Tag: Nigeria
As Boko Haram attacks, Nigeria’s President sacks security adviser, defence minister
New security adviser is Sambo Dasuki, a retired colonel, prominent northerner and cousin to the Sultan of Sokoto,…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram leaders placed on U.S TERROR List
The US designation blocks the Boko Haram leaders' "property interests subject to US jurisdiction and prohibits US persons…
Nigeria’s fuel subsidy scandal: Otedola, Lawan, Obasanjo, Jonathan, and the law.
Worse still, how did this whole matter connect former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo? On what basis did…
Why President Jonathan’s retention of Adefuye as Nigeria’s Ambassador to USA exposes poor judgment. By Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye
With an almost complete failure to deal with Boko Haram, resurgent threats of militancy in the Niger Delta,…
Boko Haram killing of Nigeria’s top Police officer puts pressure on President Jonathan
With Saleh Ningi's brazen killing, attack at the Nigerian Police headquarters in Abuja, the almost weekly bombings/killings at…
Search ends for Nigeria crash victims
The search for bodies of those killed in a plane crash in Nigeria's major city of Lagos has…
Nigeria suspends Dana Air, 3 days after tragic crash
USAfrica: Despite improvements, Nigerian air safety regulations and travels enforcement have been hampered by corruption and minimal regard…
Church blasts kill 15 in Nigeria
A church bombing in northern Nigeria wounded 35 people, including five children, Sunday morning, an emergency official said.
Nigeria’s Deputy Speaker IHEDIOHA gets USAfrica BEST OF AFRICA International Legislative Leadership award in Houston
Nigeria's Deputy Speaker IHEDIOHA gets USAfrica BEST OF AFRICA International Legislative Leadership award in Houston. USAfrica, Houston, Texas:…
USAfrica: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala loses World Bank president post; positively impacts process. By Chido Nwangwu
Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala loses World Bank president post; but positively impacts process. By Chido Nwangwu, Founder & Publisher of…
TERROR Bombings kill 66 in bloody 2012 Easter in Nigeria’s north; 22 die in collapsed church
Terror bombings kill 66 in bloody 2012 Easter in Nigeria's north; 22 die in collapsed church Special…
World Bank ex-officials back Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for president
Okonjo-Iweala "would bring the combination of her experience as finance and foreign minister of a large and complex…