Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Diezani Allison-Madueke speaks at a media briefing on a new gas price regime in the capital of Abuja

Diezani Mansion: Presidency Orders Probe

Posted November 15, 2011 by Editorial

VANGUARD: ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan may have ordered the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, to conduct full investigations into an Austrian newspaper report alleging the purchase of a 20 million Euro mansion by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. Alison-Madueke was one of the recipients of the national honours in Abuja yesterday and [...]

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104 ‘Sexual Slaves’ Evacuated From Mali

Posted February 15, 2011 by Editorial

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP ) has rescued and evacuated 104 victims of human trafficking from Mali Briefing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, Executive Secretary of the agency, Mrs Beatrice Jedy-Agba said nine suspected traffickers were also repatriated from Mali with the support of the Malian [...]

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Concerns Rise Over Human Rights Abuses

Posted February 1, 2011 by Editorial

Bangui — Attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in parts of the Central African Republic (CAR) have created a complex situation that not only limits the humanitarian response but also raises concerns over widespread human rights abuses, experts say. The LRA, a rebel group that originated in Uganda in the 1980s, moved into southeastern [...]

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Congolese children during a lesson at the Mugosi Primary School

Congo-Kinshasa: Millions Miss Out on Basic Education

Posted January 26, 2011 by Editorial

Kinshasa — Access to basic education in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains poor, with up to seven million children across the vast country out of school – despite a 2010 government decision to make primary education free. DRC is still struggling to overcome the effects of wars that raged between 1996 and 2003, [...]

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David Fincher To Direct “Dragon Tattoo”

Posted January 25, 2011 by Editorial

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Diezani Mansion: Presidency Orders Probe

With Gaddafi Gone, Time to Move On

Power intoxicates. Unbridled power is even more inebriating. It is the license to ingest as many gallons of alcohol as one sees fit while concurrently maneuvering the controls of an aviation tanker. Alas, this sort of calamitou...