Nigerian oil marketers to begin lifting of fuel in six hours
May 25, 2015 Product petroleum marketers in Nigeria have agreed to call off their strike, and to ensure restoration of normal supply of fuel throughout the country within the next six hours. The agreement was brokered by the Nigerian senate after a meeting between the oil marketers and the federal government at the national assembly
How Oil Tanker Drivers Have Shut Down Africa’s Largest Economy
May 25, 2015 Airlines in Nigeria said on Saturday they had been forced to cancel flights due to lack of fuels, as motorist across the west African nation queued for hours to get a few litters of the commodity. This was a culmination of a two-week strike by oil tanker drivers and other industry workers
Nigerian senator-elect wanted for US drug deal ‘arrested’
May 25, 2015 LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian drug agents Saturday surrounded the house of a senator-elect wanted by the United States in a nearly 20-year-old heroin deal that was the alleged basis for the TV hit “Orange is the New Black.” Buruji Kashamu is under house arrest, according to the chairman of Nigeria’s National
Kenyan lawyer offers Obama 50 cows, 70 sheep, 30 goats to marry his daughter Malia
May 24, 2015 Nairobi – A Kenyan lawyer has offered US President Barrack Obama 50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 goats for his daughter’s hand in marriage. Speaking to The Nairobian, Felix Kiprono said his dream is to marry one of Obama’s daughters, Malia, and he is ready to meet Obama to discuss the matter when
47 Things I’ve Learned In My 40s
May 24, 2015 I recently celebrated my last birthday of my 40s. While most of my 30s was consumed with the non-stop pandemonium of four babies growing into toddlers growing into school-age boys, my 40s have given me more time for personal growth and even a little reflection. I’ve probably learned more about life in
Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa’ – Thomas Sankara
May 24, 2015 A week before he died, Sankara said, “revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, but you cannot kill ideas”. And so, for us today, the final challenge rests not in finding more Sankaras, but in becoming them – in bringing these ideas to life. Thomas Sankara, former leader of Burkina Faso, was the
Grant amnesty to Boko Haram, Northern elders tell Buhari
May 23, 2015 SOME prominent northerners including the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mohammed Uwais and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe and former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations, Ibrahim Gambari have asked the President -elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, declare amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents when he
Getting to Know the Diverse African Consumer
May 23, 2015 With more than one billion consumers, Africa is a continent of rising influence and potential. Discover deep insights into consumer habits across a diverse range of markets with details on how African consumers spend their money and consume media. Angola With a population of 19 million, Angola offers great promise and opportunity
The 15 Most Miserable Economies in the World
May 23, 2015 Inflation is a disease that can wreck a society, Milton Friedman, the late Nobel laureate economist, once said. Add rising unemployment to the diagnosis, and his profession ascribes a rather non-technical term to the debilitating effect on people: misery. That affliction this year will be most acute in Venezuela, Argentina, South Africa, Ukraine
Is Nigeria Losing $2.75B To Chinese Poultry Smugglers?
May 23, 2015 Dr. Ayoola Oduntan, the President of the PAN, said in an interview at the 2015 Poultry Summit, held in Lagos, that out of the 8.8 kilograms of chicken consumed on average by Nigerians daily, approximately 6 kilograms are coming from smuggled sources. The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) says Nigeria loses about