USAfrica: Defection is the bug of the democratic dispensation in Nigeria, today. By Abdu Rafiu
Abdu Rafiu contributes the RAM column to USAfricaonline.com Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. The phrase, being smart, connotes something unsavoury;…
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PDP criticizes Tinubu’s inaction amid nationwide protests
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Protests: Sleepless in Abuja. By Chidi Amuta
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. Dr. Chidi Amuta is Executive Editor of USAfrica, since 1993. The anxiety preceding the…
#EndBadGovernance: Protesters shift from Abiola stadium to Berger, Abuja
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WIC mourns Jackson Lee for championing “causes that uplifted the marginalized”
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. The World Igbo Congress (WIC) has issued a statement where it declared that it…
Jigawa State imposes 24-hour curfew following protests
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