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Obasanjo, IBB call for urgent dialogue to end violence
Jul. 30 | AFP – Two former Nigerian leaders issued a rare joint statement on Sunday calling for talks to end a deadly insurgency by Islamist group Boko Haram, warning the violence could put the nation’s unity at risk. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo...
Nigeria wins Olympic basketball opener
Jul. 29 | AFP – Alade Aminu scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Ike Diogu added 13 points and 10 rebounds as Nigeria just beat Tunisia 60-56 in the opening game of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament. Al-Farouq Aminu, who played for...
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...
2011 Human Development Report: Africa makes slow progress
Feb. 27 | By Kingsley Ighobor For some African countries, there is cheery news in the 2011 Human Development Report.* Published by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), it ranks countries according to three measures of human development: life expectancy, education...
FG pushes back electricity privatization plan
Feb. 21 | Nigeria has again pushed back the timeframe for selling off state-owned power assets, its privatization agency said on Monday, another setback for reforms which investors hope will unlock the potential of Africa’s second largest economy. Despite...
YouTube video shows Nigerian police officer killed in bomb explosion
Feb. 14 | NAL Staff writer It was a sad day for members of the Nigerian security services as they watched one of their own killed in the line of duty; his lifeless body torn apart and thrown around by a bomb explosion. The horrific video footage of a Nigerian Police...
Nigeria: Poverty rises six years in a row despite economic growth
Feb. 13 | Reuters - Poverty in Nigeria is rising with almost 100 million people living on less than $1 a day, despite strong growth in Africa’s second largest economy, data showed on Monday. The percentage of Nigerians living in absolute poverty –...
Dangote Cement opens new $1 bln plant
Feb. 10 | President Goodluck Jonathan commissioning the Dangote Cement factory at Ibeshe, Ogun state, on Thursday. L-R: Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Gov. Ibikunle Amosun and Mr Femi Otedola. Photo: STATE HOUSE Nigerian manufacturing group Dangote has opened a one-billion-dollar...
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...
