Archives Tag: Politics
The Hide and Seek Game of The Presidency
April 19, 2022
After days of calling out, name calling on social media, criticisms on all media platforms, the president finally spoke to Nigerians for the second time on the 29th of March, 2020, since the outbreak of corona virus in Nigeria. This ushered in a two weeks long total lockdown in three states: Lagos State, Ogun State, … Continue reading The Hide and Seek Game of The Presidency
Public Unrest During Lockdown Further Exposes Bad Governance
April 19, 2022
For about three days now, there have been incessant reports and cries of citizens living in Lagos and Ogun states experiencing armed robbery attacks, rape, murder, burglary and other forms of violence. Still holed up in their respective abodes due to the lockdown ordered by the government, people from these affected communities have had their … Continue reading Public Unrest During Lockdown Further Exposes Bad Governance
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Coronavirus Relief Palliatives Divides Government Branches
April 19, 2022
Legislative members of the National Assembly and officials in the presidency may have been set for a rare public spat since the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration began in May 2019. Less than 24 hours after Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state criticized the modalities for accessing the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) relief … Continue reading Coronavirus Relief Palliatives Divides Government Branches
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Takeaways From The President’s COVID-19 National Address
April 19, 2022
At last, after the entire rank and file of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has been put on blast, the President addressed the nation in a televised broadcast on Sunday, March 29. In the pre-recorded address run via the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) yesterday, Buhari stood up not only to quench rumours that he is … Continue reading Takeaways From The President’s COVID-19 National Address
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Politicizing The Coronavirus Outbreak
April 19, 2022
Events in the past few weeks since the index patient of the Coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19, was isolated show a trend of underground politicking at play. It reveals what could be some level of politicking at play in the action or inaction of public officials. Ideally, one would expect that such a matter … Continue reading Politicizing The Coronavirus Outbreak
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Ripples across the Nation as Nigeria Records its First COVID-19 Death
April 19, 2022
As early as when the world started reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria initially seemed immune to the confusion as it took a while to record its first case. Then as soon as the index and second cases were recorded, it seemed like the number of cases suddenly developed wings and started … Continue reading Ripples across the Nation as Nigeria Records its First COVID-19 Death
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The Morbid Silence of President Buhari in a Time of Need
April 19, 2022
The Nigerian Head of State, President Muhammadu Buhari, is conspicuously missing in action in a time of need. While it may appear to some that he is observing a self-quarantine from the electorate that voted him into power, seeing the president at select functions which he has a bias for is very untoward, to say … Continue reading The Morbid Silence of President Buhari in a Time of Need
By adedoyin
Did You Know? Obafemi Awolowo’s Major Contributions To Nigeria’s Politics
April 19, 2022
Chief Obafemi Awolowo was born in 1909. He was a Nigerian nationalist, a political leader, and a principal participant in the struggle for Nigerian independence. Obafemi Awolowo was born in Ikenné, Western State, Nigeria, on March 6, 1909. He received his early education in the mission schools of Ikenné, Abeokuta, and Ibadan. Often he worked … Continue reading Did You Know? Obafemi Awolowo’s Major Contributions To Nigeria’s Politics
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The Power Dynamics Between Governors and Kings
April 19, 2022
While the dust of the shocking dethronement of the erstwhile Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was yet to settle, the open letter which a host of powerful Obas in Yorubaland of southwestern Nigeria sent to the incumbent Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi surfaced online. Read more about Politics Sanusi was recently recorded at … Continue reading The Power Dynamics Between Governors and Kings
By adedoyin
New Wins For The Nation On The Coronavirus Pandemic
April 19, 2022
Nigeria may have yet again achieved zero COVID-19 coronavirus patient with the second patient, who earlier tested positive but with no symptoms has now tested negative. This second case – one of those who were quarantined after having been in contact with the Italian index case – will be discharged from intensive care after spending … Continue reading New Wins For The Nation On The Coronavirus Pandemic
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ThrowBack Thursday – Abeokuta Women’s Revolt (1949)
April 19, 2022
The Abeokuta Women’s Revolt, also known as the Egba Women’s Tax Riot, was a resistance movement championed by the Abeokuta Women’s Union (AWU) and led by two middle-class women, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti and Grace Eniola Soyinka, in the late 1940s. The major issue which the movement revolted against centred on the imposition of unfair taxation … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday – Abeokuta Women’s Revolt (1949)
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Is The Buhari Administration Trying to Sink Nigeria Into A Debt Trap Again?
April 19, 2022
Reports reaching media channels on Thursday, March 6, indicated that the Senate has approved the $22.7 billion loan request which the presidency presented to the Upper Chambers of the National Assembly recently. With the impending economic crisis which the recent Coronavirus pandemic threatens to throw many economies in the world, Nigeria does not seem to … Continue reading Is The Buhari Administration Trying to Sink Nigeria Into A Debt Trap Again?
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ThrowBack Thursday – Nnamdi Azikiwe: The First Indigenous Governor-General of Nigeria
April 19, 2022
While Nnamdi Azikiwe was running nationalist newspaper in Ghana he became a mentor to Kwame Nkrumah who later rose to be the first president of Ghana. He founded and became the editor of a newspaper as soon as he came to Nigeria in 1937. Azikiwe resigned membership of the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM), the country’s … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday – Nnamdi Azikiwe: The First Indigenous Governor-General of Nigeria
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The Struggle To Rescue Lagos By PDP
April 19, 2022
As the news of the coronavirus patient zero was preparing to ripple across the country early on Friday, February 28, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was also rounding up it’s reconciliation meeting aimed at uniting the different warring factions within it’s Lagos chapter. At a press conference that morning, the governor of Oyo state, Seyi … Continue reading The Struggle To Rescue Lagos By PDP
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What Happens When 180 Million Nigerians Are Taken For A Ride?
April 19, 2022
While the past week was yet to wind up, reports came in the press that the United States government is at loggerheads with Nigeria over a purported $100 million disbursement to the incumbent governor of Kebbi State, Governor Atiku Bagudu. The question that first came to the mind of many was why the Federal Government … Continue reading What Happens When 180 Million Nigerians Are Taken For A Ride?
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