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Archive for February, 2012
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...
Feb. 21 | Report by Sam Asoluka
Hundreds of Nigerians in the United Kingdom descended on central London, defying the cold weather, to attend a Peace Rally outside Downing Street in solidarity with families who lost their loved ones in terrorist attacks in Northern...
Feb. 21 | Nigeria has the potential to become as big a retail market for South Africa’s Shoprite as its home base, the head of the supermarket chain said on Tuesday, playing down concerns of rising poverty in Africa’s most populous country.
“Several...
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...
Feb. 18 | By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Three weeks ago I was at a meeting in Accra, Ghana, in preparation for the biennial African Feminist Forum, which is convened by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), an Africa-wide grant-making foundation for African women...
Feb. 14 | By Sam Asoluka
Nigerians living in the United Kingdom will be holding a Peace Rally outside Downing Street, London on the 18th of February, 2012 in solidarity with families who lost their innocent loved ones in terrorist attacks and to send a clear message...
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...
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 -...
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...
Feb. 9 | Chukie "LYNXXX" Edozien, Naija R&B star and Pepsi brand ambassador.
By Nigerians Abroad Live (NAL) staff writer
Needed something to inspire you for Valentine’s Day? We got you hooked up, the “nawti” or ice cream factory’s...
