The Nigerian city of Lagos is home to an estimated twenty million people. A bustling port city, it is continually expanding both The Nigerian city of Lagos is home to an estimated twenty million people. A bustling port city, it is continually expanding both in size and prestige. As well as being a...
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Lagos Cable Car, First in Nigeria, to Transform Transport
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Chinua Achebe – by Wole Soyinka
Chinua Achebe - by Wole Soyinka
Things Fall Apart, A story about the incursion of Western missionaries into an Igbo community in 19th century Nigeria, has long gripped readers across the world. It's not an obvious subject to arouse such wide interest, but Chinua Achebe's first novel is ...
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A Granddaughter’s Memories of Her Grandpa Sam Aluko
Well-known Economist & Professor Samuel Aluko, 82, passed away yesterday, February 7th, in the UK. His granddaughter Toni Aluko, shares her sentiments about the life of her Grandfather on her blog after a recent trip to Nigeria:
Let me tell you about my grandfather…
To most of the wo...
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Rapper 50 Cent’s Upcoming Film Renamed to “All Things Fall Apart” at Chinua Achebe’s Request for a Change
For those who have read or are familiar with Nigerian author Chinua Achebe's book, "Things Fall Apart", this is an interesting story.
"It's a project that I wrote, produced and financed myself," he explained last year. Directed by Mario Van Peebles, it premiered at the Miami film festival in Ma...
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Of the World’s Best 100 Countries, Nigeria Ranks 99th [Newsweek Special Issue]
In NEWSWEEK’s first-ever Best Countries special issue, we set out to answer a question that is at once simple and incredibly complex—if you were born today, which country would provide you the very best opportunity to live a healthy, safe, reasonably prosperous, and upwardly mobile life? Man...
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“Physical Disability is not a Barrier to a Willing Soul.”
Written on July 31st, 2010 by Seyi Oduyela
Categories: Nigerians in the Diaspora, Positively Naija: All News Positive About Nigeria, Special Interviews, Spotlight
Categories: Nigerians in the Diaspora, Positively Naija: All News Positive About Nigeria, Special Interviews, Spotlight
“Physical Disability is not a Barrier to a Willing Soul.”
David Akanji an educator with recent doctorate degree in Special Education from Gallaudet University is a man who does not believe that his sight impairment is an excuse for him not to reach the heights. In fact he is a better cook ...
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David Cameron becomes new Conservative prime minister of the UK
BBC
Full text: David Cameron becomes prime minister
Conservative Party leader David Cameron has become prime minister. This is the full statement he delivered on arrival in front of 10 Downing Street:
Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to form a new gove...
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World's Youngest Divorcee Takes On Paris and a Real Childhood
http://www.parentdish.com/2009/02/05/worlds-youngest-divorcee-takes-on-paris/
World's Youngest Divorcee Takes On Paris and a Real Childhood
by Amy Hatch (Subscribe to Amy Hatch's posts) Feb 5th 2009
In an act of courage driven by despair and fear, Nujood Ali walked out on her abu...
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MUTALLAB – Northwest 253 – Evidence of Missed Signals Mounts – ABC News
Northwest 253: Evidence of Missed Signals Mounts
CIA Met With Suspect's Father, But No Search for Abdulmutallab in Yemen
By BRIAN ROSS and KIRIT RADIA
Dec. 29, 2009 —
President Obama rendered a harsh verdict on the nation's intelligence community Tuesday. The bottom...
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MUTALLAB – The Sharp Dressed Man Who Aided Mutallab Onto Flight 253 Was a U.S. Government Agent – by Kurt Haskell
VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2e89jp1ykE&feature=player_embedded
Kurt Haskell Returns to Alex Jones Tv 1/2: FBI Now Admits Haskell's Eye-Witness Account Was True!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPwPLLi8vto&feature=player_embedded
Kurt Haskell Returns to Alex Jones Tv 2/2: ...
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