Archives Tag: Buhari
CBN Unveils Redesigned Naira Notes
April 19, 2022
After much trumpeting of naira redesign, CBN and the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu, Buhari finally unveiled the new currency notes on Wednesday morning before the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the state house, Abuja. Read more about Politics In attendance was also the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele … Continue reading CBN Unveils Redesigned Naira Notes
Buhari Signs Startup Bill: What It Means
April 19, 2022
After much back and forth, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Startup, passed under law as the Nigeria Startup Act (2022). What began as a meeting between stakeholders and the federal government has now materialized into actual law. Read more about News In a statement released by the minister of communications and … Continue reading Buhari Signs Startup Bill: What It Means
Finally, Buhari Signs Electoral Act Amendment Bill Into Law And What It Means
April 19, 2022
Earlier this afternoon after much debate among Nigerians and the feet-dragging by the Presidency, the President, Muhammadu Buhari, has finally signed Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. The president granted his assent to the Bill at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Friday. In attendance were the Vice President, … Continue reading Finally, Buhari Signs Electoral Act Amendment Bill Into Law And What It Means
How Will Nigeria’s Twitter Ban Affect Its Economy?
April 19, 2022
On Friday, June 4, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced that the government was suspending the operations of Twitter in Nigeria ”indefinitely.” The ministry cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence” as the reason for its move. Read more about FinTech … Continue reading How Will Nigeria’s Twitter Ban Affect Its Economy?
Sowore And The Clampdown On Opposition: Is The Executive Abusing Its Powers?
April 19, 2022
On September 30, just as Omoyele Sowore was about to breathe the air of freedom after a court-ordered his release from 45-day detention by the Department of State Security (DSS), another round of seven-count charges was slammed on him by the DSS. Sowore has consequently spent more than the 45 days which a judge ordered … Continue reading Sowore And The Clampdown On Opposition: Is The Executive Abusing Its Powers?
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Buhari vs Osinbajo – Implications of the Alleged Conflict
April 19, 2022
For a while, there have been insinuations travelling around in the media about a developing conflict between President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The recent episode which has recently dominated political analysis tries to make it somewhat an established fact in Nigerian politics that the relationship between a president and his vice have … Continue reading Buhari vs Osinbajo – Implications of the Alleged Conflict
By adedoyin
Obasanjo’s Letter to Buhari: A Damning Summary of an Administration
April 19, 2022
The year 2014 was a very fast one in politics; many things happened so fast which spelt doom for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its embattled candidate, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The damnation of the PDP, however, was the prosperity of the new opposition party which had just formed a solid coalition in late … Continue reading Obasanjo’s Letter to Buhari: A Damning Summary of an Administration
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An Interview that Tested President Buhari
April 19, 2022
Arise TV, a Television broadcasting arm of ThisDay Newspaper, went all out of its way to conduct an interview with President Buhari over the weekend, despite all of the stringent conditions and spurious demands imposed by the presidential media advisers. It is no news that the President is local media shy, or perhaps his aides … Continue reading An Interview that Tested President Buhari
By adedoyin
British PM, Theresa May, signs security pact with Nigeria
April 19, 2022
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, is on a three-day trip to Africa, and arrived in Nigeria yesterday (after visiting South Africa earlier, with Kenya to follow). Battling Boko Haram According to The Guardian, a summit was held between May and President Muhammadu Buhari, where a security partnership was signed between the two. The partnership has … Continue reading British PM, Theresa May, signs security pact with Nigeria
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Saraki vs. Tinubu: When Push Comes to Shove
April 19, 2022
You can hardly catch Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu engage in a public war of words. The former governor of Lagos state and senator in Nigeria’s 3rd Republic surrounds himself with so much myth. He has given himself such a public aura that his legend is hardly tainted. There is a technique to it – you … Continue reading Saraki vs. Tinubu: When Push Comes to Shove
By adedoyin
Buhari as ECOWAS Chief: Implications for the West African Region
April 19, 2022
President Muhammad Buhari comes up often as a man whose legend looms larger than it actually is; one often judged for his days as a military dictator and for his infamous role in the Abacha junta inaccurately positioned in the context of the modern demands of a democracy. The momentum the 2015 elections gained altered … Continue reading Buhari as ECOWAS Chief: Implications for the West African Region
By adedoyin
Throw Back Thursday: A Brief History of ‘Unlooking’
April 19, 2022
Let us cast our minds briefly to a bright Saturday in December 1983 when a military coup was successfully undertaken on the last day of the year. An unexpected new year The country was roiled in shock at what could have been going on in the background before the New Year’s eve D-Day. The event … Continue reading Throw Back Thursday: A Brief History of ‘Unlooking’
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List of 2019 Presidential Aspirants
April 19, 2022
Do you have your Permanent Voter’s Card? Who are you going to vote for during the 2019 presidential elections? These are important questions to ask in our present political clime. Oche Oche-Obe has compiled a comprehensive list of 2019 presidential aspirants. Find the aspirants below, in no particular order: Kingsley Moghalu – 55 years old … Continue reading List of 2019 Presidential Aspirants
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Buhari Commissions Ikeja Bus Terminal
April 19, 2022
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammed Buhari is present in Lagos to commission world-class Ikeja Bus Terminal. The Ultra-modern Ikeja Bus Terminal is positioned close to the domestic wing and MM2 airport in Ikeja. The Lagos State Government has thus declared today Thursday, 29th March 2018, as a public holiday to … Continue reading Buhari Commissions Ikeja Bus Terminal
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Discover Nigeria: Our Union, Biafra and a State of Different Things
April 19, 2022
Questions have always been powerful tools for teaching, particularly based on the capacity they give to us to read between the lines and truly interact with the subject being taught, in a manner that arms us with knowledge that is experiential. If you will allow me to quibble a bit: ‘History’, someone once said, ‘may … Continue reading Discover Nigeria: Our Union, Biafra and a State of Different Things
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