Nigeria army imposes curfew on city
Source: BBC
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-18 08:45:26 -0700 | travel-news
Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the north-eastern city of Maiduguri as it presses its offensive against militants. A statement named 11 areas of the city where people must remain inside their homes until further notice....
The World's 5 Most Debt-Ridden Countries
Source: The Motley Fool
Ire :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-18 07:38:16 -0700 | business-news
No economic conversation has captured the public's eye quite like the explosion of national debt. From the U.S. to Europe to Asia, leading economies have staved off the worst of the recession by incurring runaway debts that have blossomed to...
British woman could face death penalty for smuggling
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-18 01:09:34 -0700 | political-news
A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said. The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in...
Indian, Nigerian teams win Africa business contest
Source: NewKerala
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-18 01:04:40 -0700 | business-news
India's Life Catalyst Technologies and Nigeria's Jorsey Ashbel Farms won the 2nd Indiafrica Business Venture Competition held as part of the ongoing IndiAfrica Festival here, a statement from the organisers said Saturday. Four teams from India, two from Nigeria and...
2 jailed for killer teething drug
Source: News 24
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-18 00:04:31 -0700 | health-news
A Nigerian court on Friday sentenced two officials from a pharmaceutical company to seven years in prison, over the sale of an adulterated teething drug that killed 84 babies in 2008. Children between 2 months and 7-years-old, died from renal...
Dozens of militants killed by Nigerian military air raids
Source: Zee News
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-24 07:57:10 -0700 | travel-news
Nigerian military pounded the camps of Islamic militant group Boko Haram's strongholds across the northeast, killing dozens of militants, the military said. "The extremists were hit inside their camps since Wednesday in the affected states," Army spokesman Brigadier General Chris...
Deep sea 'gold rush' moves closer
Source: BBC
Isa :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 18:49:15 -0700 | technology-news
It says companies could apply for licences from as soon as 2016. I don't think we own the deep ocean in the sense that we can do what we like with it End Quote Dr Jon Copley University of Southampton...
HC to ISA: Show what you are doing to uplift standards
Source: Indian Express
Isa :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 17:12:16 -0700 | sports-news
The over-enthusiasm shown by the Independent Schools Association (ISA) to "preach" the government schools on the uplift of education standards has backfired. For, turning its application on its head, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday directed the association...
Lo Liyong was right about us
Source: Daily Nation
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 14:59:33 -0700 | allnews
Rating In Summary Most of our writers do not read profoundly. In the Queen of Folklore' article, Asenath Odaga says that whenever she met Flora Nwapa in the 1970s and 1980s in conferences, the Nigerian writer would ask her: Why...
Lo Liyong was right about us
Source: Daily Nation
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 14:59:33 -0700 | allnews
Rating In Summary Most of our writers do not read profoundly. In the Queen of Folklore' article, Asenath Odaga says that whenever she met Flora Nwapa in the 1970s and 1980s in conferences, the Nigerian writer would ask her: Why...
In Americanah, Adichie notices the things you're not supposed to
Source: The Globe & Mail
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 13:43:04 -0700 | allnews
Ifemelu, a Nigerian student recently arrived to study in America, is helping her friend, Ginika, also a Nigerian, who has been in America for some time, shop for a dress. It is a gruelling process: Ginika is indecisive, and they're...
In Americanah, Adichie notices the things you're not supposed to
Source: The Globe & Mail
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 13:43:04 -0700 | allnews
Ifemelu, a Nigerian student recently arrived to study in America, is helping her friend, Ginika, also a Nigerian, who has been in America for some time, shop for a dress. It is a gruelling process: Ginika is indecisive, and they're...
Nigeria Steps Up Assaults on Militants in Northeast
Source: Newyork Times
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 12:52:38 -0700 | travel-news
Military officials said air and ground assaults were launched against suspected bases of the Boko Haram Islamist group in border areas at Nigeria's northeastern edge and in a forest south of the city of Maiduguri, the group's birthplace. It was...
Nigeria's Islamists could face war crimes charges: UN
Source: DAWN
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-23 22:41:17 -0700 | travel-news
Nigeria's Boko Haram could face charges of crimes against humanity, the UN's human rights office warned Friday, also urging the government to ensure civilians are not swept up in an army counter-offensive. Members of Boko Haram and other groups and...
Jail over Nigeria baby drug deaths
Source: BBC
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-17 08:01:47 -0700 | political-news
Nigerians jailed over poisoned baby drug Two Nigerians have been sentenced to seven years in prison over the deaths of at least 80 children who took adulterated teething medicine. The officials from the company which made the My Pikin syrup...
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