Football is Politics in Nigeria
Nigeria is a serial offender at so many things, and the shenanigans in Nigerian football can't be divorced from our general bad behavior.
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Cheta Nwanze
Cheta Nwanze is a Nigerian journalist and policy analyst. On Twitter: @Chxta
A brief history of Nigeria’s Super Eagles
There are no records of when the first official football match was played in Nigeria, but it started in the 1920s.
Nigeria’s Catch 22
American style democracy will only throw up more more Goodluck Jonathans.
The balkanization of Nigeria?
For those who want us to balkanize, try being a small, ineffectual African country.
Nigeria’s baby boom
Yesterday, a statement was credited to Bob Diamond, former CEO of Barclays, who is attending the
#HistoryClass: Who sold Nigeria to the British for £865k in 1899?
Today we will be discussing the first oil war, which was fought in the 19th century,
The History of Nigeria’s Police
Right, so by popular demand, let’s talk about the Nigeria Police this Easter Monday because they
Who are Boko Haram, and how did they come to be?
Nigeria has a long history of communal conflicts, many of which were only suppressed under military
#HistoryClass with Cheta Nwanze: A Short History of the Slave Trade
Henry Okelue suggested that today’s History Lesson be about Nigeria’s security agencies. Problem is, there’s paucity
#HistoryClass: On Nigeria’s standing as Africa’s “biggest” economy
It took centuries before capitalism’s survival and future growth depended on an increase of the standards
The passing of Chinua Achebe
"Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings."-- Things Fall Apart.
Why Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential pardons are a bad idea
Last Tuesday, President Jonathan pardoned 7 Nigerians. While four of those pardons, Diya, Yar’Adua, Adisa and