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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...
African Peer Review Mechanism is making progress
Feb. 9 | In 2003 the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the continental development plan, initiated the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Since then 30 countries have joined the voluntary arrangement. How well has this process been working,...
On President Jonathnan’s incompetency
Jan. 6 | By Charles Ukaegbu Fellow Nigerians, I salute! It is feasible that 2012 will be a year of absolute dilemma, suffering, and distress for Nigerians, particularly the ordinary Nigerians. These problems though, will not be constrained to the removal of fuel...
Microfinance: What role in Africa’s development?
Aug. 24 | By David Mehdi Hamam and Oliver Schwank The honeymoon with microfinance is over. Since the idea of lending small sums of money to poor people was pioneered by Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, the approach has been taken up by many non-governmental organizations,...
Food crisis: time to break the cycle
Aug. 12 | Saint Louis Market, Senegal. UN Photo/John Isaac. By Masimba Tafirenyika Once every few years, the world goes through a familiar ritual: various factors converge to trigger unusual increases in global food prices. In response, countries rush through emergency...
Jonathan submits 34 cabinet nominees for legislative approval
Jun. 28 | Notable nominees on the president's list include former ministers: Olusegun Aganga (L), Diezani Allison-Madueke (M) and Labaran Maku (R) AFP – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has sent to the Senate for approval an initial list...
Nigerian soccer player Adefemi dies in Greece
Apr. 18 | Olubayo Adefemi (R) posed with soccer legend Diego Maradona at the 2010 FIFA Wprld Cup In South-Africa Greek police say Nigerian soccer player Olubayo Adefemi has been killed in a car accident while on leave to get married. The 25-year-old defender, who...
Nigeria’s Next President
Apr. 17 | Editorial, Nigerians Abroad Live Nigeria’s 2011 presidential election is ‘one like no other in the history of the country’. It’s the election about the future — the faith of diverse group of people and their pride, and the country’s...
President Jonathan to appoint adviser on terrorism
Jan. 3 | Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday he will appoint a special adviser on terrorism after a wave of violence in the last week of 2010 rocked Africa’s most populous nation. A bombing in the capital Abuja on New Year’s Eve killed...
