"This President Just Don't Get It"

Fellow Nigerians, please permit me to sound American today. The type of arrant nonsense going on in Nigeria today would have elicited some exclamatory remarks from the Americans. What I admire in them is their no-nonsense attitude to life. Love them or loathe them, the Americans would always fight for their rights.

They have a long history of robust (to borrow President Jonathan’s...

Fresh Explosions Rock Bauchi As Boko Haram Goes Wild

"We don't know where they came from. They attacked us with rocket launchers and other explosives," Barrister Bukata Zhadi, Secretary of the Sayawa Elders' Council told the press. Also many residents confirmed that they heard explosions and sounds of gunfire from different parts of the town, leading the chaos in many parts of the State.

Militant fighters said to be Boko Haram members attacked...