Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu passionately believed his homeland in eastern Nigeria deserved to be its own country, a new nation free of the borders imposed by foreigners as colonialism lifted across
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James Murdoch resigns board of UK news publisher
November 25, 2011 Comment Off 23 ViewsJames Murdoch has stepped down from the boards of the immediate parent companies of the Sun and the Times, one of which is the business named as a defendant in all the phone-hacking civil
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Nigeria moves to ban, criminalize gay marriage
November 22, 2011 Comment Off 63 ViewsWhen a gang of men ambushed Rashidi Williams and a male friend earlier this year, the 25-year-old gay Nigerian was too afraid to report the attack to police or even to his
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NCAA, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic bicker over indicting report
November 22, 2011 Comment Off 86 ViewsBritish Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) say they have always had the interest of Nigeria and its people at heart. But, the full report of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority
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Reports into the London riots show victim of shooting did not have a gun
November 22, 2011 Comment Off 159 ViewsTHERE is no evidence Mark Duggan - whose killing by police sparked deadly riots throughout London and wider England in August - was holding a gun when he was shot dead, according to the
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Nigerians mourn Alex Uruemu Ibru
November 21, 2011 Comment Off 83 ViewsBY LEKE ADESERI, HUGO ODIOGOR, DAPO AKINREFON NIGERIANS, yesterday, mourned the death of the Chairman and Publisher of The Guardian newspaper, Alexander Uruemu Ibru. Chief Ibru who
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Nigeria fines BA $135m, Virgin Atlantic $100m
November 18, 2011 Comment Off 91 ViewsNigerian airport officials have fined British Airways $135 million and Virgin Atlantic $100 million amid a dispute over ticket prices, the country's civil aviation authority said
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Nigeria/Britain Meeting On Basa Deadlocked
November 18, 2011 Comment Off 59 ViewsA meeting between officials of the British government and Nigerian officials led by the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah over the breach of the Bilateral Air Service Agreement
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Shell reports fresh spill in southern Nigeria
November 14, 2011 Comment Off 40 ViewsYENAGOA, Nigeria — Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell on Sunday reported a fresh spill from a key delivery pipeline in southern Nigeria, but said it has contained the leak. "SPDC (Shell Petroleum
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Legalising Prostitution – Women Give Ekweremadu Hard Knocks
October 16, 2011 Comment Off 33 ViewsTwo Months After Halima, a 15 year old girl was introduced to sleeping with older men in the town, her lifestyle went a different direction. All the way from Kaduna, she was brought by her
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