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Sick President Yar’Adua to Hand Over Power to VP Goodluck Jonathan

Misi Coker — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:07:23 +0000

According to BBC news report today President Umaru Yar’Adua will write a letter handing over power to his Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan. The letter will inform the Senate that President Yar’Adua is on “medical vacation” which automatically enables Goodluck Jonathan to become the acting president. This is probably in response the nation’s cries for [...]

Should African Presidents Face American-Type Fine Comb Scrutiny?

Misi Coker — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:22:20 +0000

Since President Obama took office in January 2009 he has encountered numerous attacks on seemingly trivial issues ranging from not being born in America to him not being black enough. In fact just yesterday the National Gay and Lesbian task force protested his attendance of the National Prayer Breakfast because the breakfast was hosted [...]

At Last Justice for Uzoma Okere

Misi Coker — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:35:04 +0000

Justice at last for Uzoma Okere after been brutually beaten by some naval officers simply because she didn't get out of the way on time for the Rear-Admiral Harry Arogundade's convoy.

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa Fathers 20th Child

Misi Coker — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:20:00 +0000

Sixty-seven year old, President John Zuma of South Africa, a proud Zulu traditionalist, has finally managed to procreate a football team plus reserves all by himself. His latest offspring, a girl, was born to Sonono Khoza, 39 and the divorced daughter of his friend Irvin Khoza. By the way it so happens that [...]

Haiti: Contract with the Devil?

CareTaker — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:19:36 +0000

A jaw-dropping statement that puts Christianity in bad light: American televangelist Pat Robertson is at it again, he's made a bold claim, on TV, that that Haiti is cursed because it has a pact with the devil. Watch video...

Nigeria on Haiti

CareTaker — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:01:04 +0000

In the absence of the president, what's the word in Nigeria over Haiti? Nigeria should be in the fore-front of African nations helping in Haiti. But so far, it's been nothing but condolences, and more condolences!

Is The Full Body-Scan Security Machines At Airports A Cause for Concern?

Misi Coker — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:38:56 +0000

ollowing the bomb scare in Detroit Christmas Day, many countries have decided to invest in the new full body-scan security machines. The technology exists to reveal objects hidden under clothes at airport checkpoints, and many experts say it would have detected the explosive packet carried aboard the Detroit-bound flight. Many have kicked against [...]

Rwanda: Citywide Wireless Connection for Kigali

News Desk — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:49:14 +0000

The East African report Kigali will soon go wireless after the government launched a $7.66 million wireless broadband (WiBro) facility that is set to make it the first “hot spot” capital city in Africa. The facility, whose infrastructure been under construction for the past two years, will go commercial in three months. The wireless Internet facility was [...]

Where’s the “PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA”?

Omotaylor — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:13:02 +0000

I know there has been some past talks of Yar'Adua being dead and then he resurfaces from the great beyond, but this time I really wonder and fear for the man. Why so many secrets and clouds and cover-ups as it affects Yar'Adua’s sickness, treatment in Saudi and absence from Nigeria?

Solar-Powered Irrigation Boost Incomes in Benin

News Desk — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:02:54 +0000

Solar-powered drip irrigation systems significantly enhance household incomes and nutritional intake of villagers in arid sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new Stanford University study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The two-year study found that solar-powered pumps installed in remote villages in the West African nation of Benin were a [...]