International
Haiti’s most devastating earthquake in more than 200 years kills at least 100,000
By Seun Bisuga
The capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince was ravaged by a 7.0-magnitude quake on the Richter scale at about 5pm local time (11pm Nigerian time) last Tuesday, a force equalling that of several nuclear bombs, said Roger Searle, a professor of [...]
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The failed attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to suicide-bomb an American airline on Christmas day has, beyond causing ripples in the international espionage ring, put Nigeria on the blacklist
By Olusola Olaosebikan
Lately, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has made more news headlines than any other individual in the world. If it is not his botched bid to blow [...]
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Senator Barack Obama looks set to make history as the first black man to win America’s presidency
By Babajide Kolade-Otitoju
He was underrated, not given a chance to triumph against Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Party primaries, but Barack Hussein Obama overcame skepticism and shut the mouths of those who had predicted that Hillary will become [...]
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Hon. Adewumi Onibiyo Adelabu, President of the Obama Nigeria Initiative, Lagos and chairman, Local Government Administration committee, Lagos State House of Assembly, in this interview tells SIMON ATEBA that Barack Obama’s failure to clinch the presidency would mark the end of the United States’ leading role in the world
Q: What would be the implications for [...]
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Dr. David Aworawo of the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, in this interview insists that a Barack Obama presidency would provide psychological satisfaction to Black people worldwide
Q: There has been so much euphoria about Barack Obama, the U.S. Democratic Party’s Presidential candidate. What does he have going for him?
A: His personality, [...]
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