News From Nigeria

by Ollie Richardson Ooduarre via The Saker Blog Over the past five years my work in the information space has been consciously aimed at explaining why the Russian military does and doesn’t do certain things, whether it be in relation ...

SitRep: China Trade, South China Sea-One China Defense and Asian Civilizations Dialogue Four major events in a cluster, one to come this week. The percipient point of view about China under Chairman Xi (more powerful than Mao, though far less ...

A senior advocate of Nigeria and rights activist, Femi Falana, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot single-handedly approve establishment of State and Local Government Areas police. In a brief statement in reaction to the recommendation of the Presidential panel ...

The Ondo State Police Command have arrested two security guards identified as Ayuba Idris and Taisu Abubakar, who killed their Ghanaian employer and his daughter over 3-months unpaid salary. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Undie Adie who paraded the ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Monday arraigned two persons for allegedly defrauding one Dele Akinbuluma, a lecturer and doctoral student of the Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan.

The war against terrorism has suffered a setback as Boko Haram captured Marte Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State after an attack on a military base in the area. One of the soldiers who was in the military base, ...

Yiyẹ̀ lonyẹ́ ẹ̀yẹ̀lé, Ayé ayẹ̀ wá kàlẹ̀, Rirọ lonrọ àdábà lọrún, Ayé yio rọrún fún wá jẹ̀,

Ekaaro eyin eniyan mi, aojiire bi? Aku isinmi ana o, adura wa yio gba, ori buruku koni je tiwa loni o Àse. Mo nfi akoko yi nki gbogbo onisese patapata kaakiri agbaye wipe aku aseyori odun ifá agbaye o , a ku odun a sin ku iyedun o, emin wa yio se pupo re ninu ola ati idera lase Eledumare.

The most outrageous and misleading statement about Ifa I yet have heard is that Ifa is part of some Arab culture, and that it is geomancy.

By Pepe Escobar – posted with permission Let’s start in mid-May, when Nur-Sultan, formerly Astana, hosted the third Russia-Kazakhstan Expert Forum, jointly organized by premier think tank Valdai Club and the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations. The ongoing, laborious and crucial ...