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Nigeria’s mass deportations to root out extremism ahead of polls?
The Nigerian government has embarked on massive deportation of illegal immigrants from Chad, Cameroun and Niger due to suspicion that Islamist sects in Nigeria...
Nigeria: Iran remains quiet over seized arms ship
Nigerian authorities have failed to get any comments from the Iranian embassy in Nigeria concerning an arms-loaded ship from Iran which was seized by...
Nigeria: Group moves to halt “inhumane” government project
An attempt by the Nigerian government to refurbish the capital city of major oil producing state may render over 200,000 people homeless, a statement...
Nigeria: Seized arms-loaded ship raises worry over possible tensions
An illegal arms shipment containing grenades, explosives and mortars has been seized in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest shipping port. The importation of arms has raised...
Nigeria: Group to take Rivers State to court for Police crackdown
The Nigerian Joint Task Force operating in the troubled Niger Delta region opened fires on protesters without provocation, reports have claimed. The demonstrators were...
Ethiopia, Ghana and ten African countries get medical education grants
The United States will invest $130 million over the next five years to transform African medical education and increase the number of health care...
An Eurocentric Nobel Prize and African literature
African literature is generally ignored by the Nobel committee. Since 1901, only four writers from the continent have been rewarded, two of whom...
Nigeria’s campaign trail and Independence-day attacks
The politics of vilification has begun in Nigeria ahead of a promisingly intriguing pending national elections, as presidential candidates seek points over the independence...
Nigeria : FIFA suspends Nigeria Football Federation
The FIFA Emergency Committee decided today, 4 October 2010, to suspend the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with immediate effect on account of government interference.
This...
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan’s Facebook statement on independence day attacks and security in South East
My dear friends and fellow citizens, first let me thank God that we have been able to mark 50 years as a united nation...
Nigeria: Independence-day attack was from outside
A small terrorist group based outside Nigeria, but under the auspices of some Nigerians have been identified as the perpetrators of the independence-day attacks...
Nigeria: Government blamed over blasts
As Nigerian authorities gathered at the Eagle Square in the capital city of Abuja, to celebrate the 50th year since the green-white-green replaced the...
Nigeria at 50: A celebration of brute life, penury and disillusion
As Nigerians celebrate 50 years of nationhood today, the promise of
independence- a nation of free people living at peace with itself and
neighbours, undergirded by...
Wole Soyinka: Words, deeds and a serious Nigerian political party
Despite his criticism of Nigerian politics, Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature, has taken a decisive step by launching his own party, Democratic...
Africa’s high return rate for the “frontier market investor”
Africa is the place to go for the “frontier market investor” who is seeking a new investment venue with a high rate of return,...
Nigeria: Ex Financial Crimes Commission Boss vows to end corruption as president
Presidential aspirant and former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission boss Nuhu Ribadu has begun his campaign with a promise that no one will be...
Nigeria: On the trail of abducted French crew
Four crew members aboard the Bourbon Alexandre (three French and one Thai), a French vessel, were abducted off the coast of Nigeria. Yesterday, in...
Nigeria: Drama and intrigue unfold as presidential race begins
After Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan finally declared he would run for presidential election, northern politicians have vowed to oppose his candidacy. His national security...
Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan, the facebook addict!
The 53 year old Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is a serious Facebooker! And if you are trying to guess where he chose to announce...
Three African Vignettes: Nigeria, Benin, Rwanda
The following three “vignettes” are based on private journal entries written in Nigeria, Benin, and Rwanda between 1999 and 2004. They highlight the...
Nigeria’s population- the ultimate resource, not an economic burden
A recent government- sponsored report warns that Nigeria is teetering on the edge of a demographic disaster as its annual population rate outpaces economic...
Nigeria: Election timing generates heated debates
Nigerian electoral commission has four months to prepare for presidential, parliamentary and state polls. The electoral commission must put together an entirely new voter...
Nigeria President’s security reshuffle politically motivated?
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has replaced the heads of the Nigerian military, the police force and the intelligence service, four months before presidential elections-...
Nigeria: Extreme Islamists preparing to strike again?
Extreme Islamist group Boko Haram has re-emerged in northern Nigeria, where members have attacked a police station in the state of Bauchi, in an...
Nigeria: President gains political impetus amid north-south politics
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has yet to announce whether or not he intends to run for president come 2011. However, his silence has been...
How not to rebrand Nigeria
Nigeria’s information minister Dora Akunyili’s rebranding Nigeria project is one with good intents. Better branding with a little more rigorous positive marketing effectively positions...
Nigeria: President’s kidnapped advocate freed
The national chairman of an independent campaign team mobilizing support for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of forthcoming presidential elections has been released just...
Ghana’s protectionist and anti-business clampdown
Nigerian traders in Ghana claim the authorities are closing them down under a long-ignored 1994 law that demands a minimum investment of US$300,000. Ghana...
Nigeria: Arms cargo to epicenter of religious tension seized
Nigerian security officials may have salvaged a bloody religious war following the arrest of a cargo of arms and ammunition being smuggled into the...
Nigerians dying at 40 in Niger Delta?
Oil spills are common in the Nigerian Delta. Identifying the cause of this pollution is not an easy task in a complex and violent...