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Nigeria loses 1,000 workers yearly to erratic power supply
NaijaTechTalk | 21 hours ago by tux
NIGERIA is losing an average of 1,000 highly qualified workers yearly to erratic power supply, the Vice-Chancellor of the Achiever University, Owo in Ondo State, Prof. Johnson Odebiyi, has said. Odebiyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure read more
Heavyweight John McDermott Primed For British Title Challenge
FIGHT NEWS UNLIMITED | July 7th 2008 by Rich Bergeron
English heavyweight champion John McDermott says the talk of Danny Williams getting a title shot against world champion Samuel Peter later this year is disrespectful. McDermott is slated to challenge British champion Williams on Friday, July 18 at th read more
Our juju worked against us
Bad Thinking | July 7th 2008 by Hubert Xapier
In Nigeria, a group of kidnappers tried to get one of their comrades out of jail "with the aid of juju," according to this. It didn't work. google_ad_client = "pub-2145225310789121"; google_ad_slot = "7239894784"; google_ad_width read more
50th Emir of Katsina 56-year Old Alhaji Abulmumini Kabir Usman Of…
Net News Publisher | July 6th 2008 by Terry
The 50th emir of Katsina, home state of President Umaru Yar’Adua, 56-year old Alhaji Abulmumini Kabir Usman, eldest son of late Alhaji Muhammadu Kabir Usman, officially ascended the throne, Saturday. Alhaji Kabir Usman succeeds his late father, Alh read more
Nigeria wants mining reparations
Mining Exploration Investment News | July 6th 2008 by Dhani Kuncoro
Nigeria’s Plateau State wants $100bn (£50bn) in compensation from the UK and Europe for environmental damage caused, it says, by mining in colonial times. The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Agency says it has discovered radioactive materials buri read more
Pyrotechnics
Pegleg Starfish | July 6th 2008 by Julie
I hope all of you had a nice Fourth of July. It was extra nice since it happened to fall on a Friday. I hope you were able to enjoy a three day weekend. As I said before, T and I went downtown (Eleanor Tinsley Park @ Buffalo Bayou) to the & read more
Yeah... Computers & Internet.. Combinated = Porn :))
I Have no Faith | July 5th 2008
One Pornographic Image Per Nigerian ChildPosted on July 19, 2007 by Wayan Vota in Internet: Access, Use Cases: Community, Countries: Nigeria, Content: ReferenceWhile I've discounted the OLPC child pornography fears of others and we've explored adult read more
Obafemi Martins: Gunners hope
A2to.info "Online Magazine" | July 5th 2008 by Dinesh
OBAFEMI MARTINS has dropped another bombshell on Newcastle — by admitting he would love to join Arsenal this summer. The Toon striker insists he is ready to move to the Emirates if the two clubs can agree a deal, just a day after SunSport revea read more
Horror made in Africa
World Of Soeren | July 4th 2008 by Soeren Villalobos
Nigeria steigt jetzt auch ganz groß ins Horror Movie Business ein. Z.B. mit dem Hardcore Schocker “Twins”, in dem, also Hunde. Mit, so halb Mensch, halb Hund. Ach, auch egal, auf jeden Fall war er besser wie die Klamotte mit Arnold Schwa read more
At My Bank on Tuesday.
Loomnie | July 4th 2008
I got to my bank in Ibadan, Nigeria, on Tuesday, and I was told that they were not working. They had had only an hour or two of power in the past couple of weeks, and they had been running on their generator the whole while. On Tuesday, their generat read more
Ninja Bika - Charlie Boy
Off the Map | July 4th 2008 by Off the Map
Sound quality... not sure if it's my laptop or not... Holla if I should look for a better copy... Copy? Whatever you know what I mean... read more
Nigeria to Participate in World Cyber Games
Net News Publisher | July 3rd 2008 by Terry
Seventy-four countries including Nigeria will participate in this year’s edition of World Cyber Games scheduled to be held in Cologne, Germany, in November. The public relations consultant to the Association of Computer Games Operators of Nigeria, read more
SELLING CIGARETTES TO NIGERIA'S CHILDREN
NIGERIAN CURIOSITY | July 2nd 2008 by solomonsydelle
Reader T sent me a disturbing story about British American Tobacco (BAT) and its marketing strategy on the African continent. According to the BBC, BAT discovered that it can attract more young African buyers of its product by adjusting marke read more
Nigeria: African University of Science and Technology opens July…
Sociolingo's Africa | July 2nd 2008 by sociolingo
Comments are now closed for this post. Please go to http://aust-abuja.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=24 and apply directly through the site. Source: Lady Brille via Timbuktu Chronicles Mark your calendars for July 2008 when in the stat read more
PART 2: ANSWERING LARRY FLETCHER: A PHONY, SELF-STYLED CONSERVATI…
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | July 2nd 2008 by Tom Usher
This post is detailed, as the comment thread from which it continues is detailed. It is important. I want to draw your attention to it. The thread begins in this post (actually a static page in WordPress parlance) and starts with this comment. You ma read more
Africa's Greatest Ever Player Retires
Road to 2010 World Cup | July 1st 2008 by Amunti
We've had this debate many times before: Who is Africa's Greatest Ever Player?I haven't a clue, although I could list the usual suspects.One of the men who would make most everyone's Top 10 list has just called it quits: Jay-Jay Okocha.On Thursday, m read more
African Remix - Chris Brown Kiss Kiss & Crank Dat Soulja Boy
Off the Map | July 1st 2008 by Off the Map
OMG how can I have this blog and not have African Remix on here?!?! I love these guys seriously but they take forever to update so I forgot all about them. read more
Amplify'd - Wetin Man Go Do
Off the Map | July 1st 2008 by Off the Map
I love this video. Nigeria is taking over no doubt... read more
U.S. Cries for African Oil
Heart of Diamonds | June 30th 2008 by Dave Donelson
Americans spend so much time fixated on oil in the Middle East that they generally pay little or no attention to sub-Saharan Africa, which supplies almost as much black gold to the U.S. as the Persian Gulf States. It’s also a region with just as m read more
Nigeria : We will help raise badminton standards in the region
Sociolingo's Africa | June 30th 2008 by sociolingo
Here’s a positive story from Africa. Nigeria is offering to help other West African nations improve their standard of badminton playing. Badminton Federation of Nigeria president Alhaji Kabiru Badamasuiy on Sunday said Nigeria would assist oth read more
Nigeria : New early warning weather system
Sociolingo's Africa | June 30th 2008 by sociolingo
Interesting report on APA NEWS about a collaboration between Japan and Nigeria. Maybe someone can enlighten me, but I think this weather warning system is a first in Africa. Nigeria to develop weather early warning system APA-Lagos (Nigeria) Nigeria read more
Militants in Nigeria’s Southern Delta have Destroyed the Myth T…
Net News Publisher | June 30th 2008 by Terry
Militants in Nigeria’s southern delta have destroyed the myth that offshore oilfields are safe by attacking, last week, Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Bonga field, which lies some 120 kilometers into Atlantic waters. With the Nigerian military a read more
Lorile - X-Project
Off the Map | June 30th 2008 by Off the Map
I don't know if the bad sound quality is my laptop or the actual video...It's not just me is it? This video is incomplete... Lol read more
NTA - Nigerian Television Authority & Close to You by Mo'Hits
Off the Map | June 29th 2008 by Off the Map
Ok call me slow but I was flipping through my Comcast channels looking for an exercise channel (which I'm yet to find) and got the pleasure of discovering NTA (Lol) and Buzz FM which I believe is a segment on their channel (now that they've been disc read more
Two Steps from Cameroon
G@ttoGiallo's Shots in Benin, Nigeria... | June 29th 2008 by G@ttoGiallo
The peak of the Ranch, with the helipadand the presidential lodge, at about 1,756 feet aslStraight ahead... there is Cameroon borderline read more
Around the Cattle Ranch
G@ttoGiallo's Shots in Benin, Nigeria... | June 29th 2008 by G@ttoGiallo
It's called the Grotto, within a short 10 mn walk from the Ranch,a little natural swimming pool with very very fresh running waterThe shelter allows visitors to rest on its bencheslistening to the water musicThis must be the Enepe village market, rel read more
The Becheve Nature Reserve
G@ttoGiallo's Shots in Benin, Nigeria... | June 28th 2008 by G@ttoGiallo
A walkway and some suspended footbridges sneak under the rain forest canopy...One of the bird watching platformsThe reserve is supported by the Nigerian Conservation Fund. read more
Organized Criminal Networks as Global Powers
The Global Sociology Blog | June 27th 2008
Organized crime has gone global. That is an accepted fact but it makes life for national anti-mafia services miserable. Going global has done for organized crime what it has done for transnational corporations: it has made these groups more powerful, read more
If Barack Obama is Anti-American, You Will Become A Millionaire!
Exploring Our Matrix | June 27th 2008 by James McGrath
I like the way Obama responds to some of the rumors circulating about him with humor: Around the blogosphere, Joshua Rosenau has a suggestion for how to decide what to do with the millions transferred to you by that Nigerian bank Obama mentions. Ph read more
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