Nigerian senator defends his marriage to a 13 year-old
On the law(s), see Black Look’s NigeriansTalk article. For a well-written deconstruction of the holy-prophet-laid-this-down angle, see Chxta’s NEXT article. H/T Jeremy.
Category Archives: Nigeria
Business advice for the Nigerian 2010 election season
BusinessDay: There is going to be lots of jobs and racketeering during the period. Artisans would make more money and thugs will have more jobs to do for their principals which would mean more money for them. The list of those that will benefit is endless. Election campaign involves a lot of activities which include… Read More »
Liberian President Sirleaf pays tribute to late President Yar’Adua
She describes him as a calm leader who was dedicated to the principles of democracy and the rule of law, both in Nigeria and West Africa. For a somewhat different take on Yar’Adua, see Benson Eluma’s NigeriansTalk piece.
Friday Links #45 – On Yar’Adua’s death
Image via Wikipedia 1. Akin pulls out tissues for President Yar’Adua 2. Goodluck Jonathan makes his first address as president to the country (Video) 3. Reuters says Yar’Adua death leaves succession wide open 4. Next gives details of the burial 5. Discussions and speculations about who will become the new vice president 6. Is it… Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan sworn in
HT Naijablog
The state of investigative journalism in Nigeria
The abstract of a paper titled ‘Investigative Journalism and Scandal Reporting in the Nigerian Press’ by Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u: Using interviews conducted with Nigerian journalists, this article explores Nigerian journalists’ understandings of investigative journalism, and whether they use it to investigate the allegations of corruption scandals against various public officeholders. The results show that Nigerian… Read More »
Nigerian political dinosaurs
More here.
Current state of the Nigerian economy
6.3% growth rate, but inflation may reach 12.6% in 2010. Here.
Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party arrested on corruption charges
BBC: The chairman of Nigeria’s governing party, Vincent Ogbulafor, has been charged with fraud. Mr Ogbulafor is accused of fraudulently awarding $1.5m (£1m) in federal funds when he was a government minister under President Olusegun Obasanjo. He denies the charges but if convicted, Mr Ogbulafor would have to resign. Correspondents say the case is being… Read More »
Achebe writes a book on the Nigerian civil war
I just read this on the Nigerian Village Square: The literary world is abuzz with the news that Achebe in 2010, on the fiftieth anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, and the fortieth anniversary of the end of the Biafran war; is working on a major opus – Reflections on the Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970. It will… Read More »