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Generating Electricity In Nigeria

What does it take to generate electricity as a nation? The politicians will include electricity generation in their election promises. The government will look into privatization of existing properties. Members of Congress will talk of contracts and repairing power plants, … read more

Boko Haram: Israeli govt pledges assistance

In the wake of concerns over emergency response in the country, the Israeli government has pledged to train Nigerians on emergency management. The Deputy Head of Israeli High Commission, George Deek, said this in Abuja while presenting a paper, entitled: … read more

Nigeria Can’t Fight Terrorism – US

The United States has stated that the Nigerian security apparatus lack the capacity to fight terrorism within the nation’s borders. The position of the US government is contained in a document titled ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2010‘, an annual Congressionally … read more

Islamists shoot dead policemen

Suspected Islamists have killed three police officers and a civilian in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say. They say gunmen burst into the house of one of the policemen who was watching TV with his friends in the city of Maiduguri and … read more

Nigeria launches two satellites

Nigeria launched two observation satellites that could monitor Earth’s weather in areas prone to natural disasters, officials said. The Wednesday launch was “another milestone in our nation’s effort to solve national problems through space technology,” Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said. … read more

The Ogoni oil clean-up

The recently released United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on the level of despoliation of Ogoniland, if anything, has confirmed the cries of the people of Niger Delta against the calamities that oil explorers, doing business in this oil rich … read more

Report on Islamist sect attacks delayed

A seven-man committee appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan to review almost daily attacks by a radical Islamist sect in Nigeria’s northeast has been granted a two-week extension to complete its report. Boko Haram, which means “Western education is sinful”, has … read more