Although she is a graduate, she is first and foremost a farmer. She has her land which she bought ever before she got into activism. As a farmer, she grows cashew nuts and pineapple. But thi... Read more
It is a typically distressing but frank portrait of Africa. It goes as follows: “If potential were edible, Africa would have the best-fed people on earth. The vast continent has 60% of the w... Read more
Barrister Manni Ochugboju, an Attorney at Ochugboju & Co, Abuja returns to the debate on ‘True Federalism’ in Nigeria in this piece. He is reachable via manni@ochugboju.com In Nigeria, p... Read more
At the Abidjan African Union-EU get together, the two bodies along with the United Nations came up with a task force to check abuse of migrants in Libya. The belief is that “This action will... Read more
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe appears to have lost out so quickly in skirmishes that can be taken as marking the end of his rule. Although the youth wing of the ruling party in the cou... Read more
Professor Attahiru Jega, Bayero University, Kano Political Scientist and the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in Nigeria says it is time to sh... Read more
When added to “Nigeria and the World: Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges in the Next Millennium” which he delivered on February 24th, 1999, the speech here makes Professor Ibrahim Gambar... Read more
Professor Attahiru Jega, immediate past Chairperson of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) bounced back into the Nigerian public sphere at the weekend insisting on pla... Read more
“We finally have a vaccine against malaria and that in itself shows this can be done and that funding and research must continue because it’s possible”— Mary Hamel, WHO lead for the Malaria... Read more
One is a manufacturing economy by the African standard. That is South Africa. The other is a lumbering, chaotic giant. That is Nigeria. The two are regarded as the power houses of the contin... Read more
