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The Second Calabash By Pius Adesanmi
Prof. Pius Adesanmi
In Okun land, my generation grew up to the story, often told, of a visit by a military governor to one of the towns in the region.We were then part of the old Kwara...
What Is Killing Off African Men In America? By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
Up until six years ago, Africans in America, especially the Nigerians, started to express quiet discontent on the prevalent increase in the observance of wake-keeping for relations who died at home....
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs By Sonala Olumhense
Goodluck Jonathan Declaration for Presidency Speech 18 September 2010   “…We will fight to create jobs, for all Nigerians!” Nigeria targets 600,000 jobs as N15tr gas...

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Nigerian Election 2011
Coverage of the Nigerian Election in 2011. News, articles, reports and commentaries.
Global Economic Crisis
Coverage of the global financial crisis. News, articles and opinion pieces.

Commentary

CBN And The Gymnastics Of New Currency...
There are reports that the introduction of new currency denominations of N2, 000 and N5, 000 notes and N5, N10, N20 and N50 coins is being mooted by the country’s apex bank, CBN.
Echoes From USA And UK
When Nigeria’s Senate passed a law banning same sex marriage on December 1 2011, Britain, USA and Canada got angry, threw diplomatese to the dogs and came out charging. 
Rivers State At 45
Rivers State is one of the thirty-six (36) states that make up the political structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The state was created on the 27th May 1967 by the then military government...
Roaring Flames On The Bight Of Biafra
Since the demise of Biafra after the civil war in Nigeria, efforts have been made to obliterate the bane from the map and the preferred name of that part of the Atlantic Ocean is the Gulf of Guinea....
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: The Best President The World...
In the race to be World Bank president, she would have been likened to the proverbial 800 pound gorilla. And where does an 800 pound gorilla sleep?

Interviews

FG Must Parley Now With Boko Haram-Shehu Sanni By...
Comrade Shehu Sani, Kaduna-based author and activist, tells FEMI ADI how the Boko Haram menace could be ended.
INTERVIEW: Wole Soyinka: Next Phase Of Boko Haram...
To what will you attribute Boko Haram’s terrorism?-Let me begin by reminding everyone that Boko Haram has a very long history, whether you describe Boko Haram as an army of the discontent, or...
Famed Author Chinua Achebe On The Occupy Nigeria...
In an interview with The Christian Science Monitor, Nigerian author Chinua Achebe supports fuel-subsidy protests and says that Nigeria's unrest can be eased by better, less-corrupt leaders.

Letters

Broad Daylight Robbery By Airtel On My Phone
  I subscribed to Airtel's Blackberry service on 7th February 2012. However , after 3 days of very poor service and several calls to the call centre without improvements , I had to go back...
Re: Delta Commissioner, Joseph Otumara, Slaps...
I am constrained to respond to the publication pasted on your website on the first of April 2012 alleging that the Delta state commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Otumara slapped a female nurse at...
GT Bank, NGN100 ‘Congestion’ Charge And The...
GT Bank is arguably one of Nigeria’s biggest and most impressive bank by many standards. Over the years GT bank has become my Bank!

Press Releases

Bloody 2015 Controversy: CPC Replies Jonathan On...
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has noted the response of Dr Goodluck Jonathan, as President of Nigeria, to the altruistic statement credited to our National Leader, General Muhammadu...
We Say No To Bloodthirsty Leaders! By Christian...
We have noted with dismay the bloodthirsty and unstatesmanly conduct of Muhammadu Buhari who threatened the nation with bloodshed should the 2015 election not be free and fair. We understand that...
Buhari’s Prediction Of Bloodshed In 2015 And...
The attention of the Presidency has been drawn to unfortunate statements in the media made by former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major Gen....
PDP Press Release: "Buhari Should Spare The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) finds it very disturbing that General Muhammadu Buhari, former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) is once again...
$6.8 Billion Fuel Subsidy Fraud: It’s Time For...
(Being text of a press conference by Save Nigeria Group (SNG) on official responses to calls for the prosecution of subsidy thieves, on Monday, May 14, 2012)

Reports

The Unemployment Crises In Delta State By Eddy...
    Unemployment in Delta State is becoming abnormally high. This is in spite of the fact that Delta State is one of the richest states in the country in terms of the revenue it receives...
Daily Abuses Suffered By Nigeria’s Journalists-...
Following World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Reporters Without Borders takes a look at the breaches of freedom of news and information in Nigeria during the first quarter of 2012, turning the...
Nigeria Orders Ex-Militants Out Of South Africa...
The Nigerian government has been insincere in its running of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, 90 ex-militants in South Africa have often cried out. Of this number, 28 arrived the Lagos Murtala...