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Recently we published an editorial piece in Chief's Briefs about a previously unknown threat to expatriates in Nigeria which could increase their risk of kidnapping. It generated a lot of feedback so we now share it with you.
If you are reading this now - you are not a hostage. But your hands may already be tied...
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Questions For Chinua Achebe
Since its publication in 1958, “Things Fall Apart,” the story of a Nigerian yam farmer who is unable to accept the changes wrought by British colonialism, has become the best-selling novel ever written by an African.
Jos: A temporary episode or a “failing state”?
In early March, hundreds of people were butchered like animals in ethnic conflicts near the city of Jos in Nigeria. This is not the first time such ethnic strife has erupted. Is it a symptom of the decay of Nigerian society under the rule of a parasitic local bourgeoisie at the service of imperialism?
Unbridled imports crippling Nigeria
Despite huge natural resources and vast tracts of arable land, Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa?s second largest economy and the continent's most populous nation, largely relies on imports. The once agro-driven and food self-reliant economy, Nigeria has in recent decades relied more and more on oil, becoming a net importer of even the most basic goods
Sharia law takes precedence over freedom of speech
Issues of freedom of speech, and freedom of the press is splitting the country as an Islamic court bans debate on the implementation of Sharia Law on sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Nigerian Muslims say debating the use of amputation as means of punishment for petty crimes mock the Sharia system.