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By Ositadimma Ejelike - Years after graduation they are still roaming the street of Tunis, Abuja, Johannesburg, Casablanca, Nairobi and other African countries. Unable to find employment some join criminal gangs, others opted for menial jobs and street vending while some resort to hand their fate to God. 26 year old Mohamed Bouazizi was one of them, a college graduate in Tunisia who was unable to find job years after graduation opted to selling vegetables on the street in Sidi Bouzid to support himself and his family.

The Fall Of A Dictator- A Mohamed Bouazizi Revolution

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SaharaReporters, New York - LAGOS State: Three days into registration, technical hitches persist Daniel Fayemi, Lagos

Three days into the ongoing voters' registration exercise in the country, eligible voters have continued to be frustrated as the delay in registration has persisted.

Photonews:  Voters Registration In Nigeria-Day 3

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SaharaReporters, New York - Tension has risen in various northern states by youths protesting against state governors who helped Goodluck Jonathan secure the People's Democratic Party's (PDP) nomination that saw an overwhelming defeat of his rival, the Northern Elders consensus candidate, former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku.

A diplomatic source informed the rising tension has led major Western embassies to issue travel restrictions to their staff and citizens for the next two weeks while they monitor the situation in the area.  Public demonstrations began last week in Jigawa, Katsina and Adamawa States, following the PDP primaries.  In the past few days, they have spread to Bauchi and Kaduna.

"Uprising" Against Pro-Jonathan Northern Governors

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Idowu Ohioze - For well informed Yorubas and ardent students of history, the name "Tinubu" should readily call to mind the commendable exploits of one of West Africa's greatest women liberators: Madam Efunroye Tinubu.

Though she set out as a trader in domestic slavery, she eventually fought for the liberation of slaves when she encountered the great human tragedy that slavery is. She fought European slave traders for the freedom of slaves sold and bought in Lagos and environs. An Egba by birth, Madam Tinubu sacrificed for a better Lagos. And banishment to Abeokuta from Lagos was her punishment.

The House Tinubu Built

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The decision of the Federal Government to close down all private and public primary and secondary schools in Nigeria for the registration of voters has been challenged by the National Conscience Party at the Federal High Court through its lawyer, Femi Falana.

The Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/27/2011 was filed at the Federal High Court on Monday, January 17, 2011 by the Chairman of the Lagos State Branch of the National Conscience Party, Mr. Tunde Agunbiade on behalf of two of his children – Akintunde and Oreoluwa who are students of Omole Grammar School, Ikeja.

NCP Drags Federal Government To Court Over Closure Of Schools

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Olaitan Ladipo -  Promoters of the Northern Political Leaders Forum must be kicking themselves now for choosing Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as their consensus candidate, given the results of the just concluded People's Democratic Party primaries.  In reality, President Jonathan won in 32 states and Abuja, Atiku in none, and General Babangida in four!

Nigeria's Nations And Politics: Has Jonathan Become A Beached Whale?

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Emmanuel Onwubiko -  Following the reported killing this week of unspecified number of Nigerians in Ivory Coast, a call has gone to President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately put machinery in motion to air lift all Nigerians from that crisis – prone country before the anticipated military action by the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union to unseat the intransigent Laurent Gbagbo.

Air lift Nigerians from Ivory Coast, HURIWA Urges F.G

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Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has called on Nigerians to be optimistic about the recovery of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumwgwu Ojukwu, who, he said yesterday, is "doing very well" and will return to Nigeria when his doctors determine.

Ojukwu "Doing Very Well," Says Governor Obi

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'Tunji Ariyomo - I have just read a statement credited to Chief Bisi Akande, the national chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the Vanguard newspaper of 20th January 2011  about the process for the selection of Candidates obtainable in the ACN and his justification of this and "the supreme 'power' of his party" to decide who becomes its flag-bearer as well as his citing of the British model to justify his argument.

Getting The Nigerian Democracy Right, A Response To Chief Bisi Akande On The Imposition Of Candidates

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