Indian Films - Winds of Change?
Onir Anirban and Sanjay Suri started addressing social issues in the film 'My Brother Nikhil' which was received well by audiences all over India and especially in the European nations. It also was a film...
Post from Lagos
Lagos has a lot on its platter that cannot be quite described in a single post so here goes my first… For a newcomer, the first greeting of Lagos is the roads and the driving. It makes you dizzy. For...
Nigeria riot victims swamp hospitals
Medics in the Nigerian city of Jos are struggling to cope with the victims of violence that flared late last week over claims of vote-rigging in council elections. "Bodies awaiting burial were piled up at wards in Jos, witnesses said, as troops enforced a curfew amid an...
created by Rachel Nixon | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Heady excitement damped by doubt
Benin's intro: This is an excerpt from absolutely amazing special report that the Financial Times has done on the current state of the Nigerian economy. The report was very fairly balanced and... Nigerian Oilfield Closed After Attack
An attack by gunmen in the Niger Delta has shut down production at Royal Dutch Shell's Bonga oil platform."The raid took place overnight on the Bonga oil platform about 120km (75 miles) off the coast of the Niger Delta, the company said. It is the first attack on the...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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NMA is positioned to work with partners in the Development Sector in Nigeria
NMA is positioned to work with partners in the Development by IPHF Nigeria on Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:58 am Abuja, Nigeria 10th June 2008 NMA is positioned to work with partners in the Development Sector in...
Oil pipeline explosion in Lagos, Nigeria
UPDATE: 4:52 p.m. EDT "Like hell raining down on us!" say locals fleeing pipeline blast.Reuters report further details:""It was like hell was raining down on us, then everybody started running in...
created by cynthia yoo | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Irregularities and Violence Mar Nigerian Elections
UPDATE:The stakes are high: this election could see Nigeria's first fully democratic transition of power." Police inspector general Sunday Ehindero told state television that a preliminary tally showed 21 dead,...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 1 year ago
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Nigerian Militants Invite Clooney to Visit
A day after being named a UN 'messenger of peace', George Clooney may have his first assignment: a visit to Nigeria to help prevent the troubled nation from "plunging into the abyss of war"."Militants in Nigeria's...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Rally Lisbon Dakar edition 2008 cancels
After 12hours waiting, all the participants leave CCB in Lisbon for there countries. The ASO organization cancels the edition 2008 of Rally Lisbon Dakar for security reasons the current political tension and the...Central Bank of Nigeria Sells Foreign Exchange Worth $7.4Bn To Bureau-de-Chan...
"The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sold foreign exchange worth $7.4 billion (N925 billion) to Bureau-de-Change (BDC) operators since the commencement of its liberalization policy in March 2006. Farouk Suleiman, former president of the Association of BDC Operators of...Atlas Petroleum & Partner eye sale of Niger Delta block
""Following on the heels of our recent success with Noble Energy on Block I in Equatorial Guinea, we believe now is the time to explore opportunities with prospective new partners in this as yet under-explored block, OML 109," said Prince Arthur Eze, owner and chairman of...
Multi-billion fraud gangs are nailed
Not all Nigerians are bad, and think its there's to take."Scambusters across three continents have dealt a hammer blow to Nigeria's No.1 cottage industry - fraud.
Thousands of bogus ID papers and bank documents have been intercepted along with 15,000 fake cheques en route to... Lottery Scam Uses MyChurch Links
The latest internet lottery scam is using a Lagos Nigerian church to carry out its criminal activities. This fake email attempts to have unsuspected users provide personal information by way of...Nigeria triples number on free HIV drugs -agency
This overlooked issue is only getting worse by the minute. If the world really cared, Africa would have not have to beg for help. - The...
created by angryindian | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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