Current News for the week of February 16, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 by admin

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Politics:

[Nigeria’s activists and entrepreneurs react to postponed elections, country’s future] http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/02/12/nigerias-activists-and-entrepreneuers-react-to-postponed-elections-countrys-future/

 

[Why The Coming Election Could Deepen Nigeria’s Divisions] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/nigeria-election-divisions_n_6669550.html

 

[Not quite a presidential debate for Nigeria]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/12/africa/nigeria-election-analysis/


Economy:

[Nigerians flee naira as politics casts ‘dark shroud’]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/nigeria-election-wealth-idUSL5N0VL5KR20150212

 

[Files Open New Window on $182-Million Halliburton Bribery Scandal in Nigeria] http://www.icij.org/project/swiss-leaks/files-open-new-window-182-million-halliburton-bribery-scandal-nigeria


Health:

[Nigeria Is On The Verge Of Bidding Goodbye To Polio] http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/02/12/385759694/nigeria-is-on-the-verge-of-bidding-goodbye-to-polio?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=nprstoriesfromnpr


 

The Fight Against Boko Haram:

[Nigeria’s Fight Against Boko Haram And Terrorism Is Our Fight As Well] http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/02/13/nigerias-fight-against-boko-haram-and-terrorism-is-our-fight-as-well/

 

[Nigerian Military Repels Boko Haram Attack on Northeast Town] http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/02/14/world/africa/ap-af-boko-haram-.html?_r=0