Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria and Ethiopia to form G4 Nations. The idea was reportedly conceived at the past EU-AU Summit at Brussels, Belgium. The leaders of the four nations, who met at the summit, used the opportunity to discuss crisis areas on the continent. The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, and his colleagues stressed the […]

The sixth summit of European Union and African union kicks off today at Brussels. The summit is expected to run for two days, 17-18 February, 2022. It has been five years after the last one was held in 2017 in Abidjan, and eight years after the last summit in Brussels in 2014.     The summit motto is […]

After 222 days, the Nigerian government finally lifts the ban on Twitter. The action which took place by the midnight of January 13, 2022 elicited mixed reactions from Nigerians.  Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, the Director-general of Nigeria’s technology agency, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), made the announcement via a statement. He was earlier appointed […]

The Anaedo Online Anniversary lecture was instituted by Fresh Minds Communications Ltd, the parent company of Anaedoonline, chaired by Cornel Osigwe who was recently listed among the top 10 under 40 CEOs in Nigeria, by Vanguard. The lecture was set up for the purpose of looking at some of the core and major problematic issues […]

Ebuka Onyekwelu is the anchor of the upcoming Anaedo Online 2nd Year Anniversary Lecture themed “The Place of Youth in Politics and Economy”. This year’s lecture boasts of an array of accomplished professionals, businessmen and politicians. Ebuka is a 32 year old Nigerian, columnist, blogger and a good governance advocate. He is a graduate of […]

One thing I find very interesting is political discussions. Now, I know some people may say politics is divisive and don’t like talking about it. In Nigeria, we say politics is too dirty. But politics is everything! Politics is what determines the kind of education available to your children, the type of jobs you work […]

One of my Lecturers recommended Lee Kuan Yew’s Book “From Third World to First.“ It’s a very big book of about 700 pages. It took me a whole month to finish it which usually is a long time for me. I get bored easily reading lengthy books so I try as much as possible to […]

The two-day Horn of Africa trade forum ended Friday in Addis Ababa with participants agreeing that with the African Continental Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) now in force, it was time for the continent to increase domestic production of pharmaceutical products and end over dependence on imported medicines. The AfCFTA, they agreed, provides an opportunity for economies […]

In Nigeria the campaign promise is a complete contrast from what the elected personnel works achieve. The inconsistent is abysmal. This author has no intention of criticising a particular administration in Nigeria but asking for a holistic view of the Nigerian state in the light of the issue discussed thus far.

When Diarra (now aged 23) became pregnant, she asked her head teacher – Yaye Kandia – to help her stay in school. This was met by a wave of negative reactions from the community. Diarra, from Senegal, was initially pressured to marry the father of her child and forget about her education. Through persistence and hard […]

The World Data Lab recently published data showing that poverty in Africa is falling. As at March 2019, more Africans are falling below the extreme poverty line. According to this data, at the rate of 267 people per day, more people will not be born in poverty. By the end of this year, this number is […]

Source In 2015, I was making a presentation for the first time before an international audience. For weeks, I prepared for this presentation as I was excited and nervous at the same time. I worried if I would stumble on my words or if my content was going to be captivating. On the day of […]

As a Nigerian living in the United Kingdom, I have followed and still following the Brexit process. First and foremost, as a former colony of the United Kingdom, Nigeria has always looked up to Britain. Our laws are almost a replica, English is our National language and recently, our Minister of Agriculture complained bitterly about […]

According to the World Bank, there are 700 million people living in extreme poverty. Poverty is worsened by fragility, conflict, violence, climate change, natural disasters, health crises, pandemics and debt. This has led to a lack of: jobs, medical care, financial access schools/teachers, clean water, roads and electricity. What is Needed to Reduce Poverty? Development […]

Do you know that Diaspora remittances continue to support the Nigerian economy? According to the 2019 Nigeria Economic Outlook by PWC, the Nigerian diaspora sent an estimated US$25 billion in remittances to the country in 2018, representing 6.1% of GDP. This was an increase from US$22 billion in 2017. The 2018 figure translates to 83% […]

For the period 16 – 31 January, 2019, there were a total number of 59 terrorist attacks with 555 terrorist related deaths according to the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT).  283 people died directly from these terrorist attacks while the remaining 272 deaths were recorded during counter terrorism operations by […]