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TAYYIP ERDOGAN’S AFRICAN ROMANCE
In recent years, there have been closer links between President Erdogan’s Turkey and Africa. We saw more of these ties in 2016 with his tour to four West African states (Guinea, Nigeria, Ivory Coast
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NIGERIA’S ONE YEAR OF “CHANGE”
The calendar has marked one year since President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria took oath of office and a year since the APC (All Progressive Congress) political party of ‘change’ ascended to power. Nigerian are
Read More »NIGERIA’S NEW GOVERNMENT: SLOW BUT EFFICIENT
Today (5th of September 2015) makes it 100 days in office for the the new government in Nigeria; President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), the man whom a lot has been said and speculated about even
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THE PLAGUE OF AFRICAN DEMOCRACY AND MONARCHY IN DISGUISE
For decades now, countries in Africa have been going through a so called democratic process, but are they actually democratic? Many countries in Africa run a kind of monarchy in disguise or a family
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#NIGERIA MAKES HISTORY 2015
The long awaited Nigerian presidential elections has come and gone, and Nigeria has made history, since after 1999 there has never been a peaceful transition of power in Nigeria, never has an opposition unseated
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DANIEL OPARA
Daniel Chisomaga Opara took his bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Girne American University in Northern Cyprus (TRNC). He is a Nigerian by nationality. Fluent in English, he also has basic knowledge of Arabic.
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BOKO HARAM’S ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS
On Saturday the 7th of March 2015, Boko Haram pledges allegiance to the Islamic State and about a week later IS responds by confirming Boko Haram’s allegiance. In an ironic way, this look like
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#NIGERIA DECIDES #MARCH 28
2 weeks left to the Nigerian 2015 presidential elections. Many speculations are in the air on who will win, but we have one problem: most Nigerians are good at playing sentimental politics, voting for
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