May 21
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Africa Visit - Again, Obama Skips Nigeria
Leadership
United States president Barack Obama will not be visiting Nigeria as recently speculated in the media. Obama and his wife Michelle will only visit Senegal, South Africa and... Read more »
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Did President Sirleaf Apologize to Media?
New Dawn
Far from earlier report here that President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has apologized to the local media for the recent standoff between the Press Union of Liberia and the presidency,... Read more »
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Passengers Stranded At Lagos Airport As Strike Begins
Daily Trust
Scores of air passengers were yesterday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) as unions at the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) embarked on an... Read more »
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Africa Loses U.S.$50 Billion Annually to Illicit Fund Flow - Mbeki
Premium Times
The Chairman of the United Nations High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, Thabo Mbeki, has said that the continent loses, at least, $50 billion annually through... Read more »
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Nine Minor Informants to Kidnappers, Assassins Nabbed
Vanguard
Nine minors, all males, suspected to be members of four different dreaded cult groups that have been disguising and acting as informants to kidnappers and assassins in Sapele,... Read more »
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Root Causes of Politico-Military Violence Largely Unaddressed [press release]
HRW
Côte d'Ivoire's government has made little progress in addressing root causes of the country's decade of politico-military violence in the two years since President Alassane... Read more »
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Mbeki - Continent Can Solve Its Problems
Daily Trust
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday that Africans can solve the numerous problems affecting the continent without giving room for external interference which... Read more »
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Survey - 30 Percent of Girls Get Raped
Daily Trust
At least three in 10 young girls have sex for the first time ever through rape, says a survey. Read more »
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The Changing Face of Land Disputes
IRIN
The Liberia Land Commission, which was set up in 2009 to help settle land disputes between returning refugees and their neighbours, is making significant headway, say land experts,... Read more »
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Achebe's Body Arrives in Abuja
Vanguard
The remains of celebrated writer, Chinua Achebe arrived Abuja, the federal capital territory, Tuesday morning and was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport by government... Read more »
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Ghanaian Chronicle
A mad rush for Temitope Balogun Joshua's anointing water at the Ghana branch of the Synagogue Church of All Nations on the Spintex Road in Accra, on Sunday morning left four people... Read more »
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Daily Observer
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Dr. Alhaji Yahya Jammeh has decided to relieve Lamin AMS Jobarteh of his appointment as Attorney General and minister of Justice... Read more »
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Stop Twisting Facts About Supreme Court Case
Ghanaian Chronicle
A former Ghanaian President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has called on media commentators on the election petition to present the facts as they were being told in court, and desist... Read more »
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Shell, Community Disagree Over Cause of Bayelsa Oil Spill
Premium Times
The Ikarama Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has disagreed with Shell Petroleum Development Company over the cause of the reported oil spills from nearby... Read more »
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Land Validation Confab Kicks-Off in Monrovia
New Dawn
A two-day National Validation Conference on land rights policy has begun in Monrovia with delegates coming from the 15counties of Liberia. Read more »
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New Dawn
Reports from Nimba County speak of increased practice of sodomy among inmates in prison. Reports further detailed that inmates are being pressurized to give themselves to be... Read more »
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Country to Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2025, Says Alison-Madueke
This Day
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said Nigeria will by 2025 bring down its gas flaring by at least two per cent. Read more »
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Mark Blames Porous Border for Terrorists' Influx
This Day
Senate President, David Mark, Monday lamented the porous state of Nigeria's borders, which he identified as a major boost for the influx of terrorists into the country. Read more »
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Amnesty Committee Offers to Meet With Boko Haram in Any Country
This Day
Minister of Special Duties and Chairman of Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, yesterday expressed... Read more »
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Obama Ignores Nigeria, Confirms Trip to Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania
This Day
For the second time in his presidency, President Barack Obama and his wife Michele will be embarking on their second tour of Africa between June 26 and July 3, but will not visit... Read more »
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Nasarawa - Bodies of 25 Missing Policemen Found in Mass Grave
This Day
The death toll of policemen killed by members of the Ombatse cult in Nasarawa State has climbed to 72 following the discovery of the bodies of 25 policemen that had been hitherto... Read more »
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Curfew Relaxed in Borno, Yobe as 200 Troops Storm Adamawa
This Day
There were indications that the ongoing military onslaught against members of the Boko Haram sect might have recorded some success as the curfew earlier slammed on parts of Borno... Read more »
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Moses, Kalu Out of World Cup Qualifiers, Confed Cup
This Day
Nigeria's hope of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup and also performing well at next month's Confederations Cup in Brazil that will precede the Mundial, suffered a massive setback... Read more »
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Multi-Million Dollar Medical College in Sight
NEWS
A former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Louis Sullivan has disclosed plans for the construction of a multi-million dollar medical college in Tappita,... Read more »
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"I Served With Honor and Dignity" -Outgoing Internal Affairs Minister Takes His Bow
FrontPageAfrica
Outgoing Internal Affairs Minister Blamo Nelson has finally taken leave of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a farewell message that he served with honor and dignity during his... Read more »
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