The final elements of the infrastructure that will help to make London 2012 the most sustainable Games to date have been completed by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), with it on track to exceed
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London 2012 Festival takes art out into the streets and landscape
April 26, 2012 Comment Off 31 ViewsA barge full of comedians, string quartets in helicopters, aerial acrobatics in Cathedrals, a coach perched on an art gallery roof, and poetry installations on remote beaches are among the examples
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Tinubu: A Hero Celebrated In His Lifetime
April 26, 2012 Comment Off 60 ViewsAsiwaju Bolatito Ahmed Akanbi Tinubu comes in different shapes to many people not only in Nigeria but also the outside world. To the majority of Nigerians and ordinary man on the streets, he is
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DOCTORS’ STRIKE: Ore Falomo lambasts Lagos doctors
April 26, 2012 Comment Off 56 ViewsChairman, Elders’ Forum of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), and grand patron of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN), Lagos chapter, Dr Ore
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NDLEA Seizes N160 Million Worth of Drugs At Lagos Airport
April 26, 2012 Comment Off 43 ViewsOperatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, made a major seizure of 16 kilogrammes of high grade heroin worth about N160 million by a suspected drug syndicate at the
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Harrow MP visits Nigeria
April 26, 2012 Comment Off 121 ViewsA HARROW MP visited Nigeria to help a campaign to ensure every child gets an education. Bob Blackman, Harrow East MP, spent a week in Nigeria, coordinated by ActionAid, addressing problems
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Nigeria’s Big Men Politics
April 26, 2012 Comment Off 65 ViewsSince the advent of independence in the continent in the late 1950s, Africa has seen its fair share of “Big Man Politics” – where power is concentrated in the hands of the leader (sometimes
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Full programme announced for the London 2012 Festival
April 26, 2012 Comment Off 28 ViewsThe full line-up for the London 2012 Festival has been announced today, featuring 12,000 events and performances at 900 venues across the UK.
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Seeking Potable Water
April 26, 2012 Comment Off 123 ViewsInadequate sanitation impacts on everybody; from the greatest to the least. But, in spite of all these, a 5-day programme convened by the African Leadership Forum suggests sanitation coverage in
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US spent N5trn on HIV/AIDS in 7 years
April 26, 2012 Comment Off 66 ViewsUNITED States (US) government has spent N5 trillion on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria in the last seven years. The US Director of President’s Emergency Programme for AIDS Relief
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