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Muhammadu Buhari at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Dinner

Ten great reasons to invest in Africa

By Stephen Hayes More than anywhere else in the world, Africa has been discussed as the last emerging market in the world, the largest emerging market, the land of...

Jacob Zuma

Nigeria arms deal: South Africa ready to return seized money

Mail & Guardian, SA - South Africa is considering returning more than R100-million in Nigerian money that it confiscated last year, or clearing the way to sell...

2011 Human Development Report: Africa makes slow progress

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...

African Peer Review

African Peer Review Mechanism is making progress

In 2003 the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the continental development plan, initiated the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Since then 30...

On President Jonathnan’s incompetency

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...

Microfinance: What role in Africa’s development?

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...

Food crisis: time to break the cycle

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...

Jonathan submits 34 cabinet nominees for legislative approval

AFP - Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has sent to the Senate for approval an initial list of 34 ministers for his new government since taking office...

Nigerian soccer player Adefemi dies in Greece

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 played for Greek...

Nigeria’s Next President

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...