Category: Africa

The Nigerian senate has voted to change the constitution to bring forward the date of next year's presidential and parliamentary elections. The changes mean elections originally set for April could...

Umaru Yar'Adua's presidency of Nigeria was haunted by rumours of his death. In fact, one paper even announced his demise before he was made president. In the middle of the...

Many years ago, in one of his albums, the late Reggae exponent, Peter Tosh asked this question, “Everybody is talking about crime, tell me, who are the criminals?” This becomes...

Israel’s deadly response to the Gaza-bound flotilla showed how differently the U.S. treats Israel and Iran. Stephen Kinzer argues it’s time to treat them in the same way. Quick, name...

The new book The Unspoken Alliance, about a secret deal between Israel and South Africa, has created controversy around the world but has largely been ignored by the U.S. media....

The news is almost stale that the Federal Government has budgeted a whopping N10 billion for the celebration of Nigeria’s 50th independence anniversary come October 1st 2010. Some Nigerians feel...

Nasir El-Rufai. Two things come to mind. One, a man who is disliked by so many Nigerians.  And two, a man who is fighting for a political relevance.  If El-Rufai...

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident" - Arthur Schopenhauer German philosopher (1788 - 1860)...

A pro-IBB Group yesterday in Lagos, urged Nigerians to forgive former military President Ibrahim Babangida for his role in the annulment of the June 12, 1993, Presidential Poll. The News...