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Ex-Army provost blames S’South under-development on corruption AMERICA-BASED Nigerians are expressing support for the United States (U.S.) government’s comments and action regarding the controversial pardon granted last week to a former corrupt governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Peter (DSP) … read more »
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Tagged Edo State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, List of Governors of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, nigerian newspapers, Peoples Democratic Party, Provost Marshal, United States
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AS controversies over registration of new parties deepen, there are strong indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is in a fix as to how to handle the many claims to the acronym, APC. This is coming as the … read more »
businessdayonline Amidst the controversy over the north-south shifting balance in the control of Nigeria’s oil resources, a clearer picture is emerging from the shadowy oil world of the major players, as well as the source and extent of their amazing … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Afren, Ibrahim Babangida, IndepthAfrica, Ita Enang, Maryam Babangida, MoniPulo, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria newspapers, Rilwanu Lukman, Theophilus Danjuma
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By Olusegun Adeniyi Sometime in 2002, I was in my office as editor of the Sunday edition of THISDAY when some officials of the Abia State Government walked in with a photograph they said was exclusive to my paper. It … read more »
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Tagged Abia State, Abia State University, IndepthAfrica, Kalu, Nigeria, Nigeria news, nigerian newspapers, Olusegun Obasanjo, Onuora Nzekwu, Orji Uzor Kalu, Thisday, University of Maiduguri
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Ansaru’s murder of seven hostages over the weekend shows why it could become the most powerful jihadist group in the region. Through its murder of seven European and Middle Eastern hostages over the weekend in northern Nigeria, Ansaru has trumped … read more »
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Tagged Abubakar Shekau, Abuja, Ansaru, Boko Haram, Economic Community of West African States, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers
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RADICAL Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats have said, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks. Nigeria’s police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Ansaru, Boko Haram, British Armed Forces, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Italy, newspapers nigerian, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Reuben Abati
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Someone has said, ‘in Nigeria there is no more breaking news because news now rings.’ We are only in 2013 and the air on the political landscape between the largest political party in Africa, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) versus … read more »
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Tagged Action Congress of Nigeria, Cyprian Ekwensi, Indepth Africa Magazine, newspapers nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, People Democratic Party, President, rivers state, Twitter
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By Promise Egwu “Your Excellency, the plight of Honourable Mrs Lillian Igwe is mind boggling. She was suspended from Ebonyi House of Assembly last year on the lame charges of drunkenness and for coming to the House of Assembly in … read more »
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Tagged Excellency, God, Goodluck Jonathan, Honourable Igwe, IndepthAfrica, Marriage, newspapers nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, rivers state, State Ebonyi
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By Jon Gambrell Inside this 1950s-style American diner, waitresses softly sing along to Aretha Franklin as they sling hamburgers and whip up milkshakes. The jukebox belts out Ritchie Valens as a customer wearing a Muslim prayer cap and flowing blue … read more »
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Tagged Aretha Franklin, Cold Stone Creamery, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Johnny Rockets, Lagos, newspapers nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Walmart, Yum! Brands
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By General Muhammadu Buhari As a result of the virtual absence of the rule of law, elections in Nigeria since 2003 have not been free and fair. As a participant, I can relate to this audience my experiences during the … read more »
Posted in Letters & Interviews, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Independent National Electoral Commission, IndepthAfrica, INEC, Kano State, Lagos State, London, Muhammadu Buhari, newspapers nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, United States
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Abeokuta — President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday described Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as President Emeritus for his outstanding legacies while in office between 1999 and 2007. Joanthan spoke through his Chief of Staff Mike Oghiadomhe at the 76th birthday celebration and book … read more »
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Tagged Abeokuta, Chief of Staff, Emeritus, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newpapers, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, President
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Obafemi Awolowo is the undisputed hero of the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria whose wartime policy of starvation and currency change helped kill the Biafran dream. The post colonial era of Nigerian history was dominated by three actors, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, West Africa
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Tagged Ahmadu Bello, Awolowo, Biafra, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, yoruba, Yoruba people
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In Nigeria, we are so use to political parties attempting to forge alliances for the purpose of electoral contest; so much so that a lot of people in the country do not know or are confused about the differences between … read more »
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Tagged Action Congress of Nigeria, Alliance for Democracy, Congress for Progressive Change, Independent National Electoral Commission, IndepthAfrica, National Party of Nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian National Democratic Party, nigerian newspapers, People Democratic Party
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MAIDUGURI – Nigerian security forces killed 20 militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in a firefight in the northeast on Sunday, a spokesman said. Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman for joint military and police forces in the northeastern state … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, bokoharam, Borno State, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, militant, Monguno, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Police
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It’s taken more than four decades for Africa’s greatest author to talk about his experiences in the Biafran war, still one of Africa’s most tragic – and defining – conflicts. After the long wait, his book There Was a Country … read more »
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Tagged Achebe, Biafra, Biafran, CHINUA ACHEBE, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria newspapers, Nigerian, Nigerian Civil War, Tanzania
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By Jideofor Adibe Politics is in the air and jostling for 2015 has simply begun in earnest. Anyone telling you otherwise is either living in another planet, trying to undercut the competition or simply being dishonest. We saw another evidence … read more »
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Tagged GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Niger State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Olusegun Obasanjo, PDP, Peoples Democratic Party, Taraba State
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By Tony Eluemunor Recently, one of Nigeria’s most respected opinion writers ever, Mr. Sonala Olumhense, crafted another great piece: “There Is No Rift Between OBJ and GEJ” in which he raised one very important point: why former President Olusegun Obasanjo … read more »
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Tagged GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Nuhu Ribadu, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
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LESS than five years after Nigeria-only gay church, House of Rainbow, was attacked by some Lagos residents and consequently closed down in Nigeria, the church, The Guardian authoritatively learnt, has returned to the country with three secret groups in the … read more »
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Tagged Ghana, House Of Rainbow, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isolo, Lagos, Malawi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Sierra Leone
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By: Muhammed Abdullahi Tosin “If you need a job, get experience first. If you need experience, get a job first. Which way out?” It is not uncommon to find announcements of job openings requiring applicants to have a number … read more »
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Tagged Application for employment, Employment, Extracurricular activity, IndepthAfrica, Job hunting, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Twitter, Work experience
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By Muhammed Abdullahi Tosin Almost half of the world’s population, comprising over three billion people, is extremely poor, surviving on less than 2.5 dollars a day, according to the Global Issues. UNICEF holds that 22,000 children die each day in … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Center for Global Development, IndepthAfrica, Malaysia, Millennium Development Goals, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Poverty reduction, Singapore, World Health Organization
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During the Vietnam War – a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 – many Americans appeared thorn between the patriotic impulse … read more »
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Tagged Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Farouk Lawan, IndepthAfrica, Lawan, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Sofitel New York Hotel, United States, Vietnam, vietnam war
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By Oluwaseun Joseph Frankly speaking, it is quite heart-warming to see some influential Nigerians coming out of their gilded cage to demand accountability from the present government. It shows that we are now waking up to our civic rights by … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Oluwaseun Joseph, West Africa
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Tagged $67billion, Ezekwesili, Femi Fani-Kayode, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Olusegun Obasanjo, World Bank
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Forget NGOs, development goals, policy papers: all Africa really needs is a little super-stardust. Luckily, with Kim Kardashian on hand to revive the continent’s image and Beyoncé ready to share her poverty alleviation expertise, we’ve got exactly that. By SIMON … read more »
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Tagged Bayelsa State, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Thisday
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Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian authorities to immediately stop the forced eviction of hundreds of residents in the region as hundreds of homes are being demolished in the Oke Ilu-Eri area of Badia East n Lagos. On Saturday, bulldozers … read more »
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Tagged Amnesty International, Demolition, eviction, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Police, World Bank
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Attackers armed with guns and machetes stormed a village in central Nigeria’s Plateau state today killing 10 members of the same family amongst them five children under the age of ten. Two persons were also fatally injured and are receiving … read more »
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Tagged Christian, Fula people, Jos, Lieutenant, local Nigerian newspaper, Military uniform, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Plateau State
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(Reuters) – Iran denied on Friday Nigerian allegations that it had trained militants arrested in Nigeria on charges of planning attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets there. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said such allegations were “made up as the … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Berende, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Israel, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Nigerians, Tehran
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that the Atlantic City Initiative in Lagos was another major addition to the nation’s resolve to promote tourism through public and private partnership. Jonathan spoke at the event to commemorate the reclamation of 5,000,000 … read more »
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Tagged Babatunde Fashola, Bola Tinubu, Eko Atlantic City, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, World Bank
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At the demise of communist bloc in the late 80s and early 90s, two socio-political thinkers rose to theorize on the emerging world order and the shape of the age to come. The first was Francis Fukuyama who predicted the … read more »
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Tagged Afghanistan, Boko Haram, Cold War, Francis Fukuyama, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Osama bin Laden, Soviet Union, Taliban
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“Around 2010, the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ojo Maduekwe, led a Nigerian delegation that included representatives of the House, the Senate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, etc, to Indonesian prisons. We met 21 Nigerian … read more »
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Tagged Anambra State, Foreign Affairs Minister, Goodluck Jonathan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Nigerians, Ojo Maduekwe, Samuel Okoye
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IN its commendable striving to discharge its social responsibility, Vanguard Newspaper, in conjunction with the Nigeria Police, recently organised a National Summit on Security Challenges in Nigeria at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. In his comments at the forum, the … read more »
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Tagged Abubakar Mohammed, Abuja, Government, Inspector-General of Police, Nigeria, nigeria africa, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian newspaper, Yakubu Gowon
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