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Tag Archives: Country: Nigeria

11Sep/17

Pap in a pack – Nigerian entrepreneur turns traditional meal into hot commodity

September 11, 2017Food and DrinkAbuja, Adebimpe, African cuisine, Ayooliwa Adebimpe, Breakfast cereal, Canada, Country: Nigeria, Cuisine by country, Cyprus, Edward Abuul, Food and drink, Foods, Germany, Hospitality/Recreation, Ijeoma Ndukwe, Kingsley Oheazu, Lagos, Maize, National dishes, Nigeria, Ogi, Pap, Porridge, Scottish cuisine, South Africa, Staple foods, Tropical agriculture, Ugali, United Kingdom, United States, World cuisinesmbale

A traditional staple meal made from maize or sorghum and consumed widely across Africa in different forms, Pap is being sold in Nigeria in a labelled, convenient pack with a guarantee that it is hygienically prepared and fit for export. Entrepreneur Ijeoma Ndukwe has big plans to take this simple porridge to Nigeria’s huge Diaspora population with an insatiable taste for home, and while it is not too different from what people have consumed for generations, Ndukwe says her business plan offers a more ‘complete package’.
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27Apr/17

Nigerian entrepreneurs rush for growing snail market

April 27, 2017EconomyAchatina glutinosa, Achatinidae, Animals, Business, Company: Snail Care Farm, Country: Nigeria, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Giant African land snail, Heliciculture, Lagos, Land snail, Mollusca, Molluscs, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oluwatobilola, Oluwatobilola Ohioma-Belo, Snail, Snail slime, Structure, Tadzio Okhiria, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

The Giant African Snail is sought after in parts of the world for its nutritional and cosmetic benefits. In Nigeria, some entrepreneurs have found opportunities to export the molluscs abroad.
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13Feb/17

Nigerians react as president Buhari extends medical leave

February 13, 2017PoliticsAdua, Africa, Boko Haram, Buhari's anti-corruption war, Chibok, Country: Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Government, Lagos, London, Malachy Ugwummadu, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger Delta conflict, Nigeria, Nigerian Muslims, Nigerian people, Oloyede Kamoru, Olugbolahan, Olusegun Obasanjo, Osinbajo, president, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Umaru Yar, Umaru Yar'Adua, Yemi Osinbajosmbale

Nigerians give mixed reactions as President Muhammadu Buhari extends his medical leave, deepening suspicions his health is worse than officials are admitting publicly.

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02Nov/16

Nigerian soldiers, police sexually abuse Boko Haram victims: Human Rights Watch

November 2, 2016WorldAnti-intellectualism, Boko Haram, Boko Haram insurgency, Borno State, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, Child abduction, Country: Nigeria, Islam, Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria, Islamist groups, MAIDUGURI, Mausi Segun, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Organizations designated as terrorist by Canada, Persecution of Christians, Rabe Abubakar, Religion, Sambisa forest, States of Nigeria, War/Conflictsmbale

Human Rights Watch has released a report accusing Nigeria’s police and troops of raping women and girls displaced by conflict in the northeast. An Islamist campaign by Boko Haram has driven more than two million people from their homes and killed some 15,000 in the region. Abuses are also said to have been carried out by camp leaders and local militias meant to help the military fight the insurgents.

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08Aug/16

Zambian opposition leader says election will not be free and fair

August 8, 2016Zambia ElectionsCity: Lusaka, Company: ThomsonReuters, Countries, Country: Nigeria, Country: Zambia, Edgar Lungu, Geography of Africa, Goodluck Jonathan, Government of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, Leader of the Opposition, Lusaka, Michael Sata, Nigeria, parliamentary elections, Patriotic Front (PF), Politics, Presidents of Zambia, Westminster system, Wolf Rüdiger Hess, Zambia, Zambian general election, Zambian presidential electionsmbale

* Opposition leader says not allowed to campaign freely

* Says violence will intimidate his voters

* African Union urges candidates to accept poll results
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14Apr/16

CEO Murtala Muhammed Foundation Aisha Oyebode

Author of book on Chibok Girls visits the distraught parents two years on

April 14, 2016Human InterestAisha Buhari, Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, Amnesty International, Anti-Christianity, Anti-intellectualism, Anti-Western sentiment, Bana Lawan, Boko Haram, Boko Haram insurgency, Chibok, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, Child abduction, Company: Chibok, Country: Nigeria, Crime, Crimes, Daughters of Chibok, Hauwa, Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria, Lagos, Mary Ishaya, Muhammed-Oyebode, Murtala Muhammed Foundation, Nigeria, Rifkatu Ayuba, Saratu, Slavery in Africa, States of Nigeria, united nations children's fund, United States, Yana Galangsmbale

The author of a book on the Chibok Girls speaks of the parents’ distress two years after losing their children to Boko Haram, unsure if they are alive or how they are and after a viewing new video of the girls, said to be filmed last December.

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18Mar/16

Hard Rock bets on Nigeria

March 18, 2016Food and DrinkBusiness/Finance, Company: HARD ROCK CAFE, Countries, Country: Nigeria, Economic Community of West African States, Egypt, Geography of Nigeria, Hard Rock Cafe, HARD ROCK CAFE INTERNATIONAL, Hayley Platt, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, Peak oil, Republics, Restaurants, Seminole tribe, South Africa, TOLU OKOJIE, Tunissmbale

Amid a slump in oil revenues, business is struggling to cope with the current downturn in Nigeria. It’s not, though, stopping Hard Rock from opening its latest a rock ‘n’ roll-themed café in Lagos. Hayley Platt reports.
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