By Akin Rotimi This is a historic week in the world as far as democratic transitions are concerned. On Friday, January 20, 2017, President Barack Obama would be handing over as President of... Read more
On the 1st of December 2016, Gambians went to the polls to vote for a president for the fifth time since current leader Yahya Jammeh came to power in a 1994 coup. Over the past 22 years, Pre... Read more
Press Statement NEW YORK, 17 January, 2017 – “UNICEF is deeply concerned by the loss of life in Tuesday’s tragic incident in Rann, Borno State. Our thoughts are with all those who were injur... Read more
By Adewale Adeoye There are different types of journalists. We have conservative – they report press releases of government officials and corporate organisations. They attend pre... Read more
By Akin Rotimi Change has come to Ghana. Following after President Muhammadu Buhari, his fellow septuagenarian Nigerian counterpart, President Akufo-Addo has come to office on the back of ca... Read more
Press Statement The family of a Nigerian woman who died suddenly in Poland has decried the cremation of their daughter’s body by her polish husband without their permission and raised suspic... Read more
By Dan Bilefsky As boy bands go, it was an unlikely crew. In a five-minute video posted online this week, a band of seven aging Nigerian leaders — all but one of them retired — sang a New Ye... Read more
By Richard Joseph The world enters 2017 with a heightened sense of uncertainty. We respond to the challenges by strengthening our engagements. In my case, the core c... Read more
New York, December 29, 2016–Angolan authorities should immediately drop charges against two journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Rafael Marques de Morais, who... Read more
I know this might offend some of us who have found Barack Obama worthy of worship, but the truth is that we probably worship him because we are accustomed to consistent abuse. Most of my co... Read more
