Global rating agency, Standard Poor's, SP, yesterday, expressed confidence in the Nigerian economy, as it upgraded its outlook on the country's credit rating to positive, from stable. The
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Restoring Nigeria on path of glory
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 117 ViewsbOOK rEVIEW Restoring Nigeria on path of glory Lawful Nigeria, Cheston Agency Press, Enugu, 2011, pp. 118 By HENRY AKUBUIRO Saturday, December 31, 2011 The author of the book,
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Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa’s daughter remembers her father
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 39 ViewsTo most of us, Ken Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian activist and a martyr, a brave and inspiring campaigner who led his Ogoni people's struggle against the decades-long defilement of their land by Big
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Nigerians drum supports for gov’t over state of emergency
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 59 ViewsNigerians from different spheres of life on Sunday hailed President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration of state of emergency in parts of Yobe, Borno, Plateau and Niger states. Among those who
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Three more arrested over Oxford Street stabbing
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 73 ViewsSeydou Diarrassouba had been involved in a fight in a Foot Locker shop before he was stabbed Three youths have been arrested over the death of Seydou Diarrassouba on London's Oxford Street during
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Climate Change And Economic Growth In Nigeria
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 59 ViewsNigeria is participating at the ongoing Climate Change Conference holding in Durban, South Africa. PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID writes on the challenges of climate change on the country and what the
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Eleven magical minutes that dazzled the world: Spectacular London fireworks …
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 53 ViewsIt was the 11-minute fireworks spectacular that wowed the world. To the gasps of the thrilled crowd thronging the banks of the Thames, a dazzling display of rockets shot out from the arches above
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Accusations fly as oil slick hits Nigeria coast
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 190 ViewsNigerian villagers say oil washing up on the coast comes from a Royal Dutch Shell loading accident last month that caused the biggest spill in Africa's top producer in more than 13
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Nigeria’s Labour threatens mass protests
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 77 ViewsThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a showdown with the Federal Government through mass protests and strikes until the price of petrol is reversed
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Fishing suspended after Nigeria oil spill
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 69 ViewsNigeria officials say they suspended fishing off the southern coast following the spill of about 40,000 barrels of crude oil from a Shell production platform. The Nigerian Oil Spills Detection
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