Nigeria

The Need for Christian Journalists in Africa Part (1)

By  Lekan Otufodunrin – This paper was presented on behalf of Director of World Journalism Institute, New York , Robert Case II at the Journalists for Christ, Nigeria reception for Belz International Media fellows in Lagos on August 21, 2010 While there has always been the cosmic struggle between truth and falsehood, between good and evil, between the best laid plans of man (e.g., tower of Babel) and the plans of God), this conflict has been intensified into an outright cultural war in our post-modern, post Christian age by the mass or mainstream media in the last 50 years. It... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Sunday, August 22nd 2010 | Read Comments

Nigeria House Of Reps Demand Justice Over Murder of Nigerian in South Africa

By Emeka Umejei (Lagos) – Diaspora committee of the Nigerian Federal  House of Representative has demanded for justice over murder of  Theophilus  Anoliefo , a Nigerian in Johannesburg allegedly  by South African Police recently. Chairman of the committee, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa described the murder  as another sad  story involving Nigerians in the Diaspora and demanded for justice as means of averting  extrajudicial killing of foreigners in South Africa. “This is another sad story involving Nigerians in Diaspora and Justice must be done to avert further extrajudicial killings to foreigners  in South Africa,” Dabiri Erewa charged . According to Dabiri –Erewa,... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Thursday, August 19th 2010 | Read Comments

African Union Meeting Calls For A Re-push Of Communication & InfoTech

ABUJA – “Despite the difficulties inherent to the low level of infrastructure, Africa is far from being kept out of the global network. Internet represents a great hope for educated youth. The withholding of information by the ancient and powerful is even heavier than the libraries are almost empty. Internet therefore seems to many as a great opportunity for the South”. These are the words of Mr Aboubakari Baba Moussa, Director of Energy and Infrastructure of the African Union (AU) at the opening ceremony of the expert’s session of the Third AU Conference of Ministers in charge of Communication and... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 | Read Comments

ECOWAS / Stakeholders Express Concern At Prevalence Of Divisive Politics In The Region

ABUJA – West Africa is still plagued by politics defined by the “use of ethnicity, gender, religion and other differences as instruments of politics”, and would need to move in the direction of promoting ‘gender equality, inclusiveness and equity”, participants at a two-day meeting that examined the state of political parties have said. A communiqué released at the end of the meeting on 23rd July 2010 in Abidjan said “the participants expressed concern at the persistence of ethnicity, religious and gender discrimination and sectarianism that plague party organization and practice in the religion”. The participants, who were drawn from political... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Wednesday, July 28th 2010 | Read Comments

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Publish Date: Monday, July 5th 2010 | Read Comments