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

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

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

By Ogunjimi James Taiwo “I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence…I would rather have India resort to arms in order to de... Read more

By Chido Onumah I didn’t imagine I would return to this column, although temporarily, so soon after I decided to take a long break three weeks ago. But that was exactly what I found myself d... Read more

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC) have condemned the cele... Read more