Lagos - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's special adviser, Jeffrey Sachs, on Monday warned Nigeria against population explosion, saying the current figure of 158 million could balloon to 730 million
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World Bank wants new governors to build infrastructure
May 20, 2011 Comment Off 60 ViewsOfficials of the World Bank and the United Kingdom (UK)'s Department of Foreign and International Development (DFID) yesterday challenged governors to direct their energies toward improving the lives
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Nigeria : Tough Bail Conditions for Atuche’s Wife
May 20, 2011 Comment Off 66 ViewsLagos — Justice Bisola Okunnu sitting in Ikeja High Court, yesterday, granted bail to Mrs. Elizabeth Atuche, the detained wife of the former Managing Director of Bank PHB Plc, Mr. Francis Atuche,
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Nigeria: ‘Country Spent U.S.$8 Million to Refurbish U.S. Warship’
May 16, 2011 Comment Off 45 ViewsThe Nigerian Government has invested close to eight million dollars to refurbish a US Coast Guard Warship, USCGC CHASE (WHEC-718) donated to the Nigeria Navy, a senior military official
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2 killed in latest blast in Nigeria’s northeast
May 15, 2011 Comment Off 30 ViewsMAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Police say that a blast in Nigeria's restive northeast has killed two bystanders at a bus stop. Authorities suspect that members of a radical Muslim sect locally known as
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‘Sesame Street’ ventures into Nigeria
May 15, 2011 Comment Off 26 ViewsU.S. officials say a Nigerian adaptation of "Sesame Street" will debut later this month in Africa's most populous country. The U.S. mission in Nigeria said in a Tuesday statement that the show
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London plans floating walkway on River Thames costing £60m
May 15, 2011 Comment Off 74 ViewsIt promises to let visitors to London walk on water. A £60million floating boardwalk will be built along the Thames, taking visitors a kilometre along the river from Blackfriars to the tower
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The North and Jonathan Presidency
May 10, 2011 Comment Off 83 ViewsBeginning from May 29, 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan has a new four year mandate as President of Nigeria. His declaration as President-elect by INEC propelled the historic April 17th, 2011,
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Nigeria and UNESCO launch $6 million national literacy programme
May 9, 2011 Comment Off 60 ViewsEfforts to achieve Education for All in Nigeria received a major boost today with the signing of an $6 million agreement between UNESCO and the Nigerian Government. Under the agreement, Nigeria will
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Nigerian opposition party asks court to void president’s win
May 9, 2011 Comment Off 74 ViewsABUJA — Nigeria's opposition Congress for Progressive Change party on Sunday asked a court to nullify the election of President Goodluck Jonathan because of alleged irregularities in some
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