By Joshua Keating WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 30: The sun sets on an uneasy capital. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images This current government shutdown in the US is described using the... Read more
By Rev. Fr. Paul Irikefe Nigeria is not new to socio-economic policies aiming to transform the nation. There was “Low Profile” of Murtala Mohammed to cut down government waste; the “Operatio... Read more
President Goodluck Jonathan For almost two hours on Sunday 29th of September. 2013, president Goodluck Jonathan responded to questions from journalists and Nigerians on twitter on vari... Read more
By Cynthia Mbamalu It has become a tradition to bemoan the state of the nation every Independence Anniversary. Well, we have the facts to confirm our mourning. I can imagine the chants of fr... Read more
Security situation in North East States of Borno and Yobe has continued to deteriorate despite the pronouncement of State of Emergency in the region. The last couple of days have witnessed u... Read more
By Theophilus Ilevbare As Nigeria performs the ritual of celebrating the country as it marks 53-years as an independent nation and a member of the international community, without the usual... Read more
Mujahid Dokubo-Asari Founder of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPV), Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, was in his elements, spitting fire in an explosive interview with The Natio... Read more
By Teju Cole Kofi Awoonor, in his last public appearance, a poetry master class, in Nairobi, on September 20, 2013. Photograph: Storymoja Hay Festival/Msingi Sasis. On Saturday, September 21... Read more
By Wole Soyinka I am certain there are others who, like me, received invitations to the recent edition of the Storymoja/Hay Literature Festival in Nairobi, but could not attend. My abs... Read more
By Mahmood Mamdani Placing these tragic events in a wider context, suggests a need to reassess the ‘war on terror’ in the horn of Africa. “For proponents of the War on Terr... Read more
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