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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, June 1st, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki(retd.). It was learnt that the meeting, which held at the Defence House, Abuja, was aimed at assessing the security situation in the country against the backdrop of renewed attacks by the Boko Haram sect. Investigations also revealed that […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
Akinwumi Adesina speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative Euactive Nigeria’s outgoing Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, on Thursday emerged the 8th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Mr. Adesina, 55, will succeed incumbent president, Donald Kaberuka, at the end of his second term as President of the Bank in August 2015. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
President Jacob Zuma The National Association of Nigerian Students has advised South African President, Jacob Zuma, to stay away from the inauguration of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. The organisation also threatened to storm the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, should Zuma step into the country’s airport. According to the association, Zuma should keep […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
By Our Reporter–The first democratically elected and former Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi has been sentenced to death over mass prison break in 2011. Ex- Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi Following the latest ruling, the Egyptian’s highest religious authority, Grand Mufti, is expected to consider and decide whether the execution would be carried out or not, just […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
A top Burundian general on Wednesday launched a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza, following weeks of violent protests against the president’s bid to stand for a third term. Opposition protesters have been seeking to prevent Nkurunziza from standing for re-election, because they see him as a repressive, divisive leader incapable of reducing extreme poverty. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
Ariana Miyamoto entered the Miss Universe Japan beauty contest after a mixed-race friend committed suicide. And she endured abuse after winning the crown because of her skin colour. Far from being put off by the backlash, Miyamoto resolved to use her new-found fame to help fight racial prejudice — in much the same way British […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
RECENT successes recorded by the Nigerian Army in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency are not unconnected with the clandestine strides of a group of South African bush warfare experts, hired in secrecy by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government, it has been revealed. The group, known as Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection (STTEP), led […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
A Vietnamese court has sentenced two Nigerian men, Christian Nnadike, 34, and Collins Deke, 37, to 12 years each in a Vietnam prison for hacking into emails of local companies, contact the company’s foreign partners and swindle them of their money. The men along with a Vietnamese female accomplice, Le Thi Kim Quyen, was sentenced […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Monday, May 11th, 2015
While many Nigerians may have known visa fees of different European and American countries, not many take interest in what the country charges other nationals for the document. But the fact is that the Nigerian Immigration Service has a long list of the fees on its website, indicating clearly the differences in terms of countries, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, May 11th, 2015
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | May 11, 2015 – The wave of attacks against foreigners in South Africa, mostly migrants from other African countries, has attracted justified condemnation from around the world. Seven lives have been lost in the orgy of violence, with soldiers now (rather belatedly) deployed to some of the […]
