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Hon. Mbonu prepares to run for Nigerian Presidency

"We have seen the light, and we are not going back to darkness!” – Hon Sam Okey Mbonu

In a star-studded Event, featuring Hollywood Stars, business executives, and professionals, including notable Los Angeleno’s of Nigerian descent, in California, Hon....
Nigeria:110 girls unaccounted for after Boko Haram attack

ABUJA (Reuters) - One hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, the information ministry said on Sunday, in what may be one of the largest...
African Americans As I See Them

Ozodi Thomas Osuji

Like all people, African Americans are individually unique and no two of them are the same. It, therefore, seems a mistake to...
3 Igbo Nigerians Make Time 100 Most Influential List 2015

Chimamanda Adichie

Oby Ezekwesili

Chris Ofili
If it scares me, I’ll write it

Even after the popularization of black action, black pride, black solidarity, black consciousness, Africa still remains the underdog in the racial hierarchy. Even after the liberation from Colonial rule, Africa has continued to suffer all sorts of...
The Nigeria: Why Instability in Pakistan May Help Revive Africa’s Textile Industry

It is no secret that the country of Pakistan has been struggling for a long time. The country of around 180M has faced an energy crisis, political division leading to civil unrest and most recently a surge in...
Peter Obi’s Strategic deflection from APGA to PDP: The Anatomy of the Political kinesis

First and foremost, former Governor Obi is has the right and privilege as a citizen of Federal Republic of Nigeria to switch to another party and associate with any organization or entity provided that he is not violating...
IMO 2015: WHY WE WANT IKEDI OHAKIM BACK

In 2011, soon after he was sworn in as Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha promised Nigerians that he was going to be a brand new governor that will rescue Imo state from poverty ,joblessness and...
OKOROCHA AND N5.9 BILLION MBAITOLI COUNCIL FUNDS

Some time ago Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State announced his readiness to conduct local government council election in Imo. My townsman by name Okereke rushed and collected the expression of interest form for councillor position. He...
When will the Smells End

Reasons not Pleas

Let’s call him Nengi. Nengi just got admitted into the prestigious University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. With joy he stepped into the great institution of learning happy that all his dreams were being...

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Pirates Launch Deadly Attack On Turkish Ship Off Nigeria
[DW] The Gulf of Guinea, where the attack took place, is considered the most dangerous sea in the world for piracy. One crew member was killed and 15 others were taken hostage after a struggle on board.
12 Persons Crushed to Death in Ondo
[Leadership] Akure -- No fewer than twelve persons were yesterday crushed to death by a truck said to belong to Dangote company near Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko in Ondo state.
President Buhari, Governor Zulum Mourn Death of Borno State's Shehu Dikwa
[Leadership] Abuja, Borno -- President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the government and people of Borno State on the death of Emir of Dikwa, Shehu Abba Masta II, the second highest ranking traditional ruler in Borno kingdom.
Infernos - Govt to Audit Oil Tank Farms, Establish 109 New Fire Stations
[Leadership] Worried by the growing loss of private and public assets to infernos in the last 12 months and as part of renewed efforts to reduce fire incidents in the country, the federal government has concluded plans to establish fire stations across the nation's 109 senatorial districts.
Covid-19 Vaccination and Vaccines
[This Day] Ogun State -- Adewale Kupoluyi writes that while the availability of vaccines is a positive development, non-pharmaceutical measures should not be abandoned.
Nigeria's President Buhari Calls for the Restructuring of ECOWAS
[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated for the restructuring of ECOWAS, saying that the organization needed to streamline its management to adjust to current realities.
A Shortage of 280,000 Public, Private School Teachers
[This Day] The dearth of teachers should be addressed urgently
On the Social Revolution in Kwara
[This Day] As I surfed the social media last Wednesday morning, something quite interesting popped up on my Facebook page. It was a post I had made on January 20, 2019 ahead of Nigeria's presidential polls. This was Facebook, two years on, reminding me of what I had said on that day. The post read: "An old Italian proverb, referenced by Voltaire in 'La Begueule', states that 'the best is the enemy of the good'. The idea is that perfection is difficult to reach, and by striving for it we may overlook small incremental
Of Toyin Falola, African Scholars and the Western Academy
[Premium Times] ... the bottom-line is that doctorates from Nigerian universities would not be taken seriously in Euro-America unless, largely, the graduates from Nigeria are able to match the research skills of graduates from Euro-American universities... What makes a university is not the teaching but the research.