Below is an unedited text of claims by Dr Idris Ahmed of the Citizens United for Peace and Stability, (CUPS), that the British Government blocked him from Nigeria’s Information Minister rega... Read more
The United States Institute of Peace, (USIP) is once again at the centre of conflict management by throwing up the major issue of how communities, unarmed and non-violently, stand up to arme... Read more
Media scholars and activists who are still up and doing even as academia is in disarray in much of Africa have another opportunity to beef themselves up. A major symposium on “The Relationsh... Read more
News Express and Africa Today Raise the Stakes on Media and the Public Sphere in Nigeria Two Nigerian media houses are raising the stakes in media and the public sphere in a space of weeks.... Read more
Abuja based Veritas University in Nigeria appears set to define itself as an academic institution in its first major outing in terms of a national conference on a key theme in contemporary d... Read more
The Nigerian Christian Elders Forum which has been coming into greater national prominence is leaving behind bickering, replacing it with a dramatic call for a return to the nationalist lore... Read more
By Comrade Abiodun Aremu* The latest physical violence in the South East should be understood properly before the country is misled. The onset of ‘Operation Python Dance 11’ has brought abou... Read more
A law has been announced permitting women to drive in Saudi Arabia. This is the first time it is happening. King Salman has officially announced this earlier today. But it won’t take off til... Read more
Published originally under the title “Are Graduates Prepared for the Job Market? Rethinking Africa’s University Model”, (The Conversation, Sept. 17th, 2017), the authors are Seth Trudeau and... Read more
