Dear Citizen X, It is tough to know which tense to use for you, present or past. The earthquake in Haiti and the Thai cave disaster are pointers to the fact that you may very well still be alive nearly ten days since Nigeria happened to you – she happens to us all except the …
Continue reading "An Open Letter to a Citizen Trapped in the Port Harcourt Rubble By Pius Adesanmi."
Nigerian refugees are chased from homes as president stakes re-election bid on claims that Islamist group has been beaten When Boko Haram stormed into Baga in a hail of gunfire on Boxing Day, Zara Abubakar was lying in bed, waiting for her two-week-old triplets, Maryam, Muhafat and Mohammed, to go to sleep so she could …
Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili discusses the challenges Nigeria faces, her views on overcoming hurdles in governance to addressing these challenges, and reflects upon the priorities for reform in search of a more inclusive and prosperous society.
A closely fought presidential election will fail to convince voters that anything much will change A closely fought presidential election will fail to convince voters that anything much will change WHEN MUHAMMADU BUHARI won Nigeria’s presidential election in 2015, his victory was greeted with euphoria. He unseated the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which had ruled …
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An abandoned border control post at the entrance to Muff, in the Republic of Ireland. LONDON — The Irish backstop … convenient shorthand for a devilishly complex subject. It sounds almost like a fence, but the issue is about not having a fence at all — an apt paradox for a problem that may not …
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