Ogoni In Review
The Ogoninews publisher Mr. Fegalo Nsuke caught up with Mr. Ben Ikari who is a prominent Ogoni activist and the following questions drew his responses below. OGN: What is your assessment of the gains...
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Hit Back Or Die! (Part 2)
Yet despite the desperate attempt to supress the facts and keep these tragic events out of public glare, the anger of the people continues to boil and their rage is mounting. Chief Kataps Ngwii of...
Mr. Fegalo Nsuke Caught Up With Mr. Ben Ikari Who Is A Prominent Ogoni Activist?
The Ogoninews publisher Mr. Fegalo Nsuke caught up with Mr. Ben Ikari who is a prominent Ogoni activist and the following questions drew his responses below. OGN: What is your assessment of the gains...
Chibok Girl Recalls ‘miracle’ Release By Boko Haram
When Boko Haram fighters decided to release some of the 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped two-and-a-half years ago in northeast Nigeria, Asabe Goni did not think that she would be among the girls...
Freed Chibok Girls Reunited With Their Families For Christmas
More than 20 Nigerian "Chibok girls" who were released by the Islamist group Boko Haram in October have rejoined their families for Christmas. It is the girls' first return home since they were...
An African Dream Deferred
I LIVED in Ghana continuously for about three years from January 6, 2013 and thought President John Mahama could easily be defeated by a determined opponent. This was what happened on December 7,...
The Spiritual Side of Aso Villa, Abuja
People tend to be alarmed when the Nigerian Presidency takes certain decisions. They don't think the decision makes sense. Sometimes, they wonder if something has not gone wrong with the thinking...
A.K.A. Many Miseries Multiplied
THE MEANING OF MMM - In truth, MMM is a Ponzi scheme. Wikipedia defines a Ponzi scheme as “a fraudulent investment operation where the operator, an individual or organization, pays returns to its...
The Agility Of Youth And The Wisdom Of Old Age
So many writers have done so many stories about the civil war that broke out in Nigeria between 1967 and 1970. In the war, sadly, at least 3 million people lost their lives. Properties worth...
Nigerian Government Is Suppressing And Persecuting Biafrans And Biafran Independence Agitation
At the end of the Biafran War many experts came to the conclusion that genocide had been committed against the Igbo by the Nigerian government. In an effort to suppress the scandal, the Nigerian...
Nigerian Pilgrims In The Last Hajj Season
The immediate last Hajj exercise was indeed successful that it is worth reviewing. It started with the first batch of Nigerian pilgrims departing Sokoto and landing safely at Prince Muhammad bin...
Local Cement Manufacturers Express More Concern Over Foreign Competition
Over the past couple of months, local cement manufacturers in the nation have greatly expressed concern over unfair competition by foreign producers, particularly Nigeria’s Dangote Cement....
Local Cement Producers Operations Stifled By Competition
Local cement producers in the country have in the past months complained bitterly to government over unfair competition by importers of cement from other countries as well as the operation of Dangote...
We Will Ensure Dangote Cement Plays Fairly
President John Mahama has said his government will ensure Dangote Cement competes fairly in the Ghanaian market if investigations by the Ghana International Trade Commission find that the Nigerian...
Nigerian Army Presence Prompts Niger Delta Attacks
A Nigerian armed group said the continued presence of the army in the southern Niger Delta energy hub has undermined peace talks and prompted attacks on oil-and-gas facilities in the region. The...
Nigeria To Strengthen Military Ties With Ukraine
The Nigerian government on Wednesday expressed its readiness to partner with the Ukrainian government in military technology and equipment. The West African country’s Chief of Defense Staff (CDS)...
USAID Donates Food To Boko Haram Affected Regions In Nigeria
USAID Deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team to Nigeria USAID is promoting an increasingly proactive monitoring approach to quickly report on the alarming conditions in newly accessible parts of...
Soyinka Changes Tune Says He Won’t Destroy U.S. Permit Yet After Trump Win
Soyinka changes tune says he won’t destroy U. S. permit yet after Trump win Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday, stated that he will not destroy his United States’ residency permit...
I Will Not Destroy My U.S. Residency Permit Just Yet – Soyinka
I will not destroy my U. S. residency permit just yet – Soyinka Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday, stated that he will not destroy his United States’ residency permit just yet;...
Tony Elumelu Foundation Breaks The Dependancy Cycle By Giving
At the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs, held in Lagos, Nigeria, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) hosted almost 1,000 women and men from 54 African countries, for the 2nd TEF...