Tag: cnn

Is part-time the new full time in this economy?

by Jesse Herriott So, whenyou are searching for employment and can’t find full-time work, you may have to be a bit more creative; you may find that the payoff suits…

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Opinion: The Gaza we know lies within

by Ejike Alphonsus Kanife Of course we understand that out of fear of both Boko Haram and the JTF, citizens in Maiduguri, Potiskum et al dare not be seen talking…

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Opinion: Plagiarism and the Nigerian writer

by Chiagozie F Nwonwu Can we change the system? I don’t know, I can’t say, but I know it is time we call the people who indulge in intellectual property…

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Piers Morgan: Why Sandy may have won the election for Obama

by Piers Morgan A few years later, Labour leader Harold Wilson came up with his own version: “A week is a long time in politics.” The point being that no…

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TICKER: Fareed Zakaria to stay at TIME, CNN

Time magazine and CNN both announced today that they will continue to employ Fareed Zakaria, following temporary suspensions after he admitted to plagiarizing a paragraph from The New Yorker for a recent…

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Opinion: Fareed Zakaria Is bitten by his own tale – How he helped create the system that bit him back

by Eric Zuesse When Fareed Zakaria was suspended on Friday from Time and CNN, for plagiarism, this wasn't merely justice, it was poetic justice: it rhymed. What it rhymed with…

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#InCaseYouMissedIt: Reporters killed by Boko Haram honoured at CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist Awards – See full list of winners

by Adeniyi Abdul The ceremony for the 2012 edition of the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year was held this weekend in Zambia with Kenyans Tom Mboya and Evanson…

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Lucky Drag: CNN captures the Nigerian Whitney Houston

by Isi Esene A Nigerian Whitney Houston impersonator has been mistaken for the real deal by none other than the Cable News Network (CNN). The mistake was all the more…

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WATCH: “I am not daunted” – Okonjo-Iweala speaks to CNN’s Richard Quest

by Lekan Olanrewaju The World Bank is set to make a decision on its presidency on April 16, and with the "day of reckoning" drawing closer, Nigerian candidate, and coordinating Minister for…

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Move over iPad! CNN profiles Nigerian Android tablet

by Lekan Olanrewaju In what will probably come as good news to Nigerian tech enthusiasts everywhere (unless of course you’re holding some kind of epic grudge) CNN recently profiled what it…

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The piece everyone’s talking about! How To Become A Nigerian ‘Activist’ 101

by Elnathan John (Editor's Note: Article is posted with author's permission) You stare at the Nigerian on CNN; at his gleaming forehead. He is taking his time answering questions about…

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CNN presents the 10 African technology voices to follow on Twitter

by Chi Ibe Just as we conclude on our “Power List” of under 35 young Nigerian achievers in various sectors, CNN also recently highlighted 10 leading technology voices from different…

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Trying to understand Jonathan? CNN’s Stephanie Busari talks to people who know him

Photo credit: The BBC Culled from CNN Monday Profile "Nigerians should allow him time to focus on what he wants to achieve. He has not been in power for a…

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Piers Morgan celebrates one year on CNN after Larry King

  Photo credit: The Guardian   by Rachel Ogbu It almost seemed no one was cabable of replacing Larry King and then Piers Morgan came along. At the time, the…

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Former CNN reporter Christian Purefoy detained by Security in Ojota… Now released

Early this morning YNaija first broke the news that Christian Purefoy, former CNN Lagos correspondent and now founder of online video startup Battabox, was picked up by government security operatives at…

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Gaddafi confirmed dead!

by Ifreke Inyang Former Libyan President, Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in a gun battle at Sirte today October 20, 2011. The dictator has been hunted by NATO coalition forces…

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