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Boko Haram: 11 security tips for public and private citizens
Feb. 5 | Gone are the days when bombings were only witnessed on big movie screen. This is no longer the case. The best selling news in town is now about Boko Haram and its violent attacks on people and institution. This security menace upsetting national stability...
Super Bowl 46: Much love from Africa
Feb. 4 | By Yemi Ifegbuyi What will the half-time show performance be like? Which brand commercial will steal the show? Most important, which team will get the next day headline as “World Champions?” When Super Bowl 46 kicks off on Sunday, February 5, more...
FG plans 74,000 jobs for vulnerable groups – Okonjo-Iweala
Jan. 31 | Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (M), National President Joint National Association of persons with disabilities (JONAPWD) Barrister Danlami Bashir, SEC-Gen JONAPWD Mr. Dandison Nwankpa Hart, and Media Consultant for JONAPWD Mr. Chike Okgwu...
Fomer House Speaker Dimeji Bankole cleared of fraud charges
Jan. 31 | AP – A Nigerian court has dimissed fraud charges against a top Nigerian politician and his deputy, both accused of diverting more than $244 million in bank loans. Justice Suleiman Belgore cleared former House Speaker Dimeji Bankole and his former...
The Geopolitical Stakes in Nigeria: The Curious Role of the IMF
Jan. 31 | Nigeria's Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (L), International Monetary Fund’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C) and Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at a joint press conference on December 20, 2011 in Lagos, Nigeria....
African winners announced for international malaria education competition
Jan. 31 | Girl, Masi, Arusha, Tanzania (c) M. Hallahan/Sumitomo Chemical-Olyset Net. Photo credit: RCS PRESS RELEASE: 30 January 2012 – Five African teenagers have been awarded top prizes in the ‘Me and My Net’ Competition, organised by the Royal Commonwealth...
Breaking news: al-Mustapha sentenced to death by hanging
Jan. 30 | AP – A federal judge in Nigeria on Monday sentenced to death the feared right-hand man to Nigeria’s former military dictator over the 1996 killing of an opposition candidate’s wife. Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha sat without expression, slowly...
African Union unveils Chinese-funded HQ
Jan. 28 | The newly commissioned Chinese-funded African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo Credit: African Union BY NAL newswire As China welcomes the Year of the Dragon to celebrate its traditional new year, far from its shore, the world’s...
Ibrahim Babangida’s “Doctrine Of Settled Issues”
Jan. 28 | Former Nigeria's military president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida By Femi Fani-Kayode ”I can go back to fight a war to keep this country together even at 71….Some people are saying that should anything happen to President Jonathan,...
