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Explainer: The fuss between Fashola and the senate

by Alexander O. Onukwue The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has been in a war of words with the National Assembly over the recently signed 2017 Budget. In an interview , Fashola argued without any apologies that the Senate had tampered heavily with the budget of its Ministry adding items which he... Read More

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President Buhari

How can we get our President back?

by Alexander O. Onukwue The UK are obviously too distracted by their own problems to be bothered that the President of Nigeria has been held hostage in their capital. President Buhari has spent the last seven weeks at a location in London, undergoing a medical procedure that has been described by some as recuperation and... Read More

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Slow Country: The Eid Speech is a culmination of the Buhari journey so far

by Alexander O. Onukwue How does the President of a country, a multi-ethnic nation like Nigeria, come to the idea of issuing a national address in his native language? The audio recording of his speech, aired on several platforms including the BBC, has President Buhari apparently extending good compliments of the season in Hausa language.... Read More

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Is President Buhari impaired in speech?

by Alexander O. Onukwue The audio message released by the Presidency as the Sallah felicitations of President Buhari has been the subject of debate and controversy on social media. Amidst murmurings that Buhari, who has been in London for seven straight weeks without any verbal communication, is suffering from speech impairment, the Presidency decided it... Read More

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Buhari’s Eid speech is an unnecessary distraction to Osinbajo

by Alexander O. Onukwue President Buhari has been in the news for the past 48 hours, not for returning to Nigeria from a vacation that has now lasted 50 days, but for a speech apparently given by him in Hausa language to commemorate Eid-al-Fitr. The contentious speech has generated a lot of buzz in media... Read More

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Buhari’s Eid speech in Hausa was awful

by Alexander O. Onukwue Why did the advisers of President Buhari allow a national speech in Hausa language to become public knowledge? In the first place, there are doubts that it was President Buhari himself who had given the speech, but it may have been better if it were so. The purported Eid speech to... Read More

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Voice of Falz, but words of Femi Falana?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Why has Falz come out to criticise fraudulent behaviour? The actor, singer and comedian made the observation that entertainers should paint good pictures and tell good stories instead of preaching 419 and glorifying fraudulent behaviour. It was not an act by Falz, even if he passed the comment with his signature... Read More

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Falz vs 9ice: This is how to explain “the realm” of the Hard Life Hustle

by Alexander O. Onukwue 9ice talked about “the realm” – the experience you need to have had in life for you to appreciate the message of “Living Things”. Most of you all are born with a silver spoon. You don’t know what the life of a ghetto child is. Your dad is a big man... Read More

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Falz vs 9ice: Hey 9ice, you know that wasn’t nice, right?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Have another look at that video that showed 9ice’s making a response to the comments by Falz about “Living Things” and other songs with such “mo fe chache” lyrics. What do you see? A defiant defender of his words, or a meek penitent admitting that his last act was actually a... Read More

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Falz vs 9ice: It’s a fact that subliminal messaging is the selling point of music

by Alexander O. Onukwue If you don’t talk money, don’t show up. I’m a Hitler, I’m Abacha. We’ve been fed constantly by the flows and rhymes of often not-so-tasty lyrics of music for as long as we can all remember. It did not begin with “Living Things” and it sure won’t end with it. For... Read More

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Falz-a Furious: Why 9ice’s lyrics had to push Falz to speak

by Alexander O. Onukwue The opinion of Folarin Falana, alias Falz the Bahd Guy, on the issue of glorifying fraudulent behaviour through music has sparked views on social media. Falz criticised entertainers who, as role models to young persons, misused their platforms of influence to send wrong messages that encourage illegal activities. It was a thinly-veiled... Read More

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Melaye Recall: Mahmoud’s chance to be a Jega

by Alexander O. Onukwue The 2019 elections are going to commence in less than 20 months time. Politicians and political parties have began their scheming and in the months that lead up to the election days, no other Nigerian becomes as important as the Chairman of INEC. But for Prof Mahmoud, the moment of focus... Read More

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Dino Melaye: Going! Going! Good to Go!

by Alexander O. Onukwue The process for the recall of Dino Melaye from the Senate has began in earnest. This follows the acknowledgement by INEC that they have received the petition from the registered voters in Kogi West Senatorial district. In a statement, INEC stated that they will announce the date for the commencement of... Read More

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Melaye Recall: Bad Belle Bello? Nobody cares really

by Alexander O. Onukwue INEC received the petition for the recall of Dino Melaye, together with six bags containing the over 180,000 signatures of Kogi West electorates. The bags were, of course, mostly Ghana-must-Go bags, and in Nigerian political parlance, those only ever contain one thing. We know bottles are used to sell kerosene in... Read More

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Dino Melaye: We gonna miss him when he’s gone?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Dino Melaye, a self-acclaimed democratic evangelist and anti-corruption crusader, has had the rare privilege of being both in the House of Representatives and in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. There was some substance to his allegations against then Speaker of the House, Dimeji Bankole, on the matter of... Read More

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Melaye’s recall necessary for Nigeria’s democracy

Alexander O. Onukwue Democracy, the world over, is founded on one fundamental principle: that the source of the authority of the Government is from the people. As it is popularly defined, a Government based on the principles of democracy should be of the people, by the people and for the people. More often than not,... Read More

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Nigeria’s mega-cities need their little unpleasant slums

by Alexander O. Onukwue German media organisation, DW, describes it this way “Lagos is growing at breakneck speed. Nigeria’s government is keen to attract the investment needed to modernize the city. But to accomplish this, they’re pushing out the city’s poor” The decision by a Lagos court on Wednesday declaring the sack of the members... Read More

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The similarities between Otodo Gbame and the Grenfell Tower

by Alexander O. Onukwue There are not many instances where you can say something similar happens between Nigeria and the United Kingdom, and even when there is, it is usually not positive. Like the terrible fire outbreak at the Grenfell Towers in London, which have killed at least 75 persons, the story of the displaced... Read More

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The people of Otodo Gbame are no longer to be pitied, they now have a right

by Alexander O. Onukwue When the law is on your side, you can do no wrong, and for the people of Otodo Gbame who won a victory at the court against the Lagos State Government, they have never been more on the right. Displaced and rendered more impoverished than they already were by Lagos State... Read More

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Governor Ambode owes the people of Otodo Gbame an apology

by Alexander O. Onukwue The radical drive by the Lagos State Government led by Akinwunmi Ambode to rid Lagos State its slums has been declared unconstitutional by a Lagos High Court. The Ambode led administration of Lagos State has been on a spree of evictions of residents of Otodo Gbame and waterfront communities. A January... Read More

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Why the Otodo Gbame victory at the courts is important

by Alexander O. Onukwue There has been some jubilation for the common man as a Lagos High Court sitting in the Igbosere area of Lagos Island ruled that the Lagos State Government should not proceed with any further evictions at Otodo Gbame. The restraint was issued in a pronouncement by Justice Surajudeen Onigbangbo on Wednesday,... Read More

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Have IRS and CRS been removed from the curriculum?

by Alexander O. Onukwue There have been reports that the teaching of Islamic Religious Studies and Christian Religious Studies have been removed from the curriculum of secondary school students. This follows the protest by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over the replacement of Christian Education in schools with Islamic Studies. The leadership of CAN... Read More

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Pastor Bakare should restrict his comments to the state of the Nation

by Alexander O. Onukwue In that Sunday address credited to Pastor Tunde Bakare, there was the sense that he would start speaking up more National issues. Being who he is, the comments he makes will resonate with a lot of persons, drawing some praise and enough criticism to be an issue. Together with being the... Read More

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The Game of Loyalty: What’s Tunde Bakare playing at?

by Alexander O. Onukwue It is not so certain if there are scores to settle between both men, but there must be more to the recent statements made by Pastor Tunde Bakare in light of the performances of Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo. And we are going to play the ethno-religious card here. Both men are... Read More

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Would Osinbajo be “next in line” if he does these three things?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has been told that he does not have the automatic right of succession to the seat of the President, should his principal Buhari be declared incapable. Prof Osinbajo is in his second stint (in 2017 alone) in the role of Acting President, with the indefinite absence of... Read More

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‘Prima Donna President’: But who are these displeased benefactors Tunde Bakare is talking about?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Pastor Tunde Bakare is turned off by the efforts of the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, to outdo his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari. This is one of only a few possible interpretations that could be given to the words of the Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly. Pastor Bakare, speaking to his... Read More

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What does Tunde Bakare mean by his “next in line statement”?

by Alexander O. Onukwue If things had worked out for him, Pastor Tunde Bakare would probably be “next in line right” right now. In an address on Sunday to his congregation, Bakare appeared to fire shots towards the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, citing his “show-offs to register performances and outdo benefactors”. He did not... Read More

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This is the reason why Church Corruption is being condoned

by Alexander O. Onukwue Just before you lash the writer of this piece, do well to confirm the meaning of the word condone. Because to condone a thing does not necessarily mean you are declaring it as good or acceptable, but that for contingent reasons, we let it pass. Corruption takes many forms. The doctors... Read More

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Do Christians actually care that their Church members are corrupt?

by Alexander O. Onukwue It is not strange to find persons who say the main problem in Nigeria is not corruption. We are not talking about persons like Demola Olarewaju, a young erudite commentator, who believes that, while corruption is a problem, failed leadership is the real big fish that must first be fixed. And... Read More

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The Acting President Osinbajo has been following the Evans story

by Alexander O. Onukwue Professor Osinbajo, in his Fathers’ Day address at the Villa Chapel, could have restricted himself to the example of Abraham as a Father to be emulated. He could have decided to stick with the message of the need for men to respect their wives and never lay a finger on them.... Read More

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