In Nigerian politics, few rivalries have been as bitter, protracted, and damaging as the feud between former Rivers State Governor and current FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and his predecessor, former Governor and ex-Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi. Their long-standing battle for control of Rivers State and influence in national politics has not only polarized the region …
This Fourth of July, the world declares its independence from America by Stephen Marche
This year, like every other year, Americans will celebrate Independence Day with flag-waving, and parades, and fireworks. The political system the flag and the parades and fireworks are supposed to represent is in tatters, but everybody likes a party. It was 249 years ago, when the United States separated from the British Empire. Over the …
Tributes to ‘legendary’ defence barrister Courtenay Griffiths KC by Emily Pennink
Notable cases included the Pc Keith Blakelock murder trial, the Brighton bombing and the Damilola Taylor murder trial. Defence barrister Courtenay Griffiths KC (25 Bedford Row/PA ) The British legal world has paid tribute to “legendary” defence barrister Courtenay Griffiths KC, who has died at the age of 69. Jamaica-born Dr Griffiths was among the …
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Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause by Nesrine Malik
General DJ Trump Since the war on Gaza started, the defining dynamic has been of unprecedented anger, panic and alarm from the public, swirling around an eerily placid political centre. The feeble response from mainstream liberal parties is entirely dissonant with the gravity of the moment. As the US joins Israel in attacking Iran, and the …
Nigeria: The most complicated country in the world by Max Siollun
Kemi Badenoch The British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch’s uninformed criticisms of her ancestral country have caused a backlash in Nigeria and across its diaspora. The American Professor John Paden described Nigeria as “the most complicated country in the world” with good reason. Nigeria has hundreds of different ethnic groups speaking over 500 different languages, …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 