Nigeria’s ‘brown envelope’ journalism
March 7, 2015 Nigerian journalists are typically paid wretched salaries, and even the pittance to which they are entitled is often owed for months at a stretch. A former editor with Nigeria’s ThisDay newspaper last month became something of a celebrity in local media circles after an Abuja court awarded him damages against the newspaper’s
Erasing stereotypes about AfricaErasing stereotypes about Africa
February 7, 2015 The West’s politics of pity towards Africa relies on some easily available stereotypes that are ultimately offensive, inaccurate and help perpetuate fundamental ignorance that feeds a certain Western agenda. Here are some of the most common as satirised by James Wan. Just like other injustices against the people of Africa, this wilful
Why do some people remain stuck in poverty: their bad luck?
February 4, 2015 When I was visiting rural Nepal last year, I stopped in a village with beautiful houses lining both sides of the road. A few motorbikes passed by as I sat at the local kiosk drinking a masala tea. It seemed to me to be a perfectly prosperous village. But just a 15-minute
The Holocaust’s forgotten black victims – the ‘Rhineland Bastards’
Most people know about the Nazi Holocaust, the murder of 6 million Jews and 6 million others: Russians, Gypsies, Slavs, socialists, disabled people and LGBT people. Alongside the big narrative of the Holocaust there are a myriad of small, individual stories and testimonies that help illustrate and shed light on the cruelty and barbarity of
Nigerians In Guiness Book Of Records And The Records They Broke
January 20, 2015 1- The Biggest Jersey In The World Nigeria Gets Recognized By Guinness Book of World Records For Having The World’s Largest Football Jersey. The largest jersey was unveiled at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Surulere Lagos and the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt in a bid to galvanize the support of millions of fans
Afcon 2015: Ebola fears, freebies & big names – all you need to know
January 16, 2015 The 30th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations will kick off on Saturday, with organisers, players and fans hoping the tournament can thrive in the face of adversity. It was only in November that Equatorial Guinea took over as hosts from Morocco, whose plea to postpone the finals over fears about the
Meet the 7-year-old girl who survived a plane crash that killed her whole family
January 5, 2015 Sailor Gutzler walked through thorns without shoes and with broken bones after dragging herself out of the wreckage of a plane in which her mother, father, sister and cousin lay dead. A brave 7-year-old girl is being praised worldwide after she survived a plane crash and walked while injured to look for
15 things to do in 2015
January 02, 2015 It’s a brand new year, and that time for new resolutions. But we all know resolutions are made to be broken, meaning don’t make resolutions- just do it! 1) Travel If you are the sort that only goes to familiar places, 2015 is a good year to connect with your adventurous side.
Issue Of The Year Chibok girls: the bone in Nigeria’s throat
January 01, 2014 ON the night of 14 April 2014, the insurgents capitalised on security laxity in Government Secondary School, Chibok, in the southern end of Borno State, and swept away 276 girls. The girls were reportedly staying back to write their final school certificate exams. Though the West African Examination Council, WAEC, had expressed