The author expressed some concerns about Akin Akintayo’s piece Nigeria: Time to give June 12 a decent burial over Twitter, and we invited him to write a rejoinder. Here it is. By D.O.A Coker June 12, 2011 marked the 18th Anniversary of the 1993 presidential elections in Nigeria. Those elections have been adjudged by many Nigerians as one of the [...]

“We the undersigned wish to express our deep sadness at the murder of Ugandan human rights defender David Kato on 26th January 2011. David’s activism began in the 1980s as an Anti-Apartheid campaigner, where he first expressed a strong passion and conviction for freedom and justice, a passion which continued throughout his life. David was a founding member of Sexual [...]

Next reports: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Tuesday it may drop bribery charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and oil services firm Halliburton after the company offered to pay a fine. The agency said it met with officials representing Mr Cheney and Halliburton in London last week after filing 16-count charges at a federal [...]

On Shell’s grip on the Nigerian government and their coordination with the US embassy The Guardian (UK) was one of the first to break the story: Cables from Nigeria show how Ann Pickard, then Shell’s vice-president for sub-Saharan Africa, sought to share intelligence with the US government on militant activity and business competition in the contested Niger Delta – and how, with [...]

In about a week from today, on October 1, it will be 50 years since Nigeria became independent from the United Kingdom. Here at NigeriansTalk, and at the blogs of our contributors, we will celebrate Nigeria’s independence with a series of articles. The idea originates from a Twitter discussion on Nigeria’s independence. The discussion was started by Sokari. As is often [...]

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our readers for nominating NigeriansTalk.org for the 2010 Nigerian Blog Awards – Best Collaboration Blog and Best Political Blog. We are deeply honoured. NigeriansTalk.org is heavily indebted to our dedicated contributors, some of whom have also been nominated for a number of awards. NigeriansTalk.org contributors whose blogs have been [...]

After a long bout with a various number of unnamed illnesses, President Umaru Yar’adua has died, as confirmed by presidential spokesman, Olusegun Adeniyi. His burial has been scheduled for Thursday. NigeriansTalk.org joins with the country in mourning the loss of our former leader.

29/01/10 – 05/02/10 Yes, we get it. Apple’s soon-to-be-released tablet, iPad, sounds uncomfortably similar to a popular female sanitary product. Jokes over.  Though, Kola Tubosun points out the less obvious difficulty with the iPawd brand. Shortly after the foiled terrorist plot to blow-up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day, blogger and regular NigeriansTalk Contributor, Seye Abimbola, described several instances of [...]

22/01/10 – 28/01/10 Considering the immense responsibility of presiding over a nation of 140million+ and the frailty of his health, the case of President Yar’adua (MIA) should garner some sympathy.  Solomonsydelle of NigerianCuriosity, thinks not. Blogger and NigeriansTalk regular contributor, Kola Tubosun, raises money for Haiti and Jos through photography. Bidding information on his personal photos can be found here. [...]

Uduak, of the Nollyarts blog and co-producer of the child witches’ documentary – Edikan – shares her thoughts on the coverage of the Akwa Ibom Child witch phenomenon in the Nigerian blogosphere. Say you’re one of them is a collection of short stories written by Father Uwem Akpan It won this year’s commonwealth writer’s prize. When I first saw the [...]