Nigeria Village Square

Baga Massacre: How Familiar?

As violence rages across the nation and in particular the North, the lesson that must be learnt is that a nation that thrives on bloodletting and injustice will eventually consume all within it.

Sonala Olumhense: The man and his craft

Whatever Sonala is writing about – people, places, events or ideas – he brings with him clarity and profundity. He explains things in ways and manner that is simple, yet engaging and educative. There is not a complex subject he cannot make simple and

A Stiff Sentence for a Pickpocket & Con Man

The law needs to be applied consistently across the board, to ensure that it affects in equal measure those who pick the pockets of governors and governors (ruling class) who pick the pockets of the governed.

Northern elders doing their best to demonise Jonathan

How do you pacify this group of old, wily, shifty and disgruntled regional political champions? With northern elders like these, Jonathan can never win. Jonathan will be damned if he ignores them. He will also be damned if he listens to them.

AIDN Supports President Jonathan's Transformation Agenda and declaration of State of Emergency

President Jonathan has provided the most results-oriented and clearest road map for multi-sector transformation of Nigeria. Although a herculean task to accomplish, it is a very noble cause to undertake in order to restore and sustain glories

Forbidden In Africa Taboo In Any Community

. Women have responsibilities and would do anything to feed their families, including not so glorious sex trade.