Interview with Isaac Osuoka by Chido Onumah “People in the Niger Delta now recognize that Jonathan is a waste of time” – Isaac Osuoka As Nigerians from all walks of life gear up for the beginning of the “mother of all protests” on Monday, January 9, 2012, over increase in fuel price, journalist and author of Time to Reclaim Nigeria, Chido Onumah, interviewed Isaac Osuoka, director of Social Action and one of the leaders of civil society in Nigeria. Osuoka has been active in the country’s pro-democracy and Niger Delta peoples movements. He was one of the founders of the…

Interview Though at the end of the Nigeria-Biafra war, the Federal Government of Nigeria declared that there was No Victor and No Vanquished, Chief (Colonel) Joseph Achuzia was imprisoned for seven years after the war. During the Nigerian civil war, he was commonly known as Air Raid among Biafran soldiers. An engineer and former Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief (Colonel) Joseph Achuzia spoke with South East Bureau Chief, TONY ITA ETIM on demise of the Commander-In-Chief of the Biafran Armed Forces, General Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who was two years his senior at Kings College, Lagos. Excerpts: Can you tell…

“I’m Bullish on Nigerian Small Businesses”- Charles Ike Okwuobi, CEO, GoGagga The global recession of 2008 has changed the face of business. In North America, banks now actively deploy out-of-the-box Aggregators as solutions to Small Business Wealth Management & Personal Financial Planning. The growth of the Nigerian mobile market, with over 90 million subscribers, as well as the evolution of the Nigerian economy around small businesses - with at least one family member running a small business or being self-employed, has led to innovation in Mobile Technology Aggregator solutions to empower small businesses and facilitate their growth. GoGagga Corp of…

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My Book Should Provoke A Conversation —Chimamanda Ngozi In her latest novel, Half of A Yellow Sun (London: Fourth Estate, 2006) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 29, bravely takes on the subject of the Nigerian Civil War, encountering the ordinary people who lived through the tragedies of that dark era of Nigeria's history. After her highly successful debut novel, Purple Hibiscus (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2003) - which won the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2004 (Best Debut Fiction Category); Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2005, Best First Book (Africa Region); Commonwealth Writers' Prize…