By Bukky Olajide
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| IMF boss, Largarde |
Saturday, 15 October 2011
GENERAL NEWS
Africa presses for better representation @ IMF
By Bukky Olajide
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.
By Bukky Olajide
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
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.
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.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
NEWS INFO
Foreigners to participate
in Hungary
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.
