By Bola Tinubu A worker pours crude oil into a locally made burner using a funnel at an illegal oil refinery site near the Nun River in Bayelsa. Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters Awash in the great... Read more
Address by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR on the occasion of his declaration of intent to run for the 2015 presidential elections under the platform of the People’s Democ... Read more
By Jasper Azuatalam Muhammadu Buhari In 1984 when Buhari was the head of state, the price of fuel was 20 kobo and he did not increase the price till the end of his administration. In 1984 wh... Read more
By Nina Besser With last week’s election in the U.S., Republicans regained control of the Senate, potentially setting the stage for two years of partisan conflict between a now-Republican-co... Read more
By Xolela Mangcu Picture: THINKSTOCK I have eight books to my name, four of them edited, and four of them single-authored. By the end of next year, that number will be 10, and six of them wi... Read more
By Peter Adamu Just a few days after Zambia celebrated her 50th independence anniversary last month, their president, Michael Sata, died in a London hospital, where he had been admitted with... Read more
In this short but bold message to mark 27 years since the assassination of revolutionary President Thomas Sankara on October 15, his widow outlines some of the challenges facing Burkinabes u... 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
Nigeria’s Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba Suleiman Abba Esq. Acting Inspector-General of Police, Police Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja, FCT. ILLEGAL POLICING O... Read more
By Thomas Fessy, BBC West Africa correspondent Blaise Compaore sparked public anger after he tried to extend his 27-year rule/AFP There was just one more year to go before change could final... Read more
