2014-08-27 Nigeria Health

  BBC News   

Ebola in the time of insurgency  BusinessDay
The outbreak of terrorism in northeast Nigeria is a tempting metaphor for the outbreak of the Ebola virus. David Kilcullen, a counterinsurgency and counterterrorism expert, uses this analogy between medicine and insurgency in a 2009 paper Terrain, Tribes ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Science

Ogunfowoke: 21st Century Nigerian Radio: A source or a loss?  The Guardian Nigeria
THERE is a radio in almost every home in Nigeria. In fact, nine in 10 Nigerians (92.6%) have radio in their homes, according to the 2012 BBG/Gallup survey on Nigeria Media Use. The portability of this medium has made it a very much sought-after source of ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Sports

  CHANNELS   

President Goodluck Jonathan to host Falconets in Abuja  Nigerian Bulletin
Jonnnnnaaaaaa President Goodluck Jonathan will host Nigeria's Falconets for making it to the finals of the FIFA under-20 Women's World Cup tournament that was hosted in Canada. The Nigerian girls were defeated 1-0 by Germany after extra time,but they ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Entertainment

  Just Jared   

Uzo Aduba Wins 'Outstanding Guest Actress' at Emmy Awards  THISDAY Live
Nigerian-American actress, Uzo Nwanneka Aduba, has won this year's Emmy for “Outstanding Guest Actress” for the Netflix comedy-drama series, “Orange is the New Black”. Aduba, who was born to Nigerian parents in Massachusetts, US, in 1980/1981 ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Technology

  Ubergizmo   

Opera Browsers See 100 Million Active Android Users  Ubergizmo
opera 100m When you talk about a web browser on the Android platform, most of the time we would be looking at the stock browser that arrives with any version of Android, while many others have already decided to jump aboard the Chrome Browser ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Business

  Daily Sun   

Elumelu appointed UBA chairman  Daily Sun
The Board of the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has appointed Mr Tony O. Elumelu, as the new Chairman of the bank. Elumelu, who succeeds Amb. Joe Keshi, is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Heirs Holdings, the pan-African ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria World

  NDTV   

Petro Poroshenko to Seek Ceasefire After 'Very Tough' Talks with Vladimir Putin  NDTV
Minsk: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised after late-night negotiations with Russia's Vladimir Putin to work on an urgent ceasefire plan to defuse the separatist conflict in the east of his former Soviet republic. The first talks between the two leaders ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Africa

  THISDAY Live   

Soldiers Resurface in Mubi as Fighting Rages in Gamborou  THISDAY Live
Nigerian soldiers, who allegedly escaped by a whisker to take refuge in neighbouring Cameroun following a fierce battle with members of the Boko Haram sect in Gamborou Ngala, Borno State on Monday, have resurfaced in Mubi, a border town in Adamawa ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Nigeria

  THISDAY Live   

2015: Oro to present one candidate for governorship race  The Punch
Elders and youths of Oro national ethnic group, on Tuesday in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, said they would present a single candidate out of over 20 aspirants in the governorship race in 2015. They said the aspirants had been asked to come up with a single ...