Although the move has been broadly welcomed, critics fear that too tight a hold by the AU may stifle progress. Hakim Elwaer, the AU director of human resources, science and technology, told a meeting of the African Cluster on Science...
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Decrying a return to fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, German President Horst Koehler Saturday urged all African nations to put an end to their disputes. 'This must have an end,' said Koehler, speaking at the...
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The financial problems in the US continue to threaten other world markets and the long-time effects are still unknown to the last detail. In Kenya, however, the effect may not be as serious as the pessimists are saying. It is...
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Farida Waziri has previously said the commission did not have any documentary evidence to investigate Obasanjo, who was president for eight years from 1999-2007. Adeniran said the petition contained detailed allegations of how Obasanjo illegally acquired 200 million shares in...
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Nigeria's Supreme Court is expected to decide on Thursday whether to declare invalid the results of the April 2007 election that brought President Umaru Yar'Adua to power...The court has given no indication whether it will pronounce a judgement or merely...
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eadership (Abuja) 22 October 2008 Posted to the web 22 October 2008 Stanley Yakubu Contrary to the fears being continuously expressed in some quarters over the likely negative impact the current global financial crisis could bring to bear on Nigeria's...
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A Bulgarian engineer kidnapped last month in the oil-rich Niger Delta has been freed. Eight gunmen seized the man in the southeastern state of Abia two weeks ago, demanding 500 million naira (£2.5 million) for his release, a Nigerian private...
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Seven students were among those killed Saturday in Jos, the capital city of central Nigeria's Plateau State, as the death toll from two days of political clashes rose to 65. Reports said more than 75 people have been killed since...
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Nigerian artists dominated the MTV Africa Music Awards (the Mamas) on their own turf in the capital city Abuja, scooping six of the 10 awards. D'banj won both the artist of the year award and the best male award, crowning...
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Gunmen at the weekend seized an oil firm vessel and held its crew off the shores of Nigeria's volatile southern Niger Delta region, the military said Monday. A military spokesman in the region, Lieutenant-Colonel Rabe Abubakar, said they were several...
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