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Sahara Reporters is a news agency based in New York City that focuses on promoting citizen journalism by encouraging everyday people to report stories about corruption, human rights abuses and other political misconduct in Africa, with special focus on Nigeria. [2] [3] Sahara Reporters specializes in exposing corruption and government malfeasance.
The Black Sash was founded on 19 May 1955 by six middle-class white women, Jean Sinclair, Ruth Foley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza and Helen Newton-Thompson. [1] The organisation was founded as the Women’s Defence of the Constitution League but was eventually shortened by the press as the Black Sash due to the women's habit ...
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of New York. It includes both current and historical newspapers. New York was the birthplace of the African American press, with the publication of Freedom's Journal in 1827, and has remained a vibrant center of publishing ever since.
The 2016 American Community Survey estimates that 380,785 U.S. residents report Nigerian ancestry. The 2012-2016 ACS estimates that 277,027 American residents were born in Nigeria. It also estimates that these states have the highest Nigerian-born population: Texas 60,173; Maryland 31,263; New York 29,619; California 23,302; Georgia 19,182 ...
Founded in 1835 as Agence Havas, and changing its name in 1944, Agence France-Presse (AFP) is the world's oldest news agency, and is the third largest news agency in the modern world after the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters. [1] Founded in 1846, Associated Press was founded in New York in the U.S. as a not-for-profit news agency.
Website. www .nannews .ng. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) is a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria just like Nigerian Television Authority. [ 1] NAN was formed in part to disseminate news easily across the country and to the international community and also as a means to counter negative stories about ...
New York City's per capita income in 2000 was $22,402; men and women had a median income of $37,435 and $32,949 respectively. 21.2% of the population and 18.5% of families had incomes below the federal poverty line; 30.0% of this group were under the age of 18 and 17.8% were 65 and older.
The U.S.–Nigeria Bilateral Commission was established in 2010 and meets regularly. [174] The U.S. and Nigeria are both members of the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, among others. Nigeria is also an observer to the Organization of American States. [154]