VIDEO NEWS REPORT

Angola celebrates 40th independence in Budapest 

GOVERNMENT, POLITICS & POLICY

Buhari inaugurates ministers 

 Nigerian president has inaugurated his ministers and assigned them their portfolio. 
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ANGOLAN INDEPENDENCE

Amnesty International indicts Angola on human rights violations as the country celebrates 40 yrs independence

Jose Eduardo dos Santos

In a recent report, Amnesty International noted that even as dignitaries from across Africa and the world fly to the nation’s capital of Luanda, 16 Angolan activists currently languish in jail. The country has a poor human rights record; opponents of the MPLA-led government face torture, extra-judicial killing, and arbitrary arrest.

REMEMBRANCE

Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa
By Fegalo Nsuke

As i sat on my reading table to put down this piece, i visualized how the Nigerian state has treated the Ogoni with so much disdain and how Shell, the oil giant that thrives on lies, dishonesty and irresponsibility continues to make efforts to return to Ogoniland drilling sites and resume oil operations not minding the atrocities committed against the people and their vocal commitment not to have the evil company return to Ogoni for drilling operations.

FEATURE/REPORT

Nigeria: Kidnappers demand huge money from lecturers

Kidnappers demand millions of naira from lecturers in Nigeria whereas minimum wage of a worker is N18, 000    A roomful of lecturers of higher institutions of learning in Nigeria are often kidnapped for ransom by suspected gunmen. Many of the lecturers meet threats of murder by their abductors and subsequently are killed, while many others come back alive. In most of the cases, police are rather tired to find those that effect the kidnappings, but resort to flippancy excuses. Odimegwu Onwumere reports: