GENERAL NEWS

Africa presses for better representation @ IMF 
By Bukky Olajide

IMF boss, Largarde

At the just concluded yearly meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the African ministers of Finance requested, among other things, for a third Chair for sub-Saharan Africa at the Fund. This request seeks to address more effectively the representation deficit of the region. BUKKY OLAJIDE presents the speech delivered by  Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria, on behalf of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

GENERAL NEWS

Migrant job seekers without English knowledge to lose benefits

By James Chapman

Tough new measure is part of a slate of reforms to end welfare dependency and get Britain back to work...Benefits claimants who cannot speak and write English will be ordered to take language classes or have their handouts stopped for up to three years.

GENERAL NEWS

How Gaddafi recruited Nigerians into Libyan army

By Taiwo Adisa, Abuja

 

IT emerged, on Wednesday, that ousted Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, recruited several young Nigerians into his armed forces in his heyday. Security sources told the Nigerian Tribune that the former Libyan leader targeted young university graduates, who were about going for the youth service.

NEWS FEATURE

Canadian Visa Scam: Man swindles 7,000 Nigerians   

By Chioma Igbokwe

It was high drama recently in Lagos when over 7000 Nigerians realized they had been duped by one Fred Olawale Makanjuola, owner of Crystal Services, a fake immigration consultancy outfit based in Lagos. Olawale packaged a programme, inviting Nigerians who want to live and work in Canada to apply. The package he told them was free and his agency would foot the bill while the applicants would sign a bond to pay him back twice what he intends to spend. 

COMMENTARY

Marriage: Nigerian pastors as slave drivers

By Abiodun Awolaja

Women and the devil have enjoyed a chummy relationship for ages. They are very emotional, and the devil loves emotions. Men have an ambiguous relationship with satan. In Nigeria, satan has set up camp in the churches, and marriage is his chief weapon. 

EDITORIAL

Visa scam in Nigerian Embassy

AT a time when the global perception of the country's image is at a precarious precipice due to socio-economic malaise and religious spasm, fuelled by fanatical adherents, it is just bad enough that some of Nigeria's foreign missions, which are expected to reverse the country's sagging reputation at international forums, are, ironically, in the vanguard of advancing the course of some of the rot in which the country already found itself.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Freckle-faced girl wins top model prize

Called freckle-faced ginger nut in school, Jade Thompson defies bullies to be crowned Britain and Ireland’s NEXT Top Model.

NEWS INFO

Foreigners to participate in Hungary’s census

Foreigners or expats who have been in Hungary for longer than three months are obliged by law to participate in Hungary's census this month - which began on the 1st and continues until the end of October 2011. Responses to questions about nationality, ethnicity, mother tongue, religion, long-lasting illness, and disability are all voluntary. Read on for more official details, and how to answer online.

SOCIETY GALLERY