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Beijing Olympics Update: Nigeria vs. Belgium Video Highlight and Medal Table

Well, there’s only one way to describe what the Nigerian soccer team did to their Belgian counterpart at the Beijing Olympics semi-finals soccer match: Total Domination!
Watch the video highlight of the match.
Nigeria now proceeds to the finals, and will meet Argentina on Saturday.
The match promises to be a redeemer for the Nigerian contingent at [...]

Obama and his Nigerian Brethren

I love Obama for what he stands for, and for what he has done, to get to where he is today. And I will most likely vote for him for those reasons, not because he is black, like me.
But this is not how some of my countrymen in Nigeria see him. He’s their [...]

Support “Africa’s Got Legs” Initiative: Help Landmine Victims Get back on their Feet


Going Green: Kenya to Extract Diesel from Jatropha tree

People line up to buy kerosene as some shops and petrol stations. Reuters
As crude price skyrockets worldwide, Kenya at the jatropha tree. The tree is at the heart of a five-year strategy to develop bio fuel and reduce dependency on crude oil.
Photo: People line up to buy kerosene as some shops and petrol stations in Kenya. Reuters.

New Olympics 100m Record in 45 Steps and 9.69 Seconds! [video link]

New world record 9.69s. Beijing Olympics 100m gold medalist Usain Bolt
The 6-foot-5-inches, 195 pounds, the 21-year-old Jamaican, Usain Bolt, is the new world’s fastest man. Bolt aka “Lightning”, ran 9.69 seconds, beating his own record of 9.72sec set in New York on May 31 this year.

Zimbabwe: Fuel Coupons Replace Bank Notes

Zimbabweans are turning to fuel coupons as a new form of “currency” after struggling to find local money, which continues to lose its value steeply.
Simon Gambaga, 43, who owns a backyard carpentry business, faces eviction from the middle-income suburban home where he and his family live, about 10km south of Harare, the capital, after [...]

Nigeria Surrenders Oil-rich Bakassi to Cameroon

Bakassi Peni

The peninsula believed to hold significant amounts of crude oil deposits boost Cameroon’s declining economy and oil production up from the current 90,000 barrels per day.