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Nigeria @ 50 – Can Nigeria’s textile industry be revived?

Ibrahim Mammaga, of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) asks.
By most accounts, Nigeria had one of the most vibrant textile industries in the world in the early 1980s with…

October 1, 2010Comments OffRead More

Are Naija editors failing their reporters or has Nigerian journalism fallen so bad and so low?

I am tired of reading calamity reports from Nigerian newspapers. Why is it so difficult to fact check and edit stories before publishing it. Haba! In the story below, an absolutely…

July 18, 2010Comments OffRead More

President’s ban on international football, what do you think?

NewsPulse today decide to sample opinions of Nigerians about the news that President, Goodluck Jonathan has pulled the country’s football teams out of International Football competition for two years. The media…

July 1, 2010Comments OffRead More

2010 FIFA World CUP: Losses and Gains for Africa

The 2010 FIFA World Cup has started and it is supposed to be a great boost to Africa, it’s an African World cup. However having a World Cup at altitude…

June 16, 2010Comments OffRead More

Could this be the woman who ‘saved’ Nigeria in the end?

Nigeria has in the past few months taken over by hoodlums and power crazies, the public have been treated like fools and hoodwinked with lies, until one woman broke rank…

March 1, 2010Comments OffRead More

World Cup exposes long-time pains of African travellers

Last month, the world football authority FIFA said it was now expecting around 450,000 foreign fans to travel to South Africa – down from initial estimates of one million. It…

February 8, 2010Comments OffRead More

As Maryam Babangida Exits

Happy New Year all. Nigeria’s former first Lady Maryam Babangida passed on last week and since then I have read so many articles about the former ‘Queen of Aso Rock’. As…

January 2, 2010Comments OffRead More

Annoying expressions and cliches in Nigerian media

Whilst preparing this piece for NewsPulse this week, Icame across this article written by Farooq Kperogi on his blog aptly titled “10 Most Annoying Nigerian Media English Expressions”. According to Farooq,…

December 23, 20091 CommentRead More