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‘…These actions amount to a declaration of war and a deliberate attempt to undermine the authority of the Nigerian state… As a responsible government, we will not tolerate this’, declared Nigerian President[…]
Nigeria has long held the enviable status of being the most populous country in Africa and most populous black country on earth, with 166 million people. In addition to the[…]
“Our total commitment to good governance, electoral reform and the fight against corruption would be pursued with greater vigour . . . we must enshrine the best standards in our[…]
In the early hours of the morning of the 20th November, 1999, 27 trucks carrying over 2000 soldiers plus 4 armored personnel carriers mounted with machine guns drove into Odi[…]
A few days ago, an alleged spokesperson of the Boko Haram terrorist sect contacted journalists and announced the willingness of the sect to dialogue. He went further to lay down[…]
In February of this year, I wrote an article on this site about whether the idea of negotiating with the Boko Haram terrorist group was one that should be supported[…]
Read my review of Treachery in the Yard on Naija Stories It is not everyday you find a Nigerian writer featured in the Wall Street Journal but that was what[…]
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Now that we are done with crocodile tears (genuine grief is never done with so fast), it is time for some brutality. We are like the ancients who said: De[…]
When I set out to write a review of this weeks Nigerian blogs I had it in my mind that I would write on the invasion and bombing of towns[…]