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Desertification a threat to Africa’s development
Jul. 29 | By Busani Bafana Arable land is vital for Africa, both as a key asset for farmers and, together with vegetation, to help store carbon that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere and contribute to climate change. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization...
Boko Haram: Attacked on Churches killed 280 in 18 months
Jun. 10 | Reuters – Militants attacked two churches in north and central Nigeria on Sunday, spraying the congregation of one with bullets, killing several people, and blowing up a car in a suicide bombing at the other. The Islamist group Boko Haram, which...
Combating HIV infections among African women
Feb. 9 | By Kerry Cullinan, Durban, South Africa Schoolgirl Nomasonto Masango giggles as she lists the things she and her friends want boyfriends to buy them. “If you have an older boyfriend, he can buy you things and it is nice to show your friends that you...
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...
Why we oppose the Lekki Toll Gate
Jan. 21 | Protesters at location of Lekkki Toll Gate in Lagos, In December 2011 By Babatunde Gbadamosi Today, scores of residents of Lekki defied the ban on public rallies by the Lagos State police command as they stormed the Admiralty Way roundabout in Lekki phase,...
Jonathan has lost presidential credibility – CLI
Jan. 17 | Oba of Lagos HRH Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu I. BY NAL Staff reporter President “Goodluck Jonathan is a confusionist, who is fast losing the credibility to continue governing Nigeria in peace.” These were the words of a group that identifies...
Tweet photos: Nigerians protest fuel subsidy removal
Jan. 3 | Photos from rallies against fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, which has caused an increase in petrol prices have become viral on social media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook. Latest report from trade unionist protest in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial...
Horn of Africa’s famine response — too little, perhaps too late
Dec. 23 | By Kingsley Ighobor Jerry Rawlings, a former president of Ghana and now the high representative for Somalia for the African Union (AU), visited a number of African capitals in July and August to drum up support for a pan-African conference on the famine...
Nigeria at 51: The “forces of evil” thrives
Oct. 6 | Nigeria's 51 independent celebration in Lagos, Oct. 1 2011. Photo Source: Reuters Keeping mute in the face of tyranny and maintaining passivity when actions are required is not ordinarily an act of cowardice, it is inhuman, it is deplorable and it...
