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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
New York – Nigerians all over the world have been urged to speak out and condemn the brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street on Wednesday. Amb.Habib Habu, Consul General of Nigeria in New York stated this in a message on Thursday. According to him, the beheading of the 25-year-old soldier was […]
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Africa & World Politics, Anambra, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said the Federal Government and the Government of Ghana would collaborate to rebuild the St. Philip’s Central School, Ogidi, Anambra State, where the late Prof. Chinua Achebe had his primary education. Jonathan made the promise at the church service held for Achebe at Ogidi. However, the promise fell short of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Police say they were overwhelmed by the large crowd when a stampede killed four people at a church in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Sunday. Thousands of people flocked to the evangelical church for “holy water”, which they believed had healing powers, leading to the crush. “All of us were caught by surprise. No-one knew the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, May 20th, 2013
By Jimoh Babatunde with agency report Former Nigeria’s President ,Olusegun Obasanjo, took the 40 percent cassava flour inclusion in bread to Tanzania recently as he urged the Tanzania President to promote the use of cassava in confectioneries in his country to transform agriculture. He noted that the use of cassava flour in bread would stimulate […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
The Canadian company which arranged how the Rivers State Government’s controversial Bombardier Global 6000 private jet was ferried into Nigeria last year has written to the Federal Government, explaining how the jet got to the country through Senegal, among other details. The company, ACASS Canada Limited, stated how it assisted the Rivers State Government to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | May 15, 2013 | Emeritus Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, is arguably the most recognised African churchman in the world today. Even those who do not know his name or have a detailed knowledge of his activities and achievements will recognise the face of that ever-jovial […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
THE European Union will pledge to contribute more than 500 million euros ($650 million) to help Malians rebuild their country at a conference of aid donors in Brussels today, European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso said. “Tomorrow (today) we will commit €520m for Mali between 2013 and 2014,” Barroso told reporters on Tuesday. Mali, last […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
AS the Federal Government struggles to manage its wide budgetary deficits owing to dwindling revenue, top functionaries in Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( MDAs) have rejected offers of alternative financing for infrastructural projects from the World Bank through any form of Public, Private Partnership (PPP). This indication emerged Tuesday when the World Bank expressed shock […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Figure drooped from 900 t0 540 The number of Nigerians serving various jail terms in the United Kingdom has significantly dropped from some 900 to 540, the Nigerian High Commissioner to that country, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, has said. Tafida, who spoke against the backdrop of the Nigeria-UK Prisoners Transfer Agreement, stated this in a chat […]
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Africa & World Politics, Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
By Arnold A. .Alalibo | NNP | April 24, 2013 – Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, the controversial “Iron Lady”, who shaped British politcs, died from a stroke recently at the ripe age of 87. Thatcher was Britain’s first woman premier, a right-wing colossus and key figure in the Cold War. She led Britain […]
