Archives Tag: Politics
President Buhari has Signed the Finance Bill into Law
April 19, 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Finance Bill into law. The bill, which introduces significant changes to Nigeria’s tax rates and collections, should now come into effect across the sectors which it targets. The president announced the signing of the bill on Monday, via his Twitter handle. According to him, it was the first time … Continue reading President Buhari has Signed the Finance Bill into Law
Olusegun Runsewe’s Prison Sentence: The Price Of Disobedience To the State
April 19, 2022
In the era of the military junta, Nigerian courts were relegated to the background. Judges knew that verdicts delivered against the major actors in the military hierarchy would not be obeyed. Judges also knew that such unfavourable verdicts against the military personalities and institutions would hardly be enforced by any institution of the State. Impunity … Continue reading Olusegun Runsewe’s Prison Sentence: The Price Of Disobedience To the State
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ThrowBack Thursday: Amodu Tijani – The Lagos Customary Chief Who Defeated the British Government
April 19, 2022
The court case won by an Idejo white cap Chief in Lagos in 1921 proved not only to be a landmark verdict, but it re-emphasized the right which citizens of pre-colonial Nigeria should have over the land which they have inhabited long before the colonial masters arrived the shores of Nigeria. The land in dispute … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Amodu Tijani – The Lagos Customary Chief Who Defeated the British Government
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Trends To Look Out For In Nigerian Politics in 2020
April 19, 2022
Despite all of the tension in the buildup in Nigerian politics to the start of the year, the year 2019 ended on a somewhat tender note. With the way the heat for the 2019 General Elections campaign season picked up about a year ago, it served to predict some of the surprising twists and turns … Continue reading Trends To Look Out For In Nigerian Politics in 2020
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What 2020 Holds for Nigeria’s Political Sphere
April 19, 2022
The year 2019 – partly because its an election year – in Nigeria’s political terrain was quite eventful. But much of this eventfulness will be overshadowed by the reckoning which is to come in the year 2020. Next year will be the year that more Nigerians than it was precedented will wake up from their … Continue reading What 2020 Holds for Nigeria’s Political Sphere
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5 Defining Political Moments in 2019
April 19, 2022
The year 2019 has been eventful in the Nigerian political scene. Shocking moments dripped into episodes of wonderment. Right from the tightly competing political campaigns to the manner in political opponents of the incumbent government was being taken hounded, some Nigerians felt boxed to the corner politically. Now that another term in office of the … Continue reading 5 Defining Political Moments in 2019
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Nuggets from Mr. President’s Birthday
April 19, 2022
Since the emergence of President (General) Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, the subject of the president’s birthday has been a topic of controversy. Some have asserted that the president is quite older than his reported age and statisticians may also have had a hard time reconciling the age of the president with his past records, but … Continue reading Nuggets from Mr. President’s Birthday
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ThrowBack Thursday: Oyinkan Abayomi – The Woman Who Led a Political Party
April 19, 2022
When we talk politics in Nigeria, women are hardly seen at the forefront. But a daring woman who stopped at nothing to enter the political arena with the strongest of men in the early history of Nigeria changed that narrative. This icon was born Oyinkansola Ajasa to Sir Kitoye Ajasa, a prominent Yoruba who was … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Oyinkan Abayomi – The Woman Who Led a Political Party
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Examples Worth Emulating For Nigeria From The U.K General Elections
April 19, 2022
After the horrible tales that followed the conduct of November’s gubernatorial elections by INEC in Kogi and Bayelsa states, one wonders if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has learnt anything from its poor performance in February/March. Over the weekend, the United Kingdom conducted a 3rd General Election in 5 years to validate the popularity … Continue reading Examples Worth Emulating For Nigeria From The U.K General Elections
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Major General Muhammadu Buhari: The Third Coming of the ‘Benevolent’ Dictator
April 19, 2022
A lot of Nigerians did fantasize about a messiah – a leader who would be altruistic and selfless enough not to suck Nigeria dry – but are now beginning to see that the quest is an almost futile one. It has been revealed that so many demagogues who initially pretend to be martyrs for a … Continue reading Major General Muhammadu Buhari: The Third Coming of the ‘Benevolent’ Dictator
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Nigerians And The Department of State Services (DSS)
April 19, 2022
The decriable actions perpetrated by the Department of State Services (DSS) came to a head on Friday when they stormed the premises of a Federal High Court in Abuja to re-arrest the embattled publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore. The DSS had been ordered by the court to release Sowore within 24 hours on Thursday or … Continue reading Nigerians And The Department of State Services (DSS)
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When Two Major Verdicts Renewed Hope In The Judiciary
April 19, 2022
The 5th of November 2019 is a day that will not be forgotten in a hurry by Nigerians – inclusive of those who have lost faith in the salvaging which the judiciary is capable of in our fledgling democracy and those ones who fervently are forever optimistic that the beautiful ones still abide among us. … Continue reading When Two Major Verdicts Renewed Hope In The Judiciary
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ThrowBack Thursday: When Oba Eshugbayi Fought Colonial Masters To Defend His Subjects
April 19, 2022
Though the British did not witness any other violent resistance from Lagos after the British forces bombardment in 1851. Oba Eshugbayi Eleko, however, constituted one of the fiercest resistance to the effective running of Lagos and the whole of Nigeria by the colonialists. Oba Eshugbayi, born in the 19th Century to Oba Dosumu who ceded … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: When Oba Eshugbayi Fought Colonial Masters To Defend His Subjects
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Melaye vs. Adeyemi: The Rollercoaster Ride in Kogi West Politics
April 19, 2022
In a rather surprising 180 degrees turn of events in the Kogi West senatorial district politics, Senator Smart Adeyemi was on Saturday eventually declared the winner of the controversy-laden elections in the zonal district. The Returning Officer for the Kogi West supplementary elections, Professor Olajide Lawal, declared that Senator Smart Adeyemi scored a total of … Continue reading Melaye vs. Adeyemi: The Rollercoaster Ride in Kogi West Politics
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How to Recall Legislators From The National Assembly
April 19, 2022
Many Nigerians may have been wondering how powerful the collection of their voice is. Many do not even now that they can recall members of parliament who represent them at the National Assembly. And so, a lot of these legislators have harped on that ignorance and lack of information concerning what punitive measures can be … Continue reading How to Recall Legislators From The National Assembly
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