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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Sunday, June 14th, 2015
Speaks on Europe, US and African immigrants dying at sea Dr. Patrick Dele Cole served during the first term of former President Olusegun Obasanjo as Special Adviser on International Relations. In this piece, Cole speaks on the ill of African immigration to Europe. War costs money and, at the end, someone has to pay. In the 17th, […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, June 14th, 2015
Lagos – Football stakeholders have described the Super Falcons 0-2 defeat to Australia as a great blow to the team’s chances of getting to the next stage of the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup. The competition had been ongoing in Canada. Some of the stakeholders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, June 13th, 2015
A Turkish mother, 36, shot dead her daughter, 17, after finding out that she was three months pregnant, media reports said on Saturday. The mother, named as Emine A., found out that her daughter Meryem A. was pregnant during a visit to neighbours, the Hurriyet daily reported. She then went back home to find a […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, June 13th, 2015
-Punch A Turkish mother, 36, shot dead her daughter, 17, after finding out that she was three months pregnant, media reports said on Saturday. The mother, named as Emine A., found out that her daughter Meryem A. was pregnant during a visit to neighbours, the Hurriyet daily reported. She then went back home to find […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, June 13th, 2015
Final death toll rose to 442 as bodies of the last several missing people aboard the capsized Yangtze River cruise ship Eastern Star had been found, a rescue official said Saturday. Only 12 people survived the disaster on the night of June 1, Tang Guanjun, director of the Yangtze River Navigation Affairs Administration, told a […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 12th, 2015
•Obasanjo, Danjuma, Tinubu, Atiku, Saraki nominate candidates •President may submit list to NASS next week Immediate past governors of Lagos and Rivers states, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and Mr. Rotimi Amaechi respectively; a former governor of Ekiti State, Engineer Segun Oni and Education minister in the Obasanjo government, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, may be among the ministerial […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Friday, June 12th, 2015
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is embroiled in conflict with his kinsman and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Sidi Godwin, over property seized from former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. Alamieyeseigha was impeached in 2005 by the state House of Assembly and later convicted for money laundering, paving way for Jonathan […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, June 12th, 2015
Plenty of goals but few upsets are likely outcomes when the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying competition kicks off Friday. All the first and second seeds in the 12 four-team groups enjoy home advantage, giving them a distinct early edge as they compete for 15 places at the tournament in Gabon. Recently appointed […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines
Friday, June 12th, 2015
Written by Nduka Chiejina, Abuja (Assistant Editor)The Bankers’ Committee yesterday said total bank credit now stands at between N13 trillion and N14 trillion, adding that three per cent of this huge credit is not performing. Addressing reporters in Abuja yesterday at the end of the Bankers’ Committee meeting, Director, Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Nigeria […]
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Headlines
Thursday, June 11th, 2015
I would like to think everyone, well at least nearly everyone who is literate, knows of the name Chimamanda. Not just because it is a beautifully long African (Igbo) name – the sort that makes you wonder (and cringe) at those of us who still cling on to, or worse, give to their children in […]
