Day: February 18, 2018

Don’t test Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu warns Iran

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran on Saturday over aggressions by what he called Iran and its “proxies” in Syria, while showing what he claimed was a piece of an Iranian drone shot down in Israeli airspace. Saying he had “a message to the tyrants of Tehran” during a speech at the Munich Security Conference, he warned: “Do not test Israel’s resolve.” He brandished a rectangular piece of dark green metal which he called “a piece of that Iranian drone, or what’s left of it, after we shot it down,”…

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Afenifere back Wole Soyinka on use of hunters, vigilante against killer herdsmen

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Yoruba socio political organisation, Afenifere, has thrown its weight behind Prof. Wole Soyinka’s call for the use of hunters and vigilante groups to tackle the menace of herdsmen in Ogun State, in collaboration with the other security outfits. The Secretary-General of Afenifere, Chief Sehinde Arogbofa, on Saturday, said all states in the South-West should embrace the idea. He said the use of hunters and vigilante groups became imperative in view of the fact that the government had failed to protect the people. He said, “Although the formation of groups for…

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Tunisia coastguard rescues 48 migrants from sinking boat

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Tunisia’s coastguard has rescued 48 Tunisian migrants whose boat began sinking as they tried to reach Italy by sea, the interior ministry said Saturday. A patrol spotted the vessel on Friday night off Jebeniana, 210 kilometres (130 miles) south of Tunis. The 9 metre craft “was sinking after taking on water”, the ministry said in a statement. The passengers were all Tunisians aged 16 to 40, from the governorates of Medenine and Sfax, it added. Tunisians regularly try to cross the Mediterranean to seek a better future in Europe, but…

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Destiny’s Child @ 20: A look at Beyonce’s road to stardom

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Before she became the fierce diva we know today, a person capable of joining the ranks of other one-name celebrities like Cher and Oprah and one of the best-selling musicians in history, she was known as Beyoncé Knowles, lead vocalist of a little girl group known as Destiny’s Child. And it was 20 years ago today that the world got their first real taste of what the group—and its eventual star—was capable of when they released their debut self-titled album. As long as it seems the road from that release…

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Ex-President Obasanjo: I won’t keep quiet over Nigeria

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he would never keep his mouth shut on issues concerning Nigeria. The former President, who was in Bayelsa State Friday to inaugurate projects, especially in the health sector, initiated and completed by the state Governor Seriake Dickson. Obasanjo, who commissioned the Bayelsa Specialist Hospital, the Bayelsa Drug Mart and the Bayelsa Diagnostic Centre, also declared that he had no regrets in all the leadership roles he played even at the Presidency. The former President, in a special interactive session with pupils of the famous…

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Four beheaded in Rivers cult clash

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Another cult violence have left five persons dead in Omerelu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that four persons were beheaded Thursday and another killed at dawn yesterday as rival cults clashed in the community. Two among the victims were simply identified as Omereji and Ezekiel, a.k.a. Aka Atta-Ohu. A community source simply identified as Innocent confirmed that “the incident has led to the closure of daily market, church services and other social activities in Omerelu as we speak”. “Security operatives have moved into the…

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No survivor in Iran’s Aseman Airlines plane crash

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All the 66 people on board Iran’s Aseman Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday during a flight from Tehran to the city of Yasuj are believed to have died. The ATR-made plane crashed in a mountainous area near the town of Semirom, news agency ISNA quoted emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi as saying. State television quoted the airline’s spokesman as confirming the death. “Aseman Airlines public relations head said that all on board are unfortunately dead,” the television reporter said, without elaborating on how he obtained the information. Semirom’s governor…

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Everything has an end

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‘Everything has an end’. There is an end to everything, to good things as well. – Chaucer All things must end sometime. This was the case of would he or would he not. South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma for a long time was the Teflon Don – nothing stuck to this man; he was able to come out of any scandal, corruption, fraud and other scraps with hardly any political damage until now. Like a cat with nine lives, he very well used up all nine lives and more. Zuma…

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Flavour sings for love in Los Angeles

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Flavour N’abania, one of Nigeria’s leading singers, has released another video in which he pays a tribute to the season of love. The video titled, Someone Like You, was filmed in Los Angeles, and was directed by by Patrick Elis, Flavour in the video professes love to a woman she loves, who appears to have swept his heart away. It was released on 17 February. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffXL1dw3Unc[/embedyt] The 3-minute video has generated over 500 comments and 160,000 views within 48 hours of its release. Flavour was born Chinedu Izuchukwu Okoli,…

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US seeks to boost local production of 35 minerals

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Africa’s mineral export will be hit very soon as the United States plans to boost domestic production of 35 critical minerals including uranium, cobalt and lithium, in  pursuance of President Donald Trump’s America First policy. The US said the 35 minerals are  critical materials used in basic manufacturing, batteries and electronics. In the full list are:  Aluminum (bauxite), antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, bismuth, cesium, chromium, cobalt, fluorspar, gallium, germanium, graphite (natural), hafnium, helium, indium, lithium, magnesium, manganese, niobium, platinum group metals, potash, rare earth elements group, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, strontium,…

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