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Social Media Roundup
April 19, 2022
As usual, it has been an eventful week o social media. Social media, especially Twitter, is like the cultural Igbo village square where all issues concerning society are discussed without taking any prisoners. The social media space has no place for preferential treatment. You up on the trend list because you are being praised for … Continue reading Social Media Roundup
Analysis: The Struggle To Install Lekki Toll Gate As A Memorial
April 19, 2022
Whether the powers that be liked it or not the Lekki toll gate has become a memento for remembering all of the victims of police brutality nationwide as well as the massacre at the toll gate on 20th October 2020. Read more about Politics In a renewed protest on 13th February, some protesters moved … Continue reading Analysis: The Struggle To Install Lekki Toll Gate As A Memorial
By adedoyin
Understanding Nigeria’s New Visa Policy 2020
April 19, 2022
On February 4th, 2020, the Federal Government announced the proposed launch of a New Visa policy (NVP 2020). They scheduled it for implementation by the Nigerian Immigration Service at all ports of entry into the country and Nigerian Missions from October 1st, 2020. The New Visa Policy is in tandem with the Federal Government’s Economic … Continue reading Understanding Nigeria’s New Visa Policy 2020
By ann
Rudderless Leadership: #OccupyLekkiTollGate
April 19, 2022
‘A leader is a dealer in hope.’ Napoleon Bonaparte Now more than ever, Nigeria is in need of true leadership. A leader that is compassionate and patriotic. One who understands that his allegiance is to the people of Nigeria and not just to those who voted for him. This great nation yearns for a leader … Continue reading Rudderless Leadership: #OccupyLekkiTollGate
Social Media Roundup
April 19, 2022
So this week on social media and especially on Twitter this week. The Twittersphere always finds a way to talk because that is what is it was designed to do. So this week was no different. In fact, stuff from last week took a new twist this week. Here goes: Read more about Social … Continue reading Social Media Roundup
By david-okwara
How The CBN’s Ban On Cryptocurrency Bank Accounts Will Affect You
April 19, 2022
On Friday, February 5, the CBN issued a circular directing all banks and non-bank financial institutions to shut down accounts belonging to people or platforms engaged in trading cryptocurrencies. The statement mandates these institutions to close these accounts immediately. It also warns that banks and other financial service providers could face stiff penalties if … Continue reading How The CBN’s Ban On Cryptocurrency Bank Accounts Will Affect You
Nigerian Army, Lagos Judicial Panel And The Rejection Of Truth
April 19, 2022
There is only as much protest that can go round on Lai Mohammed at the Lagos #EndSARS judiciary panel. News about the Army’s decision began to fly around on social media on Sunday, 31st January. It had been revealed earlier on Saturday that popular Lagos-based hospital, Reddington Hospital, had testified at the panel that … Continue reading Nigerian Army, Lagos Judicial Panel And The Rejection Of Truth
By adedoyin
Free Speech, Censorship and Democratic Freedom (1)
April 19, 2022
Owing to a wide range of events in the past 4 months bordering on both politics and economics, heated debates on what constitutes the borders of democratic freedom has resumed again by intellectuals and political juggernauts. From the fields in Uganda to the shores of Nigeria, the limitations placed on free speech continues to … Continue reading Free Speech, Censorship and Democratic Freedom (1)
By adedoyin
Third Mainland Bridge Set To Be Shutdown For Three Days
April 19, 2022
In a bid to complete another round of delicate expansion joints replacement at the Third Mainland Bridge, Mr Olukayode Popoola, the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, announced on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, that the bridge would be shut down for three days. The shutdown is expected to commence by midnight of Friday, January … Continue reading Third Mainland Bridge Set To Be Shutdown For Three Days
By ugo-chinedu
NECO Announces New Date For External Examinations
April 19, 2022
Following pleas by examination candidates for the 2020 SSCE External exams to be shifted in order to afford them adequate time to complete the registration process, the National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced a new date for the exercise. The exams, originally scheduled to start on February 1, 2021, and end on March 3, … Continue reading NECO Announces New Date For External Examinations
By ugo-chinedu
2021: Governance Vs Citizens
April 19, 2022
It is safe to assume that political consciousness in the Nigerian experience is making a gradual climb. And a number of accidental factors are responsible for it. First of all, as the American elections heated up, Nigerians who either had affiliations with the United States or were merely observers of global politics took to … Continue reading 2021: Governance Vs Citizens
By adedoyin
Bad Leadership: A Pandemic In Africa
April 19, 2022
For a continent blessed with great riches, Africa seems to have continued its speedy regression. The African region is blessed with great natural resources; from crude oil in Nigeria to large diamond deposit in Angola and Botswana to gold in South Africa to Nickel and Uranium in Burundi to Iron Ore in Mauritania, not forgetting … Continue reading Bad Leadership: A Pandemic In Africa
Travel Tips: 5 Safety Tips For Road Travellers
April 19, 2022
During the holidays, the ‘do not travel outside your city’ cautionary advice became rampant. This was because of the consciousness that we are still facing a global pandemic here in Nigeria. And also because of rising issues of insecurity in the nation after the #EndSARSPROTESTS. Not that people weren’t still travelling, but the caution was … Continue reading Travel Tips: 5 Safety Tips For Road Travellers
By ann
2021: Happy New Year
April 19, 2022
Happy New Year! If you are reading this article, it means that you are among the so many citizens of the world that made it into the year 2021. 2020 was a marathon indeed. Not just a marathon, but a marathon run in the wilderness, filled with great hurdles, red seas, the great wall of … Continue reading 2021: Happy New Year
Top 10 Social Media Influencers Of 2020
April 19, 2022
As 2020 comes to an end, we look at a number of social media influencers who were active every step of the way and leveraged their platforms efficiently. Read more about Social Media Influencers Here are Connect Nigeria’s top 10 social media influencers of 2020. DJ Switch Obianuju Katherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ … Continue reading Top 10 Social Media Influencers Of 2020
