Word: nigerias
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...town. Special Presidential Assistant McGeorge Bundy was sent to Ottawa to see Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson, while Under Secretary of State Thomas Mann slipped down Mexico way. To Africa went G. Mennen Williams, dune-hopping from Rabat to Tunis-and eventually 14 countries, seeing such Africans as Nigeria's Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta...
ALHADJI KATSINA Kaduna, Northern Nigeria...
...Underseller Undersold. The industry's troubles began with widespread restrictions by other countries against importing the cheap "dollar blouses" with which Japan flooded world markets in the 1950s. The reaction is still strong. This year, sweeping import barriers set up by Japan's major African customers (Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda) will contribute substantially to an estimated 5% decline in the country's cotton exports. On top of this, Japan is losing ground in traditional markets simply because spinners in other countries have been quicker to modernize, and thus to undersell the Japanese...
...when it was all over, the only surprise was the size of his victory: 78 seats to 18. "The West has gone too far," said the nation's leading political commentator Peter Enahoro. "But I do not think one can honestly say that what happened in Western Nigeria is new to electioneering in this country...
Faced with the threat of a major civil uprising, Northerners last week began to look for compromise. Nigeria's Chief Justice Adetokunbo Ademola sped off to Ibadan to try to hammer a coalition government under Akintola together. For Awolowo's cheated followers, coalition left much to be desired, but it would at least be better than nothing. "Any region that does not ally itself with the North will surely fade," said one realistic loser last week. "If we remain in the opposition for five more years, we shall be relegated to the burying grounds...