By Abdul Mahmud At last, 2016 is here! Having journeyed through time, through the wilderness of solitude, through places of memory, through habitations, crossed places of exile and places we... Read more
New York, December 31, 2015-The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo not to extradite Egide Mwemero, an exiled Burundian radio journalist... Read more
The editors of Y! – TV and Online – today announced the Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2015 – and it’s Josephine Ugwu, the 36-year-old airport cleaner who returned N12m cash to its rightfu... Read more
By Abby Ohlheiser, Niraj Chokshi and Paul Farhi For years, women — dozens of them — have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, with incidents dating back to the 1960s. Now, for the first tim... Read more
By Chido Onumah The recent violent confrontation between soldiers and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) should not come as a surprise to anyone who understands the Nigerian st... Read more
By Philip Obaji Ibrahim Zakzaky is a mortal enemy of Boko Haram—and of the United States. He’s the avant-garde of Iran’s gambit in Africa, and his followers were just massacred. The Nigerian... Read more
The renowned Harvard professor, literary critic, scholar and newspaper columnist, Professor Biodun Jeyifo, (popularly known as “BJ”), will turn 70 next Tuesday, the 5th of January, 2016. To... Read more
By Izielen Agbon “Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures…Claim no easy victories.” Amilcar Cab... Read more
New York, December 29, 2015 – Of 69 journalists who were killed in relation to their work in 2015, Islamic militants were responsible for killing 28 of them, or 40 percent, the Committ... Read more
By Kennedy Emetulu Following Dr. Ibe Kachikwu’s Christmas day outing at the Port Harcourt Refinery where he gleefully announced the removal of petroleum subsidy and a reduction of the pump p... Read more