Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Moves by forces within the Enugu state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to sack the state governor, Sullivan Chime, collapsed Monday morning as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declined jurisdiction to interfere in the matter. The suit was instituted by one of the aspirants who contested the [...]
The leader of putschists who ousted Mali’s president in March will retain the title of former head of state and all privileges coming with it, interim authorities and the West African ECOWAS bloc said Sunday, according to an AFP report. “Captain Amadou Sanogo has the status of former head of state. He will have all [...]
The retired general, a revered man in Maiduguri, north east Nigeria, reaches into his immaculate white robe after taking a seat in his living room and pulls out his Beretta, placing it on the table in front of him. Asked whether he is afraid of being targeted, Mohammed Shuwa, a veteran of Nigeria’s 1960s civil [...]
Workers in Algiers started laying foundations Sunday for what should become the world’s third-largest mosque, a one-billion-euro project that will include a dizzyingly tall minaret. The huge building in the capital Algiers will be built by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation and is expected to create 17,000 jobs — most of them for Algerians. [...]
Since Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovitch bought Chelsea from Ken Bates, nine years ago, he never hid his greatest ambition: he wanted Chelsea to join the elites of European football, by winning the Champions league trophy. After several attempts, several sackings of coaches who failed to deliver the trophy, two semi finals, and a harrowing final [...]
Bayern Munich’s Champions League dream final turned into a nightmare on Saturday as Chelsea ruined their homecoming party to leave the German giants trophy-less for the second season in a row. Chelsea’s 4-3 victory on penalties at the Allianz Arena, after the match finished 1-1 following extra time, ended Bayern’s dreams of a fifth European [...]
Didier Drogba was the hero for Chelsea as the London Club edged out Bayern Munich for European football clubs’ most coveted trophy: the Champions league cup in penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in regulation time. Chelsea triumphed in the dramatic shootout 4-3, with Drogba rifling home the decisive goal at the Allianz Arena in [...]
