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Nigerian armed robber accidentally blows up own bus

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria - A suspected armed robber was killed when explosives his gang was transporting accidentally went off in the centre of Nigeria's main oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday, police said.

Topix.net | 17-May-2012 23:52

Nigeria: Gunmen Attack Primary, Islamiyya Schools in Kano

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Topix.net | 17-May-2012 19:37

Nigeria: One Killed As Explosion Rocks Port Harcourt
[This Day] Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that one person died while two were injured as a result of an explosion that rocked the busy Rumuokoro axis of Port Harcourt city Thursday morning.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:20

Nigeria: Gunmen Attack Primary, Islamiyya Schools in Kano
[This Day] Suspected gunmen on Wednesday night attacked Ja'en Primary and Farawa Islamiyya Schools in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:20

Nigeria: Bridging Digital Divide Through Broadband
[This Day] Editor-in-Chief, IT & Telecom Digest, in his opening remarks at the just concluded WAFICT 2012 Congress in Lagos, said while West African leaders have been making frantic efforts in bridging the digital gap, the critical infrastructure necessary to facilitate broadband penetration was not yet in place. According to him, "the idea behind WAFICT Congress is to stand hand-in-hand with policy makers, experts, regulators, investors, entrepreneurs, industry associations, corporate organisations in the ICT se
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:20

Nigeria: African Commission Commends Nitda On ICT Devt
[This Day] The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and stakeholders in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) have commended the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA) on its strides in ICT development.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:20

Nigeria: Two Feared Dead As Bomb Blast Rocks Port Harcourt
[Vanguard] Two persons are feared dead with four others injured when an explosion rocks Rumuokoro area of Port Harcourt,Rivers state, Thursday morning.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:11

Nigeria: FG Tasked On Zamfara Lead Poisoning Epidemic

The Nigerian government has been called upon to commit significant resources to respond to the lead poisoning epidemic in Zamfara State, which has killed or maimed thousands of children since 2010.

Topix.net | 17-May-2012 15:27

Nigeria: Ghanaian Universities - How Nigerians Are Swindled
[Daily Trust] Educational infrastructure in Nigeria is overstretched due to explosion of prospective students seeking admission into universities and other tertiary institutions. This has resulted in an unprecedented exodus of Nigerian students to foreign universities. In this report, our Ghana correspondent Kate Da Costa says many Nigerian students are being swindled by suspicious private universities in Ghana.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:05

Nigeria: Policewomen Can Marry Without CP's Consent - Court
[Daily Trust] Lagos - A Lagos Federal High Court yesterday declared as illegal and unconstitutional a provision of the Police Act that forbids a woman police officer from marrying a man of her choice without the approval of the Commissioner of Police in the command where she is serving.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:03

Nigeria: FG Tasked On Zamfara Lead Poisoning Epidemic
[Vanguard] The Nigerian government has been called upon to commit significant resources to respond to the lead poisoning epidemic in Zamfara State, which has killed or maimed thousands of children since 2010.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 12:30

Nigeria: Electricity in Every Language
[Vanguard] DOUBTS about the increasing confusion in our electricity transformation programme are strengthened by the relentless quest of Nigerian officials to snap up contracts in all languages.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 12:29

India to help boost Nigeria's air defences - Indiatalkies.com

Abuja, May 17: India and Nigeria were collaborating to boost the West African country's air defences, Indian High Commissioner Mahesh Sachdev has said.

Topix.net | 17-May-2012 11:03

Nigeria: Special Taskforce Uncovers Terrorists' Hideout in Kogi
[This Day] A Joint Task Force (JTF) comprising Police, State Security Service (SSS), Navy, Air-force and Army recorded a major breakthrough Wednesday in Kogi State as a key hideout of terrorists was discovered and dismantled with different kinds of dangerous items recovered.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:55

INEC Summons Political Parties to Abuja
[This Day] Apparently miffed by recurring political skirmishes ahead of the July 14 governorship election in Edo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday expressed concern over the situation and therefore slated tomorrow for a meeting with all the political parties participating in the election in Abuja.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:55

Nigeria: Senate Passes Bill to Increase Number of High Court Judges
[Daily Trust] The Senate today considered a Bill seeking to increase the number of High Court judges from the present 70 to 100.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:50

Jonathan to Professors - Produce Good Graduates
[Daily Trust] President Goodluck Jonathan has called on professors and other academics in the country to ensure a drastic change in the quality of graduates produced by tertiary institutions in the country.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:50

Nigeria: Reps to Investigate State of Security Equipments At Airports
[Daily Trust] The House of Representatives is set to commence investigations into the functionality of security equipment installed across the nation's airports.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:49

Nigeria: Country Receives Japan's N2 Billion Grant for Solar Energy
[Vanguard] The Nigerian government Wednesday received a grant of N2billion from the government of Japan to support the nation's drive to boost power generation capacity, through solar energy.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:36

Nigeria: Abdul-Rashidi Yekini (1964-2012)
[Daily Trust] The country lost one of its illustrious footballers in the person of Abdul-Rashidi Yekini on Friday, May 4.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:30

Nigeria: Borno to Get Electricity From Niger Republic
[Daily Trust] Maiduguri - Some communities in northern part of Borno State that have never enjoyed electricity from the Nigerian National Grid will soon get light from the neighboring Niger Republic.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:30

Nigeria: Senate Increases High Court Judges Number to 100
[This Day] The Senate Wednesday passed a bill seeking an increase in the number of Federal High Court Judges from 70 to 100.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:29

Mauritius: SEC Seals Deal With Mauritius' FSC
[This Day] The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius, with the aim of further strengthening regulatory cooperation between the two jurisdictions.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:29

Nigeria: Court Voids Law Barring Female Policemen From Marriage
[Leadership] Justice Steven Adah of a Federal High Court in Ikeja has declared as illegal and unconstitutional the provision of the Police Act that prohibits a woman police officer from marrying a man of her choice unless she obtained the permission of the Commissioner of Police in the command where she is serving.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:59

Nigeria: Drunken Policeman On Rampage
[Leadership] In yet another crude use of force, recently, a policeman attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos, reportedly shot and killed a man and a woman for reasons yet to be justified.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:59

Nigeria: Keshi to Shun Odemwengie's Wedding
[This Day] Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi, ruled himself out from attending Osaze Odemwengie's wedding next month.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:55

Nigeria: Why Police Officers Are Corrupt - IGP
[Leadership] Acting inspector-general of police (IG) Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar has said that the fear of officers not owning a house of their own has driven many into corruption. Many officers and men retire from the force without a roof over their head, he stated.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:38

Heed Buhari's Warning, ACN Tells Jonathan
[Leadership] The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the verbal attacks on Gen. Muhammadu Buhari by the presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for no other reason than his timely warning against election rigging in 2015.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:38

2015 - ACF Meets With Jonathan, Says Power Belongs to God
[Leadership] The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday rose from a closed door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, with declaration that in the face of the growing political war of words between the president and the opposition, power belongs to God who alone can determine man's fate.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:38

Nigeria: North Can Survive On Agriculture - Amaechi
[Leadership] The chairman Nigerian Governors' Forum(NGF) and Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi has advised the Northern States' governors to invest heavily in agriculture as the sector alone can rescue the region from economic hardship.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:38

Nigeria: Senate Raises Number of Federal High Court Judges to 100
[Leadership] The Senate yesterday passed the bill recommending the increase of Federal High Court judges from 70 to 100 thereby ensuring the fast tracking of pending cases in court.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:38

Nigeria: My Husband Wants to Use Me for Ritual, Woman Tells Court
[Vanguard] Ikorodu (Lagos) A trader, Temitope Folorunso, on Wednesday asked an Ikorodu Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve her 12-year-old marriage, alleging attempt by her husband to use her for ritual.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 07:55

Nigeria: Police Women Can Marry Without the Consent of Commissioner - Court
[Daily Trust] Lagos - A Federal High Court in Ikeja Wednesday declared as illegal and unconstitutional the provision of the Police Act that forbids a woman police officer from marrying a man of her choice without the approval of the Commissioner of Police in the command where she is serving.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 07:54

Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Journalist in Benin
[Vanguard] Benin - A journalist with Radio Nigeria, Benin, Edo State, Mr. Sashua Edeghagba, was, yesterday, shot dead by suspected armed robbers.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 07:54

100 Nigerian couples tie knot in mass wedding

Brides sit on benches at the palace of the emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, near the central mosque in the northern Nigeria city of Kano on Tuesday, May 15, for a mass wedding of 100 divorcees and widows organized by the city's sharia police known as the Hisbah.

Topix.net | 17-May-2012 06:49

Nigeria: Buhari Dares Jonathan - Arrest Me If You Can
[Vanguard] Lagos - Against the background of alleged threats to arrest him on account of his predictions of a bloody response to any rigging of the 2015 elections, erstwhile military Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, dared President Goodluck Jonathan to carry out the threat.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 05:37

Nigeria receives Japan's N2b grant for solar energy

VictoriaA A Ojeme The Nigerian government WednesdayA received a grant of N2billion from the government of Japan to support the nation's drive to boost power generation capacity, through solar energy.

Topix.net | 17-May-2012 02:44

U.S. Government Never Predicted Nigeria Break Up in 2015

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo attends a World Economic Forum on Africa session in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, May 11, 2012.

Topix.net | 16-May-2012 22:35

Africa: South Africa Headed for AU Stalemate With Noting Up Its Sleeve
[iMaverick] Johannesburg - Unless the South African government gets its head out of the sand over the next chairperson of the AU, there'll be another stalemate in Lilongwe - and our already battered reputation will take another hammering.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 22:26

Nigeria: Undergraduate Sentenced to Death for Killing Parents

Kano High Court Tuesday convicted one Bello Garba Bello, to be hanged to death for killing his parents and three siblings, two years ago at their family house along Zoo road by Gandun Albasa quarters in Kano metropolis.

Topix.net | 16-May-2012 18:34

Nigeria: Obi Causes Midfield Headache for Keshi
[Daily Trust] Injury to Inter Milan of Italy midfielder, Joel Obi is causing serious worry for the Super Eagles of Nigeria's handler, Stephen Keshi.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 15:20

Nigeria: As Reps Debate Assisted Reproduction Bill, Experts Laud Initiative
[Daily Trust] The appearance on May 2 of a bill on the floor of the House of Representatives to establish an authority for regulating assisted reproduction left most of the medical establishment surprised.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 15:20

Nigeria: Where Is the Money to Help Poisoned Children?
[IRIN] Abuja - Aid organizations and rights groups are putting more pressure on the Nigerian government to release a promised US$5.4 million in aid for lead-poisoned children, but government officials keep ducking the issue.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 14:54

Nigeria: Dues to UN Are Not Paid Up to Date, Official Says
[Leadership] As the United Nations begin to examine its financial books in planning for its annual budget, details of member-states payments of dues are being released and Nigeria is among the countries still behind in remitting their regular budget dues to the world body up-to-date.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 14:43

Nigeria: Citizen, 54 Arrested in U.S. for Identity Fraud
[Leadership] 54 year-old illegal immigrant of Nigerian origin, Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole, has been arrested at his home in Elizabeth, New Jersey for using the identity of a man, his co-worker (Jerry Thomas) who was murdered 20 years ago.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 14:43

Doctor firings expose medical failings in Nigeria

The mass firing of doctors in Nigeria's largest city is exposing the downfalls of the nation's failing medical system.

Topix.net | 16-May-2012 14:20