Governance in Africa: Monitoring the Pulse of the Continent

Jan. 31 | The chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission Jean Ping addresses a press conference during the 16th Ordinary summit of the AU to seek a solution to Ivory Coast's two-mont old political crisis, on January 29, 2011 in Addis Ababa. Photo Credit:...

Jonathan orders immediate evacuation of Nigerians stranded in Cairo

Jan. 31 | Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday directed National Security Adviser Andrew Azazi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Odein Ajumogobia to immediately evacuate Nigerians trapped at the Egyptian airport in Cairo. President Jonathan who is currently...

The Goodluck Jonathan political doctrine -2

Jan. 30 | Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan (R) and Vice President Namadi Sambo at the PDP presidential primary held on Jan. 13 2011, in Abuja. By Emeka Ukpabi According to Chaulia, Campbell, the book’s author, “sketches a parallel between Abraham Lincoln...

Images from Egypt: Protesters determined to end 30 year rule of Mubarak

Jan. 28 | Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak makes a state broadcast announcing the sacking of his cabinet, but refused to resign. AP/Reuters photo Reuters photo Reuters photo Reuters photo AP photo Reuters photo Reuters photo Reuters photo Reuters photo

Jasmine revolution takes over Egypt

Jan. 28 | Friday Jan. 28, 2011 - Cairo's historic Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifai mosques are engulfed with smoke -Eyewitness account as provided by TIME News At midday on Friday, I headed toward the Mukaram Mosque, just off Cairo’s Tahrir Square, which...

ANPP gubernatorial candidate gun down after Friday prayers in Maiduguri

Jan. 28 | Motorcycle-riding gunmen shot and killed the dominant gubernatorial candidate in a northeast Nigeria state and six others Friday, throwing a region already under attack by a radical Muslim sect into a panic. Families hid inside their homes and shops...

Voters registration to continue until Feb. 5 says INEC

Jan. 28 | Nigeria’s electoral agency on Friday announced a week-long extension for voter registration ahead of April’s key general elections after a litany of problems in Africa’s most populous country. Abdullahi Kaugama, secretary to the electoral...

Beauty queen Bianca Ojukwu appointed special assistant on diaspora affairs

Jan. 27 | Bianca Ojukwu (R) with Chief Emeka Ojukwu (m) Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi (L) at a function. By Nigerians Abroad news wire Former most beautiful girl in Nigeria and wife of ill Biafra leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu has been appointed by President...

Re: Update of Bank Account Information in Nigeria – The Plight of Nigerians Abroad

Jan. 27 | By Akintokunbo Adejumo On 25th of January 2011, I came across a Press Release on Page 27 of the Monday, January 24 2011 edition of THISDAY Newspaper. The advert was from the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (CCCOBIN) titled UPDATE...

The Great Port Harcourt Fire As A Nigerian Template

Jan. 27 | Rotimi Amaechi, Rivers State Governor By Eben Dokubo I came of age overnight, bursting into the threshold of puberty during the Nigerian Civil war of 1967 -70, and like my contemporaries, almost missed the serenity, innocence, foibles, and nuances...