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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Paul I. Adujie
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
FULL Title for this Article – “Land Grabs in New Scramble For Africa & Global Food Security Implications” “By Paul I. Adujie, New York, NY – June 15, 2011 – “Slavery and colonialism came with great benefits to Africa from Europe” Among the “benefits” are, the adoption of Christianity by millions of Africans and the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Arnold Alalibo, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Geneva-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will today participate in a panel discussion on building sustainable societies at the ongoing 100th Session of the International Labour Organisation, ILO, holding in Geneva. The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent covering the meeting reports that the session is being organised by ‘Club de Madrid’, an independent non-profit organisation composed of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
A GROUNDSWELL of global goodwill and rising acclaim for Nigeria and its re-elected President Goodluck Jonathan was on display last week at the United Nations, New York and Washington DC, as world leaders expressed the hope that Nigeria would actualise its potentials. For instance, former US President Bill Clinton said, in New York, that Jonathan may turn out […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
THE United States (U.S.) has attributed the success of the 2011 elections in Nigeria to the support of Washington and the appointment of honest people to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In press interviews in Lusaka, Zambia at the weekend at the end of this year’s U.S. African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) summit, which were released […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Paul I. Adujie
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
By Paul I. Adujie, New York, NY – June 12, 2011 – Cutting the American Defense Budget or Military Spending is panacea for economic recovery, budget balancing and deficit reductions. After all, what use is the military to beleaguered American citizens who are being thrown out of their homes in foreclosures? Or what use is […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
A senior Turkish diplomat said 4,300 Syrian refugees had crossed the border and were being cared for in hospitals and camps, but a Western diplomat said the number was higher and witnesses said some 10,000 were sheltering near the border. The assault on Jisr al-Shughour, astride a strategic road in northwest Syria, is the latest […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
As part of his scheduled assignments in the United States this week, President Goodluck Jonathan had a 45-minutes’ meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington DC, early yesterday, appealing to the American government to help in the HIV/AIDS scourge in Nigeria. Stressing his earlier presentation at the United Nations General […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics
Friday, June 10th, 2011
UNITED STATES (U.S.) President Barack Obama has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to take his election last month as a good opportunity to pursue the development of the country. He said the U.S. government would invigorate its assistance to the country through the U.S.-Nigeria Bi-national Commission. Obama, who also restated that Nigeria is one of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
FACED with unrelenting opposition at home and abroad, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has apparently reconsidered his bid to hold on to power. To ensure his safe exit, Gaddafi’s associates have opened negotiation with the United States(U.S.) and other countries. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters after an international conference on Libya in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
The ongoing war of liberation in Libya has taken a new dimension following the discovery of a discreet but thriving oil smuggling business via Nigerian borders in Kebbi, Sokoto and Katsina States. The recourse to Nigeria’s oil was said to have been mandated by the huge destruction to the oil supply chain in the war […]
