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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...
Commonwealth Leaders urged to end early teen marriage
Sep. 29 | Press Release – LEADERS of the 54 Commonwealth nations are being urged to end early and forced marriage. One month ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth Australia, the Royal Commonwealth Society and charity Plan International...
Nigerian Embassy gets rewarded to facilitate immigrants deportation
Sep. 15 | An unidentified activist leader speaks with a German police officer during a peaceful protest against poor living conditions of asylum seekers in Germany. By NAL staff writer In 2009, Salomom Wantchoucou, a Beninois asylum seeker was to be deported by...
