News From Nigeria

An ammunition factory in the city of Isfahan, central Iran was struck by drones at about 11:30 pm on Saturday night. Malicious media reporting and social media posts sought to spin the story into evidence of a broad, coordinated attack ...

“Prof, I read your posting on the woman who is unsure about whether to disclose the biological father of her daughter to the daughter,” the caller said on the phone.“You did?” I asked rhetorically.“Yes,” she continued. “I have a story ...

Funding for the low-rate production of Hungarian Magnus Sentinel training and surveillance aircraft has been allocated by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N2.3 billion for the commencement of the local ...

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Sunday says that the initial commercial vessel has berthed at the Lekki Deep Sea Port. This is contained on the state Twitter handle of the authority. It reads, ”In front of the President’s commissioning of @LekkiPort ...

In the Yoruba language, there is no goodbye. “Ó dàbọ̀,” which is what stands for the idea of goodbye, actually is the very opposite of goodbye. Why? Because “Ó dàbọ̀” does not say that you are leaving. Rather, as you ...

by Pepe Escobar for PressTV, cross-posted with the author’s permission The self-appointed Davos “elites” are afraid. So afraid. At this week’s World Economic Forum meetings, mastermind Klaus Schwab – displaying his trademark Bond villain act – carped over and over again about a ...

by Pepe Escobar, first published at The Cradle, reposted here with the author’s permission The adoption of commodity-backed currencies by the Global South could upend the US dollar’s dominance and level the playing field in international trade. Let’s start with three ...