Mario Monti, the new prime minister of Italy has started work to form a government that will lead Italy out of its acute debt crisis which prompted the resignation of PM Silvio Berlusconi. Speaking shortly after his nomination was made public on Sunday, Monti said, “Italy must again be and must increasingly be an element of strength, not weakness, in a European Union that we helped found and in which we should be... 

lucasLucas Papademos, the New Greek Prime Minister has pledged Thursday to implement a bailout package agreed to with European leaders last month as part of efforts to turn around the economic fortunes of the ailing country. Papademos, an economics professor at Harvard University and the governor of the Bank of Greece when the country adopted the euro in 2001 told reporters the chief task of the transitional government... 

Russia has ruled out supporting fresh sanctions against Iran, despite a UN report that says Tehran may be trying to develop nuclear weapons. According to BBC reports, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Interfax news agency that extra sanctions “will be seen in the international community as an instrument for regime change in Iran”. “That approach is unacceptable to us, and the Russian... 

The Imafidons Rule The World The Imafidons, a Nigerian family based in Britain, have in the last few years broken new grounds and set new world records with their academic achievements, thereby making Nigerians everywhere proud of the name  By Chukwudi OHIRI In the recent past, when one heard of Nigeria or Nigerians on the cable news, it was usually in connection with one negative act or the other. Today, the story... 

Former Senate President and leader of Destiny Movement, Senator Adolf Wabara, has praised the people of Abia State for their massive support for the Peoples Democratic Party during the National Assembly polls. In a statement from his Ohambele country home, Wabara attributed the success of the PDP in the state to the unity and sincerity of purpose demonstrated by Governor Theodore Orji. He noted that the cordial... 

The All Progressive Grand Alliance candidate in Anambra State Central Senatorial District in last Saturday’s elections, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has rejected the victory of Dr. Chris Ngige in the National Assembly election. Akunyili, who spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, alleged that Ngige, who was the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the election, got his victory in a “fraudulent manner.” The...