Official statistics from a recent report have reveals that Boko Haram insurgency in North East Nigeria claimed the lives of about 611 teachers between 2009 and 2015. According to Mr Oluseyi Soremekun,...

Until a few years ago, Africa Rising was a dominant theme in conversations about the global economy. That enthusiasm has since cooled, so that in newsrooms and think tanks and conference panels, “Africa...

It is a fact that Nigeria as a country is in dire straits in terms of its economy. It is not too important how we got here or who or what brought us here. We need an exit plan desperately. Sadly, there...

During the campaigns for the 2015 presidential elections in Nigeria, the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, used state institutions, especially the media, to carry out extensive campaign of calumny...

 By Medecins Sans Frontieres (msf.org) The health situation in Borno State in northeast Nigeria is critical. At least 500,000 people who are either displaced or cut off in enclaves outside...

The United States of America is in uneasy times. Racial tension between Black people and White folks was never so high since the 60s. A situation where a White cop simply guns down a suspect just because...

UN agency, UNICEF has sounded a warning that about 134 children will die every day from causes linked with acute malnutrition if the response is not scaled up quickly. Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF’s Regional...

The social media is abuzz today with photographs of Mrs Aisha Buhari and two of her children, Yusuf and Zahra as they celebrate their graduation from the University of Surrey in England. The graduation...

The world’s longest ruling president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, last Wednesday, named his son, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue (nicknamed Teodorin) Vice President. This means that 74-year-old Obiang who...

Nigerians Rate Buhari   Mrs. Tope Moshood, Fashion designer Ha! How will I say it? I don’t feel happy because this nation is not favouring us. The administration is very bad. I have been affected in...

Even with go-to-hell criticisms from several quarters around the world over its performance against Boko Haram jihadists, the Nigerian military is ranked as the 4th strongest military power in Africa....

As Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola performed superlatively well. This is the belief of most Nigerians. Perhaps, this record of achievements is what made President Muhammadu...

BY MAURICE CHAMMAH John Okperuvwe flew from Lagos, Nigeria, to Boston in September 2008 after winning a visa through a lottery run by the US State Department. He spent three days in Boston with a friend,...

Alhaji Ademola Olagunju is an illustrious and highly enterprising Nigerian living and doing business in the People’s Republic of China. He has lived in that country since the year 2002. His firm,...