Are Yields Finally Coming Home To Roost
On Friday, June 7, the interbank foreign exchange market closed with 159 naira exchanging for 1 US dollar. Close watchers of the market gawked. By close of trading, Thursday, already[…]
Arts · Culture and Society · Film · opinion
Introducing New NT Contributor Mafoya
The team here at NigeriansTalk is excited to present our new contributor Mafoya Dossoumon. He was born and raised in Benin Republic. He lived briefly in France with his parents as[…]
2014: What if Jonathan loses? – Salisu Suleiman
In just nine days, the self-styled Africa’s largest political association, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) suspended two of its governors, with reports that more may also be suspended. Given the[…]
“Once Upon A Time”, a breath of fresh air?
There is music and there is music. There is music to make you shake your “bum bum” and there is music to make you reminisce. In “Olorun Mi,” Tiwa Savage does more[…]
Analysis · General · World Affairs
Post-2015 Agenda: A Relevant Universal Agenda?
A much anticipated report encompassing the new development agenda set to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they expire in 2015 was recently published. This report is the outcome[…]
Why Do We Still Borrow?
It is official! “As at now, our external indebtedness is as low as US$6.67 billion or about 3 percent of Gross Domestic Product, GDP.” Thus the Coordinating Minister for the[…]
Culture and Society · Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag · Literature
The Fledgling Whispers of a Story – A Review
by Kola Tubosun This week, I discuss my thoughts on Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Whispering Trees, the fourth story on the shortlist of the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing. Many other[…]
Art/Photography · Arts · Culture and Society · Lit Mag
Musing With Victor Ehikhamenor
Since returning to Nigeria from the United States in 2008, Victor Ehikhamenor has worked as a journalist, writer, graphic artist, photographer, and the creative director of 234NEXT newspaper. Of his[…]
Economic Literacy · Economy · History
Precolonial Experiences and Economic Development of Ethnic Groups in Colonial Africa
I recently completed my dissertation and thought to share the highlights of it. If anyone is interested in reading the full dissertation please send me an email at nobikil1 [at][…]
Chopping and Fighting: Nigeria’s Crisis of Nation Building – Abimbola Agboluaje
At a meeting in the early 1960s, the leaders of a poor nation just exiting colonial rule gaily informed colleagues visiting from another developing country how well they were doing[…]