Category Archives: Nigeria
Like many young men and women growing up in Nigeria, Shmuel consistently heard that the Igbo people were Jews. Yet, two centuries of Christian Colonialism prevented him and many other Igbo from exploring that connection further. When an Internet café … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged African American, Igbo, Igbo Jews, Igbo language, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Jews, Judaism, Nigeria
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By Olusegun Adeniyi If there is any development that depicts the state of affairs in our country today, it is what happened last week following the coordinated attacks by Boko Haram on police, army and prison formations in Bama, Borno … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, bokoharam, Borno State, Damaturu, IndepthAfrica, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yobe State
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The practice of city pastors commandeering all the tithes and offerings to themselves while pauperizing their village counterparts is one of the reasons every pastor is running to the city to establish a church. Tithes and offerings are biblical injunctions … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Christian, God, Gospel of Matthew, jesus, Jews, Levite, New Testament, Tithing
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By Chibuzo Ukaibe,Leadership (Abuja) The 36 governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) yesterday asked President Goodluck Jonathan not to yield to the agitation for a declaration of state of emergency in troubled states in the country. … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Nigerian, rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, state of emergency, Yobe State
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by Valentine Obienyem I think it was Shakespeare who in Macbeth said “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.” I am not a telepathy expert neither do I aspire to be one. Human nature is so … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra, AnambraState, Awka, Chris Ngige, Government, IndepthAfrica, Ngige, Peter Obi, State
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(Reuters) – After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria’s northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have regrouped, rearmed and are staging a bold comeback that has already allowed them to seize control over parts of the northeast. Using … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Abdul Ahmed Ningi, Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram, Borno State, Chad, IndepthAfrica, Lake Chad, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria
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By; Kiflu Hussain Uganda is a 50 year old independent African country unlike Ethiopia that has been hosting OAU/AU for five decades while enjoying her own thousands of years of “independent”history.Ironically, Ethiopia has no independent institution which is equally … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kiflu Hussain, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Obafemi Awolowo University, Organisation of African Unity, Osun State, Pan-Africanism
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by Prince Charles Dickson No matter how stout, long and turgid a penis. It’s erection can not intimidate a vagina. In short, the rise and fall of a penis was masterminded by a vagina. Local axiom. In the last few … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Edwin Clark, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigerian, Police officer
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Reuters Alex Ferguson’s influence at Manchester United will continue past his retirement after the Premier League champions followed his advice and appointed David Moyes as their next manager on Thursday. By Sonia Oxley. Everton boss Moyes, who announced earlier he … read more »
by Nasir El Rufai Long before the publication of The Accidental Public Servant, I had decided to resist joining issues with whatever commentators wrote in response to the book by way of either attacking the author or its contents. It … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Accidental Public Servant, Charles, Civil service, IndepthAfrica, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Olusegun Obasanjo, Thisday, World Bank
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by Reuben Abati State House Press Release – President Goodluck Jonathan deplores yesterday’s attack by armed terrorists on Bama, Borno State which claimed scores of lives. President Jonathan believes that the continuation of such callous and wanton attacks of innocent … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Press Releases, West Africa
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Tagged Bama, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Reuben Abati, Special Adviser
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by Joe Igbokwe I have just finished watching Al Jazeera Television where Omoyele Sowore, of Sahara Reporters, our own Professor Wole Soyinka and Dr Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant on Media to President Goodluck Jonathan spoke on Nigeria’s political crisis … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Doyin Okupe, Goodluck Jonathan, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigerians, Sahara Reporters, University of Lagos, Wole Soyinka
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By Philip Amiola The volume of responses generated by my last article entitled, “Gays and Lesbians, We Will Not Keep Quiet!” has put me under responsibility to write a sequel to address genuine concerns raised by some of my readers. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Facebook, Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, LGBT, Marriage, Nigeria, Philip Amiola
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By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 1 million babies die the day they are born every year, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa, according to a new report released … read more »
Posted in Cape Verde, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Senegal, Somali, South Africa, Special Reports, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Central African Republic, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Melinda Gates, Save the Children, Sierra Leone, Somalia, sub-Saharan Africa, World Health Organization
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Suspected members of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram armed with machineguns laid siege on the north-eastern town of Bama on Tuesday, freeing over 100 prison inmates and leaving 55 people dead, the military said. Around 200 heavily armed members … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Abubakar Shekau, Ansaru, Boko Haram, Borno State, Chad, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria
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Remi Adekoya,guardian.co.uk, After three years as president, the economy is booming but Jonathan’s record on helping his people is poor Nigerians had no rational reason to believe their lives would improve after Goodluck Jonathan became president three years ago this … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Lagos, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo
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NIAMEY — A Nigerian warplane crashed in Niger on Monday, from where it was conducting military operations in neighbouring Mali, and the two pilots were killed, Nigeria’s army said in a statement. The fighter jet was part of Nigeria’s air … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Dargol, Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, France, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Niamey, Niger, Nigeria
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by Obinna Akukwe The Kano State Government is bent on converting the scene of the bus station bomb blast into an Islamic school. Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso had earlier told the Igbo traders and transporters who built and developed the park … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Bus, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Sabon Gari
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State House Press Release – The latest press statement by Lai Mohammed of the Action Congress of Nigeria, in which he claims, wrongly as always, that the Jonathan administration is “descending into despotism,” represents yet another attempt by the ACN … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Op-ed, Politics, Press Releases, West Africa
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Tagged ACN, Action Congress of Nigeria, GoodluckJonathan, Jonathan, Nigeria, Reuben Abati, River State, Rotimi Amaechi
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By Ada Bosa For Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige, Senator representing Anambra Central, the sun yesterday literally rose at 5.00pm and stood still in Awka, Anambra State political capital as a rainbow coalition of ex-officios (Past political office holders in the … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged ACN, All Progressive Grand Alliance, AnambraState, APC, Awka, IndepthAfrica, Ngige, Peter Obi, Senate
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BY Justine John DYIKUK Today (3, May 2013), World Press Freedom Day celebrates its 20th anniversary. The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Freedom of speech, IndepthAfrica, mass media, Nigeria, press freedom, rivers state, UNESCO, Windhoek Declaration, World Press Freedom Day
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When it suits you, it is a reality; when it is against you, there is a foul play. Such is the mindset of politicians and overwhelming majority of the people of Ghana. So what then are the reality and a … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, Government, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, NAGRAT, New Patriotic Party, Salary, SSSS, trade union
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Chris Okotie is the first cerebral pastor in Nigeria to make an apostolic incursion into Nigeria’s dirty presidential politics . In 2003 he contested under Justice Party, placing 8th out of 29 candidates with 119,547 votes. Okotie formed FRESH Democratic … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Chris Okotie, Courtroom, Facebook, God, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Judge, Nigeria, Nigerian, Procedural law
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The Head of the African Union Diaspora Forum, Ambassador (Dr) Erieka Bennett has asserted that the negative image which Nigeria seem to have outside its shores can only be changed by Nigerians who should speak well about the Nation and project its rich historical … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Pan African News, Press Releases, West Africa
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Tagged Diplomatic rank, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Other World Computing, Personal computer, SandForce, Solid-state drive, United States, USB 3.0
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By Meron Estefanos From 20 to 21 April 2013, I attended the 2nd High-Level Tana Forum on Security in Africa, which was conducted under the theme: “Security and Organized Crime in Africa.” In attendance were several heads of states and … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed
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Tagged Bahir Dar, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Olusegun Obasanjo, Organized crime, Sinai Peninsula, Sudan
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by Ibim Semenitari Press Release – The Rivers State Government has noticed with dismay a series of statements attributed to officials of different agencies in the aviation sector on the status of the aircraft belonging to the Rivers State Government, … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged aircraft, Akure, IndepthAfrica, Ministry of Aviation, Nigeria, River State, Rivers State government, Rotimi Amaechi, United States
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By Matthew Madububa Mbanaja Report From The Office Of The Indigenous People Of Biafra On The Suit Between Biafra And The Federal Government Of Nigeria At The Federal High Court Owerri Today The 30th Of April 2013 – The courtroom … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Op-ed, Special Reports, West Africa
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Tagged Biafra, Biafran, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, London, Massob, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Nigeria, Owerri
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by Adam Nossiter Days later, the survivors’ faces tensed at the memory of the grim evening: soldiers dousing thatched-roof homes with gasoline, setting them on fire and shooting residents when they tried to flee. As the village rose up in … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Baga, Boko Haram, Borno State, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kashim Shettima, Lake Chad, Nigeria
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Abuja – Nigeria is currently going through “a trying moment”, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday while unveiling seven new police helicopters. “This is quite a trying moment for this country in terms of security,” Jonathan said during the unveiling … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Goodluck Jonathan, Gulf of Guinea, IndepthAfrica, International Maritime Bureau, Islamism, Nigeria, Nigerian, piracy, Togo
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By Obinna Akukwe Recently the Boko Haram Group of terrorists rejected the amnesty offer of the Nigerian Government making a Boko Haram Republic a viable alternative. A situation whereby everybody is begging a murderous group to accept amnesty makes nonsense … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Ado Bayero, bokoharam, Bola Tinubu, Islamic republic, Jonathan, Katsina, Muslim, Nigeria
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