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Africa & World Politics, Education, Headlines
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
“Top 100 Universities and Colleges in Africa Top 100 Universities and Colleges in Africa by the 4icu.org University Web Ranking: 1 University of Cape Town South Africa 2 Cairo University Egypt 3 University of Pretoria South Africa 4 Universiteit Stellenbosch South Africa 5 University of the Witwatersrand South Africa 6 University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Even before the suicide bombing of the United Nations office in Abuja on August 26 that left 23 people dead, the fundamentalist Boko Haram sect, the al-Qaeda and the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat had planned a similar attack on the United States Consulate in Lagos. The plan to attack the US consulate […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
For many years now, there have increasing cases of Nigerians’ illegal migration to Europe via the desert as victims of human trafficking and sex slavery. Despite the fact that only a few of the thousands that embark on the journey come back to tell their stories, the misinformation and the desperation for economic empowerment which […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
There were fears, on Friday, that some members of the regime of embattled Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi may have crossed over to some parts of Northern Nigeria. According to Hamada Radio International report, monitored in Kaduna, they were among hundreds fleeing Libya as fighters of the Transition National Council (TNC) closed in on one of Gaddafi’s strongholds, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
From Tokunbo Adedoja in New York Nigeria is among 30 countries that would join hands in a new initiative to combat global terrorism, the United States government has said. The new initiative, Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), which is a proposal of the US government, will be launched officially in New York on the margins of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Members and security forces of the regime of the ousted Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, may have crossed over to some parts of Northern Nigeria. The Spanish-owned Hamada Radio International reported on Friday that the Libyans were fleeing from French Special Forces Foreign Legion and their British counterparts. The report said that some members of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
A detailed analysis by a leading global news agency on Thursday says the influence of the global Islamic terrorist group, al-Qeada, is growing in Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Quoting intelligence experts, analysts and diplomats, Reuters reports that there is growing interaction between al-Qeada and Nigeria-based terrorist sect, Boko Haram. Boko Haram […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The International Criminal Court prosecutor said yesterday he is asking Interpol to issue red notice arrest warrants for Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi. The ICC issued arrest warrants in June for all three for crimes against humanity. ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he wants Interpol to issue a […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
FOLLOWING renewed tension and killings of black Libyans and foreign nationals in Libya, Nigeria has secured an understanding with the Transitional National Council (TNC) in Tripoli to protect the remaining Nigerians in the crisis-torn north African country. The accord, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, will subsist well beyond the lifespan […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
THE Libyan dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is rumoured to have fled Libya, as rebel forces finalised plan to peacefully take control of Bani Walid, where he is believed to be hiding. Bani Walid people had remained loyal to Gaddafi, after rebels took over control of government in Libya, while the rebel forces were to launch attack on […]
