Some militants in Port Harcourt , Rivers State have reportedly killed a hostage, one Njo Amadi who was kidnapped in the state capital last Saturday, even after collecting two million as ransom. His abductors had demanded for N80million.
Kidnappings yesterday turned sour in Rivers State when Mr. Njo Amadi, who was kidnapped from his Nkpor Village in Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of the state, was killed by his captors after his family members delivered N2 million ransom to
When independent experts this week released their assessment of media coverage of the Russian presidential election, there were few surprises. On Channel One, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev got 32 percent of election-related airtime; on Rossia, he got 26
When Svetlana Shtarkova became pregnant two years ago, she and her husband Andrei were over the moon. The young couple renovated their Moscow flat and eagerly waited for the arrival of their first child.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US lawmakers have reacted angrily after the US military awarded a 35-billion-dollar aircraft deal to Europe's Northrop Grumman/EADS group, in a major blow to US manufacturers Boeing.
ZURICH (AFP) - Liechtenstein, whose reputation has been sullied by a global tax evasion scandal, is ready to reform its banking system, Prime Minister Otmar Hasler said in an interview published Saturday.
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russians were to vote Sunday in a presidential election seen by critics as rigged to ensure victory for Vladimir Putin's Kremlin successor Dmitry Medvedev, while enabling Putin to retain major power.
BOGOTA (AFP) - The Colombian military killed the number two leader of the Marxist FARC rebels, Raul Reyes, in an air strike Saturday in neighboring Ecuador, dealing a major blow to the guerrillas, officials said.
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli forces killed more than 50 Palestinians in a land and air blitz in the Hamas-held Gaza Strip on Saturday, medics said, amid warnings that the violence had "buried" the peace process.
YEREVAN (AFP) - Authorities in ex-Soviet Armenia imposed a state of emergency Saturday after rising tension over a disputed presidential election erupted into violent clashes between protesters and riot police.
Queen Elizabeth's grandson was pulled out of the front line because defence officials feared worldwide coverage of his deployment with the British army could endanger him and his fellow soldiers.
Police filed preliminary charges in court against Baitullah Mehsud, who had been named by the Pakistani government in the Dec. 27 killing of Bhutto in a suicide and gun-attack during a public rally. Mr. Mehsud, alleged to have al-Qaeda connections,
Dumiso Dabengwa, a senior politburo member in Mugabe's ZANU-PF, threw his weight behind former finance minister Simba Makoni as he was set to launch his presidential campaign.
A total of 633 civilians died violently in February, compared with 466 in January, according to figures released by Iraq's interior, defence and health ministries. It was the first increase after six consecutive months of falling casualty tolls.
