Nigeria’s NNPC ‘failed to pay’ $16bn in oil revenues
From BBC Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer Nigeria’s state-owned oil company has failed to pay the government $16bn (£11bn) in a suspected fraud, according to an official audit. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) provided no explanation for the…
Pope condemns persecution of Christians, other religions/ HM Queen Elizabeth II
From Newsmax Pope Francis roundly condemned jihadist violence and the “brutal persecution” of religious minorities this year in a Christmas message to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics and millions of others. Speaking to a packed crowd outside Saint Peter’s Basilica,…
African, Caribbean and American cultures collide
By Gabrielle Pomerantz From The Brown and White Lehigh students gathered in the Women’s Center on Thursday to discuss differences between African and Caribbean cultures and American culture. The event started off with an icebreaker where each attendee mentioned African…
Corruption ‘impoverishes and kills millions’
From BBC The ONE group says money lost because of corruption would otherwise be spent on school and medicine A report by the anti-poverty organisation One says much of the progress made over the past two decades in tackling extreme…
Ebola outbreak: Nigeria closes all schools until October
From BBC Children in Nigeria will be away from school for a further six weeks All schools in Nigeria have been ordered to remain shut until 13 October as part of measures to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola…
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Ebola crisis forces Nigeria and Sierra Leone out of Nanjing 2014
By Duncan Mackay From Inside the games Sierra Leone’s team for Nanjing 2014 has been ordered to return home by the Chinese authorities because of the Ebola crisis ©National Olympic Committee of Sierra LeoneNigeria and Sierra Leone have both withdrawn…
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Cayman Islands serves up ice cream in NYC From Travel Weekly The timing could not be better. With temperatures soaring into the high 80s this week, turning New York into a true melting pot, the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism…
Nigeria army ‘knows where Boko Haram are holding girls’
From BBC The Nigerian military says it know where the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are but will not attempt a rescue. Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff said it was “good news for the parents,” although he admitted the military…
Obama’s ‘troops’ in Chad are actually just drone workers
By Brian Ries From Mashable President Obama on Wednesday deployed about 80 Armed Forces personnel to Chad to help find the Nigerian schoolgirls who have been missing since April. However, the personnel, whose deployment Obama announced in a “War Powers…
Caribbean reacts to Boko Haram kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday May 13, 2014, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have condemned the kidnapping of hundreds of school children in Nigeria by members of the militant Islamic group, Boko Haram last month. They have joined the…
