A Nigerian writer: passionate about Africa and fervently global. I'm a publisher and blog at FEATHERS PROJECT
Latest posts by Nwachukwu Egbunike
5 April 2015
Nigerians Want ‘Magic’ from President-Elect
"The expectations are sky-high. Incredible. From what I am reading, Buhari is expected to perform nothing short of magic on Aso Rock…"
10 February 2015
Bombshell Election Rigging Allegations Make #EkitiGate a Trending Topic in Nigeria
#EkitiGate is the name given to a scandal involving audio recordings purported to show how some politicians and soldiers rigged the 2014 governorship elections in Ekiti State, Nigeria.
5 February 2015
Elections Are Coming Up in Nigeria. Here Comes the Mudslinging
Former Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank Charles Chukwuma Soludo recently sparked a war of words by criticizing the lack of “issue based debate” by the two presidential candidates.
4 February 2015
Ex-Nigerian Military Dictator Running for President Dodges TV Debate
The main opposition candidate for Nigeria's presidential election, former military dictator and retired General Muhammadu Buhari, recently declined participating in a presidential debate.
16 January 2015
Why Hasn't the Baga Massacre Made as Many Headlines as the Charlie Hebdo Attack?
Is it because of Western media's skewed news priorities? The Nigerian government's own tight-lipped response? Local Nigerian media's ineptitude? The answer is all three, argues Nwachukwu Egbunike.
14 January 2015
Nigerians Blast Government's Response (or Lack Thereof) to Boko Haram's Baga Massacre
Those politicians who have responded to the massacre are busy quibbling over the death toll, which ranges from 150 to 2,000 people. Netizens are furious.
30 October 2014
Human Rights Activist Iyad El-Baghdadi Speaks Out on His Deportation from UAE
Iyad El-Baghdadi, who played a key role in social media activism around the Arab uprisings, was deported from the UAE April. Until last week, little was known of his fate.
20 October 2014
Chatting with Tony Iribor, Nigeria's Social-Chatter Curator
GV's Nwachukwu Egbunike catches up with Tony Iribor, who curates a new weekly production on Twitter called "Nigeria — the Twitter Round Up."
Beyond an Ebola-Free Nigeria
Nigeria should not rest following the declaration by the World Health Organization of being Ebola-free.
27 August 2014
29 July 2014
With Doctors on Strike and Boko Haram on the Loose, Nigerians Fear an Ebola Outbreak
A Liberian man infected with Ebola has died in Lagos, a city of 21 million. Nigeria is the fourth country in the current outbreak to diagnose the disease.
13 June 2014
Nigeria Mourns ‘Fearless’ Woman Who Took on Counterfeit Drug Lords and Survived Two Assassination Attempts
Dora Akunyili, the former director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, wasn't afraid to fight to improve the country that she loved so dear.
2 May 2014
#BringBackOurGirls: Nigerians Demand Release of 200 Abducted Girls
People are mobilizing under the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls to pressure the government to do more to find more than 200 teen girls kidnapped by jihadist group Boko Haram.
22 April 2014
Verifying Social Media Content, and Other Tales from Nigeria's First #GVMeetUp
Many people on the Internet spread falsehoods without meaning to do so, not understanding how information appears or how they accidentally take part in spreading misinformation.
17 April 2014
Jihadist Boko Haram Intensifies Its Deadly Campaign in Nigeria
In recent weeks, the Islamic jihadist terrorist group has kidnapped 100 school girls and is suspected to be behind a bus station bombing that killed more than 70 people.
6 March 2014
Son of Dead Nigerian Dictator Sani Abacha Defends Father's Legacy
Sadiq Abacha lectured Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka after he criticised the government for honoring his father with a Centenary Award.
