Olusegun Obasanjo

Kuti were put behind bars and Sharia laws blossomed in the north at that time. Muhammadu Buhari after his retirement from the military contested severally and unsuccessfully for the position of Nigeria’s president. In 2003, he contested against Olusegun Obasanjo, 2007 Umar Yar’adua and 2011 Goodluck Jonathan. All three presidential candidates that defeated him emerged from the Peoples Democratic Party (P.D.P.). Unperturbed, by the failures of the past, Buhari under the party platform of the All…

Chimamanda Adichie’s Ted Talk entitled “The Danger of a Single Story” could be a second name for the class African Women Writers. Adichie discusses growing up in post-colonial Africa and how there were still a lot of colonial influencers, especially on her education. She read and subsequently wrote books about little blonde girls with blue eyes, who ate apples and played in the snow. She then goes on to talk about how she personally could relate with none of these experiences, she ate mangos,…

The study “Newspaper Coverage of the Niger Delta Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of Government and Privately Owned Newspapers in Nigeria” was motivated by the need to check crises in the country as well as proffer solution to resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta region especially as the crisis had taken a rather horrendous dimension in recent years. The media have been said to be at the fore front of the crisis, either escalating or helping to resolve the crisis. The purpose of the study was…

When the country initially gained its independence from Britain in 1960, expectations were high that Nigeria would become an economic heavyweight in Africa. With abundant natural resources and a large population, it seemed the stage was set for success. However, despite earnings of more than $500 billion from oil sales during the period 1970 to 2007, the country still suffered from extreme poverty, illiteracy, and high debt. Several factors have been blamed for Nigeria’s troubles including…