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Analysis: What Nigeria May Benefit From A Biden Presidency (2)

  With the cancellation of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline and the USA rejoining of the Paris Climate Accord, gas prices in the United States are already spiking in some locations. The shock value of this policy will consequently upset

Analysis: What Nigeria May Benefit From A Biden Presidency (1)

  Considering the US strategic position in world politics, it is no surprise that its recent wave of politics took the world by storm. Read more about Politics Obviously, Nigeria is not left out of the excitement that the newly

Men You Should Know: Sullivan Chime

Sullivan Iheanacho was elected governor of Enugu State, Nigeria in April 2007, taking office on 29 May 2007 and was reelected on 26 April 2011 for a second tenure which lasted till May 29, 2015 handover. He became governor under

President Biden Lifts US Travel Ban On Nigerians

  Following his inauguration on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, in his first day in office has lifted the immigrant visa ban imposed on Nigeria by his predecessor, Donald Trump. Read more

2021: Governance Vs Citizens

  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

Bad Leadership: A Pandemic In Africa

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

The Continued Persecution Of Young Nigerian Activists By The FG

  The Nigerian government seems not to be fighting its most important wars against insurgents and terrorists. It is rather fighting against its vibrant youth population who have only committed the ‘crime’ of demanding for better governance and organising themselves

How Lagos East Bye-Election Indicates That Nigerians Are Still Not Voting

  The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tokunbo Abiru, was declared the winner of Saturday’s Lagos East senatorial district bye-election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The winner defeated his closest rival, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples

The March To #SecureNorth And The Calls For Buhari’s Resignation

  The #SecureNorth hashtag started on Twitter around the time that the #EndSARS movement gained ground. Some Northerners saw the opportunity as a way to air their more pressing regional pain while shadowing #EndSARS. Other northern activists championing the #SecureNorth

Where Were You? When Balarabe Musa Governed Kaduna (1979-June 1981)

  Balarabe Musa, until his death, was not only renowned for being a one-time progressive governor of Kaduna state, he was also a major critic of successive Nigerian governments and friend of major pro-democracy movements. Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa was born

Federal Ministry Of Information As A Theater Of Disinformation

  On October 8, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2021 budget to the National Assembly. Of the N13 trillion budget, education was a paltry 6.3% of the total. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, seems to have taken

#EndSARS: UK Parliament Will Debate Sanctions Against Buhari On November 23rd

  Following petitions signed by hundreds of thousands of Nigerian citizens asking the UK Parliament to look into human right abuse by the Nigerian government and security agencies, the parliament has finally reached a resolution to debate sanctions against the

How Stuff Works: The Nigerian Legislature

  The Nigerian legislature as we know it today is the National Assembly (abbreviated as NASS usually). That arm of government as is presently constituted is really a product of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution which has produced Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999-

Is The Federal Government Rolling Back The Gains Of #EndSARS?

  By now, it is evident that the little gains of reforms in governance which were rammed through during the #EndSARS campaign may have been rolled back one after the other. Particularly related to police interaction with civilians, a signal

US Election: Esther Agbaje And Nnamdi Chukwuocha Also Win Big

  After Oye Owolewa made the rounds as the first Nigerian to be elected into the Congress of the United States, two Nigerians followed suit as they, Esther Agbaje and Nnamdi Chukwuocha, emerged as members of state House of Representatives

INEC Announces Date For Commencement Of Voters Registration

  Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, during a budget defence session with the Senate Committee on INEC, revealed that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for the 2023 Nigerian elections

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