It lacks any importance outside of its immediate region, thus making interest in its affairs and what it has to say about developments elsewhere in the world niche, so it would be better for Pakistan to focus on targeted soft power efforts than invest enormous sums of money in English-language media. By Andrew Korybko The…
By Ebube Bruno ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu must have geniuses running his government. Only that can explain how federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies have been functioning without capital releases. Yet the ministers showed ingenuity, perseverance and loyalty by not whining about it — until, of course, they were required by law to disclose…
By Leo Igwe OWERRI (CONVERSEER) – The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) urges the governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, to call the Tigerbase police station to order following the continued persecution and harassment of Joseph Ottih and his family. Joseph Ottih is a blind man and a traditionalist from Oguta, in Imo state….
…and what it says about African music By Ebube Bruno CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Yeah! Yeah! It’s actually sweet to be a Tyla or Davido fan. Or anyone’s fan for that matter. Celebrities give us something to talk about, to be excited about! As humorist Fran Lebowitz said in the 2021 American documentary series Pretend It’s…
By Victor Okonkwo (CONVERSEER) – Alcohol. That loyal friend who visits quietly, overstays loudly, and leaves you with a bill you do not remember approving. I met alcohol in college. Like many bad decisions, it arrived disguised as freedom, maturity, and social confidence. The first drink did not taste nice. Nobody tells you that. You…
