By Nnimmo Bassey Being overweight has long been associated with eating preferences as well as sedentary and less active lifestyles. For long obesity, as well as the problem of being overweig... Read more
By Oilwatch and WRM On 10 November 1995, it should be remembered by all who struggle for social and environmental justice that the Nigerian military junta executed Ken Saro-Wiwa and other ei... Read more
By Peter Martell/AFP They came at dawn in their hundreds, squeezed onto barges that slipped across the river through the frontlines under cover of darkness, the latest to escape from S... Read more
By Mary Robinson Impossible to achieve sustainable development without addressing climate change. “Extremely dangerous,” “Do not travel” — these are the phrases... Read more
By Theophilus Ilevbare It never rains but pours. The storm is certainly not over for the embattled Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah who is now embroiled in a scandal of towering p... Read more
By Kennedy Odedejan NAIROBI, Kenya — Terrorism is a global reality, and for me as a Kenyan, this struck close to home in September with the siege of the Westgate mall. Yet in many ways, grow... Read more
By Kayode Ketefe There is a knock on the door. You gingerly get up to know who the visitor is. “Who is that?” some amiable voices with courteous allure answer behind the door. “Police office... Read more
By Jaye Gaskia Let me begin by apologising that I might be a little dense in this write up; but only because the issue at hand is equally dense and should not be trivialised! In this year of... Read more
Matt Ferner/HuffPost Partygoers smoke marijuana during a Prohibition-era themed New Year’s Eve party celebrating the start of retail pot sales, at a bar in Denver, late Tuesday D... Read more
In February 2013 ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman made a trip to North Korea to host a series of exhibition games. On February 26, 2013, Rodman and Kim Jong-un met, in what was believed to be... Read more
