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Author: Patrick Egwu Ejike

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Patrick Egwu Ejike

Patrick Egwu Ejike is a Nigerian journalist.

  • Nnamdi Kanu was missing for over a year but has resurfaced in Israel. Credit: Elliot Ugochukwu-Ukoh.
    NigeriaPolitics
    By Patrick Egwu Ejike
    November 6, 2018
    4293
    0

    The Biafra separatist leader is back from the dead. Will it matter?

    Many presumed him dead, but Kanu is now back and calling for voters in the South East to boycott Nigeria’s elections. Will they listen? Until a ...
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  • Elections in Nigeria in 2015. Credit: US Embassy / Idika Onyukwu.
    NigeriaPolitics
    By Patrick Egwu Ejike
    September 4, 2018
    4143
    0

    “It’s everywhere”: Vote-buying gets more brazen in Nigeria ahead of 2019

    With party agents openly offering people cash for votes, many fear that money could be the determining factor in Nigeria’s upcoming elections. Last week, a civil ...
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  • In Nigeria, hundreds have died in clashes between herders and farmers this year. Credit: DfID/Lindsay Mgbor.
    NigeriaSociety
    By Patrick Egwu Ejike
    July 9, 2018
    3297
    0

    Nigeria: Buhari under fire as deadly herder-farmer clashes continue

    The government says it’s addressing the expanding conflict. But as the death toll rises, many see its actions as insufficient. With deadly clashes between semi-nomadic herdsmen ...
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  • Protesters in 2017 demanding a referendum on independence for Biafra.
    NigeriaPolitics
    By Patrick Egwu Ejike
    May 23, 2018
    4272
    0

    Sinking or waiting? The once mighty Biafra movement under pressure

    IPOB’s call for a shut-down might fall flat. But many will nonetheless mark Biafra Day in more or less coordinated, more or less personal, ways. At ...
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  • NigeriaPolitics
    By Patrick Egwu Ejike
    March 8, 2017
    6698
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    Nigeria: While Buhari’s away…

    Relations between the Absent President, the Acting President, the “cabal” and the APC were complex and often tense before. The could get all the more so. ...
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  • NigeriaSociety
    By Patrick Egwu Ejike
    January 6, 2017
    5058
    3

    Digital tech: improving access to education in Nigeria [Haller Prize 2nd place]

    This entry was awarded 2nd place in the 2016 Haller Prize for Development Journalism. In the third annual edition of the competition, professional and amateur journalists from across sub-Saharan Africa were ...
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