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18 March 2014 – As the Syrian war enters a fourth year, the harrowing violence shows no signs of subsiding…
18 March 2014 – Hundreds of thousands of Syrians forced to flee the bloodshed in their homeland and now living…
18 March 2014 – Against the backdrop of last week’s ‘dangerous escalation’ in Gaza and Israel, the top United Nations…
17 March 2014 – As Jordan struggles with severe water shortage issues – ongoing drought, population growth and now waves…
LAGOS, Nigeria, March 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — There is currently a significant opportunity for Nigerians as a result…
Italy’s supreme court on Tuesday upheld a two-year ban from public office against former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi who had filed an appeal with the country’s top court. The ban was imposed as part of a tax fraud conviction against the media magnate…
I recently sat down with Michael Chasen, former co-founder/CEO of BlackBoard, at SXSW to discuss his brand new app called SocialRadar. As may have guessed by the name of the app, SocialRadar is a social discovery app, but instead of using location…
Gunfire rang out in Crimea’s main city of Simferopol on Tuesday, even as hundreds partied on the central Lenin Square to celebrate an agreement to incorporate their Black Sea peninsula into Russia. Two people were reported killed and two injured in…
Canada’s long-time finance minister announced his resignation Tuesday, after steering the G7 nation through the Great Recession and back to a balanced budget forecast for next year. Jim Flaherty, 64, said he informed Prime Minister Stephen Harper on…
One of the leading publishers in Akwa Ibom And chairman league of newspaper publishers in the state, Mr. Uko Umoh in this interview spoke on a range of issues that bother on the league, politics in Akwa Ibom and other issues of relevance. Excerpts:…
Fast Market Research recommends “Soup in Nigeria” from Euromonitor International, now available Boston, MA — (SBWIRE) — 03/18/2014 — Westernisation and changing consumption patterns are resulting in sales growth of soup in Nigeria. More consumers…
A Nigerian labour union on Monday staged a protest over a deadly weekend stampede at a recruitment drive and demanded the interior minister’s resignation. At least seven job-seekers were killed when a stampede broke out on Saturday at the national stadium…
Video News by NewsLook Chris Brown was kicked out of a rehab facility and spent a few days in jail. And now, it looks like he’ll be staying there for a while.
Fifty-five people were killed and 10 were injured in two separate road crashes in northern Nigeria, the country’s road safety body said Monday. “We have recorded 55 deaths in two road crashes on Sunday and Monday due to speeding and reckless overtaking…
Lots of finger-pointing in Nigeria, after a deadly stampede at a job fair. Nigerian officials say at least 16 people died when 500,000 people were invited to apply for fewer than 5,000 government jobs. Joining VOA’s Vincent Makori on the phone with…
The Nigerian navy said on Tuesday that it had arrested 22 Chinese nationals for fishing in its territorial waters without permits and travel passports. Four foreign vessels and their crew were held in the operation, Commodore Godwin Ochai told reporters…
Nigeria continues to have the potential to be a major player in the world economy. The West African nation’s annual growth rates have averaged almost seven percent during the last decade and have been pretty much driven by development in trade, investment…
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell said on Monday that it had halted crude exports from a key terminal in southern Nigeria because of a leak in a supply pipeline. Shell said its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC was working to repair a leak on one of its pipelines…
Turkish Airlines allegedly shipped weapons to unknown groups in Nigeria, which has been ravaged by violence between the army and Boko Haram militants, a new incriminating phone call revealed on Tuesday. The leaked conversation is the latest blow to…