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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Monday, March 12th, 2012
By Raheem ‘MOSHOESHOE’ Oluwafunminiyi, Ibadan, Nigeria, March 12, 2012 – When two Elephants fight, it is widely believed the grass suffers. This aptly describes the ongoing diplomatic war between two African Elephants, Nigeria and South-Africa. This of course would not be the first time the two countries would follow the cold war path. Many would […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Kidnappers of Italian, Briton demanded $6.5m – ReportMarch 12, 2012 by Agency Reporter 20 Comments The plans to free two Western hostages were well underway when they were killed during a failed rescue bid in Nigeria, a spokesman for the kidnappers told the Mauritanian news agency ANI. According to AFP, the spokesman for a splinter […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
NAIROBI (AFP) – A bomb attack at a bus station near the centre of Nairobi killed at least three people and wounded more than 20 others on Saturday, Kenya police said. A senior police official who did not want to be named told AFP it was believed that one or several grenades had been thrown […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
Asaba – The Delta State Police Command has arrested a man alleged to have attempted to kidnap an Italian, Mr Galvagni Renze, in Asaba, Delta. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mr Charles Muka, who confirmed the arrest of the suspect on Friday, said that the attempted kidnap took place on Thursday in Asaba. […]
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Saturday, March 10th, 2012
By Nnamdi Ojiego President Goodluck Jonathan has formally commiserated with the families, people and governments of Britain and Italy over the the death of their citizens, Chris McManus, (British) and Franco Lamorina, (Italian) who were killed on Thursday by their Boko Haram captors in Sokoto State after being held captive for over eight months. In […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The Association of Retired Ambassadors of Nigeria (ARAN) and the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) has commended the Federal Government over its firm stance during its recent row with the South African Government. This commendation was made by the two groups in two different press statements yesterday. The ex envoys under the aegis of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano It is “inexplicable” the United Kingdom did not tell Rome of a bid to rescue a Briton and an Italian held in Nigeria, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano says, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday. Islamist militants took Chris McManus, 28, of Oldham, and Franco Lamolinara hostage in north-west Nigeria […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 9th, 2012
March 10, 2012 by Oyetunji Abioye 1 Comment The United Kingdom on Friday deported 120 Nigerians for various immigration offences. The deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, aboard a chartered aircraft. Airport sources said the first batch of the deportees had arrived in the early hours of the day, while the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
South Africa should apologise today for the illegal deportation of 125 Nigerian passengers last Friday at the Oliver Thambo International Airport in Johannesburg or face tougher measures, officials said last night. Nigeria has given five conditions to be met by South Africa to end the impasse sparked by the incident. They are: •unconditional apology to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
After one week of diplomatic stand off, the South-African government, on Thursday, apologised to the Federal Government for deporting 125 Nigerians from the country on March 2. The Nigerian travellers were deported for allegedly presenting fake yellow fever vaccination cards. The Nigerian government, which disputed the claim and took reciprocal actions to show […]
