Two bombs have exploded at a military camp and a French-run uranium mine in two towns in northwestern Niger, officials say. The bombers killed themselves and wounded a number of others in the attacks in the towns of Agadez and Arlit, Reuters reported. French group Areva said 13 people at the uranium plant in Arlit were hurt. Niger’s government blamed Mujao, a jihadist group from neighbouring Mali, French radio said BBC
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IMF chief Christine Lagarde has arrived at a court in Paris for questioning over a payout to a controversial tycoon during her time as finance minister. She is being asked to explain her handling of a row in 2007 which resulted in some 400m euros (£342m; $516m) being paid to Bernard Tapie. She is appearing before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), which investigates ministerial misconduct. The IM chief insists the award was the best solution at the time. “It’s a pleasure to see you,” a smiling Ms Lagarde told reporters upon arrival. She could be placed…
The US had revealed Awlaki’s death but had not publicly confirmed he was killed by a drone. The US attorney general has acknowledged four US citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2011. In a letter to the Senate judiciary committee, Eric Holder defended the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. But he said Awlaki’s 16-year-old son as well as two other individuals were “not specifically targeted by the US”. The disclosure of the killings in Yemen and Pakistan marks the first formal public acknowledgement of the US citizen deaths in drone strikes. “The president has directed me to…
A man has been killed in a machete attack and two suspects shot and wounded by police in Woolwich, south-east London. The Met Police said a murder inquiry was being led by its Counter Terrorism Command. Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK would “never buckle” in the face of terror attacks. Footage has emerged showing a man wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and making political statements. Police confirmed two men had been arrested in connection with the murder. There are unconfirmed reports that the dead man was a soldier. Both French President Francois Hollande and MP Nick…
A new National Aviation Policy that will regulate the operation of private jet owners in line with international best practice has been approved by the Federal Executive Council, the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah announced on Wednesday. Oduah who was briefing correspondents after the weekly Cabinet meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan said government was losing revenue because there were no regulations guiding the activities of about 100 private jets operating in the country. Justifying the new policy, the minister said the last time it was revised was 11 years ago, saying there was need for a new…
President Goodluck Jonathan will address the nation next week Wednesday, May 29 on the occasion of the two years anniversary of his administration. The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku who announced this on Wednesday, said the President will use the occasion to present his administration’s achievements in the last two years. “I want to announce to Nigerians that on Wednesday, May 29, President Goodluck Jonathan will be submitting a major report on the performance of the government in the last two years. “The President is going to address the nation and he is going to give a blow-by-blow account…
Coach Stephen Keshi has told Nigerians not to panic as the Super Eagles prepare for crucial 2014 World Cup qualifying games and the FIFA Confederations Cup tournament – all taking place in a number of weeks. A spate of injuries, first to Scotland-based midfielder Reuben Gabriel and ace forward Emmanuel Emenike, and lately to attacking midfielders Kalu Uche and Victor Moses, had caused anxiety in some quarters and is being hyper-ventilated in public spaces and a section of the media as ‘problem in camp’. But Keshi, who steered less-endowed Togo to that country’s only FIFA World Cup qualification eight years…
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state on Tuesday presented scholarship awards to some indigent students of the state. The beneficiaries are mostly final year students of universities, polytechnics and post-graduate students from tertiary institutions in Nigeria and abroad. Interestingly, the scholarships which are for 20111/2012 are coming 28 years after they were last awarded by the state government. While presenting the cheque, the governor said it was a memorable occasion bearing in mind when last such was held. His words, “without mincing words, no nation can hope to make any meaningful progress without sound and qualitative education. Martin Luther King…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration is planning to build permanent Christian pilgrims camp, Minister of State, Olajumoke Akinjide disclosed on Tuesday. She told a delegation of Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) that 1,500 Christian pilgrims would be airlifted by the FCT Administration to the Holyland to perform this year’s pilgrimage. The delegation led by the Commission’s Executive Secretary, John Kennedy Opara, was in her office on a sensitisation visit. Akinjide said the administration had approved a land for the construction of a Permanent Christian Pilgrims Camp in order to cope with the increasing number of pilgrims that would be…
The reigning ECOWAS Peace Ambassador, Hyeladzirra “Zirra” Banu, has called on ECOWAS governments and institutions to consider establishing an ECOWAS Radio as a platform for citizens to know more about their region and to “understand what ECOWAS is doing” to improve their lives. “As young ECOWAS citizens, we implore you, using the capabilities of your office, to create more opportunities for us,” Ms Banu told regional lawmakers in a speech at the closing of the 2013 First Ordinary Session of the Third Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja on Monday, 20th May 2013. “We would like to be…