Yearly Archives: 2013
Senator chides Kenyan legislators over plot to derail devolution
ELGEYO Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has criticised members of the national assembly who are out to frustrate devolution, according to The Star.
Murkomen rebuked members...
Zuma cancels trip as anticipation grows over Mandela
South Africa's president Jacob Zuma has postponed a planned trip to neighbouring Mozambique following a visit on Wednesday evening to the bedside of Nelson...
Osborne snatches public sector annual rises and pensioner fuel payments
A spending review announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (aka Jeffrey) has put civil servants, jobseekers and pensioners who have retired abroad...
Bobby ‘Little Boy’ Blue recalled to heaven at 83
One of the great Blues/Soul/RnB voices of the 20th Century fell silent on Sunday (June 23) when Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland passed away in Memphis.
Though...
Minor car scrape could send unrepentant Brown to jail
Chris Brown has been charged with hit-and-run after he hit the back of another car while driving without a valid licence.
The singer may face...
Meal-ticket mania? Mama Jackson won’t lie down
It can’t be, can it? Yes, Tuesday marked four years since the tragic passing of Michael Jackson, the veritable King of Pop if only...
Boko Haram leader is from Niger Republic
According to a report by the Nigerian Senate joint committee, the leader of the Boko Haram sect which has terrorised the northern part of...
Ghanaians told to ignore visa bond ‘rumour’
Murtala Mohammed, Ghana’s deputy information minister has told Ghanaians to treat news of having to pay £3,000 to visit the UK as a guarantee...
Nigeria keeps powder dry pending formal visa bond proposal
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has said that the federal government is yet to be officially informed by the Britain government regarding the £3,000...
President threatens again to cut off South Sudan’s oil pipelines
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has threatened again to stop oil flows from South Sudan unless it stops supporting rebel groups operating across their...
