By Jaye Gaskia In the last few days the FGN has released its working document for the convening of the National Conference. We now know the government is proposing 492 delegates, of which 46... Read more
By Jaye Gaskia Ruling political elites, the ruling class everywhere globally are united in trying to discourage and discountenance the organised, conscious mass self activity of the ordinary... Read more
By Kayode Ketefe How Europe underdeveloped Africa is a popular book by a Guyana-born renowned African intellectual and political activist, Walter Rodney. In that 1972 classic, Rodney a... Read more
By Sophia Jones Ahmad Badawy, who works for the Egyptian Democratic Academy in Cairo, says he remains committed to the revolution even amid a severe crackdown by the military government. | S... Read more
By Godwin Onyeacholem With its relentless perpetuation of unsavoury politics, the current People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government has, more than any other administration known to Ni... Read more
By Theophilus Ilevbare “Corruption is not the cause of all the problems confronting Africa. In terms of security, Boko Haram is the biggest challenge we (Nigeria) have at the moment.” – Pres... Read more
By Jaye Gaskia Sometimes when pummelled by the storms of our vicarious existence, I often take some steps back to reflect. And in those moments of reflection, I do wonder whether any of the... Read more
By Nilanjana S. Roy African students demonstrated against discrimination at a protest in New Delhi last June. Deepak Malik/Demotix via Corbis NEW DELHI — The Africans — Nigerians, Ghanaians,... Read more
By James Ogunjimi When some people say REVOLUTION cannot happen in Nigeria, to me, that is the first pointer to the fact that it can; it is the first stamp of authority on the possibility an... Read more
The APC Interim National Executive Committee held its 8th regular meeting today. In attendance were General Muhammadu Buhari rtd, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the Govern... Read more
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