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Coronavirus

Nigeria’s House of Reps are planning a Coronavirus inspired holiday

If there’s anything to be proud of in the global panic that has enveloped the world caused by the spread of the Covid-19 Coronavirus disease; it would be the seriousness with which the Nigerian government has handled its containment within the country. In fact Nigeria has shown more preparation and control over the Coronavirus than... Read More

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Ibrahim Gaidam

Meet Senator Ibrahim Gaidam; sponsor of the new Boko Haram Bill

Nigeria has had more than its fair share of controversial senators since it returned to democratic rule in 1999. From former governors and ministers who contest for senatorial seats as a a form of immunity against prosecution for their crimes while in office to others who see the senate as a protracted retirement home, we’ve... Read More

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boko haram, Ibrahim Gaidam

Almajiri

Almajiri bans are not what Sokoto or any other state in Nigeria needs

If there is anything that seems consistent about Nigerian governments at the federal and state level; its the reality that they refuse to learn from the mistakes of other governments. We’ve seen this play out over and over in various scenarios where the government implements a policy that has clearly failed in other states or... Read More

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Almajiri, Indonesia, Pondok, Sokoto, Tambuwal

Coronavirus

February 28, 2020

Nigeria has discovered its first case of Coronavirus, but no need to panic

In the late hours of February 27th, just two days after a previous suspected case of the Coronavirus was cleared as negative, the Federal Ministry of Health announced that it has discovered a single, isolated case of the feared Coronavirus in Lagos state. According to reports from the Federal Ministry of Health, the sufferer... Read More

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Coronavirus, italian, Italy

Suicide

February 27, 2020

When will Nigeria stop stigmatizing suicide and suicidal people?

Last weekend, there were two high profile suicides. One was of Caroline Flack, the former presenter of viral reality show ‘Love Island’; a show voraciously consumed by young Nigerians at home and in the diaspora. The other was an as yet unnamed young man, who took an Uber to a destination unknown, asked his driver... Read More

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Suicidal, suicide, Uber

Omotoso

February 26, 2020

Tim Omotoso will go on trial today, as will organized religion which aided & abetted him

Over the last year, religious Nigerians had to contend with the outsize influence religious organizations within the country have had in perpetuating rape culture and violence against women. #SexForGrades, #ArewaMeToo and #ChurchToo are feminist movements that arose from women challenging abuse within families where the perpetrators were supported and protected by the Nigerian church. But... Read More

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Omotoso, Tim Omotoso

SARS

February 25, 2020

Its been 3 years since #EndSARS began & we are no closer to reform

This week, footballer Tiamiyu Kazeem became the latest hashtag in a long and depressing string of abuses of power by the Nigerian Police, especially the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). SARS was created at the height of Nigerian insecurity to curb armed robbery and restore order to the country. They have evolved beyond this primary mandate,... Read More

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End SARS, police, SARS

Yari

February 21, 2020

New Zamfara state probe reveals more skeletons in Yari’s closet

Graft is a feature of Nigerian governance. It corrupts every part of the governing process, from the local government chairman to the presidency. Just yesterday, governance non-profit BudgIT released statistics that showed that the country’s excess crude account, a joint account managed by the federal government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to divert excess... Read More

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Mattawale, yari, Zamfara

NIMC

February 20, 2020

Privilege corrupts everything in Nigeria, even getting an I.D card

Yesterday, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) put up this post announcing that Nigerian born British boxer Anthony Joshua had recently registered for his national identity number and card. This post was shared partly for publicity and partly for social media engagement, and Anthony Joshua has been a gracious participant, doing something similar for the... Read More

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Anthony Joshua, NIMC, NIN

TIERS

February 19, 2020

TIERS is taking on conversion therapy in a new research project

When we discuss human rights, especially for people in minority communities, it is hard to have a robust conversation without referencing The Initiative For Equal Rights (TIERS). TIERS has been at the forefront of many important conversations, documenting human rights abuses because of gender and sexuality, pushing for legislature that challenges injustices against minority groups... Read More

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Conversion therapy, TIERs

TETFUND

February 18, 2020

Following report exposing corruption TETFUND revokes funding for Nigerian lecturers

Nigerian lecturers are about to learn the hard way that ‘there is rice at home’. Last we wrote about how the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), the country’s premiere funding engine for scientific research in universities and other tertiary institutions discovered after a thorough audit of its grants that Nigerian lecturers who applied for grants... Read More

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Buhari, lecturers, TETFund

UBer

February 17, 2020

Uber & Taxify have no place in @JideSanwoolu’s mega-city

Over the last 3 weeks the Lagos state government has made life extremely difficult for poorer Lagosians. Starting with the forced evictions of 21 waterside communities by the Lagos state government using military force and blatant lies, the beloved Tarkwa Bay was sacked by the government to make way for what many suspect will be... Read More

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okada ban, Sanwoolu, Taxify, Uber

SIM

February 14, 2020

First they came for #Okadas, now they’re coming for your SIM cards

If there is one trait the Nigerian government shares across federal, state and local government levels, it is their unrealistic policies. Last year the Federal government closed the borders because they wanted to ‘stimulate’ the local rice economy by removing foreign competition. All that yielded was a price hike, substandard local rice and more smuggling.... Read More

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censorship, Isa Pantami, SIM Cards

Coronavirus

February 14, 2020

Coronavirus: As expected, Nigeria has failed its citizens in Wuhan

When it was announced in December 2019 that a new virus, the Coronavirus had started to affect citizens in Wuhan city in China, there was widespread worry that the world was about experience another epidemic similar to the bird flu epidemic that spread across Asia and threatened the health of the world. As a precautionary... Read More

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Corona Virus, Huabei province, Wuhan

February 12, 2020

Are Remote Workers More Productive Than Traditional Office Employees?

Are you looking for ways to maximize the productivity of your workforce? Do some of your employees want to become remote workers? Or, are some of them insisting on work-from-home flexibility options? Remote working is an up and coming trend in the workspace and has been gaining a lot of buzzes, especially with the advent... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Opinion

Are Remote Workers More Productive Than Traditional Office Employees?, Remote vs in-office workers

corruption

February 12, 2020

Forget innovation, Nigerian universities must first conquer corruption

As the world scrambles to uncover a lasting cure for the new Coronavirus (which is a mutated strain of the common cold), many have asked what Nigeria’s academic institutions are doing to contribute to the scientific research that will eventually lead to this breakthrough. This question is one that is asked often, and often answered... Read More

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Visa

February 7, 2020

Never mind Nigeria’s closed borders, we have a new visa policy

Nigeria is quite the country of contradictions. Mid-2019, the Nigerian Customs authority, with express consent from the Presidency chose to close Nigeria’s land borders. The reason Commander Hameed Ali, head of the National Customs Authority gave for the ban, just days before the country signed a pan-continental trade treaty whose major requirement was open borders,... Read More

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Buhari, Closed Border, Harmeed Ali, Visa Policy

tobacco

February 6, 2020

Tobacco is coming under the microscope with new regulations & enforcement

A few days ago, people across the world commemorated World Cancer Day. While activities to mark the day in Nigeria were pretty muted (because we seem to have more pressing problems), there were important conversations on how to manage the illness, promises from the government to improve the capacity of its medical centres to deal... Read More

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Olatunji Omirin

February 5, 2020

Olatunji Omirin is the latest Nigerian journalist to be arrested by Nigerian forces

At this point, it has become common place to hear of Nigerian journalists, arrested either by the DSS or Nigerian Army, abducted by unnamed assailants or charged with terrorism or treason for doing their job. Dadiyata, the Kaduna state based journalist stands in stark relief as an example of what happens when order breaks down... Read More

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Amnesty Official, boko haram, maiduguri, nigerian government, Olatunji Omirin, Omirin

Trump

February 4, 2020

The new Trump travel ban will allow you visit America, but not live there

Over the last week, a number of opinions have been expressed about the newly announced expansion of the ‘Trump Travel Ban’, to include Nigeria and six other countries. According to new reports from the US embassy, the new travel ban was already in the works as early as March 2019, nearly a year before it... Read More

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.US, Immigrant ban, nigeria, travel ban, trump

February 4, 2020

Dividends of Democracy: Gokada lays off most of its staff

The Lagos State government will have you believe its sudden ban on micro transport (motorcycles and kekenapeps) was done for the ‘good’ of Greater Lagos. This is the mantra it has trotted out each time it committed an illegality against citizens of Lagos state. Last week, it announced out of the blue that it was... Read More

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Fahim Saleh, Gokada, lay offs

January 31, 2020

It’s almost payday in Nigeria. A senator will get his first N13.5 million salary in prison this January

by Ifedayo Adeleye Every month, each Nigerian senator receives about N750,000 as a basic salary, according to the current Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. But that salary pales in comparison to the many other extra-ordinary allowances (Hardship, 50%; Constituency, 200%; Furniture, 300%; Recess, 10%) and a long list of other emoluments that, for Professor Itse Sagay,... Read More

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January 31, 2020

Honourable Ado Doguwa wants you to know he is a strong man

The last thing anyone could have thought was that the newly elected senate would make Nigerians nostalgic for the active, progressive national assembly under Senator Bukola Saraki. Sure the senate over which Saraki presided was fraught with in-fighting from the very day it was instituted yet somehow they managed to initiate and see to fruition... Read More

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Ado-Doguwa, senate

keke

January 27, 2020

Sanwo-Olu shows he is a true Lagos governor by banning kekes & okadas (again)

When Nigerian governments have a problem they cannot solve by ignoring it, they choose instead to ban it instead. We saw the federal government ban the production of codeine after the BBC documentary Sweet Codeine expose the corruption within the over counter drug industry, even though codeine was not an illegal substance and the businesses... Read More

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Keke, lagos, okada

Joseph Odok

January 24, 2020

Joseph Odok, charged with terrorism by Ben Ayade finally gets bail

Terrorism seems like a ridiculous charge to bring against a lawyer, but this is the Nigeria we are living in under president Buhari. It is even more disappointing when you realise that the charges of Terrorism brought against lawyer and activist Joseph Odok, was the work of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state, a... Read More

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Agba Jalingo, Joseph Odok

January 23, 2020

The Tarkwa Bay jeopardy is just another pointer to a failed humanity

When Nigerians (who are often in underserved communities and are barely able to get by) are asked to evacuate the places they call home either for radical gentrification purposes they can no longer gain access to or sometimes for protracted infrastructural development, these evacuation notices aren’t always immediately acted upon. Why? There are simply no... Read More

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Lagos government, Tarkwa Bay

Tarkwa Bay

January 23, 2020

Tarkwa Bay makes it 24 beachfront communities illegally evicted by Lagos state

I start this article with Olutimehin Adegbeye’s TED Talk, Who Belongs In A City, because with each month it becomes more poignant to the realities in Lagos state, and the impunity with which our leaders treat people they consider powerless. When Timehin gave this speech, she was a social worker with the Just Empower organization, a... Read More

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Kiki Mordi, Olutimehin Adegbeye, Tarkwa Bay

January 21, 2020

The EFCC should do its job but are these dehumanizing methods of arrest really necessary?

For a while now, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has continued to reiterate its’ unbending stand on fighting corruption and the fraudulent practices that have developed strong skeletons within our existing socio-political institutions. In the past three years, news of the homes and safe houses of active and former government officials in reputable... Read More

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89 boys arrested in Ibadan, EFCC

Ganduje

January 21, 2020

Ganduje continues in Kano as Supreme Court affirms his election

Many hopes were dashed this morning as the Supreme Court of Nigeria affirmed the re-election of Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano state. The governor’s re-election campaign had been challenged as fraudulent by Abba Yusuf, the governorship candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), citing the fact that the Kano state elections had encountered significant violence... Read More

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Abba Yusuf, Ganduje, Rabiu Kwankwaso

ImoWantsIhedioha

January 20, 2020

#ImoWantsIhedioha: The South-East protests to reject the Supreme Court ruling on Imo state

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. #imowantsihedioha ???? pic.twitter.com/aZz6wc2hCS — Mundus (@mundus01) January 19, 2020 This is one of several dozens of videos that have been published on social media chronicling the nationwide protests by indigenes of Imo state and supporters of the People’s Democratic Party, challenging the Supreme court ruling on the... Read More

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Emeka Ihedioha, Hope Uzodinma, imo state, ImoWantsIhedioha

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