DUBLIN, Ohio, Aug. 30 -- Presidential candidates rarely linger anywhere. But Sen. Barack Obama spent nearly four hours Saturday inside a Cleveland church, attending a memorial service for Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D).

THE National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) yesterday said the government's lifting of the ban on the field operations of NGOs, though a welcome move, could fail to bring about the required change because of "selective application".

It's the break of dawn for the Nyayo House torture chamber victims now basking in a High Court judgment that has handed them a historic award to compensate them for their dark days in political detention.

Mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are taking a heavy toll on Chadian civilians, particularly children who make up the majority of the victims of the deadly scourge in the African nation, according to the United Nations.

Nigeria's main rebel group yesterday said its fighters have killed 29 Nigerian soldiers in a reprisal attack carried out in three different locations in the Niger delta.

Zimbabwe's main opposition party says the latest power-sharing talks with the ruling Zanu-PF have ended without agreement.

Thirty-five people were killed yesterday in violent clashes between security personnel policing the Niger Delta and militants. The deadly exchanges took place in Bayelsa, Delta and River States.

With white rule in Africa out of the way, the Rhodesia-born author and journalist Heidi Holland has opened the window and, with the help of three psychologists (two white, one black) let in some fresh air and clear bright light

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua received kidney transplant in faraway Saudi Arabia, LEADERSHIP SUNDAY can authoritatively reveal.

AS anxiety lingers over President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the man he defeated in the 2007 general elections, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), wants Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to assume full executive powers so that the nation can move forward in the

Nigeria's main rebel group yesterday said its fighters have killed 29 Nigerian soldiers in a reprisal attack carried out in three different locations in the Niger delta.

Muslims across the country will today commence the annual Ramadan fasting following the sighting of the moon in Gumel, Katsina and Jigawa States respectively.

Italy yesterday agreed to pay Libya US$5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country, which ended in 1943.