Why Nigeria's Hasfat Abiola risked following her father
Source: BBC
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 18:47:00 -0700 | political-news
The single female student was approached by an activist bearing a petition. It called for the release of Moshood Abiola, presumed winner of the 1993 Nigerian election who had been languishing in jail since the army had assumed power. The...
AMAECHI: COURT STOPS PDP FROM FURTHER ACTION
Posted by: AkanimoReports
Port Harcourt :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 11:44:26 -0700 | political-news
A LEGAL reprieve has come the way of Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State in Southern Nigeria, who is locked in a battle of survival with forces seeking to oust him from office. A Port Harcourt High Court on Friday,...
Africa: Contextualizing Gender Based Violence Within Patriarchy in Nigeria
Source: All Africa
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 07:48:14 -0700 | political-news
Gender based violence is entrenched in the strong patriarchal ideologies of control, subversion and subordination of women and girls. Efforts to resists this has mostly been undertaken at individual level. This article is a theoretical exploration of the linkages between...
Nigeria: Nigeria's Power Sector Still Stutters
Source: Africa Headlines
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 03:56:09 -0700 | political-news
In December 2012, power generation in Nigeria hit a record 4,517mw...That record has continued to dwindle, fluctuating between 2500mw and 3500mw since then. Just last weekend, there was a system collapsed that plunged the entire country into darkness.
Africa: Agric, Infrastructure Top Tokyo Confab On Africa
Source: All Africa
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 03:46:01 -0700 | political-news
Abuja yesterday, where he disclosed that the conference will discuss three major areas; which include a robust and sustainable economy, adding that Africa provides a very favourable condition for trade and investment...Africa Literacy and Losing Vowels How will mobile devices...
RE-AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR HELEN ESUENE
Posted by: PottersNews
Uyo :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 03:15:59 -0700 | political-news
By Aniefiok Macauley I want to believe that this is another campaign of calumny by paid agents to pull down the personality of senator Esuene. A common sense would have told the likes of Edet Friday Edet, whether this is...
How Recalculating GDP Can Help App Designers In Nigeria
Source: National Public Radio
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 02:43:53 -0700 | political-news
Bayo Puddicombe and Zubair Aboubaca own a company called Pledge 51 , which creates applications for Nigeria's low-tech cell phones. One of their most popular games lets players pretend to drive the notoriously wild buses crisscrossing Nigeria's capital.
Nigeria: First Lady Denies Influencing Amaechi's Suspension From PDP
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-30 23:05:01 -0700 | political-news
Mrs Jonathan who made this refuttal in a statement issued by her media assistant, Mr. Ayo Osinlu described the said report as a new twist "introduced to the carefully orchestrated scheme to anchor the political fortunes or survival of certain...
Nigeria: Reps Approve 14 Years Imprisonment for Same Sex Marriage
Source: Africa Headlines
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 09:02:01 -0700 | political-news
This was sequel to a clause-by-clause consideration of a Bill for an Act to prohibit marriage or union entered between persons of same sex, at the Committee of the Whole. "Marriage or civil union entered between persons of same gender...
Nigeria: Weapons Linked to Hezbollah Uncovered in Kano
Source: Africa Headlines
Kano :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-30 23:04:56 -0700 | political-news
The Department of State Security Service (DSS) and the Nigerian Army 3 Brigade Bukavu, Kano are claiming that weapons uncovered at a Lebanese man's house in Kano belongs to Hezbollah. Security officials said an underground bunker in the master bedroom...
Nigeria says it has uncovered "Hezbollah cell" is planning to hit Israeli and Western targets
Posted by: Fury60
Kano :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 03:55:57 -0700 | political-news
Nigerian security forces said Thursday they had found in a house in the northern city of Kano weapons stored Lebanese nationals and was planned to be used in attacks on Israeli and Western targets in Nigeria. According to the counter-terrorism...
Gourmet food, if you can stand for it
Source: Japan Times
Ore :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-30 09:01:59 -0700 | political-news
Here's a scenario few restaurants would dare to dream of: All tables fully booked a month ahead, all year round; lines outside an hour before opening time; a prompt turnover of satisfied customers, with as many as three rotations per...
Nigeria lawmakers pass anti-gay marriage bill
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-30 08:04:37 -0700 | political-news
Nigeria Lawmakers in Nigeria have passed a bill banning gay marriage, setting prison terms of up to 14 years. Nigeria's House of Representatives passed the bill Thursday in a voice vote...It was not immediately clear if there were differences between...
High-tech cities: Future or fantasy?
Source: CNN
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-30 06:44:16 -0700 | political-news
Gleaming skyscrapers towering over upwardly mobile professionals and flashy cars cruising along brightly lit avenues; young urbanites zipping past manicured lawns to enter their luxury condos; state-of-the-art labs fostering tech savvy entrepreneurs' million-dollar ideas.
Africa: Bankers Honored At a Star-Studded Evening in Marrakech During the African Development Bank ...
Source: All Africa
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-30 04:26:45 -0700 | political-news
London Guarantee Trust Bank Nigeria scooped the prize for African Bank of the Year at the biggest African Banker Awards ceremony to date. Michael Miebach, President, Middle East and Africa for Mastercard, the Platinum sponsor of the event presented them...
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