NIGERIA NOTES (New Series) By Ladipo Adamolekun This is a review article of two books whose titles are juxtaposed above. Can Democracy Work? (2018) is written by James Miller, a distinguished American historian of ideas while Democracy Works (2019) is co-authored by Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jeffrey Herbst and Tendai Biti (three Africans – Mills, […]

By Naomi Uzor TG Arla Dairy Products, makers of Dano Milk has announced an intervention worth N150 Million to support the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria in combating the spread of the global pandemic. In a statement by the Managing Director of the company, Peder Pedersen, he disclosed that the intervention includes a […]

Palpable fear has gripped residents of Kano as the State Ministry of Health announced it has recorded the first COVID-19 death on Wednesday evening. The announcement came through the ministry’s official Twitter handle @SMOH but did not reveal the identity of the deceased and no much details about the death. Malam Usman Abdulhakeenm, a resident […]

A group, Arewa Initiative for Good Governance, has thrown its weight behind the Northern Governors Forum, insisting that government should give the North more palliatives.

Fifty-eight suspected Islamists who were rounded up in a Chadian operation against Boko Haram will be heard by a criminal court from Thursday, Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP. Chad’s President, Idriss Deby Itno, asserted that Boko Haram militants were chased out of the country in the operation carried out between March 31 and April […]