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Debt and Decadence

By Chudi Okoye You wouldn't think, to observe the profligate habits of Nigeria's ruling elites, that the nation is now caught in an unyielding debt trap. The recent update on Nigeria's public debt provided by the Debt Management Office (DMO)...

Trial and Tenacity: After a 10-Year Slack, Bart Nnaji’s Electricity Project Gets a New Spark

After a decade-long stagnation forced upon it by bureaucratic and political intrigues in the privatization of the Nigerian power sector, former minister, Bart Nnaji’s electricity development company, Geometric Power, is on the rebound. Nnaji told Awka Times that his...

Nigeria: GDP and Population by Geopolitical Zone

In the lead-up to Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary later in 2020, Awka Times will use occasional charts and other graphics to depict the country’s journey so far, hoping by this to contribute to the national conversation currently focused on how to...

Awka International Conference Centre: Deadline Missed But Work Is Proceeding At Pace

Development of the Anambra International Conference Centre at Awka is ongoing, though project delivery deadlines have been missed. Governor Willie Obiano seems determined to finish the project before his terminal date. But it appears that ancillary developments needed to...
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FOSAD Decries Anti-Igbo Narratives in Don’s Inaugural Lecture

The Forum of Southeast Academic Doctors (FOSAD) has expressed its dismay at the content of the 50th Inaugural Lecture,...
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Nigeria: Hunger Protest, Potential Realignments, and the 2027 Presidential Election

The activists who planned the recent #EndBadGovernance protest in Nigeria could not have expected its political fallouts, including the potential to trigger realignments in...

If Kamala Cracks the Glass Ceiling, Can It Be ‘Obi-literated’ In Nigeria?

History beckons in Nigeria, if Kamala Harris can smash the power ceiling in the US. By Chudi Okoye They are both trying to break a...

Clash of Class and Ethnicity in Regional Responses to the Hardship Protest in Nigeria

The ongoing hardship protest in Nigeria may be squelched by strident rebuke and heavy-handed coercion, but there’s a deeper dynamic in it that bodes...

Will America Reach Higher and Hire Harris, or Slump into a Dump with Trump the Grump?

Donald Trump and wingnuts in his Republican Party are lobbing racist and misogynistic attacks at the Democratic Party’s new presumptive nominee, Kamala Harris. Will...