The Nigerian Federal government has repeatedly targeted human rights defenders such as the likes of Omoyele Sowore and Agba Jalingo. Sowore has been in detention since August 2019. The reason being that, they have expressed views that criticizes the government ...
Another mass killing happened in the highly unstable Borno State, in Nigeria. Boko Haram militia attacked and slayed 60 people, who were on the way back from a funeral. The fact took place in the small town of Nganzai, north ...
“Leaders are agents of change whose intuitive abilities and personal qualities are essential in getting followers to extend their energies and attitudes towards larger goals and values.” The above words of Abraham Zaleznik unequivocally articulate the role of leadership in ...
The nature of opposition politics in Nigeria is such that, matters that should ordinarily generate healthy public debates are often relegated for petty issues or otherwise implicated in mere rabble-rousing. This sometimes makes a party in power to be lost ...
Which countries have the strongest Military in Africa in 2017? African countries have been seriously challenged in 2016 with increasing terrorist activity (AQMI,Al-Shabab,ISIS,Boko Haram..) and more and more civil unrest (Central African Republic, Libya..). Things have changed a lot in ...
Africa is the continent with the highest economic growth these last decades. Despite being subject to civil wars and extreme poverty, its southern and western part has seen important progress these last years. African countries have become local center of ...
Summary Another oil pipeline in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region has been disrupted. Royal Dutch Shell’s Forcados Pipeline in Burutu, Delta state, was ruptured Feb. 14, which caused the entire pipeline to shut down. That it occurred in the oil-rich region, ...
March 28th Nigeria Presidential elections Nigeria itself represented one of the most crucial electoral processes within the entire continent. With a population of more than 177 million evenly divided between Muslims and Christians, Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and most populous ...
Nigeria is now the largest economy in Africa, and global multinationals are queuing up to tap into its potential. Yet there are still major hurdles for the country to overcome before it can properly silence its critics. The clouds burst ...
Nigeria has been getting a lot of bad press lately, owing largely to the militant Islamist group Boko Haram’s abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in April, part of a brutal campaign of kidnappings, bombings, and murder. But while these ...