https://www.chidoonumah.com Informed commentaries, news and progressive analysis of topical events in Nigeria, Africa and around the world Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:21:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.chidoonumah.com/alero-ayida-otobo-ceo-sppg-at-national-dialogue-presentation-of-remaking-nigeria-60-years-60-voices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alero-ayida-otobo-ceo-sppg-at-national-dialogue-presentation-of-remaking-nigeria-60-years-60-voices https://www.chidoonumah.com/alero-ayida-otobo-ceo-sppg-at-national-dialogue-presentation-of-remaking-nigeria-60-years-60-voices/#respond Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:05:52 +0000 https://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=13125 Alero Ayida-Otobo is a transformation strategist with an invaluable understanding of sector-wide reforms in Africa. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG) – a critical arm of the Fix Politics Initiative. She is also the Co-Founder and Board Member of Teach for Nigeria, Co-Founder and Trustee […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/alero-ayida-otobo-ceo-sppg-at-national-dialogue-presentation-of-remaking-nigeria-60-years-60-voices/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/africmil-pt-books-yiaga-africa-oaktv-sahara-reporters-and-techherng-launch-sixty-years-sixty-voices-book-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=africmil-pt-books-yiaga-africa-oaktv-sahara-reporters-and-techherng-launch-sixty-years-sixty-voices-book-project https://www.chidoonumah.com/africmil-pt-books-yiaga-africa-oaktv-sahara-reporters-and-techherng-launch-sixty-years-sixty-voices-book-project/#respond Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:25:32 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=12492 The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and its partners—PT Books, YIAGA Africa, OakTV, Sahara Reporters and TechHerNg— today announced a book project to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s political independence. The project involves the production a book of 60 essays on Nigeria with the title, 60 Years, 60 Voices – Essays […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/africmil-pt-books-yiaga-africa-oaktv-sahara-reporters-and-techherng-launch-sixty-years-sixty-voices-book-project/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/gov-seriake-dickson-to-speak-on-restructuring-nigeria-at-public-presentation-of-we-are-all-biafrans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gov-seriake-dickson-to-speak-on-restructuring-nigeria-at-public-presentation-of-we-are-all-biafrans https://www.chidoonumah.com/gov-seriake-dickson-to-speak-on-restructuring-nigeria-at-public-presentation-of-we-are-all-biafrans/#respond Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:19:33 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=12064 December 16, 2018  Press Release The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, will be the keynote speaker at the public presentation of the book, We Are All Biafrans, by journalist and rights activist, Chido Onumah, on Friday, December 21, 2018, at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The book, which has a foreword by Atiku Abubakar, former […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/gov-seriake-dickson-to-speak-on-restructuring-nigeria-at-public-presentation-of-we-are-all-biafrans/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/seven-journalists-denied-entry-to-gambia-ahead-of-contested-inauguration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seven-journalists-denied-entry-to-gambia-ahead-of-contested-inauguration https://www.chidoonumah.com/seven-journalists-denied-entry-to-gambia-ahead-of-contested-inauguration/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:10:42 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=9788 Lagos, Nigeria, January 18, 2017-Seven international journalists planning to report on the inauguration of Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow tomorrow were denied entry to the country on January 16, according to reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists denounced the obstruction as a deliberate attempt to silence the press during a period of political unrest.  “The legitimacy of […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/seven-journalists-denied-entry-to-gambia-ahead-of-contested-inauguration/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/parresia-publishers-to-release-we-are-all-biafrans-by-chido-onumah/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parresia-publishers-to-release-we-are-all-biafrans-by-chido-onumah https://www.chidoonumah.com/parresia-publishers-to-release-we-are-all-biafrans-by-chido-onumah/#respond Wed, 04 May 2016 13:25:49 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=8282 Parresia Publishers Ltd and African Centre for Media and Information Literacy in partnership with Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation will on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, present to the public a new book, We Are All Biafrans, written by Chido Onumah. Designed as a platform to reinforce the debate about federalism and national reconciliation, the event is […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/parresia-publishers-to-release-we-are-all-biafrans-by-chido-onumah/feed/ 0