April 2012

A Few Metres Away From Death

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 09:16

[This Day]

THISDAY reporter, Senator Iroegbu, recalls his close shave with death

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270279.html

U.S. - It's an Attack On Free Speech

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 09:16

[This Day]

United States has condemned the bombing of THISDAY newspaper offices in Abuja and Kaduna by the Boko Haram sect, describing it as an attack on free speech.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270273.html

Citizens Condemn Attacks On ThisDay Newspaper

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 09:16

[This Day]

As Nigerians continue to condemn of Thursday's bomb attacks on THISDAY properties at Abuja and Kaduna, President Goodluck Jonathan has urged "media practitioners not to be dissuaded from carrying out their fearless campaign for peace, justice and equity as democracy cannot flourish without press freedom."

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270270.html

Ndume Denies Involvement With Boko Haram

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 09:16

[This Day]

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume standing trial over his alleged link with the Boko Haram sect yesterday asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to quash the four-count charge preferred against him by the Federal Government on the grounds that it has failed to establish anything linking him with the group.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270269.html

CPJ Condemns Attacks On Newspaper Offices

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 08:50

[CPJ]
New York -
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns bombings today targeting two of the offices of ThisDay newspaper in Nigeria.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270250.html

Bomber Blasts the Moment and Two Newspapers Offices in Kaduna, Abuja

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 08:43

[The Moment]

THE Kaduna offices of The Moment Newspapers, ThisDay and Daily Sun were targets of unknown persons on Thursday morning's bomb blast.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270228.html

Boko Haram - Ndume Knows Fate June 15

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 08:30

[Vanguard]
Abuja -
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, fixed June 15, to determine the merit of an application seeking to quash the four-count terrorism charge preferred against Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume by the Federal Government.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270212.html

Troops Lack Equipment in Dafur - Minister

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 07:58

[Daily Trust]

Defence Minister Bello Haliru Mohammed said Nigerian troops under the United Nations-Africa Union Mission in Dafur (UNAMID) lacked adequate equipment to enable them operate well.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270167.html

Bone Marrow Register an 'Important Milestone'

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 07:54

[IRIN]
London -
Only a fraction of the millions of people worldwide with blood and autoimmune disorders survive - especially those in poorer countries - partly due to the lack of bone marrow stem cell transplants.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270163.html

Global Food Prices Up by Eight Percent - World Bank

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 07:54

[Leadership]

Global food prices increased by 8 percent from December 2011 to March 2012 due to higher oil prices, adverse weather conditions, and Asia's strong demand for food imports, according to the World Bank Group's latest Food Price Watch.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270162.html