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Yemi Adebowale with agency report President Barack Obama has nominated U.S. Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary…
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How Nigerians Can Avoid a Black Christmas
Guest columnist By Emeka Oparah
As I sat listening to the homily being delivered by Rev. Fr. Tony Obieke, a young Nigerian catholic Priest at the Holy Cross Catholic Church, Austin, Texas, where I am safely (and I use the word advisedly) enjoying my C…
AFCON 2013: Keshi Picks 32 for Faro Camp
Shola Amoebi is Faro bound
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has listed 32 players to battle for 23 shirts in the national team to the 29th Africa Cup of Nations finals in South Africa, taking place between January 19 – February 10 next year.
Follow…
Jonathan, PDP, Others in Crucial Meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan
By Muhammad Bello
President Goodluck Jonathan, leaders of the National Assembly (NASS) chieftains of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and governors of the ruling party Friday held a closed door meeting to discuss mat…
Syria ‘Still Using Scud Missiles’
The opposition said missiles landed near a northern airbase last week
BBC
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Syrian government forces are continuing to fire short-range ballistic missiles at rebel fighters.
A NATO source told the Reuter…
Afghanistan: Cameron Praises UK Troops’ Success
British Prime Minister David Cameron
BBC
UK troops in Afghanistan have paid a “high price” but their efforts have been a success, Prime Minister David Cameron has said on a pre-Christmas visit to UK bases in the country.
There have been more than 400 …
Dozens Killed in Kenya Clashes
The Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki
BBC
At least 39 people have been killed in fresh clashes between rival communities in the Tana River district in Kenya’s Coast province, police say.
The attack by ethnic Pokomo farmers on an Orma village, Kipao, came …
US Marine Sentenced for Afghan Urination Video
Still from video allegedly showing US Marines urinating on Taliban corpses
BBC
A US Marine has been sentenced to a reduction in ranks after he admitted at a court martial urinating on the body of a dead Afghan combatant.
Staff Sgt Joseph Chamblin wa…
Believers ready for ‘apocalypse’
Mayans will mark the calendar’s end with traditional ceremonies
BBC
Hundreds of people across the world have been preparing for what they believe will be the end of the world on December 21.
The date is the apparent end of the “long count” calendar …
UN Backs Mali Intervention Force
Islamist fighters remain in control of the north’s urban centres
BBC
The UN Security Council has authorised an African-led military force to try to oust Islamists from northern Mali.
The council unanimously voted to give the force an initial one-…