The story is told of how a senior citizen of Idoma identity responded to the question as to what he thought is the problem of the Idoma people in Nigeria. His answer was one word: Otukpo. He... Read more
The judiciary in Nigeria is turning out to be a more interesting battleground in the anti-corruption war than even the arena of governance/politicians. The delicate issues in that flank show... Read more
In the interview below, reproduced from BP Energy Economics which reproduced it from Energy Post’s World Energy Focus, (October 12, 2016), BP Chief Economist, Spencer Dale thinks the transit... Read more
“All Nigerians recall, sadly, the night of 14th April 2014, 276 young female Nigerian students were abducted from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram. Fort... Read more
By Greg Mills Plans are afoot to extract more value and better integrate fishing into the Mauritanian economy. Doing so will require a break from the past – including making considerable inv... Read more
By Oyeronke Oyewumi Reproduced below is one of the numerous interventions circulating online on the controversies Aisha Buhari’s recent interview has generated. Written by a scholar in the D... Read more
Wole Soyinka won it. That is the Nobel Prize for Literature. That was great for Africa for the very reason that breaking into that cultural brick wall is a... Read more
Think About It: Chinese drones filling Africa’s skies, watching over Beijing’s interests. By Tobias Burgers and Scott N. Romaniuk for The Diplomat In our previous article, “Is China Establis... Read more
It could almost be predicted that such a squaring up would come. Professor Ben Nwabueze had made the claim one more time too many and someone was bound to ask for the evidence of Islamisatio... Read more
