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Opinion

Toaso Violently

I admit I have lived my whole life with very little violence. When I listen and see the devastation in Aleppo, Syria,...

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About Nigeria’s Economic Recession

The Jigawa state government has just announced a major state development project: the construction of ninety mosques;...

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‘Boko Haram’ Features On Al Jazeera Thursday Night

International media started paying attention to Boko Haram in April 2014 when the group abducted over 250 school girls...

International

Nigerians Pay Tribute To ‘war King’ Killed By Boko Haram

Tributes are being paid to a Nigerian army commander nicknamed "war king" after he was killed by Islamist militants...

International

Africa’s Fourth Largest Tomato Paste Manufacturer Close Shop In Nigeria

Africa’s top tomato paste maker, Chief Eric Umeofia, has set machinery in motion to set up manufacturing concerns in...

Opinion

War Against Corruption

It is evidently unfortunate that certain sections of the media – print, social, broadcast – have been collaborative...

Opinion

Could The Nigerian #bringbackourgirls Campaign Be Merely A Political Stunt?

President Muhammadu Buhari led his country’s delegation to the United Nations 71st General Assembly meeting in...

International

Widows of Victims of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Say Aid Overdue

After her husband was killed by a Boko Haram suicide bomber late last year, Hajjagana Mbasaru was forced to pull her...

International

Boko Haram Frees 21 Chibok Girls

Boko Haram militants handed over 21 missing Chibok schoolgirls to the Nigerian government Thursday morning, according...

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At Least 11 Dead In Nigeria Clashes

At least 11 people have died in clashes in northern Nigeria as Shia Muslims mark an important religious event. Ashura...

International

Gunmen ‘abduct Babies’ In Northern Nigeria

Details are emerging of the abduction of 11 people, including three babies, from a remote village in northern Nigeria's...

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Nigerian Actress Sorry For ‘offensive Hug’

A leading Nigerian actress, who was banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her “immoral”...

Entertainment

Nigerian Actress Rahama Sadau Sorry For ‘offensive Hug’

A leading Nigerian actress, who was banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her "immoral" behaviour,...

Politics

Nigerian Actress Banned Over Hug

A leading Nigerian actress has been banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her “immoral”...

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Gandhi’s Economic and Political Significance In West Africa

Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) was shot dead in India on 30 January 1948. “We too mourned his death”, wrote Kwame...

Opinion

Gandhis Economic And Political Significance In West Africa

Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) was shot dead in India on 30 January 1948. “We too mourned his death”, wrote Kwame...

Opinion

Living In Fear of Boko Haram Suicide Bombers In Far North Cameroon

Maroua (Cameroon) (AFP) - With his finger on the trigger, ready to fire his weapon in an instant, a policeman keeps an...

Opinion

4 Chadian Troops Killed In Boko Haram Attack

N'Djamena (AFP) - Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadists have killed four Chadian soldiers in a cross-border raid in the...

Opinion

Letter To President Barack Obama

Dear President Barack Obama I hope this letter meets you well.? Like they say back home in Nigeria” Se dada ni...