A Historic Step: Nigeria Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation
As one of his final acts as President, Goodluck Jonathan bans female genital mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria. As the most populous state in Africa, this historic decision carries…
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A Historic Step: Nigeria Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation
As one of his final acts as President, Goodluck Jonathan bans female genital mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria. As the most populous state in Africa, this historic decision carries…
FORMER MILITARY MAN DECLARES VICTORY IN NIGERIAN POLLS
Mar. 31(GIN) – Showing a “commendable determination to register their vote and choose their leaders,” Nigerians by the hundreds of thousands lined up at polling stations across the…
REVERSING COURSE, U.S. TO AID NIGERIA IN BOKO HARAM FIGHT
Feb. 16 (GIN) – After a widely-published plea from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for U.S. combat troops in the fight against Boko Haram fighters, the U.S. African Command…
OUTRAGE WIDENS IN NIGERIA OVER POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS
Feb. 9 (GIN) - In a mounting chorus of voices, Nigerians from north to south, from the diaspora and at home, both Christian and Muslim flooded Facebook, blogs,…
Nigeria: The Challenge of Change – A Burden of Choice
Wole Soyinka weighs in on Nigeria's "choices" What makes our situation especially galling is the fervid intrusion of some opportunistic sanitizers who bear direct, sometimes even originating responsibility…
DEATH TOLL RISES AS NIGERIANS PREPARE TO VOTE
(GIN) – As if things could hardly be worse, a bomb was detonated this week within a hair of striking President Goodluck Jonathan who had just appeared at…
BOKO HARAM COMMITS ‘DEADLIEST MASSACRE YET’ IN BAGA
Jan. 12 (GIN) – The northern Nigerian town of Baga was devastated over the weekend by a surprise raid conducted by Boko Haram insurgents apparently aimed at a…
NIGERIA JOINS ISRAEL, U.S. TO DEFEAT PRO-PALESTINIAN VOTE
Jan. 5 (GIN) – In a surprise turn of events, Nigeria lined up with the U.S. and Israel to defeat an effort by Palestinians to move the needle…