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Nigeria's former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has again called for the abolition of "federal character", describing it as no longer fashionable in the country's socio-economic and political system.
Both President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and football star George Weah stormed several communities and brought traffic to a grinding halt in several parts of the city Friday in their last bid to woo voters for tomorrow's senatorial election in which their two parties are the finalists after 8 candidates were dropped in the first round.
In the Liberian capital Monrovia acute malnutrition is due not only to poverty and inadequate health and sanitation services but also to factors such as high teenage pregnancy and the war's damage to the social fabric, say nutritionists, who call the condition "a social problem".
A court in Switzerland had yesterday, ordered the seizure of $350m, roughly about N53.2bn, worth of assets from the son of Nigeria's former military ruler, late General Sani Abacha.
18-year-old Mouniratou in Bobo-Dioulassou is happiness itself. Two weeks ago she took her last pill, putting an end to a six-month long treatment for tuberculosis, still a major public health problem in Burkina Faso. More than 2700 new cases were reported in 2008.
The World Food Program (WFP) has called for more contribution to urgently assist about twenty million individuals in Africa who may be affected by erratic rain fall.
SABMILLER 's two main competitors in Nigeria, Guinness and Heineken, make nearly as much in that market as SA's brewing giant makes in 24 other African countries, excluding SA.
President Umaru Yar'Adua has summoned the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives - David Mark and Oladimeji Bankole - over the 2010 budget presentation row which has pitched the two legislative chambers against each other.
With presidential elections in Senegal still two years away, the tide is conspicuously turning against the ruling Parti Democratic Senegalais (PDS) of the ageing and politically savvy Abdoulaye Wade.
The world's first multi-country yellow fever vaccination campaign began on 23 November, with 12 million people targeted across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The push comes as the killer mosquito-borne disease is resurging in some sub-Saharan African countries and vaccine stocks are running low.
It has been a long time since we last discuss issues of national concern that need your personal, direct intervention. The reason has been simply this: we thought to give you time to digest and take actions on those issues that we already threw at your feet. We thought you might have had your hands full and in a case of a spill, some issues may not get the kind of attention they deserve. Now we ...
Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, former Ghana Ambassador to La Cote d'Ivoire, has cautioned that oil flow may well fuel corruption to disturbing levels.
Last Wednesday, the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) disseminated the findings of its study titled Monitoring Media Reportage on Corruption. The study was conducted by the astute media lecturer, Dr Audrey S. Gadzekpo, Director, School of Communication, University of Ghana, Legon.
It is estimated that 10% of Ghana's population suffer from some form of disability with the blind, deaf and physically disabled people being the most visible. According to the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) papers, the 10% of the population living with disabilities are indeed amongst the poorest of the poor.
December 2009 will be the crowning moment of a policy making process not too common in the political history of Ghana. The policy formulating process had involved all stakeholders of Ghana's decentralisation. Consultations have been done in all ten but one region (Eastern Region) of the country. Identifiable groups have been consulted; expert advice and professional opinions have been sought to ...
Unless urgent arrangements are made to release funds to continue the demining and detonation of bombs and dangerous explosives as well as the detonation of several weapons already exposed by the Ministry of Defense, the project may be abandoned.
A report on the nature of convergence of Nigeria's financial reporting to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will be released next month, Executive Secretary and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Accounting Standards Board (NASB), Mr Godson Nnadi, has said.
When bankers steal it is sad. When bankers steal, the whole concept of banking becomes meaningless. The 2008 Annual Report of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has revealed that 313 bank staff of various categories stole a staggering N53 billion in the year 2008.
KIDNEY treatment would soon commence in Rivers state. A consultant on kidney treatment, Dr Ibiwari Erekosima, disclosed this in in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Lecturers and students of University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, have urged the Rivers State Government to relocate the rehabilitation camp for the ex-militants cited in Aluu community for safety of the students.
Millions of Nigerian soccer fans felt that given the less than sterling performance of the nation's senior team, the Super Eagles, in the qualification campaign, it was uncertain that the team would qualify for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in June next year.
The Advisory Board of the Daily Trust African of the Year award has concluded the screening of candidates, who were shortlisted from a pool of nominees, for the 2009 edition of the pan-African award.
The people of Otuasega community in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State have raised alarm over the continued use of soldiers as instrument of intimidation by three multinational companies in the course of carrying out mining and exploration activities in the area.
THE National Assembly is taking the rivalry that started last year to newer and more dangerous grounds. Disputes over who would lead the joint committee of the National Assembly to review the Constitution resulted in both houses holding separate reviews.
The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria has declared that the country is sliding back to the dark ages and an era of government control of the media with the proposed Press Council Bill.
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