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Ghanaian, Peter Bossman become Slovenia’s first black mayor
A Ghana-born doctor has been elected the first black mayor in Slovenia – and probably the first in old Yugoslavia. Peter Bossman, a candidate of the centre-left Social Democrats (SD), narrowly won a municipal election in the Slovenian coastal town of Piran.
Damilola Taylor's killer goes free after four years in jail
One of the brothers who killed Damilola Taylor is to be freed next month, the Standard reveals today.
Sovereignty, Economic Security, Obama's visit, Jonathan, 2011 Elections And..
"Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped." Liberian proverb. "Do what you can with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt. "Can you imagine U.S. voters putting a leader in the White House who is a puppet of the ruling elite and..
Nigeria's Biggest Problem? Followership.
A lot of commentators like to point to leadership as Nigeria’s biggest failing. Not true, in my view. There are worse problems bedevilling that poor dear country than its leadership. We have religion, ethnicity, the British, etc, etc. But taking pride..
Nigeria signs 875-million-dollar railway deal with China
Nigeria on Monday signed a deal worth almost a billion dollars with a state-owned Chinese engineering firm to resuscitate part of its dilapidated railway system, the transport minister said.
