GOVERNMENT & SECURITY

Ghana government memo warns of possible militant attack

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana and Togo are the next targets for Islamist militants following high-profile attacks this year in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, according to a memo from Ghana's Immigration Service.

VIEWPOINT

The emblems of change
Posted by Lanre Ogundipe

Ogundipe

The neighbourhood rang with a noiseless eerie echo; a deep throbbing silence haunting the shadows and the stars, a provocative muteness intruding upon that big blanket of darkness with numbing portents.

PRESS RELEASE

Don't cancel the Host Community Fund (HCF)

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has called on the national assembly to rescind their decision to drop the Host Community Fund (HCF) from the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)

PEOPLE & ENVIRONMENT

Ogoni clean up delays: A death sentence

By Fegalo Nsuke 

The pledge by the government of President Buhari to fast track (now slow-tracking) the process to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) audit report on Ogoniland had raised hopes and won the commendation of many including the leadership of The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). Despite the failure of the previous government, our expectations have been strengthened by the credibility of Nigeria's "Saint General" and president, Muhammadu Buhari.

PEOPLE & SOCIETY

United African Diaspora Community Hungary is born
Hakeem Babalola

Africans in Hungary has finally got a forum to address a common interest affecting their lives in Hungary.

IMMIGRATION & EUROPE

Germany agrees 'historic' refugee integration package

Deborah Cole

Berlin (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition agreed Thursday on sweeping measures to spur the integration of migrants and refugees in a "historic" first for a country that long resisted embracing immigration. The deal, hammered out in seven hours of late-night talks between Merkel's conservative Christian Union bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD), also included plans for new anti-terror legislation.

PEOPLE & SOCIETY

 Nordica Media Merit Awards

Odimegwu Onwumere reports

A consummate Poet, Writer and Media Consultant, Odimegwu Onwumere has won the maiden edition of Nordica Media Merit Awards in the Digital Category at the gala night for the awards held at the Banquet Hall, The Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos State, on April 9 2016. His report