US Sends Military Personnel to Help Search for Kidnapped Nigeria Girls
*(Via Mail & Guardian) – The United States has deployed about 80 military personnel to Chad in its effort to help find and return more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militant...
View ArticleNigeria’s Ventures Magazine Lists 55 Billionaires in Africa
*According to Nigeria-based Ventures financial magazine, Africa has way more billionaires than previously assumed, 55 to be exact. There are currently three female billionaires in Africa including the...
View ArticleCartoon: NIGERIA – Boko Haram Terrorists – Kidnapped Girls
*Undiplomatic as she was at first, Nigeria‘s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was being interviewed by the ABC news channel. She was tired of being asked about the kidnapped girls by BOKO HARAM,...
View ArticleThe Socialist’s Journal: Quick Hits 2014 Pt. 1
*I have to admit that my first reaction was surprise when I learned that someone was bringing a lawsuit based on comments on Twitter. Twitter is supposed to be something fun and frivolous. But then I...
View Article63 Kidnapped Nigerian Women, Girls Escape From Boko Haram
*Sixty-three women and girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month in Nigeria escaped from their captors and have returned to their burnt village, a security source and a local vigilante fighting the...
View ArticleThe Good of Nigeria at 54
*Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa, marks its 54th Independence anniversary, 1st October. This great West African nation has had its ups and downs. Nevertheless, this nation of which I am...
View ArticleBoko Haram SaysTruce Never Agreed to; Girls ‘Married Off’& Conveted to Islam
*(via Huff Post) – ABUJA, Nigeria – A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said more than 200 girls kidnapped by the group six months ago had been “married off” to its fighters,...
View ArticleTAYO Fatunla’s 2014: The Year that was #6: Nigeria’s Horrible Highways
*According to the Nigerian Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Nigeria has the highest number of road crash casualties. It is among those developing countries that contribute 50 per cent of 1.3 million...
View ArticleNigeria’s Democratic Election Postponed Six Weeks
*(Via TheGuardian) – Free and fair elections distinguish true democracies from those merely masquerading. Though nominally democratic since the end of military rule in 1999, Nigeria has yet to hold a...
View ArticleNigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Seeks U.S. Aid to Fight Boko Haram, but...
*(Via Newsy) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is making the case for U.S. intervention against terror group Boko Haram in his country’s north. The group poses the biggest threat facing his...
View ArticleNigerians Turn Out to Vote in Presidential Election Amid Boko Haram Violence
*(Via Huffington Post) – Nigeria has extended voting to Sunday after problems occurred as millions turned out Saturday to vote in a presidential election that analysts say is too close to call between...
View ArticleNigeria, Not South Africa, will be Africa’s First Global Superpower
*(Via Mail & Guardian) – If Nigeria plays its cards right, it could become Africa’s only global superpower. It already has the continent’s biggest economy, a huge military budget and a fair record...
View ArticleNigeria Says it’s Rescued Over 300 Women & Girls from Boko Haram
*(Via MSNBC) – Nigeria’s military on Tuesday claimed the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from a notorious Boko Haram stronghold, but said there was no confirmation the hostages were those kidnapped...
View ArticleWatch Lauryn Hill Peform ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’ from her Couch (Video)
*Lauryn Hill and her band had to cancel a performance in Lagos, Nigeria due to travel constraints, but she made up for it by giving them (and all of us) a video of herself performing one of the songs...
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Danny Glover to Star in Film About Spread of Ebola
*Danny Glover is in Nigeria filming a movie based on people who risked and sacrificed their lives to stop the spread of Ebola in Africa’s most populous country. Glover told the Associated Press...
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Boko Haram Blamed for Nigerian Blast that Killed 32, Injured 80
*(Via USA Today) – At least 32 people are dead and about 80 people are hurt after an explosion in the Nigerian city of Yola, according to various reports. The blast took place at a fruit and vegetable...
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Rihanna, Jay Z Sued for Skipping Out on Nigeria Concert
*Rihanna is being sued over a 2013 concert in Nigeria that never took place, because according to the promoter, she took part of her payment up front and never showed up to perform. According to TMZ,...
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Anonymous Tip Leads Nigerian Police to Find $43M in Empty Apartment
*Nigerian police reportedly found $43 million in an upscale apartment on Tuesday, after receiving an anonymous tip from a whistleblower. The Nigerian anti-corruption unit acted on information provided...
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57 Years – Which Way Independent Nigeria?
*Nigerians generally are not quite happy where Nigeria is today as it seems to take two steps backwards after taking steps forward several times in its 57 years of independence from being under...
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Nigeria Says it’s Rescued Over 300 Women & Girls from Boko Haram
*(Via MSNBC) – Nigeria’s military on Tuesday claimed the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from a notorious Boko Haram stronghold, but said there was no confirmation the hostages were those kidnapped...
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