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From Chinua Achebe to Toyin Falola – 5 essential books Nigeria’s new p...

March 6, 2023 no comments

Golden Brown/Getty Images Olayinka Oyegbile, Trinity University, Lagos Not many African political leaders are known to have publicly declared their love of reading. US President Barack Obama populari...

Poor quality leadership and weak institutions has led to poor governan...

November 2, 2022 no comments

Regular elections have not translated to development in Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Abiodun Fatai, PhD, Lagos State University Since gaining independence on 1 October 1960, Nigeria...

Nigeria has a new police chief amidst calls to reform security archite...

April 21, 2021 no comments

Lanre Ikuteyijo, Obafemi Awolowo University The appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as Nigeria’s acting Inspector General of Police on April 6, 2021 brought a kind of closure to calls for reform of the ...

Nigerian journalist Haruna Mohammed Salisu threatened over report on a...

March 25, 2021 no comments

NEW YORK, – PRN Africa — Nigerian authorities should thoroughly investigate the threatening message received by journalist Haruna Mohammed Salisu and ensure his safety, the Committee to P...

New WEF African Global Leaders to Get Aliko Dangote Fellowship

March 22, 2021 no comments

LAGOS, Nigeria -African Media Agency(AMA) – Eleven young enterprising Africans, among them two Nigerians, who have been named Young Global Leaders (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for 20...

World News

Starlink: SpaceX’s new internet service could be a gamechanger in Africa

6 March 2023

.SpaceX’s Starlink service is slowly arriving in Africa, starting with Nigeria and Rwanda Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock…

Why Russia is no friend of Africa – and why Ukraine deserves the support of all African countries

23 February 2023

Africa’s ignorance of the effects of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine may have contributed to the…