Modern Nigeria emerged through the merging of two British colonial territories in 1914. The amalgamation was an act of colonial convenience. It occurred mainly because British colonizers desired a contiguous colonial territory stretching from the arid…
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KADUNA, Nigeria — For years, they were out to kill each other. And they almost did. But now Pastor James Wuye and the Imam Muhammad Ashafa work side by side trying to heal the divide between Nigeria’s Christians and Muslims as the heads of the Interfaith…
KAFANCHAN, Nigeria — The highway from Kaduna wove through a maze of military checkpoints and then continued past the rusting hulks of abandoned factories and textile mills that long ago left Nigeria, as did the jobs they once produced. Down the highway…
It’s a common enough scenario in Nigeria and across Africa: how to get rid of pesky mosquitoes whose buzzing disturbs sleep and whose bites can carry malaria and other diseases. Two Nigerian start-ups have tapped this — and other aspects and quirks…
Healthcare services have collapsed in the northern part of Nigeria’s Borno state as doctors, nurses and pharmacists flee for their lives from brutal violence unleashed by Islamist Boko Haram militants. Medical professionals say health services in the…
Thousands of refugees are fleeing harrowing scenes of atrocities and body-strewn streets in northern Nigeria, the UN said Tuesday. The UN’s refugee agency said violence in the area had prompted some 2,000 people to flee into neighbouring Niger over…
KADUNA, Nigeria — The waters of the River Kaduna swirl forward under a bridge that spans the long, turbulent divide between this city’s Christian neighborhoods to the south and its Muslim communities to the north. Kaduna, which literally means “…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following the Moroccan National Human Rights Council’s September 2013 thematic report…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM is continuing to assist thousands of people displaced by the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed deep concern…
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwired – Mar 11, 2014) – Seeking to emulate the successful new channel model it deployed in the US…
NAPERVILLE, IL–(Marketwired – March 11, 2014) – Sikich LLP, a leading accounting, advisory, investment banking, technology and managed services firm,…
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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Mar 11, 2014) – WHO:TMP Government, a division of TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications, LLC,…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Mar 11, 2014) – SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME) is the owner of an issued United States…
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN–(Marketwired – Mar 11, 2014) – Silvaco Japan Co., Ltd. (Silvaco) has announced that Hakodate National College of Technology…
MORONI, Comoros, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Moroni from…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM, in close collaboration with the Government of Somaliland and in…