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by Tosin Adesina The eventual release of the abducted students of Igbonla Model College, Epe on Friday, has reawakened the call for the release of the remaining 113 girls that were Abducted by the Boko Haram terrorist group on the night of April 14, 2014, from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Chibok town, Borno, state... Read More
by Tosin Adesina The Nigeria Police Force is one that has lost its values over the years, from bribery to extortion of unsuspecting members of the public and other vices unexpected of security agencies. Lots of individuals have lost their lives through the actions of trigger happy police officers because of a miserly twenty Naira... Read More
by Tosin Adesina The Lagos State government under the leadership of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has set an unrivalled record in security investment within a space of two years. Billions of Naira has been expended and is still being spent on procuring security gadgets and equipment including vehicles, Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and gun boats for... Read More
by Tosin Adesina Sixty-five days after they were abducted from their schools the six kidnapped students of Igbonla model college, Epe were rescued from by the Police from their kidnappers. The kidnappers had stormed their school in a Gestapo manner on the 25th of May 2017, abducting about 10 students but later had to release... Read More
by Tosin Adesina There is one man making waves in the crime and detective scene of Nigeria at the moment. His name: Abba Kyari, and this is not the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. ACP Abba Kyari is the commanding officer in charge of the Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Response Team (IRT).... Read More
by Tosin Adesina The recurrent crisis in the Southern Kaduna area of Kaduna reared his ugly head again on the 19th of July 2017, and by the time the dust settled, over 35 souls have been sent to their graves. That Southern Kaduna is in crisis is not news, as the zone has been enmeshed... Read More
by Tosin Adesina In the wake of the recurrent crisis in Southern Kaduna, there is an urgent need to zoom into the multicultural cohabitation system being practised in Nigeria. A common lie being spread around Nigeria is that we are one but our day to day actions have proved otherwise – the ethnic clashes across... Read More
by Usman Alabi Even after the passage of the Not Too Young to Run Bill in the National Assembly, we might have to wait a while before producing a President who is in his early or late thirties. By now the Not Too Young to Run movement would be taking lessons from reality – that... Read More
by Tosin Adesina The Nigerian Senate on the 26th of July 2017, changed the name of the Nigeria Police Force to the Nigerian Police. This was part of the recommendations approved by the Senate in the ongoing Constitution amendment process. The decision of the Senate just gave credence to the fact that our lawmakers do... Read More
by Tosin Adesina According to Wikipedia, body language also known as kinesics is a type of non-verbal communication in which physical behaviour, as opposed to words, are used to express or convey information. The unabated Southern Kaduna crisis and other crises involving Fulani herdsmen in the country has been attributed to the poor body language... Read More
If you are just hearing about the fearless concert, you should read this post first. https://www.instagram.com/p/BXC5OSUHW53/ So, who is excited about the fearless concert?
Its here and it promises to be explosive Just when we thought we had it all with The African Praise Experience that held last week, Holy Ghost Christian Centre led by Pastor Amos Fenwa has dropped another Praise meeting that’s got us really looking forward to the weekend. And the formation is a mixture of... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue President Buhari has received the Acting President, 11 Governors, one party Chairman and one Minister, and there is every possibility that another delegation will be on its way to London in no time. Only that, instead of the usual entourage of Public officials, some persons are calling for ordinary citizens to... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue Thirty-four thousand students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology have been out of school for more than one academic session, but the Governor of Oyo State – one of two states in custody of the institution – was part of the latest entourage to see Buhari in London. With Rauf Aregbesola,... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue Nigerians have been reacting differently to the second visit of some Governors to President Buhari in London. Seven Governors, two from the PDP, were airlifted to the official residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom on Wednesday 26th July. It has been interpreted as a move made by... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue The Guardian newspaper’s account of the visit of the seven Governors to President Buhari feels like the description of scenes from a movie about the CIA. The story, led by Tunde Oyedoyin from London, is a dramatic description of the process of the Governors’ arrivals and welcome into Abuja House, and... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue Seven Governors visited President Buhari in London, and from the pictures that were revealed of the visit, it appears Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was really bluffing about the President’s health. Ayodele Fayose has been one of the main critics of Buhari’s Government for over two years and has often called... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue For the Not Too Young To Run Bill and other amendments passed on the floor of the Senate at its fourth Constitution Review, the battle has been won but the war is not over. The Red Chamber has been at loggerheads with the Buhari-Osinbajo administration on more than a few matters.... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue The Senate passed a bill to grant its members and other legislators immunity covering every matter discussed in plenary and at meetings of committees. It was one of the 33 bills passed on Wednesday as part of the Constitution Review. The immunity clause, as we might loosely call it, has not... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue At least one in every three Ministers appointed by the President, and Commissioners chosen in the 36 states of Nigeria, will henceforth mandatorily be a woman. That is the result of one of the bills passed today by the Senate as part of the fourth review of the Constitution. Beside the... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue On Wednesday, 26th July, the Nigerian Senate passed thirty-three bills as part of a Review of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The bills included very significant and concrete steps that should elevate Youth participation in politics, women in Government, and a greater pace of administration by the... Read More
The Not Too Young To Run movement has commended the Nigerian Senate for the passage of the historic age reduction bill seeking to reduce the age for running for the office of the President, from 40 to 35; Governor, from 35 to 30; House of Representatives, from 30 to 25; and State House of Assembly,... Read More
Nielsen is the gold standard when it comes to TV viewership ratings across the world – and finally, it announced yesterday: it is taking the big step of adding online TV views to its ratings. “Nielsen said it has begun counting viewership on new streaming TV services offered by Hulu and YouTube toward the official... Read More
So the myth-bursting website, Snopes.com had major legal issues that made it unable to function, essentially. It took a bold step, went to the public for help, and got more than it needed in just 24 hours! Receiving over half a million dollars from nearly 20,000 people on GoFundMe. “Stunned and humbled by this. The money is... Read More
by Waziri Adio A popular saying admonishes us not to eat with ten fingers. This axiom is not a homily about table manners. It is a metaphor about the virtue of living prudently. A more prosaic rendering will go like this: save a portion of your earnings for the possibility of emergencies in the here... Read More
The times they a-changing. When a small online operation – Vox.com – gets more Emmy nominations than legacy organizations like the BBC and the Washington Post, you know what’s up. The list was released yesterday.
A short clip from the Digital Engagement and Rights Forum, organised by Paradigm Initiative with the Presidential Office of Digital Engagement, led by Tolu Ogunlesi. This week, @DigiCommsNG organized, in partnership w/ @ParadigmHQ, a Digital Engagement & Rights Forum, in Abuja. Our 1st event, more to come pic.twitter.com/JosXB0lV6A — Tolu Ogunlesi, MON (@toluogunlesi) July 22,... Read More
by Alexander O. Onukwue So the PDP of Adamawa State wish to welcome Atiku Abubakar back to their fold, to, in line of their reasoning, give him a platform where his talents will be valued and not be wasted. The ready-made interpretation for such a clamor is that Atiku could be an early-bird aspirant for... Read More
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