Archive For: The Crunch
25th Sep 2014 Good news as Somali pirates free German-American journalist and writer, Michael Scott Moore, two and a half years after he was kidnapped in the country. The journalist was released and handed over to Puntland authorities. 45-year-old Michael Moore, had worked for Spiegel Online in Berlin years before he travelled to Somalia to work on ... Read More
23rd Sep 2014 Did you hear the story of the hero taxi driver who in an uncommon display of honesty found and returned a huge stash of money in 2007? Well he is about to be conferred with the award of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, MFR, seven full years after he ... Read More
23rd Sep 2014 There have been different speculations regarding the future of super eagle coach and technical advisor, Stephen Keshi with the national team. We’ve shared the ups and downs, maybes and hopefullys, but this is one situation that just refuses to be resolved. For those of us who hoped that Mr Keshi’s presence at ... Read More
23rd Sep 2014 Still on women entrepreneurs, Over 550 Celebrities, volunteers and children participated in the Slum2School Africa’s Charity fundraising Walk that held on Saturday, September 13, 2014. The purpose of the walk was to support the education of 1000Children living in Slums and remote communities in Nigeria and to build mentorship hubs to facilitate community education/ ... Read More
23rd Sep 2014 Nigeria’s education curriculum will now be available online, with the recent launch of the e-Curriculum by the Nigeria Education Research and Development Council (NERDC) in partnership with Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited. The innovation will be powered by Intel processor and will run on Microsoft computer software. Corporate Affairs Manager of Intel Corporations ... Read More
18th Sep 2014 Lagos State in Nigeria has announced that the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease in the state has been cleared, after the patient tested negative after surveillance. Governor Babatunde Fashola divulged this while giving an update on the virus at Alausa.The governor said the development meant that the state was ... Read More
22nd Sep 2014 And elsewhere in West Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed her hope that U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to send 3,000 troops to West Africa to battle the worst Ebola outbreak on record would motivate other countries to help. “We remain in touch with the leaders of other governments to ... Read More
22nd Sep 2014 Nigeria’s food import bill has reduced from six point nine billion dollars in 2009, to four point three billion dollars by the end of 2013, reducing foreign exchange deficit. This is just one of the many happy progressions that the Ministry of Agriculture has made in the last few years. In addition ... Read More
22nd Sep 2014 Due to a poor start at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations this month, Nigeria’s super eagles has dropped in world football governing body FIFA’s ranking. The team lost 3-2 to Congo in Calabar before playing out a goalless draw with South Africa in Cape Town. Congo’s victories over Nigeria and Sudan ... Read More
22nd Sep 2014 Nigeria’s education curriculum will now be available online, with the recent launch of the e-Curriculum by the Nigeria Education Research and Development Council (NERDC) in partnership with Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited. The innovation will be powered by Intel processor and will run on Microsoft computer software. Corporate Affairs Manager of Intel Corporations ... Read More
