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American Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, February 17th, 2014
The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield, on Monday, urged the Federal Government to establish an electoral offences tribunal before the 2015 general elections. She made the call in Abuja at the opening of the Nigeria-U.S. Bi-National Commission (BNC) working group’s meeting on good governance, transparency and integrity. Thomas-Greenfield, who […]
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Sunday, February 16th, 2014
| credits: omojuwa.com Nigeria and the United States will today (Monday) meet to discuss how to further integrate civil society organisations into the electoral process before the 2015 general elections. The two-day meeting will hold under the Governance, Transparency, and Integrity Working Group of the United States-Nigeria Bi-national Commission. A statement from the US […]
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Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
Views: 55,650 A 20-year-old Nigerian boy by name Isaac Anya Ojiabo Jr. has been charged with first- and second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon after his mother was found dead in their palatial home in Forest Hill, Baltimore, USA. A Baltimore Sun report said he was taken into custody after allegedly stabbing his […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, January 20th, 2014
BY OKEY NDIRIBE, Sam Eyoboka & Victoria Ojeme Abuja—Leading western countries piled pressure on the Federal government, yesterday, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s signing of the Same-Sex Prohibition Act 2014. The latest country is the United States of America, whose Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle threatened that the United States will scale down its support […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Friday, January 17th, 2014
By Mark Mardell In a church in Alexandra, Virginia, just across the river from Washington DC, the congregation sing a solemn, gentle hymn in Dinka, one of the languages of South Sudan.There are more upbeat songs too, but this is a fairly reflective gathering. At the front of many minds is the violence that is […]
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Sunday, January 12th, 2014
A man who claims to be Jesus Christ and has been dressing up as such since 1979 has been banned from Britain in addition to being expelled from the United States and Venezuela. “This man believes he is Jesus Christ reincarnated despite being arrested more than 40 times,” says a report in Britain’s Daily Mirror. […]
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Saturday, January 11th, 2014
The next edition of CNN’s half hour programme, CNN African Voices, will feature screen goddess, Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde as the actress, singer, mother and philanthropist talks about her upbringing, career, achievements and passion for activism and her dreams. Popularly referred to as the Queen of Nollywood, Omotola is also a UN ambassador and activist with Amnesty […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos The United State embassy in Nigeria has condemned the attack in Shonong, Plateau State, Nigeria where gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed at least 30 people, including women and children. The embassy, in a statement issued by its Public affairs Section and made available to African Examiner, said it was […]
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American Politics, Aviation, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, January 6th, 2014
By Saharareporters, New York Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation who is embroiled in a scandal of towering proportions in the ministry, faces new integrity questions as her Masters’ degree has been challenged by the United States school which supposedly awarded it. Her resume, which she presented to the Senate as a ministerial nominee in […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, December 22nd, 2013
ARGUABLY the most successful investor of the 20th century has done it again. Warren Buffett added $37 million a day to his wealth in 2013, making him more profitable than any other billionaire in the US, Wealth-X claimed. TEN THINGS BILLIONAIRES WILL NOT TELL YOU THE FIRST JOB BILLIONAIRES HAD Buffett, known for his adherence […]
