OPINION

Kalu & the unending wrangle with Obasanjo

 By Odimegwu Onwumere

Human beings are politicians by their speech. A John Mason Brown said that nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.

NEWS

Nigerians in South Africa mobilise petition against police brutality
The Nigerian Union in South Africa on Wednesday says it is mobilising Nigerians in that country to sign a petition against police brutality on Nigerians. The President of the Union, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, made this known in a telephone interview from Pretoria, South Africa, in Port Harcourt.
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NEWS FEATURE

Impact of border closure between Nigeria & Cameroon

Only last week, the Nigerian Army announced that it had closed a section of Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, in an attempt to block the movement of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, which has increased its murderous attacks over the past few weeks in the North-East of the country. DAVID ADUGE-ANI (Abuja), MOHAMMED ISMAIL (Yola) and ANDREW OJIH (Jalingo) take a look at the effects of this closure on the lives of Nigerians living in the affected border towns.

BUSINESS/BANKING

Ghana: Govt proposes another development bank as NIB fails to fly

The government has proposed the setting up of another development bank after over 50 years of the establishment of the National Investment Bank Limited (NIB).

BUSINESS

Ghana inflation slightly upBY MASAHUDU KUNATEH

Accra — INFLATION for the month of January has increased marginal to 14 percent, statistics from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicated.

MONEY/LIFE STYLE

Why Americans are ditching their U.S. passports
By Sophia

While people around the world, including Africans are dying to go to America where they believe the so-called greener pastures still exist, many Americans are trooping out of the "greener pasture" zone. Not only that. 3,000 Americans around the world renounced their citizenship last year. Meet five U.S. citizens who have given up their passports -- or are thinking about it -- to escape an overly complicated tax code.







 

RELIGION/SOCIETY

“Christ has set us free for freedom..." 

A convention of combined services by Ethiopian evangelical churches based in Vienna and Budapest was held on February 21-23 at Marek Yosef Youth Hostel in Budapest 14 district MOGYORODI UT 59.

Organised by the Ethiopian Church Budapest, the three-day conference was attended by Ethiopians in Vienna and Budapest and guests that included Hungarians and other nationalities. See pictures after the cut

BUSINESS

Nigeria commences enforcement of new tariff on imported vehicles
By Uche Usim

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has finally commenced full enforcement of the new tariff on imported vehicles rolled out by the Federal Government in 2013. Under the new regime, vehicle importers who hitherto paid 20 percent duty will henceforth pay 70 percent duty.