By Philip Obaji Jr. Even without the threat of Boko Haram, the girls of northern Nigeria lead grim lives and face brutal challenges. ABUJA, Nigeria — At age 14, Amina should have been in sch... Read more
By Philip Obaji Jr. Officials are shutting down displaced person camps, forcing thousands of people back to ruined villages that may still be in the line of fire. Modupe Ozolua spends most o... Read more
June 3, 2015 President Muhammadu Buhari State House, Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria C/O: Senior Special Assistant to the President Special Adviser to the President Your Excellency,... Read more
Are expectations too high for President Buhari? Will the center hold for the coalition cobbled by the new ruling APC? Will the PDP survive now that it is in the opposition? These and more ar... Read more
I am immensely grateful to God Who has preserved us to witness this day and this occasion. Today marks a triumph for Nigeria and an occasion to celebrate her freedom and cherish her democrac... Read more
By Femi Aribisala It is all going to happen within four days. Four days to the great national revival and renewal. Four days to the rejuvenation and restoration of the Nigerian economy. Four... Read more
By Philip Obaji Jr. The infamous terror group, Boko Haram, is using female suicide bombers in growing numbers. Are the Chibok girls among them? Aisha, nine years old, and her elder sister, F... Read more
By Philip Obaji Jr. LAGOS — “I was asked to kill my parents on the day I was captured,” said 16-year-old Babagana, a former Boko Haram child slave. “I had no courage, so they killed th... Read more
By Kayode Ajayi-Smith Before 2013, my team and I at Joint Initiative for Development pondered on the growing youth unemployment in the country. Our concerns centered on the threat unemployme... Read more