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I am the chief correspondent in Nigeria for The Associated Press. I can be reached at jgambrell [at] ap (dot) org.
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Ouch. When Steve Martin uses you as a punchline...
RT @SteveMartinToGo: Reminder, when clicking on Nigerian diet plan, be sure to include password and Social Security number.
RT @johnboit: Nigerian journalist named Persephone Miel Fellow at @pulitzercenter in memory of my former @Internews colleague http://t.co/x…
A great trip with the @AP Team to the Niger Delta and the east. Just got back into Lagos. The traffic, as always, was excited to see us.
RT @AP: AP PHOTO: Police take cover during gunbattle in Afghan capital of Kabul following suicide bomb attack: apne.ws/10sZDw3 -DC
Afghanistan
bigstory.ap.org — Afghan police take cover following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 24, 2013. A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul and setting up a gun battle in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said.
A headline this afternoon on state-run @ntanewsnow: "Nigerian Army advises members of the public not to panic."
RT @peterprengaman: Journo job seekers: 2 good AP positions,one covering markets the other sports.
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Ohio kidnap case hero gets year of free McDonald's (from @AP) apne.ws/14FqaK7
Ohio kidnap case hero gets year of free McDonald's
m.apnews.com — CLEVELAND (AP) - The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.
Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm
usatoday.com — Jazmin Rodriguez, left, answers questions during an interview as her mother, LaTisha Garcia, right, looks on, in Moore, Okla., on Thursday. (Photo: Sue Ogrocki, AP) MOORE, Okla. (AP) - A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.
RT @AP: MORE: Pakistan International Airlines says it's been unable to contact pilot of plane diverted in Britain: apne.ws/10sPjE1 -…
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