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#ENDSARS: Sanwo-Olu’s Cross And The Meaning Of Lekki Toll Gate
It was hard to keep up with the torrent of posts as the power of social media was deployed in all its ferocity for good and evil. Through it all though, one thing was constant on my mind on Tuesday night: the images of vulnerable, distressed youths fighting for their lives. You couldn’t make up […] More
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#EndSARS: Empathy From Zainab Shinkafi
Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu, wife of the Kebbi State governor was on the radio last week talking about the EndSARS protests, about cancer and women’s health. On the protests, she sounded like a politician, but of course, she isn’t one. And there is a difference. Sounding like a politician means saying all the right things. Being […] More
An Enemy Of The People
So, for all those trying to bring me down, to make me an enemy of the people, are you not striving in vain?
For well over one week, the polity has been suffused with what President Muhammadu Buhari describes as “genuine concerns and agitations by Nigerians about the excessive use of force and in some cases extra-judicial killings and wrongful conduct by men of the Nigeria Police Force.” And in that period of time too, I have had […] More
#ENDSARS: Have Our Children Gone Mad?
You’ll have to go back nearly a decade to find anything resembling what has been happening across the country in the last one week. Back then, civil society deeply offended by trillions of naira stolen by government officials and campaign donors to the ruling party in the name of petrol subsidy mounted protests that rocked […] More
Life After Trump? Prepare For Surprises
Coronavirus takes it personal. Those who have tried to downplay it, it has bitten. The US President, Donald Trump, had spent months propounding theories of how weak Covid-19 was. Then, the virus struck him. On the leaders of the United Kingdom and Brazil, COVID-19 proved its power. Against the American leader, coronavirus met a reckless, […] More
The Next INEC Chairman
Virtually every key institution in Nigeria has been dragged into the electoral process and may have even been corrupted by politicians. The Nigeria Police, the Army and even the judiciary have at one time or another been used to determine the outcome of elections in very questionable circumstances. And they have all faced the public […] More
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All I want Is Justice For Favour Okechukwu – Bose Ironsi
Bose Ironsi is the Executive Director of Women Rights and Health Project (WRAHP). Her organisation has been on the frontline of the ongoing struggle to get justice for Favour Okechukwu, the 11-year-old girl who was gang raped to death in Lagos. She shares her insights with The Interview For some days now, you have been […] More
PMB, This Son Of A Teacher Says Thank You
“A good teacher is like a candle-it consumes itself to light the way for others,” said Turkish statesman, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. And that is what teachers in Nigeria had been for ages. They burn themselves out to light the way for all other professions, and we thereafter ask them to go get their rewards in […] More
Adeboye Didn’t Go Far Enough
There is more, much more to restructuring than asking for shared executive responsibilities between the president, governors and their deputies.
A major headliner last week was the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, calling for restructuring. He didn’t just call for it: he also sprang a surprise. According to news reports, he warned that if nothing was done to restructure, the country might break up, even though he didn’t […] More
Ondo 2020: E-voting Is Not Rocket Science By Tonnie Iredia
Based on the satisfactory performance of election administrators at the recently concluded Edo governorship election, there is a general feeling that the conduct of election to the office of governor of Ondo state scheduled for next Saturday, October 10, 2020 would be similarly successful. On her part, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given […] More
May Nigeria Be Delivered From Us!
Yesterday, Nigeria turned 60 years as an independent nation. But for weeks on end before the D-Day, it’s been a free-for-all Nigeria-bashing fest. I have read in some forums where people have suggested that Nigeria at 60 is due for retirement and therefore should be retired so we can all start afresh. Others have suggested […] More
Buhari Goes Rail-wire
Have you heard the news? I’m sure you have. But just in case you haven’t, here’s the news on the hour: After 33 years, the 326 Km Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri Rail Line and Ancillary Facility Yard has been commissioned for commercial operation. The event came up Tuesday September 29 with President Muhammadu Buhari flagging off the project […] More
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