WASHINGTON (AFP) – A prize-winning, super-energy-saving LED bulb from Dutch electronics giant Philips said to last over 20 years went on sale Sunday to coincide with Earth Day. The bulb that won the US Department of Energy’s “Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize” was available from retailers for $50, down from an initial $60 price tag. The […]
The Executive Directors of the World Bank on Monday selected American nominee, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, as the new president of the institution. This ends weeks of speculation after Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Ocampo, slugged it out with Kim. Ocampo pulled out of the race on […]
BY Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA — In spite of the spirited fight by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the position of the President of the World Bank, indications emerged last night that United States of America’s candidate, Mr. Jim Yong Kim will win comfortably. […]
CARTAGENA (AFP) – The Secret Service was embroiled in a new row Saturday after it was revealed that about 12 agents protecting US President Barack Obama in Colombia were sent home amid rumors of a sex scandal. Just hours after Obama arrived late Friday in Cartagena, under lockdown for the Summit of the Americas meeting […]
Former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo on Friday withdrew his candidacy for World Bank president, leaving two candidates in a race that he said had turned highly political. With the World Bank board meeting on Monday to pick a new president, Ocampo said he hoped emerging market nations would rally behind one candidate, Nigerian […]
THE President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayo Oritsejafor, has rejected the view of the American government expressed by the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Mr. Johnnie Carson, that “the threat from Boko Haram grows as Nigeria’s standard of living declines.” In a statement by the Special Assistant, Media […]
A FRESH insight into how to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency has come from the United States (U.S.), which wants Nigeria to open a dialogue with the group. The proposal of the U.S. came as Vice President Namadi Sambo and his American counterpart, Joe Biden, reviewed diplomatic relations between their countries on Tuesday afternoon at […]
April 12, 2012 by Oluwole Josiah and Friday Olokor Investigations into the administration of pensions in the country have assumed a new twist as the Joint Committee of the Senate on the Pensions Probe has alleged an attempt by the Pensions Reforms Task Team to bribe its members. Chairman of the committee, Senator Aloysius Etok, […]
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terrence McCulley, said his country has spent $44m to fight the dreaded HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The US Ambassador, added that the funds were used for capacity building in the treatment of the virus and the provision of necessary infrastructure in military formations. McCulley, who was represented by the […]
By John E. Oshodi | Abuja | Nigeria | April 6, 2012 – President Obama, view Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, through your own lens Mr. President, throughout your life you have always believed that ‘may the best win’ and with this philosophy the world believed in you, and today as the President of the free world, you remain […]
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