Posts Tagged nigeria

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Solution to Nigeria riots

Solution to Nigeria riots

March 10 2010
NewsRescue- Contrary to what many might think, there is a sure and easy solution to the repeated riots that usually erupt in the North-central part of Nigeria.
These riots, usually supported by religious differences are actually centrally hemmed on resource, land and social deplorable existing conditions. The root cause of the characteristic deadly problem [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Nigeria cracks down after attacks in Jos

March 8th, 2010
Aljazeera- Nigerian authorities have arrested nearly a hundred people in connection with attacks near the central city of Jos that killed more than 500 people.
Police and soldiers surrounded the village of Dogo Nahawa, about 15km south of Jos, as survivors buried the dead in mass graves on Monday.
Residents said herders from nearby hills [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

HIV Still Plagues the U.S.: Some Areas Have Higher Rates Than Africa - Newsweek

HIV Still Plagues the U.S.: Some Areas Have Higher Rates Than Africa - Newsweek

Feb 17, 2010
Newsweek-
HIV Still Plagues the U.S.: Some Areas Have Higher Rates Than Africa
By Jaime Cunningham
In December, NEWSWEEK argued that new signs of life were showing in the AIDS activism movement. Let’s hope so. Recent research published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that within certain populations in America, the prevalence of HIV-infected [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Military coup in Nigeria?… as ailing President Yaradua returns

Military coup in Nigeria?... as ailing President Yaradua returns

Feb 23, 2010
NewsRescue- Nigeria’s president, Musa Yaradua has arrived back in the capital Abuja three months after seeking medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, raising fresh questions over the leadership of Africa’s most populous nation.
He arrived in a Saudi jet accompanied by the presidential jet in the late hours of Tuesday night.
Reports reaching our desk [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

US to review hasty inclusion of Nigeria to terror watch list

January 23rd, 2009
Guardian- WITH the intensity of criticisms within the US government circles and outside, the Americans may soon review the inclusion of Nigeria on its terror watch list of countries of interest, according to a senior White House official.
Speaking at the US Foreign Press Centre in Washington DC on Friday afternoon, White House National [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Generation Doom! Should we be scared of our youth?

Generation Doom! Should we be scared of our youth?

December 30th, 2009
NewsRescue- From the Nigerian kid who recently set his pants on fire trying to detonate a bomb aboard the Detroit headed Delta airliner, to the riots in Iran, the Somalian Pirate captured at sea and brought to the US for justice{MSNBC, April 21 2009}.
Through the five United States citizens captured last week in [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

EU ‘grants’ Nigeria $1Bn; Nigeria rejects new ‘unfair’ trade deal with EU

EU 'grants' Nigeria $1Bn; Nigeria rejects new 'unfair' trade deal with EU

November 20, 2009
Related: NewsRescue- How The IMF-World Bank and Structural Adjustment Program(SAP) Destroyed Africa
NewsRescue-
According to the BBC, the European Union will give Nigeria the sum of 1 billion US dollars as a ‘peace and anti corruption’ initiative and trade and resource deal. Story(BBC) This not surprising at a time of increasing battle with the Russians [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Shell promises it will fight Nigeria if it hands fields to Chinese

October 29, 2009
NewsRescue- According to a new release on Reuters, Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) has promised to fight any possible efforts by the Nigerian Government to reallocate fields currently in its control to Chinese oil companies.
Related: NewsRescue- Shell settles Nigeria killings suit; $15.5 Million
“One thing you probably will have seen, and can be sure [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Female youth corps member strangled to death by her colleague, in Niger State, Nigeria

October 28, 2009

Tribune- A female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger state, has been reportedly strangled to death by her male colleague . Nigerian Tribune learned that the deceased and her assailant were both from the South Eastern part of the country.
During the on-going service year, according to [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

New criminal gangs in US target Medicare. Nigerian’s among the busted

October 22, 2009
(CNN) — Organized crime gangs are exploiting a new target for illegal profit: Medicare and Medicaid.

Federal agents arrest two suspects last week in Los Angeles on charges of Medicare fraud.

Experienced in running drug, prostitution and gambling rings, crime groups of various ethnicities and nationalities are learning it’s safer and potentially more profitable to [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

What Maketh A Northerner? - North Nigerian

By Abubakar Suleiman
This is the story of my life. I am a black man and those that share my skin color know what a burden than can be. It is the shame of centuries of slavery for which even a decent apology is too much to expect and the pain of knowing that of all [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

‘Youth Corper raped to death in Nigeria’; the questions…

'Youth Corper raped to death in Nigeria'; the questions...

October 7, 2009; Update: October 28,2009
NewsRescue- A major headline in many Nigerian daily’s has been the very sad story of an alleged gang-rape that resulted in the death of a Nigerian youth corper serving in Borno State in Northern Nigeria.
Unsubstantiated, inciting news report
This tale was reported by a new Nigerian newspaper, Next, and in their [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Nigeria Ekiti State Governor Torture Chamber (VIDEO)

Nigeria Ekiti State Governor Torture Chamber (VIDEO)

The video shows how journalists duly accredited by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to observe the controversial rerun of Ekiti State gubernatorial election were assaulted, beaten, bitten and maltreated by Ekiti state officials.  The journalists had discovered paid agents who engaged in multiple thumb-printing of ballot papers on the eve of [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Nigeria Customs Boss Said to Burn Thousands Newspapers, Trying To Hide Certificate Forgery Accusation

Nigeria Customs Boss Said to Burn Thousands Newspapers, Trying To Hide Certificate Forgery Accusation

September 12th, 2009
NewsRescue- Well if indeed he burned newspapers and locked up reporters, we at NewsRescue wish to see how he will again stretch his ‘power’ to burn down internet media bodies like ours that WILL report this news story and WILL keep it on the net-waves for as long as internet remains a tool [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Racism in Ghana and Africa; How I almost got killed

Racism in Ghana and Africa; How I almost got killed

September 2nd, 2009; NewsRescue
by Abeeb Mobolaji
Firstly, let me thank the Almighty for being here, alive and able to tell my story after my near death experience yesterday on the streets of Accra, capital of Ghana. Had I died, this tale may very likely have been told very differently.
I am a Nigerian and also a Ghanaian [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Pro-Nigerian environmentalist silenced in Obama US administration

Pro-Nigerian environmentalist silenced in Obama US administration

September 8th, 2009
Afrik- An adviser to US President on environmental issues has resigned following controversial comments made about the environmental situation in Nigeria’s Niger Delta.
Mr. Van Jones, said that western oil companies were deliberately killing blacks by virtue of their careless environmental practices in Nigeria. According to a report which appeared in the Washington [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

18 year old girl beheaded for rituals in Imo, Nigeria

18 year old girl beheaded for rituals in Imo, Nigeria

Update; August 31st 2009
NewsRescue- Although we can not verify, in a very touching, remarkable development, the very sister of the young man accused of this horrendous act, recently commented on this article, that- though he is her brother, he should be killed for it. Linda Uwakwe:
Kill him, he deserves it. He is my brother
We have [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

‘Elites’ meet in Nigeria to commence Obama era; Clinton, Rove, Bush, Mundell, Al Gore and others

'Elites' meet in Nigeria to commence Obama era; Clinton, Rove, Bush, Mundell, Al Gore and others

Jan 22nd, 2009
NewsRescue- A very strange meeting officially called ‘festival of ideas’, took place in Nigeria on the invite of Nduka Obaigbena and his ‘ThisDay’ Nigeria newspaper, just as Obama was being prepared for swearing-in (Jan 20th 2009). This very strange, higher echelons meeting was largely unreported by main stream news media, but NewsRescue picked [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

US Army Prepares for Nigeria’s Possible Break-up (2015)

US Army Prepares for Nigeria’s Possible Break-up (2015)

August 17th, 2009
NewsRescue- The article below and related articles raise pertinent questions- 1. Is the United States promoting a breakup, in what’s known as the ’tissue scarcity scare’ scenario, where the suggestion and promotion of a concept leads to its manifestation. Nigerians skeptical about the possibility of a breakup get reassured that best analysis from [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Boko Haram, the Nigeria extreme movement, resurrects

August 14th, 2009
In a statement dated August 9, 2009 and made available to Vanguard, the sect whose activities led to the lost of hundreds of lives in northern Nigeria recently declared that their leader Yusuf who was killed in controversial circumstances during the crisis, lives forever.
Boko Haram members and their late leader, Mohammed Yusuf
In what [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Locally built Armored carrier launched in Nigeria

August 13th, 2009; 234Next.com-
A Nigerian made armored car was on Thursday launched by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua at the eagle square in Abuja.
It is the first home made armored car, with most of the materials used in its production sourced locally, while others were imported.
It was built by two Nigerian brothers who recently relocated from [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

220 Nigerians face Execution in Libya

 220 Nigerians face Execution in Libya

August 7, 2009
OVER 220 illegal immigrants in Libya mostly Nigerians may be executed before tomorrow morning, New Nigerian has learned. A source said that out of this number, 30 were allegedly executed in the early hours of yesterday in the prison yard in Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
According to the source, among the Nigerian illegal immigrants [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia to breakup soon?- Intel

Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia to breakup soon?- Intel

June 25th, 2009
Related: US Army Prepares for Nigeria’s Possible Break-up (2015)
NewsRescue- Indicators are pointing toward a possible breakup within the next few years of several African nations, which include- Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia. The CIA made a prediction of Nigeria’s breakup within a few years, and similar predictions are the likely inevitable outcome of [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Pre-execution interview of Boko Haram Leader in Nigeria

August 3rd 2009
NewsRescue- This video just out on YouTube, purportedly shows an interview of the late leader of ‘Boko Haram’, fundamentalist group in North Nigeria. Mohammed Yusuf was apparently executed shortly after capture by the Nigerian Police/Army and pictures of his bullet riddled body were published. Yusuf was allegedly at the head of an uprising [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Dozens arrested in Medicare fraud bust; a couple, of Nigerian origin

NewsRescue; July 31, 2009

View Video: Yahoo Video
Related: Credit Card, ID Theft Ring Busted in Queens
There was a crowded courtroom Thursday as nearly two dozen people faced a judge on Medicare fraud charges. The men and women in court were arrested during a nationwide Medicare fraud roundup Wednesday.
Read the indictments

US vs. Clifford Ubani, Princewill Njoku, [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Boko Haram and the deadly crises in North Nigeria- 400+ dead

Boko Haram and the deadly crises in North Nigeria- 400+ dead

July 28th 2009
NewsRescue- The deadly crises in Northern Nigeria has been all over all media channels. CNN reported today that as many as 400 lives had been lost in the Northern States, including Bauchi, Borno and Kano.
Latest reports have the Police laying siege on the compound of ‘Boko Haram’, a group in Bauchi State, Nigeria [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Obama’s second visit to Africa; Ghana only International Airport Shut down for Obama

Obama's second visit to Africa; Ghana only International Airport Shut down for Obama

NewsRescue Update, July 10th 2009- Obama acknowledges the effects of the legacy of colonialism and Western foreign policy on Africa’s predicament.
View: ABC News video
Obama:
“…what you heard is true……the question I asked in the meeting… (the disparity between South Korea and Kenya)- why is that…there had been some talk of the legacy of colonialism, other policies [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Nigerian lawmakers describe taking naked blood oaths to office

Nigerian lawmakers describe taking naked blood oaths to office

Warning- Nekkid images!
June 29th 2009:

CompassNews-
Apparently to save his face, Alausa, who represents Ijebu-Ode State Constituency in the House of Assembly, claimed that he was forced to take the oath to enable him secure a ticket into the legislature, ahead of the 2007 elections.
Alausa told PM News, a Lagos-based evening tabloid: “The photographs on the front [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Russia looks to invest billions in Nigeria energy sector

Russia looks to invest billions in Nigeria energy sector

ABUJA, June 24 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday investment in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector could total in the billions of dollars after Gazprom signed a joint venture agreement with state-run oil firm NNPC.
“If we carry out all our plans (in oil and gas), Russian investment in Nigeria can reach billions [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

80,000 reported displaced in Nigeria

80,000 reported displaced in Nigeria

Nigeria’s National Commission for Refugees has reported the presence of a total of 10,000 refugees and more than 80,000 internally displaced persons in Nigeria.
The figures were released by Hajiya Hadiza Kangiwa, the Federal Commissioner for Refugees on Friday to mark the 2009 World Refugees Day, with the theme “Real people, real needs.” Statistics are related [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Riots in Iran; terrorist bomb blast at Iran most holy mausoleum

Riots in Iran; terrorist bomb blast at Iran most holy mausoleum

Related: How Rice and USA in 2006 invested in bringing about the current election chaos in Iran
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Tehran (NewsRescue)- Reports are coming in of a suicide terrorist bomb blast at the sacred mausoleum built at the tomb of the late leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, father of [...]

 

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