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Fed Govt should create Ministry to tackle Boko Haram – US
United States’ Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, in a remark at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC, canvassed a ministry or commission for Northern Affairs to deal with economic challenges in the North which are believed to be the root of the Boko Haram menace. Excerpts:
At about 160 million people, Nigeria is home to over twenty percent of sub-Saharan Africa’s population. It is the largest oil producing state in Africa, it is the fifth largest supplier of crude oil to the United States, and the tenth largest global producer. It is home to the sixth largest Muslim population in the world, and it’s by far the largest country in the world with approximately equal numbers of Christians and Muslims. In the United Nations, Nigeria
MUST READ!! The Most Extensive Face Transplant Ever Gives Man New Jaw, Teeth and Tongue
US doctors have carried out what they say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed.
The operation at the University of Maryland gave Richard Norris a new face, including jaw, teeth and tongue.
The 37-year-old has lived as a recluse for 15 years after being severely injured in a gun accident, and wore a mask whenever he went outside.
The surgery was funded by the US Navy, which hopes the techniques will help casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Surgeons who carried out the 36-hour operation say it was part of a series of transplant operations lasting 72 hours, using organs from one donor in five patients including Mr Norris.
He lost his lips and nose in the accident, and only had limited movement of his mouth.
The lead surgeon says Mr Norris will now get his life back.
“Our
Senator Domingo Obende Calls On FG To Ban Night Travelling
Mindful of the inherent dangers of travelling at night on the road, including armed robbery and accidents, Senator Domingo Obende has called on the Federal Government to ban it. He said it has become urgent that the government through the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) should prevail on night travellers to switch to daytime journeys until the situation on the roads improve.
Obende, who spoke with Newsextra in Lagos, said it is really sad that Nigerians are being killed in the most gruesome manner after they being dispossessed of their belongings by robbers. The Senator noted that it is too callous an act for robbers to ask their victims to lie down on the road after dispossessing them of their valuables only for an on-coming vehicle to run over them. He therefore urged the FRSC to impose
Governor Fashola Bans Okada In Ikeja
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has placed a total ban on commercial motorcycle (okada) operation in Ikeja area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
As a result of the ban, okada riders in Ikeja have sued the Lagos State Government for banning them from carrying out their legal trade at the Federal High Court, Ikeja, while the matter came up at the court on Wednesday.
As a result of the ban, okada operation in Ikeja has been paralysed, except for the few brave ones who dared to move as police are everywhere on the order of the Commissioner of Police to arrest any rider found operating in major roads in Ikeja.
Hundreds of motorcycles have been impounded by the police.
A statement issued by the Office of the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos Police Command and signed by the head, Joseph
Corruption and the pain of being a Nigerian physician. Written by Ahidjo Abdulkadiri Kawu
Why is man just so unkind to mankind?
This story just highlights what happens in the Nigerian scene everyday. Nobody in this country is oblivious of what happens in the Nigerian Custom Service. Just read the story of what this Surgeon is going through in the hands of the Nigerian Custom Office…it’s so annoying.
I’m very happy that we have the internet and social media and we will NEVER stop making noise until the oppression stops.
Colleagues,
1. I am a spine surgeon employed at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada Abuja as a consultant.
2. I was a fellow of Scoliosis Research Society at the New York Hospital for Joint Diseases, US in August 2010 under the tutelage of Dr Baron S Lonner.
3. At the completion of my training, Dr Baron S Lonner on my behalf approached
Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala could be the Next World bank president
(Reuters) – Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo are set to be nominated to lead the World Bank, sources with knowledge of emerging market efforts to find candidates said on Tuesday.
The candidacies of Okonjo-Iweala and Ocampo, who have credentials as both economists and diplomats and according to sources the respective backing of Brazil and South Africa, pose a challenge to the United States, whose hold on the top post has never been contested.
But with its majority of votes and the expected support of European countries, the United States is still likely to ensure that another American will succeed Robert Zoellick, who plans to step down when his term expires at the end of June.
Washington has held the presidency
Federal Government to spend N5b on image laundering
The Federal government has announced its resolve to portray the country in better light to countries abroad by deploying N5billion worth of digital transmission equipment into some foreign countries.
This the government hope will enhance better dissemination of information about the country to citizens of other countries and Nigerians beyond the shores of the country, thereby laundering the nation’s image.
This decision was made known by the Director General of VON, Alhaji Abubakar Jijiwa, who said
The project is made up of 250 kilo watts of three digital transmission equipments that will be deployed in Nigeria and some countries for better coverage and reporting of the country. The listed the countries to which the equipment will deployed to include France, Finland, Poland, and the
Reprisals kill 10 after church bombed in Nigeria’s Jos
After the suicide car bomb attack on a Catholic church Sunday, Christian youths killed at least 10 people in reprisal attacks after a suspected suicide bomber hit a Catholic church in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, killing three people, authorities said.
“The situation is bad,” health commissioner for Jos Sati Dakwat told Reuters. “Several were killed in the reprisal attacks, more than 10.”
A Reuters reporter at the scene of the church bombing was unable to gain access, as the police had cordoned off the area around Finber’s Catholic Church in the Rayfield suburb of Jos.
“We haven’t got actual figures of injured yet, but at least three people have been confirmed dead by our men attending the scene of the blast,” the Jos coordinator
“Why we killed the Briton and Italian Hostages” – Boko Haram
The men arrested in the aftermath of Thursday’s botched attempt to free two abducted foreigners in Sokoto have told security agents why they killed their victims.
British Chris McManus and Italian Franco Lamolinara were killed by the suspects as Nigerian soldiers and the British Special Boat Squad (SBS) stormed a house in Sokoto to rescue the foreign engineers.
They had been in captivity since their abduction inBirnin Kebbi,the Kabbi State capital, last May.
Five men were arrested in connection with the abduction and killing of the duo.
Among them is Abu Muhammed believed to be the ring leader of the group and a factional leader of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
They were moved to Abuja yesterday by security agents for interrogation.
The suspects,sources said, told their interrogators that
BREAKING NEWS!! BRITISH, ITALIAN HOSTAGES KILLED IN NIGERIA BY BOKO HARAM
(AFP) A British and an Italian hostage killed on Thursday were murdered by “their Boko Haram captors” and those responsible have been arrested, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said in a statement.
Jonathan “condemned the killing of two kidnapped foreigners — an Italian and a British citizen — in Sokoto state Thursday by their Boko Haram captors before they could be rescued by a joint British-Nigerian security raid on the kidnappers’ hideout,” a statement from his office said.
The statement added: “The president, who particularly commended the cooperation and understanding of the British and Italian governments, assured that the perpetrators of the murderous act, who have all been arrested, would be made to face the full wrath of the law.”
The men were kidnapped by heavily
Finally South Africa Apologizes to Nigeria over Deportations
South Africa has apologized for a mass deportation of Nigerians, saying officials at Johannesburg’s main airport did not properly check their health certificates.
At a news conference in Pretoria Thursday, deputy foreign minister Ibrahim Ibrahim said: “We wish to humbly apologize to them, and we have.”
Two diplomats from the Nigerian High Commission accompanied Ibrahim to the news conference, but refused to comment beyond a joint statement that described tit-for-tat deportations the two countries say should not affect their relations. On March 2, South Africa deported 125 Nigerians who, according to airport health authorities, carried fraudulent yellow fever cards. Since then, authorities in Lagos have deported South Africans, raising health concerns.
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Nigerian author, Teju Cole, wins $10k Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first novel
Author Teju Cole yesterday won this year’s Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a “distinguished” first book of fiction, for his book, Open City.
The 36 year old writer and photographer, will receive $10,000 as prize money.
Written in 2011, the novel, Open City, centers on “Nigerian immigrant Julius, a young graduate student studying psychiatry in New York City, has recently broken up with his girlfriend and spends most of his time dreamily walking around Manhattan. The majority of Open City centers on Julius’ inner thoughts as he rambles throughout the city, painting scenes of both what occurs around him and past events that he can’t help but dwell on.
For reasons not altogether clear, Julius’ walks turn into worldwide travel, and he flies first to Europe, where he has an
Nigeria – South Africa Row deepens as more South Africans To be Deported!!!
“Barely 24 hours after the second batch of 56 South African deportees were sent home, the Nigerian government said it has uncovered a prostitution ring ran by a high profile South African businessman with 67 prostitutes in his employment both in Abuja and Lagos.
Consequently, the government has concluded plans to deport the 67 prostitutes who are believed to be HIV positive.
The move is part of government deliberate policy to double the figure of the 125 Nigerians deported by South Africa before the consideration of any diplomatic solution to the lingering feud with the South African government.” FL News.
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Pics – Unusually Tight Security At Obasanjo’s Birthday Venue
Tight security at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos venue of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s 75th birthday anniversary.
The real birthday of Mr. Obasanjo is a subject of controversy according to his family members.
However, today government officials, corporate heads and politicians put Lagos on a lockdown to fete the man they call their “Baba”.
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Nigeria – South Africa Diplomatic Row: Wole Soyinka Denied Visa into SA
Prof. Wole Soyinka was denied entry into South Africa. It took the last minute intervention of Nelson Mandela’s wife Graca Machel to admit the Nobel Laureate into South Africa.
Soyinka’s trip to South Africa was in response to an invitation to deliver a lecture in honour of Mandela, an event that drew national and international focus to South Africa, both because of Mandela, whose birthday it was and Soyinka who was the guest speaker.
Soyinka informed the organisers before he travelled to South Africa about his inability to obtain a South African visa and they promised that a visa would be waiting for him at the airport on arrival.
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