By Uchenna Ekwo Reactions to the mass shooting at the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland last Thursday were expectedly mixed. With four journalists and staff member of the Capital Gazette dead, some media pundits were quick to blame the shooting on Trump’s rhetoric about “fake news.” A Reuters…

In 1989 Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first African American to serve as governor of a state in the United States. Apparently unfazed by that record, Wilder famously said “being first doesn’t mean a thing except if there is a second” Wilder’s record-breaking achievement and sentiment manifested again in…

Medical practitioner argues that diseases are far more dangerous than foreign or domestic enemies and provides insight on how to rein in high cost of prescription drugs By Osmond Ekwueme This doesn’t feel like a prophecy; it feels like a simple statement of the apparent truth. I waited for this…

Top Nigerian politician, Dr. Michael Onolomemen has decried the growing poor citizen participation in the governance of many African countries. Speaking at a public lecture in New York hosted by Center for Media & Peace Initiatives, (CMPI) Dr. Onolomemen noted that the low level of citizen participation in the democratic…