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18 June 2013 Last updated at 15:45 By Mark Doyle BBC International Development Correspondent This ship allegedly carrying stolen oil was destroyed by the Nigerian authorities The piracy problem off the coast of West Africa highlighted by an International Maritime Bureau (IMB) report is, overwhelmingly, a Nigerian problem. The IMB report said maritime piracy was [...]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants have opened fire on students taking exams at a school in the country’s troubled northeast, killing at least nine pupils in the latest violence to wrack the volatile region, witnesses said Tuesday. Bodies of the children in their school uniforms were brought to the local morgue, according to [...]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic militants have driven 19,000 rice farmers from their land in northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more from working their fields, raising fears of imminent food shortages, officials warned Tuesday. Food shortages would add immeasurably to the misery in northeast Nigeria. The area abandoned by farmers is [...]
New York: Google asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease gag orders over data requests it makes, in the latest move by the California search giant to protect its reputation in the aftermath of revelations about the National Security Agency’s sweeping surveillance of Internet traffic. Google, one of nine US companies named [...]
Tweet Tweet Facebook has gone down this evening in a rare outage which has left users unable to access their accounts, receiving a “Sorry, something went wrong” error message instead. As tends to be the case during Facebook outages, those who prefer the Twitter networks took the opportunity to flaunt the downtime, while those who [...]
THE Brumbies rewrote the record books in Canberra as the Lions crashed to defeat just four days before the all-important first Test against Australia. The Lions hadn’t lost to a provincial Aussie side since coming up short against Queensland way back in 1971. But Warren Gatland’s proud unbeaten run was brought to a shuddering halt [...]
JERUSALEM, June 18 (Xinhua) — Spain won the 2013 UEFA U-21 soccer championship over Italy with a score of 4-2 on Tuesday evening at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem. Spanish captain Thiago Alcantara hit a hat-trick in the first half which ended 3-1 in Spain’s favor. After the restart, Spain proceeded their attack and scored [...]
MIAMI (AP) — Tim Duncan scored 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lift the San Antonio Spurs to a 50-44 halftime lead over the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. Duncan made 11 of 13 shots in a performance straight out of 2003 and Kawhi Leonard added 10 [...]
(CNN) — The United States will have its first formal meeting with the Taliban soon in Doha, Qatar, senior U.S. administration officials said Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Taliban told reporters in Doha that they want to improve relations with the world. CNN’s Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson explains what’s happening and why now. What are we [...]
Related 14:50 Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil President Dilma Rousseff sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country. Speaking on Tuesday, the morning after more than 200,000 Brazilians marched in over a [...]
Howard Archer, chief UK economist at consultancy IHS Global Insight, highlighted the fact that annual CPI inflation in May was more than twice the latest 1.3% year-on-year rate of underlying earnings growth. Yesterday’s inflation figures, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), underline the continuing challenges facing the UK economy as it struggles to [...]
He explained the leaders’ pledge to maintain Syria’s military forces, security services, state institutions and government departments following the fall of the Assad regime was meant to allay fears that history would not repeat itself. “The message to those people who know in their heart they simply cannot imagine a Syria where this man continues [...]
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AFP) – Nnamdi Oduamadi claimed a hat-trick as Nigeria shook off the jet lag to thrash minnows Tahiti 6-1 in their opening Confederations Cup game in Belo Horizonte on Monday. The African champions only arrived in Brazil 36 hours before the game after a row over bonus payments, but they could even [...]
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EASYKOBO.COM presents Nigeria’s 1st Free NSE Stock Trials
Aug 9 (Lagos) –Easykobo Finance website welcomes you to the new and improved easykobo.com experience. In December 2010,Easykobo.com was formed during the financial crisis to bring a fresh approach to investing in the Nigeria capital markets, website was upgraded last month. Easykobo.com now features Nigeria’s first free Stock trials simulation with exciting prizes for winners [...]
Telkom SA joins IT Leaders East Africa Summit in September as platinum solution provider
The anticipated 2nd annual IT Leaders East Africa Summit will take place from 5 to 6 September 2012 in Nairobi; in the heart of Kenya’s esteemed capital city. The summit is produced and hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events in proud association with the Kenya ICT Board (KICTB) and Kenya Information Technology and [...]
Hennessy Artistry To Release Music Video For Bartender On August 17th
The video of the year is about to drop! Hennessy Cognac announced today, that acclaimed Film Maker, Clarence Peters has delivered the music video for ‘Bartender’, the historic Hennessy Artistry collaboration between Naeto C and M.I – two of Africa’s best Hip hop artistes. The video promises to be very exciting and arguably sets a [...]
CHIBUIKE ROTIMI AMAECHI AND THE RESOURCES OF RIVERS STATE – A SCORE CARD!
The main treatise of this attempt for avoidance of doubt is to examine and x-ray how Gov Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has diligently and prudently managed the resources of Rivers State or otherwise. This becomes imperative considering the Punch Newspaper publication in its edition of [...]