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Nigerian Media Chase Politics In Boko Haram Coverage

A year ago, the daily editorial conference at Nigeria's Guardian newspaper might have paused to consider where on the inside pages to place a story about the latest Boko Haram attack. These days there is no need to think. Major...

Iraq Insurgents Take Saddam’s Home Town In Lightning Advance

Sunni rebels from an al Qaeda splinter group overran the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday and closed in on the biggest oil refinery in the country, making further gains in their rapid military advance against the Shi'ite-led government...

Oil At Three-Month High On Iraq Anxiety, Stocks Steady

European shares held steady near 6-1/2-month highs on Thursday, with gains limited by concerns over the pace of global growth, while oil prices hit a three-month peak on escalating violence in Iraq. A cut in the World Bank's global growth...

Judge Considers Dismissing U.S. Fraud Case Against Bank Of America

A federal judge on Wednesday said he would consider dismissing a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing Bank of America Corp of civil fraud in the sale of mortgage securities that soured during the global financial crisis. While not issuing...

Intel Loses Court Challenge Against $1.44 Billion EU Fine

U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) lost on Thursday its challenge against a record 1.06-billion-euro ($1.44 billion) fine handed down by European Union antitrust regulators five years ago for blocking rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.N). The European Commission in its 2009 decision...

OPINION: PUBLIC ENEMIES AND FALSE REGIONAL LOYALTY

Public enemies are citizens that derive joy in public disorder,create enmity among tribes, promote sectionalism and widen religious divide between citizens for selfish benefits. They love anarchy than peace and gain from negative occurrences. They mostly hide under the banner...

OPINION: CONFRONTING THE MENACE OF FALLING FREIGHT CONTAINERS

At the turn of this century when the death toll on the world’s roads hit 3400 per day and nearly 1.3 million with up to 50 million injured every year, the United Nations General Assembly on May 10, 2010...

OPINION: ARMY’S UNWARRANTED CRACKDOWN ON MEDIA

The three essential functions perform by the media are that of information, education and entertainment. These are the conventional social functions the media render to the public anywhere in the world. In performing these functions, the media in Nigeria has...

OPINION: UDOM EMMANUEL: A BANNER WITHOUT STAIN

Traffic in Uyo on Fridays, especially late afternoon, is usually a case study. Ibrahim Babangida Avenue often receives a large chunk of this cake of vehicular congestion obviously due to the State Secretariat Complex that sits at the end...

APC National Convention: Seven Borno Delegates Die In Auto Crash

…Five Others Injured BEVERLY HILLS, CA, June 11, (THEWILL) – Tragedy struck Wednesday as seven delegates from the Borno State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) died in an auto crash along the Damaturu/Potiskum highway on their way to Abuja...

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