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South Africa: Mobile Gamers Wave Goodbye to Consoles

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

As mobile phones become smarter and their memory bigger and more powerful, and screens dynamic, gamers are increasingly turning to the mini-devices to experience the thrill of the chase.



Nigeria: Thirty Four Freed Inmates Re-Arrested, Says Police HQ

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

The Police Force Public Relations Officer Emmanuel Ojukwu yesterday said 35 out of the 721 inmates set free by the suspected Boko Haram sect in Bauchi have been re-arrested by the police. Ojukwu said at a press conference in Abuja yesterday that fighters armed with



Nigeria: Vehicle Suspected of Ferrying Arms Causes Stir in Jos

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

There was palpable tension in Jos yesterday following the news that a heavy duty vehicle loaded with arms had arrived the city. The vehicle, which was apprehended by security officials around Zawang Junction, attracted hundreds of residents of the area.



Africa: Climate Change Threatens Africa’s Food Output

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

A new report has re-echoed the warning that the increasing erratic rainfall caused by climate change will pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, especially in Africa and Asia.



Nigeria: Nation’s Boxer Sets to Knock Out Reigning IBF And WBO Champion

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

Samuel Peter is confident of scoring a knockout victory over reigning IBF and WBO heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko, when both get to slug it out on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany.



Nigeria: Govt Confirms 781 Cholera Deaths

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

The Federal Government yesterday announced that over 781 persons have lost their lives to the recent outbreak of cholera while confirming that 13,000 cases of cholera have been recorded nationwide.



South Africa: Arms Deal Probe Could Take 5-10 Years

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

After more than 10 years, investigations into allegations of corruption in the multibillion-rand arms deal - including R480m allegedly involving British and German manufacturers - are languishing and could take at least another five to 10 years to finalise.



Nigeria: Time to Tell Us

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

ELECTIONS have been confirmed for January 2011. We expected that politicians would have deemed it important to start engaging the people in discussions about their future, about the competence they are providing as leaders and their expectations from those they lead.



Nigeria: Halliburton - FG Fails to Arraign Accused Persons

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

The much awaited trial of six persons accused of complicity in the $ 180 million Halliburton scam could not commence yesterday as scheduled, as the Federal Government failed to produce the accused persons for arraignment before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.



Nigeria: Cholera - a Country’s Shame

By admin • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Africa

TWO minor factors that emphasise governments insensitive to Nigerians - our overwhelmingly unacceptable sanitary conditions and the abysmally low levels of access to medical services - have helped in the ricocheting cholera outbreaks.