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Sub-Saharan Africa’s rapid population growth alarms experts, governments

Sub-Saharan Africa’s rapid population growth alarms experts, governments

| April 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

LAGOS, nigeria — In a quarter century, at the rate Nigeria is growing, 300 million people — a population about as big as that of the present-day United States — will live in a country the size of Arizona and New Mexico. In the commercial hub of Lagos, where the area’s population has by some estimates [...]

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Baby factory’ busted in Nigeria

Baby factory’ busted in Nigeria

| April 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

A number of such “baby factories” have been discovered in Nigeria.—File photo LAGOS: Nigerian police have raided an alleged illegal orphanage where they rescued young women thought to have been forced to bear children with the aim of selling them, a spokesman said Friday. “We discovered the baby factory in Uruah local government area of [...]

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Nigeria militants threaten South Africa investments

| April 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria‘s militant group MEND threatened on Saturday to attack South Africa‘s investments, including telecoms firm MTN, in the Niger Delta, because of the terror trial of its leader in Johannesburg. “Our decision to attack South African investments in the Niger Delta is directly related to the conduct of President (Jacob) Zuma regarding [...]

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Nigeria: Robbers Attack Bank in Owerri, Four Injured

| April 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Owerri — Armed robbery operations in Imo State took a very dangerous dimension last Thursday, as the dare devil hoodlums now operate with all manner of sophisticated weapons. Saturday Vanguard investigations revealed that the hoodlums defied the heavy rain and shot their way into the highbrow Mbari Street, Owerri, attacking one of the commercial banks. [...]

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Nigeria: Yvonne Nelson – ‘My Relationships With Jim Iyke, Majid and John Dumelo’

| April 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Top Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson has again restated her claims that she is neither dating Nollywood bad boy, Jim Iyke nor her Ghanaian counterparts including Majid Michel and John Dumelo as widely speculated by her critics. Though the leggy actress admitted having a close relationship particularly with Jim Iyke, claiming that “we have a great [...]

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