A gruesome massacre in Nigeria’s Benue State has left as many as 200 people dead. The attacks, which targeted the community of Yelewata in Guma Local Government Area between Friday, June 13, and Saturday, June 14, 2025, represent one of the deadliest episodes this year in the long-running conflict gripping Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Survivors and […]
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As expected, the news of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s passing on May 28 brought in a global wave of tributes, eulogies, and critical re-evaluations of his monumental contributions to African literature. Few intellectuals shaped the colonial African imagination as profoundly as Ngũgĩ. He was a man of sharp intellect. His writings, which continue to shape generations […]
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Sudan’s de facto military government has appointed former United Nations official and career diplomat Kamil al-Taib Idris as the country’s new Prime Minister. This appointment comes over two years into a brutal civil war that has ravaged the nation, displaced millions, and pushed it to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe. The decision by Army chief […]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) dismissed Sudan’s case against the United Arab Emirates, ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear Khartoum’s accusations that Abu Dhabi violated international law by supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group engaged in a civil war in Sudan. In its ruling, the court stated that Sudan […]
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By the end of most weeks in Nigeria, the question of what to eat on Sunday used to require no thought. It was rice. That much was fixed. The details might vary — jollof rice, white rice with pepper stew, fried rice if there was time — but the baseline remained. Sunday was a rice […]
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Smell has always been political, but a renewed sensitivity to its deeper undertones has emerged, amplified by social media, specifically in viral controversies like Dr. Ally Louks’ research and Lagos’ “smell” discourse. Thrilled to say I passed my viva with no corrections and am officially PhDone. pic.twitter.com/4qwCyFYocX — Dr Ally Louks (@DrAllyLouks) November 27, […]
As President Bola Tinubu’s second anniversary in office approaches, Nigeria’s number one citizen has again embarked on a journey, this time to an all-too-familiar destination: France. The President departed Nigeria on April 2 for a working visit expected to last two weeks. According to a statement from Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, the purpose of his […]
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The recent appointment of Namibia’s first female president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, and her decision to form a women-majority cabinet is being met with wide applause all over Africa as a major step forward for gender equality in Africa. Sworn in on Namibia’s 35th Independence anniversary, Nandi-Ndaitwah continues SWAPO’s long-standing rule, though the party’s popularity has waned […]
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In a sweeping federal move, President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, effectively suspending its elected Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, and all elected lawmakers of the State House of Assembly for an initial period of six months. The Presidency cited the growing political crisis, including recent […]
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Women have always been central to liberation struggles, even though history may not readily offer up that crucial information as it overwhelmingly privileges male revolutionaries while marginalizing the contributions of women. In Nigeria, women fought not only against colonial and postcolonial oppression but also against entrenched patriarchal structures that sought to exclude them from political, […]
A few days ago, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of only four female senators in the 109-seat chamber, alleged that Senate President Godswill Akpabio blocked her attempts to raise motions on the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State because she refused his sexual advances. Elaborating on this, her statement read that the Senate President made inappropriate […]
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President Donald Trump has set in motion a broad-based immigration enforcement initiative targeting undocumented residents nationwide. The latest data, extracted from an ICE report titled “Noncitizens on the ICE Non-Detained Docket with Final Orders of Removal by Country of Citizenship,” reveals that among roughly 1.4 million non-citizens slated for deportation, nearly 3,690 Nigerians are now […]
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