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Ibrahim Mayaki

NEPAD mobilizes funds for regional infrastructure

Ibrahim Mayaki is the chief executive officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), a developmental agency of the African Union. Africa Renewal’s...

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...

Nigeria: Poverty rises six years in a row despite economic growth

 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...

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...

Jonathan prays

Goodluck Jonathan: The Destroyer Or Saviour Of Nigeria?

By Femi Fani-Kayode I am sad and troubled for our nation. I just cannot sleep when I consider the amount of innocent blood that has been spilt in the 24 hours before I...

Why we oppose the Lekki Toll Gate

By Babatunde Gbadamosi Today, scores of residents of Lekki defied the ban on public rallies by the Lagos State police command as they stormed the Admiralty Way...

#OccupyNigeria: “FG should go back to N65 per litre,” says Bukola Saraki

Nigerians Abroad Live (NAL) staff writer Nigeria’s ruling party chieftain and member of the Nigerian Senate Bukola Saraki on Tuesday called on the Federal Government...

Tough choices have to be made – Jonathan’s best speech yet

Editor’s Note: Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan in a landmark speech, gets emotional, and reaches out to Nigerians for their cooperation on the removal of the...

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...

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...