Nigeria’s leader, Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday facilitated his eight presidential media talk since May 2011. The difficulties defying Nigeria – frailty, the economy, defilement, shortage of infrastructure – were to a great extent examined.
Another day, another revelation about how the US will not let African nations determine their policies. A new investigative report reveals how activists against pesticides and GMOs in Nigeria are being smeared with the help of dollars stumped up by Washington – much to the delight of US agrochemical giants such as the health-scandal-embroiled Monsanto. Having been at the receiving end of a US State Department smear campaign ourselves, we can only relate too well to what the activists targeted ...