The issue has been rumbling on since September, when the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation of withholding $49.8 billion in oil
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Ki-Moon, Help Nigeria
April 26, 2013 Comment Off 59 ViewsThe reported massacre of over 200 people overnight at Baga in Borno State, last weekend, must have forced United Nations secretary-general Mr Ban Ki-moon to make a statement in anger: he
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Ogwumike ’14, basketball star, volunteers in Nigeria
April 26, 2013 Comment Off 77 ViewsIf spring practices for the Stanford women’s basketball team feel a little empty, it may be because two-time All-American and Pac-12 Player of the Year Chiney Ogwumike ’14 is halfway around
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Professor Chinua Achebe is dead
March 22, 2013 Comment Off 66 ViewsChinua Achebe Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, is dead. Achebe, who was the David and Mariana Fisher Professor
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New city project illustrates Nigeria’s struggle to top SA
March 6, 2013 Comment Off 69 ViewsNigeria local chiefs, attends an event to celebrate Eko Atlantic reclamation of 5,000,000 square metres of land from the sea in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Eko Atlantic the visionary
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Atiku – Excessive Spending On Security, Not a Solution
December 10, 2012 Comment Off 66 ViewsFormer vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned against excessive security expenditure in the fight against the religious sect, Boko
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Insecurity My Biggest Challenge – Jonathan
November 19, 2012 Comment Off 76 ViewsPresident Goodluck Jonathan admitted yesterday that growing insecurity caused by the gory activities of the Boko Haram sect and kidnapping activities in the south was his major challenge. He,
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Constitutional Review Will Address State Creation – Rep
November 6, 2012 Comment Off 32 ViewsLagos — A member House of Representatives, Otunba Yomi Ogunnusi has said that the proposed constitutional amendment would adequately address the agitation for the creation of more states and state
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Not Yet Sunset for Okada Operators – Raging War Against Commercial …
November 3, 2012 Comment Off 69 ViewsThe drastic fall in standard of living and horrible decline in quality public transportation in the country were attributable to the emergence of motorcyles and tricycles (keke Marwa) as means of
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Rejection of Female Pilgrims – Saudi Arabia Blames Nigerian Officials
October 3, 2012 Comment Off 90 ViewsNigerian female pilgrims The Saudi Arabia government yesterday defended its decision to continue deporting Nigeria female pilgrims no accompanied to this year's hajj by their Muharram (male
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