Category: HEADLINES

Henry Odein Ajumogobia and Hillary Clinton

Corruption, ethnic intrigues tar Nigerian embassy in U.S.

An ambassador from a corrupt, oil-rich African nation. A journalist who moonlights as an activist. A disbarred lawyer and his client, a questionable businesswoman. And...

Acting IGP M.D. Abubakar: Another ‘chief security rogue’ in a failed system

By NAL staff writer In September 2002, the Justice Niki Tobi Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the civil disturbance in Jos, Plateu State recommended the dismissal of...

Nigeria risks ‘economic meltdown’ by 2015?

Nigerians Abroad Live (NAL) newswire How rich is Nigeria, the world’s eighth biggest exporter of crude oil? Well, not as rich as many would have thought including the...

Happy Nigerians, never mind the insecurity

Editorial, Nigerians Abroad Live Although the global community welcomes the New Year with pomp and pageantry, this isn’t the case in Nigeria, where insecurity of lives...

‘We cannot keep on offering a negative image of Africa,’ says Mayaki

In July 2001, African leaders adopted the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the road map for the continent’s development. Since its adoption a decade...

€20m mansion scandal: Blogger apologises to Alison-Madueke

Dear President Goodluck Jonathan and honorable minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke, I am personally very happy about the urgency which this millions of euro mansion...

Election tribunal upholds Jonathan’s presidency

ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court rejected a challenge to President Goodluck Jonathan’s victory in an April election and rejected demands by the main...

Gaddafi killed as Libya’s revolt claims hometown

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on Thursday as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his...

OWS global revolution weekend in pictures

Occupy Rome Occupy New York Occupy TokyoOccupy Barcelona Occupy Toronto Occupy London Occupy Chicago Occupy Los Angeles All photos credits: Getty Image    ...

Legendary CEO, Steve Jobs dies at 56

ABC News - Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple’s iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died, Apple said. Jobs was 56. “We are deeply saddened to...