The Daily IIJ

After the kind of a Nigerian usual night, my wife and I woke up relishing the stories of our growing up days, then, furiously, she declared, “If only Jonathan cares to listen to other people’s stories too, then he will know that his going to school without slippers is the least a Nigerian child of [...]

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Its strategic location on the Atlantic coastline led to its invasion by European slave traders in the early 14th century. Since then, the Ghanaian town of Cape Coast is visited annually by tourists in numbers that far outstrip the town’s population of about 100,000 people.

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Isa Ashim, a blind old man had to wait for about two hours before he could get someone willing to help him across the frail bridge overlaying Aboru canal, at Sunshine area, Iyana Ipaja; in which more than ten corpses were retrieved after last Sunday’s downpour. Overnight, the canal became dubbed ‘the canal of death’ [...]

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 The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park is a national park in Accra, Ghana named after the country’s first president. The remains of the late nationalist called ‘Osagyefo’ (The Victorious One) in Akan language, lies in a mausoleum in the park.

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In 1995, one of the brutal killings reportedly linked to the government of then military Nigerian head of state, Sani Abacha, was carried out. The victim was Alfred Rewane, a businessman and Warri chief who was also known as a major financial supporter of the pro-democracy group, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). He was assassinated at [...]

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By Ifedayo Adebayo Tunde Bakare is the pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly Lagos, a human rights activist and the coordinator of Save Nigeria Group. He was yesterday named the running mate for former head of state, Muhammadu Buhari, under the party, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). In an interview with NEXT, Mr. Bakare talks [...]

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Since the People’s Democratic Party commences its primaries around the country, it has been very interesting and one of the un-ignorable developments from the exercise is how Tope Aluko defeated his wife who was the immediate past chairman Ado Local Government, Tosin Aluko in Ekiti Central I.

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Though others may perceive him differently, Nkrumah is the symbol of a free nation and a democracy to every Ghanaian, living or dead.

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“Almost all the roofs of the buildings have been removed and some destroyed. Then it dawned on us that someone wants us out of this place.”

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