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Chidi Onumah: Nigeria is Teetering on The Brink of Disaster, journalist Chidi Onumah,  and coordinator, Africa Centre for Media & Information Literacy warns. Chidi will present his third book, ‘We Are All Biafrans’ in Abuja on 31 May. In this interview with AYORINDE OLUOKUN , Onumah gives an insight into the book which he said focuses on the crises of nationhood in Nigeria and the need to urgently restructure the country in line with true practice of federalism to avoid a looming catastrophe.  We Are All Biafrans is your third book, what is the motivation for it and how is it different from the two you have written earlier? The reason is the same, but a little bit more. I have always focused on the structure of Nigeria, our federalism- my argument for many years have been that Nigeria is a very flawed national, structurally. And that many, if not all of the problems that confront us emanate from the flawed nature of our federalism. So, this is just one more in...

David Cameron, UK Prime Minister By Eseoghene Al-Faruq Ohwojeheri The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has been caught on camera making reference to Nigeria as one of the two most corrupt countries in the world among other derogatory statements. He made the statement while speaking with the Queen of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Commons Speaker John Bercow. As expected, many, including a UK Government spokesman, have defended this statement using excuses including the fact that President Buhari described a situation in Nigeria where corruption became a way of life. But the truth is the world is missing some points as regard this issue and this is not surprising. Take a look at some points if you are one of those who do not consider Africans too inferior to get the most basic of respect: Mockery is not same as a Statement of Fact Let’s assume for a second that all Cameron said of Nigeria is true. He was not just saying it, he was mocking the count...