Internationally admired for her fearless reporting, especially on the Chechen wars, award-winning journalist Anna Politkovskaya has turned her steely gaze on the man who, until very recently, was a darling of the Western media. A former KGB spy, Vladimir Putin was named President of Russia in 2000. From the moment he entered the public arena, he marketed himself as an open, enlightened leader eage..

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The Real Enemies of the Niger Delta is the first-hand account of a Nigerian born and bred in the oil-rich but depraved Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Traversing his journey from childhood to his experience as a professional, the author sheds light on his .,• biggest influences, gives a no-holds-barred account of his service in the private sector and shares an honest account of his experience in th..

Shehu Malami: A Prince of the Caliphate is a magnificent book highlighting the compelling story of a detailed and successful entrepreneur, economist, former Nigerian Ambassador, an administrator and custodian of the cultural heritage of his people, The Sarkin Sudan of Wurno, Alhaji Shehu Malami, OFR,CON , a great Nigerian who experienced ups and downs with great courage and determination. The book..

Piers Morgan took over from US TV legend Larry King at CNN in 2010 and went on to cover some of the most shocking news events in US History. In Shooting Straight, Piers shares the diaries that he kept in this rollercoaster period of his life. Thrown into the maelstrom of the US media, Piers gets drawn into commenting on American culture. One issue - gun control - provokes the most heartrending res..

"This book is the story of Nigeria's political journey between January 1, 1984 and August 27, 1993. This is the story of how things fell apart." The years between 1984 and 1993 were momentous for Nigeria. Military rule crafted the conditions and character of today's society, forcing cataclysmic changes on the political, economic and religious landscape that nearly tore the country apart on se..

In 1961, Rosina 'Rose' Martin married John Umelo, a young Nigerian she met on a London Tube platform, eventually moving to Nigeria with him and their children. As Rose taught Latin in Enugu, they found themselves caught up in Nigeria's Civil War, which followed the 1967 secession of Eastern Nigeria—now named, Biafra. The family fled to John's ancestral village, then moved from place to place as th..

Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its core three times. 11 September 2001, the financial collapse of 2008 and - most of all - Covid-19. Each was an asymmetric threat, set in motion by something seemingly small, and different from anything the world had experienced before. Lenin is supposed to have said, 'There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen..

Nigeria and South Africa account for about a third of Africa's economic , might, and have led much of its conflict management initiatives over the last two decades and a half. Both account for at least 60 per cent of the economy of their respective sub-regions in West and Southern Africa. The success of political and economic integration in Africa thus rests heavily on the shoulders of these two r..

If reason is what makes us human, then why do we humans often behave so irrationally? Taking us from desert ants to Aristotle, cognitive psychologists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber explore how our 'flawed superpower' of reason works, how it doesn't, and how it evolved to help us develop as social beings...

From the First Lady of Tell-All Biography comes the first real inside look at the most powerful - and secretive - family in the world. ..

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