.
From left: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN ; Otunba Gbenga Daniel former governor of Ogun State and VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO DURING PDP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIN RALLY IN ABIOKUTA
*Meeting finally holds at Obasanjo’s Hilltop residence
By Clifford Ndujihe, Ola Ajayi, Dapo Akinrefon & Daud Olatunji
The rumour making the rounds that members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) had endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) has been described as untrue.
Enugu State has been in the eye of the storm since 2014. As we step into 2015 , events of the past year will definitely determine the faith of politicians and the people in this new year. This report attempts to highlight major events that placed the state at the centre of national discourse.
With states like Ekiti (E), Lagos (L), Ogun (O), Ondo (O), Osun (O) and Oyo (O), the six South-West states can also be described as ELOOOO states. The word elo in Yoruba, the indigenous language of South-westerners, means how much.
United Nations Peace Ambassador, Bishop Samson Benjamin, is bothered by the recent negative comments made by Enugu-based Reverend-Father Mbaka against the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan.
Concerned by the huge housing deficit in the country, Fidelity Bank Plc, through its ‘Fidelity Diaspora Mortage,’ is offering Nigerians in the Diaspora the opportunity to own homes in Nigeria.
The bank said the product was also introduced to complement efforts of the federal government.
In the face of deepening world economic crisis, the ability of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, to manage the Nigerian economy and fight corruption, if elected president, has been called to question.
Photo: President Jonathan and other PDP chieftains during the party’s campaign in Ekiti State.
Dayo Johnson, reporting from Akure
FROM their looks it was evident that they were in the Ondo State for serious business that will determine their political future and continued relevance in the nation’s polity.
’The untruths in the Buhari anti-Boko Haram claims’
By Olayinka Ajayi
Mr Peter Obi, the immediate past governor of Anambra State, is a honorary adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan. Obi shares his perspective on the 2015 polls in this interview.
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.
