Skip to main content

Posts

Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu reveals states he will claim if referendum is granted

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has revealed the states he will claim should Federal Government grant his call for referendum. Featuring on Channels television, the IPOB leader disclosed that he would claim, Rivers state, Bayelsa, Delta, Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom respectively, should Federal Government grant the call for referendum. Read more:

Nigeria one of the poorest countries in the world, over 80m living below poverty line – UN report

A United Nations, UN, report on Nigeria’s Common Country Analysis, CCA, has described the country as one of the poorest and unequal country in the world, with over 80m of her population living below poverty line. This was as the report revealed that the country was deeply divided on the basis of plurality of ethnic, religious and regional identities. The report was made public during a consultative meeting on the formulation of the UN Development Assistance Framework IV (UNDAF IV) for the South East geo-political zone in Awka. According to the report, some part of Nigeria   Read more:

ELECTRICITY CRISIS: AJEGUNLE RESIDENTS HOLD PROTEST

The No Payment for Darkness, No Disconnection campaign initiated last April by the Ajegunle, Lagos, branch of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) under the aegis Read more...

WHEN THERE IS NO WATER FOR THE POOR TO DRINk

Tuesday 22 March, 2016 the world will be celebrating World Water Day. A day set aside where different organizations, institution and government agencies will sit in round table to hold seminars and programs to discuss about the shortages of water for a population in the world that is running to 7 billion people. Most of the discussion and seminars of these various agencies will be center on why ‘water” is inevitable in human life, and the need of having a portable drinking water. At the end of this discussion on this particular day where the whole world

CAN CHINA AFFORD ITS BELT AND ROAD? Financing Its Grand Geopolitical Ambitions Will Be Harder Than It Looks. By Christopher Balding

China's just-completed conference touting its Belt and Road initiative certainly looked like a triumph, with Russian President Vladimir Putin playing the piano and Chinese leaders announcing a string of potential deals and massive financial pledges. Underneath all the heady talk about China positioning itself at the heart of a new global order, though, lies in uncomfortable question: Can it afford to do so? Such doubts might seem spurious, given the numbers being tossed around. China claims nearly $900 billion worth of deals are already underway, with estimates of future spending ranging from $4 trillion to $8 trillion, depending on which Chinese government agency

Egypt Sees Inflation Persisting as It Boosts Aid for the Poor. By Tamim Elyan and Ahmed Feteha

Egypt expects inflation to remain above 20 percent next year, as authorities plan an aid package to help lower-income citizens cope with the price surge resulting from the steep weakening of the pound over the past seven months. The planned “social package” to be announced soon, will target public servants, low-income tax payers and recipients of food subsidies, Deputy Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk said