The Daily IIJ

By Juliana Taiwo, Abuja – Nigeria
On Tuesday March 17, 2009, the Minister of Information and Communication, Professor Dora Akunyili launched a campaign tagged ‘Re-branding Nigeria’ alongside a new slogan ‘Nigeria GOOD PEOPLE GREAT COUNTRY’.

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The mood in the country right now is clear, Nigerians including me are very happy with the Federal Government of Nigeria’s decision to withdraw from next year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup. The only people that are sad right now are members of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) whom many feel should be held responsible for [...]

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Growing up as a child I never really realized the import of celebrating Nigeria’s independence from her British colonial masters. What I do know though is that we use to look forward to October 1 just like we looked forward to children’s day celebration May 27th.

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The President Umaru Musa YarAdua’s government after 72 hours of suspending the operating licence of Channels Television, finally lifted it on Friday afternoon but not before getting some bashing from angry Nigerians especially the press.

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The tension at the presidential villa Tuesday (September 16, 2008) afternoon following a false report that President Umaru Yar’Adua might resign because of ill-health after cabinet reshuffle could be cut through with a knife.

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This is not the best of times for Nigerian workers. I returned from Berlin to meet what is dominating public discuss. Aside from the President’s state of health which has not been made known to Nigerians, Nigerian lawmakers in August barely two weeks after the nation’s teachers called off their one-month strike demanding for better [...]

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I got into my apartment on Saturday August 30th at about 10 p.m. (Nigerian time) and decided to keep mute about my return. I wanted to rest until Monday but that was not to be.

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Next Saturday August 30th, I will be heading home after two months in Germany. It had seem as if the day will never come. For someone with a busy lifestyle back home, it was difficult to get into this routine of getting back into the classroom. The longest I have been away from my country [...]

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When we set out 9 am from the guest house in Berlin on August 2 led by Tobias, the InWEnt assistant attached to the participants of the 2008 Multimedia and Online Journalism by International Institute of Journalism, we knew we were in for loads of fun but by the end of it all it surpassed [...]

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