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BBC News - Pakistani women's lives destroyed by acid attacks

Seeded on Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:16 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Campaigners in Pakistan say cases of acid attacks are increasing in most areas, even though tougher penalties were introduced last year. An Oscar-winning Pakistani documentary has put the crime under the spotlight, but it is estimated that more than 150 women have acid thrown on  …

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BBC News - Former Nigeria governor James Ibori jailed for 13 years

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:02 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

A former London DIY store cashier who became governor of an oil-rich Nigerian state has been jailed for 13 years for fraud totalling nearly £50m ($77m).

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The Net Delusion | The Net Delusion

Seeded on Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:20 AM EDT ()

In this spirited book, journalist and social commentator Evgeny Morozov shows that by falling for the supposedly democratizing nature of the Internet, Western do-gooders may have missed how it also entrenches dictators, threatens dissidents, and makes it harder—not easier&m …

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Obijiofor: How corruption defines our lifestyle

Seeded on Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:38 AM EDT ()

Updated link address Corruption in Nigeria is not really about who took what money and when but about who took the greatest amount of money from the state treasury or pension fund or from any illegal source in rap …

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N44m bribe: How Nigeria works

Seeded on Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:18 AM EDT (Punch Nigeria)

On Thursday during a House of Representatives hearing on the Nigerian Capital Market, Director-General of Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh had told a stunned audience that the committee demanded gratification in the days preceding the hearing.

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Goldman Sachs banker denies money laundering - News - Hampstead and Highgate Express

Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:33 AM EDT ()

A former Goldman Sachs banker from St John’s Wood helped a corrupt Nigerian politician embezzle millions of pounds 

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SEC boss accuses lawmakers probing her of demanding N39 million bribe

Seeded on Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:57 PM EDT (Channelstv Nigeria)

Nigeria sucks! End of story.

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Ankkio Briggs tells it as it is, Nigeria sucks

Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:42 AM EST (Channels TV)

Unreported world as Chevron Rig Fire continues to burn communities in the Niger-Delta. Poor management continues to fuel corruption. Watch this video and get an education.

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BBC News - Nigeria violence: Curfew in Kano after deadly blasts

Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:55 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Police stations and the state police HQ were among the targets, and gunfire was heard across the second biggest city.

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Nigeria investigates massive fuel subsidy fraud | Reuters

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:25 PM EST (Reuters)

The smoking gun, Nigeria has discovered a huge discrepancy in the amount of the motor fuel it subsidises and what people actually consume, a legislative committee said, supporting the idea that a government scheme to make petrol cheaper is wasteful and corrupt.

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Abortion a bigger problem than joblessness, says Catholic Church

Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2012 7:20 AM EST (ELPAIS.com)

Cardinal Archbishop Antonio Rouco Varela used an open-air gathering in Madrid's Plaza Colón on Friday to attack the policies of the previous Socialist Party government

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BBC News - Nigerian leader Goodluck Jonathan defends fuel cut

Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2012 5:22 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

"I have no intention to inflict pains on Nigerians," he said on Saturday evening, arguing that the cut was in the "best interest of all Nigerians".

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Nigeria's Historic Opportunity - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sat Jan 7, 2012 3:57 AM EST (The New York Times)

In my conversations with President Jonathan Jeffrey D. Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. 

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Boko Haram: The Three Phases of Terror

Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 3:44 AM EST (Nigerians Talk)

This article is not an attempt to justify the killing of innocent Nigerians, Muslim or Christian. Those acts cannot be rationalized and are totally condemnable.

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Nigeria Fuel subsidy and a roguish cabal in Nigeria

Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 5:51 PM EST ()

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala under fire List of the people who benefit most from oil subsidy, which include some of Nigeria's richest people - the owners of fuel-importing firms  OandO Nigeria Plc (Managing Director - Mr. Wale Tinubu) - N228. 506 billion  

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IRELAND-UK TRAVEL data accord - Visa Nigeria

Seeded on Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:00 AM EST (Irish National ...)

 A pilot exchange to check data provided in 1,700 Irish visa applications lodged in Nigeria against UK immigration records has identified over 200 persons applying to come to Ireland who have an adverse UK immigration history.

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Govt, civil society, differ still on fuel subsidy

Seeded on Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:48 AM EST ()

Nigeria lost $16bn to oil subsidy in 2010 but unable to calculate how much lost to corruption in the same period.

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Biden touts political freedoms

Seeded on Sun Dec 4, 2011 6:19 AM EST ()

A free political climate is essential to economic innovation, and countries that try to censor the Internet are pursuing a "dead end," U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told a group of young entrepreneurs gathered in Istanbul

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BBC News - Corruption fanned global political unrest says watchdog

Seeded on Thu Dec 1, 2011 12:54 PM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

corruption played a key role in the political upheaval in the Middle East and across the world in 2011

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Daniel stole ₦84b from state coffers'

Seeded on Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:39 AM EST (Next News Nigeria)

Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun today revealed that his predecessor, Gbenga Daniel stole the sum of ₦87 billion, as well as $4 million

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BBC News - Sudan to expel ambassador after Kenya's Bashir warrant

Seeded on Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:12 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Sudan ordered the expulsion of the Kenyan ambassador after a Kenyan judge issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's foreign ministry has said

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Out in just TWO years: 'Soft' sentence for serial teen offender caught on c

Seeded on Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:19 AM EST (the Mail online)

A teenage thug photographed stabbing a man during the Notting Hill Carnival has been jailed for four and a half years...

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allAfrica.com: Topical Focus Page: Gambia President Brushes Off Criticism of His Regime

Seeded on Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:38 AM EST (AllAfrica News: Latest)

President Yahya Jammeh is confident he will be the victor in the country's polls, and has heaped scorn on criticism that his regime is repressive.

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Go Figure: Why does every person need 200kg of steel a year?

Seeded on Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:35 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

GO FIGURE - Seeing stats in a different way. Imagine that every year, every one of us gave birth to an eight-year-old made from steel. Disturbing image.

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BBC News - Nigeria's anti-corruption chief Farida Waziri sacked

Seeded on Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:11 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

EFCC was set up in 2002, in that time, it has prosecuted 30 politicians, of whom only four have been convicted and none are now in prison.  

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    Source: BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake

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