Month: April 2018

French rail strike resumes as government warns it won’t back down

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French rail workers launched their latest two-day strike on Sunday over plans to overhaul the heavily indebted train operator SNCF, the biggest test yet to President Emmanuel Macron’s drive to reform the country’s economy. Neither side appears ready to back down, with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe warning that the government would not be deterred despite union pledges for three months of rolling stoppages, and possibly more. “I get messages from people who support the government, saying we need to carry this through all the way. And that’s what we are…

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The reasons Nigeria must wake up fast

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Fellow Nigerians, please, permit me to say it as bluntly and categorically as possible, our dear country, Nigeria, the giant of Africa, is slumbering and snoring deeply. The Federal Government apologists are free to live in delusion and denial, but I stand by this obvious position. They can continue to deceive President Muhammadu Buhari and although he can continue to suffer under their hypnotic spell for a long time, he would one day wake up to appreciate people like us telling him the unadulterated truth. We were abused black and…

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2019: Catholic Church to play role in elections

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The Warri Diocese of the Catholic Church has expressed its resolve to play an active role in the upcoming electioneering process. The Chairman of the Warri Diocesan Politics Commission, Very Rev Fr Chris Ekabo, who disclosed this during a telephone chat on Sunday, also said the church would adopt a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Felix Anirah, as its candidate for the Delta State House of Assembly, Sapele state constituency. Father Ekabo, noted that the church had decided to play active role in electing leaders at different levels, promising…

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Canadian fertility doctor Barwin uses own sperm to impregnate women

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A Canadian fertility doctor, Norman Barwin may face a class action lawsuit in which he is accused of using his own sperm to inseminate 11 of his clients without their knowledge or consent. In a statement, Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP, the law firm behind the case, said that DNA investigation shows that Barwin is the biological father in 11 individuals whose parents went to the doctor for assistance with fertility. The law firm said it has been in contact with more than 150 people who have allegedly been “adversely affected”…

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Buhari should be ruthless with looters – Oshiomole

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The former governor of Edo, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, to adopt a “ruthless” measure against alleged looters of the nation’s treasury. Oshiomhole, who disclosed this on Sunday in Benin, described as mindless the stealing by the then Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led Federal Government. The former governor noted that it was the right of Nigerians to know the level of rot that transpired in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. “I think that if other Nigerians don’t understand the power of transparency, the right…

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Trump blames Obama, Russia, Iran for Syrian chemical attack

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U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed former President Barack Obama for the continued crisis in Syria and the Middle East. This is even as he has blasted Russia and Iran for backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad whom he refers to as an “Animal”. In a series of tweets on his twitter handle @RealDonaldTrump, he said that if former President Obama had taken the right action, the ongoing disaster in Syria would have ended a long time ago. “If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the…

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South Korea’s ex-president Park Geun-hye found guilty

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Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, has been found guilty of  abuse of power and bribery and faces up to 30 years in prison. The Seoul Central District Court began reading the verdict on live television early today. Park was absent in court, but her flag-waving supporters gathered outside. Park, the daughter of assassinated dictator Park Chung-hee, faces a total of 18 charges. The court ruled that Park colluded with her old friend, Choi Soon-sil, to receive tens of billions of won from major conglomerates such as Samsung and Lotte to…

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‘Politicians more dangerous than Boko Haram, herdsmen’ – Cardinal Okogie

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Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, yesterday, wrote Nigerians, speaking on the greatest problem of the masses. According to the cleric, politicians were more harmful to Nigerians than the incessant attacks by Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. The former Archbishop said the recent call by former Defence Minister, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd), for self-defence should normally cause apprehensions in the presidency, since its legitimacy was in doubt. In his latest letter to the nation, entitled “We are waiting and watching 2,” Okogie said politicians, rather than herdsmen, kidnappers…

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Black Panther to be the first movie to screen in Saudi movie theaters

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Marvel’s Black Panther will be the first film shown in Saudi Arabian movie theaters in 35 years. The Guardian reports that the film will kick off on April 18th with a gala premiere in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia banned public movie screenings 35 years ago due to religious concerns, but the decision to reverse that ban was made in December of 2017. Sony’s The Emoji Movie screened in the country earlier this year along with other animated films, but those showings took place in a state-run cultural center, rather than the…

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China ready to pay any cost in trade war with US

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China said Friday it was ready to pay “any cost” in a possible trade war with the US, after President Donald Trump warned he was considering $100 billion in extra tariffs. “If the US side disregards opposition from China and the international community and insists on carrying out unilateralism and trade protectionism, the Chinese side will take them on until the end at any cost,” the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on its website. “We don’t want a trade war, but we aren’t afraid of fighting one.” Trump…

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