Archive For: The Crunch
11th Aug 2014 For health, the U.S. has committed to working with at least 30 partner countries to advance global health security over the next 5 years toward 12 specific milestones. Specific things that will be done are establishing emergency operations centers, building information systems, and strengthening laboratory security to mitigate biological threats and build ... Read More
11th Aug 2014 Meanwhile in Nigeria, rumbles continue following the removal of the gold medal for teenage athlete Chika Amalaha following her two time failure of a doping test. The teenager had her medal in weightlifting awarded to Dika Toua from Papua New Guinea and her result nullified. Sports Minister, Dr. Tammy Danagogo is quoted ... Read More
11th Aug 2014 With the increasing spread of the Ebola Virus Disease and increasing awareness comes a greater need for correct, practical and easy to understand information. A publishing house called Big Cabal Media has curated and launched an educational website called Ebola Facts (www.EbolaFacts.com) to do its own part in making sure that people ... Read More
7th Aug 2014 The US Africa Summit is still in the news with the US continuing the process of its various commitments to Africa. A press release from the White House shares that, in a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, The Vice President Joe Biden welcomed the Nigerian government’s work to improve its business climate, which ... Read More
6th Aug 2014 The US Africa Summit, thought to be the largest single gathering of African leaders in the US in recent times, is currently underway. This is the first time that an American leader will be meeting with so many African leaders at the same time. The purpose of this meeting according to the office ... Read More
5th Aug 2014 Now Nigeria and South Africa aren’t the only countries who have been carrying out internal re-organizations. Ivory Coast has also been doing the same thing, albeit in a much much quieter fashion. According to the Face of Malawi, former Zambia Coach Herve Renard has been appointed as new head coach for the ... Read More
5th Aug 2014 The Commonwealth Games are over and the athletes are on their way home as we speak, but how well did Africa do? Not bad it seems, a look at the medals table shows us 3 teams in the top 10 and 5 in the top 20. South Africa led Africa at 7th ... Read More
4th Aug 2014 A Chinese scientific research ship Ocean One, has recently completed a 9 day exploration of Nigeria’s waters with a combined team of Nigerian and Chinese scientists. The ship unearthed and displayed some of Nigeria’s treasures, including a rare crab specie and an undersea rock. This is the first time that a Chinese ... Read More
4th Aug 2014 Look out Cote D Ivoire; Ondo State in Nigeria has announced that it is getting ready to begin a cocoa revolution with the production of chocolate with a 70% cocoa content. State commissioner for information, Kayode Akinmade revealed that State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko would soon present a Cocoa Revolution Bill to state ... Read More
4th Aug 2014 So, we know who South Africa’s coach is; what about the other sportsperson in the news recently? Well, reports seem to indicate that Coach Stephen Keshi, no-nonsense coach for the Nigerian Super Eagles, might be on the verge of signing a new contract with the Nigeria Football Federation. Spokesperson for the technical ... Read More
