Staff / TruthdigApr 23, 2007
An election monitoring group in Nigeria is planning to reject the results of Saturday's presidential election to replace Olusegun Obasanjo, saying there was corruption in the voting process. The poll results aren't fully tallied yet, but two of the 24 candidates are accusing the governing People's Democratic Party of tampering with the political process. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Gbemisola Olujobi / TruthdigApr 20, 2007
On April 21, Nigerians held elections to replace outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo, who staged a battle (outwardly, at least) against corruption in Africa's most populated country during his tenure in office. Nigerian journalist Gbemisola Olujobi explains how outsiders' ideas about the issue of corruption in Africa can be limited by their differing cultural perspectives. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
Gbemisola Olujobi / TruthdigJan 26, 2007
A native Nigerian writer takes stock of the changing face of her country's most prominent economic export after oil: e-mail scams. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
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Zuade Kaufman / TruthdigApr 19, 2006
The acclaimed novelist and poet, who escaped from imprisonment and torture in his native Nigeria, discusses his new novella about child prostitution and sex trafficking. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
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