With support from three African countries, home country Nigeria, South Africa, Angola and South American country, Brazil, Nigeria’s Finance Minister Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is edging close to the top job at the World Bank.

Key officers of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF say members of the Boko Haram sect are exploiting a climate of impunity in Nigeria to get entrench religious killings in the country.

In a bid to be the preferred choice for the Republican Party Presidential ticket, Rick Santorum is increasing his attack on  Mitt Romney saying his being “serially” untruthful by “deliberately” misrepresenting his record on healthcare.

The Heritage Foundation,  a Republican research  think tankwhose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies says Boko Haram is a security threat that the United States is not paying the right attention.

To recapture Nigeria's former status as West Africa's breadbasket, the Embassy of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria  in Washington, D.C., and The Corporate  Council on Africa are co-hosting “Nigeria:  Transforming Agribusiness through  Investment”, a two-day investment forum  and exhibition in April 2012.

At the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center on Tuesday, January 30, problems currently besetting the Nigerian state would be the topic of a panel discussion put together by the Atlantic Council.

At the daily media briefing of the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C., Nigeria was on the front burner last week with Victoria Nuland, spokes person saying that Boko Haram is trying to rip the country apart.

With two Mormons in the Republican presidential race and one of them leading the pack, Mormons in the United States are fast bracing up to have their man in the White House.