Author: Centre for Nigeria Progress

Nigeriancentric: Examining current & political affairs through law, history & accountability. Challenging official narratives, records institutional failures, & uses sharp humour to expose political hypocrisy No party loyalty, just facts, memory & critique
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Austria swears in Europe’s youngest leader amid protests

Newly sworn-in Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, left, and new Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache talk during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Austrian government led by a conservative and a nationalist party in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017.   About 6,000 people protested outside President Alexander Van der Bellen's office with signs like "we don't …

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When the Moron tweets in his fake congratulatory message to Doug Jones he was starting a new conspiracy by stating that Doug won as a result of postal vote. In the small and shallow minds of his supporters, that means Hillary illegal immigrants army voted for Doug. And in their alternative universe, Moore won like he did with the popular vote during the presidential race. He didn’t win that vote.

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Obaseki appoints One Special Adviser, 18 Special Assistants on Gender by

Editorial In 2017 there is a quote for women as if they are a minority group who should be patted on the head with non jobs. All the major policy post holders in the state are men. This is tokenism and of no effect to the advancement of both women and the state. The Governor …

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Beneath Mask of Normal Nigerian Life, Young Lives Scarred by Boko Haram Y Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times

In Maiduguri, former fighters and child captives blend into the urban tapestry, a place where nearly everyone has been a victim, a collaborator — or both. Amina was 16 when Boko Haram captured her. The fighters threatened her with death unless she helped them kidnap other girls during raids on villages. Ashley Gilbertson for The …

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They come to the road in search of food. They come looking for water. They come because it’s the only safe place they can find. Fleeing Boko Haram, Thousands Cling to a Road to Nowhere More than 130,000 people have amassed along this desert highway outside Diffa, Niger — National Route 1. They now call …

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