Diaspora Community Online Business Platform Launches In Nigeria!

June 15, 2015 DiasporaConnex.com www.Diasporaconnex.com is proud to provide Nigerian businesses a unique opportunity to connect with a new and wider target audience of over 6 million Nigerians living in the diaspora. This platform offers an avenue to reach the Nigerian diaspora community, quickly, efficiently and at a very affordable cost. DiasporaConnex.com is a web-based community

There’s a new female president in Africa, and she’s Muslim

June 8, 2015 56-year-old Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has just been made president of Mauritius. You’ve heard of a philosopher king. But what about a biologist president? Ameenah Gurib-Fakim — the biologist who gave the TED Talk “Humble plants that hide surprising secrets” — was sworn in today as the sixth president of Mauritius, a small island

5 problems President Buhari vows to tackle

June 2, 2015 On Friday the 29th of May, General Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as the fourth president of Nigeria’s fourth republic. Nigerians and the rest of the world watched as the man on who lays the burden of change pledged his absolute service to his country. In his inaugural speech, President Buhari vowed

Nigeria Celebrates New President

May 29, 2015 Buhari, who is also former military ruler, was sworn-in in the capital city of Abuja on May 29, Friday is the first Nigerian to oust a sitting president through the ballot box. The incumbent Nigeria’s president dressed in traditional Muslim attire, stood on the stage clutching a Koran in his right hand,

A Different May 29

May 29, 2015 FOR the first time in 16 years, May 29 would elicit more emotions than celebrations of a new government, rather another government, assuming office. May 29 is laced with trepidations about what the new government would do. The fears are mainly among those who have run the affairs of Nigeria since the

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

Three reasons the Burundi coup plot failed miserably

May 19, 2015 Despite riding on popular local support and a silent acquiescence of the international community, the Major General Niyombare-led plot to remove Burundi’s sit-tight President Nkurunziza was a colossal failure. Backed by some prominent forces within the country’s security establishment, Niyombare had on Wednesday announced the dismissal of the President for seeking a controversial

Burundi coup bid: Some coup leaders arrested

May 15, 2015 Three leaders of a failed coup against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza have been arrested, his spokesman says. However coup leader Gen Godefroid Niyombare is “still on the run”. He told the AFP news agency that he and his followers were going to surrender, adding: “I hope they won’t kill us.” The president

Burundi President Nkurunziza faces attempted coup

May 14, 2015 A coup attempt has been launched in Burundi to try to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza, amid unrest over his bid to be re-elected to a third term. Thousands of people in the capital, Bujumbura, celebrated the announcement by Major General Godefroid Niyombare. But the coup outcome is far from clear. The presidency

Nigeria’s Jonathan warns of ‘persecution’ under Buhari

May 11, 2015 Nigeria’s outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that his ministers will be “persecuted” once his successor Muhammadu Buhari takes office. Mr Jonathan’s comments seem to suggest that he fears corruption investigations will be launched against his allies, a BBC correspondent says. He became the first Nigerian leader to give up office, after