Truth about US report on Boko Haram – The Punch Newspaper

The United States’ latest report on the state of the anti-terror war in Nigeria bears a strikingly true reflection of the current situation in the country, though the focus was on last year. It is a story of the resurgence of a deadly group that was once driven to the fringes, but is now bouncing …

‘Weak institutions, poor policies bane of nation”s economic growth’ — Nigeria — The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

guardian nigeria newspaperUtomi, Soludo claim Nigeria recession is self inflictingA PROFESSOR of political economy, Pat Utomi, on Wednesday, said weak institutions had posed a significant drag on the nation’s economic growth stressing the need to fast track the diversification programme.This was just as the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigerian, Prof Charles Soludo …

The fertile world of Nigerian patois – The Economist

Urban Nigerians speak a fantastic blend of languagesUrban Nigerians speak a fantastic blend of languagesNO COMPLIMENT was too flowery at the launch in May of “Antidotes for Corruption”, a book by Dino Melaye, a Nigerian senator who has fended off numerous allegations of graft. “What is being launched today is, ipso facto, a new potent …