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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his scheduled trip to France for the summit of Eight Industrialised Nations, the G-8. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja and signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Ima Niboro. The statement said the trip was cancelled, […]
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the National Assembly for passing the National Health Bill into law and called for a quick assent by the President. In a goodwill message for this year’s Children’s Day celebration, which was made available to Daily Sun, UNICEF described the National Health Act as the best gift […]
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011

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Africa & World Politics
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
ALASSANE Ouattara has been inaugurated as the president of Ivory Coast in the capital, Yamoussoukro, after months of violence and political turmoil. The ceremony was attended by many African heads of state, as well as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Ouattara thanked the international community for its support and […]
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
THE Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Ban Ki-moon, who is now on a duty tour of Nigeria, yesterday praised the efforts of the Federal Government specifically on the passage of the National Health Bill which, he said was capable of enhancing the country’s capacity to meet the Milliennium Development Goals (MGDs), one of […]
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon arrived Abuja yesterday on a two-day visit. Ban arrived Abuja from, his first trip to Nigeria since he took office in 2007, from Ivory Coast where he attended the inauguration of President Alassane Ouattara last Saturday. He will leave Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia tommorow. The UN chief was […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
If doomsday didn’t come on Saturday, that is little consolation to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Both big men just found out that the wages of sexual sin is social death, maybe even physical death. Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California, recently admitted that he fathered a now 13-year-old boy with one of his household […]
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Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Ivorians on Saturday in Yamoussoukro roared with applause at the mention of Nigeria, France, Burkina Faso and the United Nations during the investiture of President Alassane Outtara on Saturday. In the highly attended ceremony held at the Houphouet Boigny Foundation, Ivorians expressed their gratitude by giving standing ovation to the three countries and the UN. […]
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Africa & World Politics
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
MIXED reactions have continued to trail United States’ (U.S.) President Barack Obama’s new policy outlines for the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of revolts and elusive peace in the two regions. From the affected two regions, West Africa and America, it was a diversity of commendations and attacks for the Obama address […]
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Africa & World Politics
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Yamoussoukro -After five months of bloodbath and tears, Ivorians, Friday thronged Yamoussoukro, the inner political capital of Cote d’Ivoire, to celebrate the impending inauguration of President Alassane Ouattara. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that the ceremony, to be held today, is to be witnessed by no fewer than 25 presidents from Africa, Europe […]