Nigerian Government To Implement Niger Delta Master Plan, Says Veep
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Dec 1 -- Nigerian Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government is focused on implementation of the Niger Delta Master Plan to drive development of the region....
View ArticleIslamic State Targeting Africa: Top Africom Commander Warns VOA
This undated image made from video released by Islamic State militants in April 2015 purports to show a group of captured Ethiopian Christians taken to a beach before being executed. The Syria-based...
View ArticleInside the Nigerian city targeted by Boko Haram
... 34 lives and injuring 80. Everyone along this busy road on the periphery of Adamawa's state capital, in northeast Nigeria, knows someone who was affected. And everyone is afraid that it might...
View ArticleBoko Haram militants kill four, wound two in Niger attack
People look at pictures of wanted Boko Haram suspects on a notice posted by the Nigerian military, in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, November 13, 2015. People look at pictures of wanted Boko Haram...
View ArticleMeet Femi Akinyelure, Energy Industry Expert and Specialist
LAGOS CITY, Nigeria - Dec. 1, 2015 - PRLog -- Femi Akinyelure is an experienced hardworking expert specialising in the Nigerian Energy sector. As one of the top performers at the Lagos State...
View Article'Under the Udala Trees' examines the potential for cruelty in ordinary life
One of the rising stars of current African fiction, Chinelo Okparanta was born and raised in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Under the Udala Trees , which follows her short-story collection "Happiness, Like...
View ArticleNigeria: Will Buhari's Judicial Reforms Work?
... fine as an option and letting him walk out of court. An intense public outcry followed. The commission, considered Nigeria's most efficient anti-corruption agency, later claimed it had been tricked...
View ArticleWar on waste: Nigeria launches government efficiency drive
Abuja: Replacing a single printer ink cartridge of the same make in different Nigerian government departments can cost $79 or $308; flights to the same destination can vary by as much as 100 percent....
View ArticleNigeria: Ex-security adviser detained over missing billions
... of the state Capitol, provoking fresh calls to overhaul a system that has stubbornly clung to its long... LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Agents from Nigeria's intelligence and financial crimes agencies have...
View ArticleLauryn Hill Performs Live In Nigeria, Visits Fela Kuti's Shrine
As a pioneering member of South Orange, New Jersey bred group The Fugees Lauryn Hill has influenced legions of fans across the globe. A testament to that fact is the overwhelming response Lauryn...
View ArticleHigh-profile arrests over Nigerian 'fake' arms deals
A picture taken on February 16, 2015 shows members of self-appointed vigilance committee hunting down and fighting Boko Haram Islamic group, standing in the village of Lding Lding, northern Cameroon....
View ArticleIn Nigeria, newly appointed officials signal shift in economic policy
... You'll be able to access the story from your Reading List on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Kayode Fayemi, Nigeria's new minister of of solid minerals development, shakes hands with President...
View ArticleNight Fire in Dorms Kills 7 at Nigerian Girls' School
An official says a fire has gutted the dormitories of a girls' high school in northern Kano state, killing 7 students and injuring 25. He said Sunday night's fire gutted the hostel of the Government...
View ArticleOpen letter to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari
... down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." And your professed desire to end corruption in Nigeria is welcome. But to be just, the law must be evenhanded. It cannot, in the...
View ArticleNothing brings sustainable peace in Darfur but the demise of the NCP regime
... and the Darfur rebel Movements (SLAM/A) and JEM), starting from AbA chA & Ndjamena in Chad to Abuja in Nigeria, Sirte in Libya, Arusha in Tanzania, Doha in the Arab Gulf State of Qatar, and...
View ArticleNigeria: Fact Check - Police IG Arase's Claim 90,000 Officers Killed in Boko...
Nigeria's House of Representatives resolved last Wednesday to investigate claims earlier in the month by Nigeria's inspector-general of police, Solomon Arase, that 90,000 police officers have been...
View ArticleWest Africa: SMC in the Sahel - Protecting Northern Nigeria's Most Vulnerable...
The entire Nigerian population is at risk of malaria all year round, but in the Sahel region of northern Nigeria, this risk increases with the arrival of the rainy season , when an estimated 60 percent...
View ArticleOrnua opens Kerrygold packing factory in Nigeria
... 2013 Ornua opened its African headquarters in Port Elizabeth in South Africa where it currently employs 250 people. Nigeria is one of the top three importers of powdered milk products in Africa and...
View ArticleNames and faces
In this Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, file photo, Irish rock star Bono speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Lagos, Nigeria. a U2 frontman Bono kicked off a campaign Tuesday to mark World...
View ArticleMorning business news - 2 December
Dermot Goode of totalhealthcover.ie said the average increase at Aviva was of the order of 5.5%, but he warned people to look beyond the averages. "Some of those plans are going up by 7%.
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