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LBN News: Jonathan Must Contain Islamists After Attacks Kill 176, Economic Danger Signals Are Here, Let Us Act Now & More

January 23, 2012

Nigeria’s Jonathan Must Contain Islamists After Attacks Kill 176 BusinessWeek The attacks by Boko Haram haven’t affected oil from Nigeria’s Atlantic coast, where companiesincluding Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., Total SA and Eni SpA pump more than 90 percent of [...]

Missing USA Nigerian Pharmacist’s Body Discovered, Coroner Rules Suicide as Cause of Death

December 27, 2011
Tosin Oyelowo missing

It is with deep sadness we report the death of Tosin Oyelowo  who we asked you all to help find a little over a week ago. Our condolences to her family. Mount Pleasant Patch Reports: “The Charleston County Coroner confirms [...]

Nigeria Launches 1st Solely Modern Arts University in Nigeria, December 21st, 2011

December 20, 2011
For the Love of Arts in Nigeria Dec 21st 2011

On Wednesday (tomorrow), the 21st of December 2011, Art Lovers and beyond will congregate at the Civic Center in V.I Lagos as part of the activities leading to the July 2012 Launch of the 1st solely Modern Arts University in [...]

HIGHLY IMPORTANT: Help Find Missing USA Young Nigerian Pharmacist Tosin Oyelowo #FindTosinOyelowo

December 14, 2011
Tosin Oyelowo missing

The Nigerian USA community needs help finding Tosin Oyelowo, a member of their community. Oyelowo a beautiful woman and graduate of University of Charleston West Virginia School of Pharmacy allegedly went missing on December 9th, 2011. Since then, there has [...]

Foreign Airlines Rip Nigerians of $15.8 Million in Discriminatory Airfare Practices

December 2, 2011

“Twenty-one days after BusinessDay’s expose on how foreign airlines rip-off Nigerians on the Lagos – London and Abuja -London routes, as against the low fares charged on the Accra – London route, the Federal Government is yet to take concrete [...]

Nigeria Earns N240b from Non-oil Exports in Six Months

December 1, 2011

“NIGERIA’S non-oil export earnings between January and June this year was $1.5 billion (N240 billion), the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), has disclosed. The earnings were from the exportation of cocoa; sheep and goat skins leather; sesame seeds and oil; [...]

Nigeria’s Telecom Subscribers to Hit 152 Million in 2016

December 1, 2011

“Nigeria will continue to be Africa’s biggest mobile market by subscriptions, with a forecast of 152.09 million subscriber base by 2016, according to a research by Informa Telecoms and Media, a provider of business intelligence and strategic services to telecom [...]

Nigeria’s Senate Votes to Ban Gay Marriage Despite David Cameron’s Controversial Gay Condition for Aid

November 30, 2011

“Nigeria’s Senate has voted to outlaw gay marriage, gay advocacy groups and same-sex public displays of affection. The bill, now much more wide-ranging than its initial draft, must be passed by the House of Representatives and signed by President Goodluck [...]