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Cancelling DACA: A definite cruelty or has it always been a deferred certainty?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Shifting slightly from the effects of Hurricane Harvey, national focus and the news media in the United States of America this week are on the cancellation…
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What’s the ‘recession cost’ of the ASUU strike?
by Alexander O. Onukwue It is, without a doubt, good to announce repeatedly and be happy for the exit from recession, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves yet; it…
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GDP: what can be done to make Agriculture contribute more?
by Alexander O.Onukwue Agriculture was third in terms of sector contributions to the GDP according to the NBS number published today, September 5. While the services sector, with 53.73%, contributed…
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Out of recession, now give us more change
by Alexander O. Onukwue The numbers have shown that Nigeria is no longer in recession, but as many analysts are pointing out, it is by the least possible margin. Some…
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Out of recession but still hostage to oil
by Alexander O. Onukwue From the figures published on Nigeria’s GDP by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, the oil sector was estimated to have averaged at 1.84 million barrels per…
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Out of recession: Another promise delivered?
by Alexander O. Onukwue The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics published data today which says the country is officially out of its worst recession in 29 years. The figures published by…
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Why the SDGs hold the key to rebuilding Benue after the flood
by Alexander O. Onkwue The Minister for State for Environment, Mr Ibrahim Usman Jibril paid a visit to the Benue State Governor as part of a delegation of the Federal…
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Is NEMA still in control of the IDP situation?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Reports from camps for Internally Displaced Persons in Borno state say that at least seven have died from a cholera outbreak last week. The disease hit…
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What does this video say about NEMA and professionalism?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Mustapha Maihaja, the DG of NEMA was on NTA this morning to discuss the agency’s response to the Benue floods. For many who may not have…
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Must-I-offer? Who is the penny-pinching NEMA boss?
by Alexander O. Onukwue There appears to be some reason to believe the apparent inefficiency of the relief efforts of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is squarely due to…
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The Implication of NEMA’s position in the league of strikes
by Alexander O. Onukwue The National Emergency Management Agency threatened to embark on strike last week if some conditions of their service were not met. This came even in the…
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Can the explosives’ sniffer help with fighting Boko Haram?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Those who attended TEDGlobal 2017 at Arusha Tanzania say it was one of the best events of the year. Living up to the TED standards in…
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Boko Haram: Can we be better than ‘better than in 2015’
by Alexander O. Onukwue "Nigeria’s major cities and towns will never be held hostage by Boko Haram ever again", Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed said. "This is because the country’s…
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Boko Haram: Defeated, depleted or what exactly?
by Alexander O. Onukwue On BBC Hardtalk, Nigeria’s Army chief employed a technical dodge to backtrack on the Army’s claim in 2016 that it had defeated Boko Haram. “I don’t…
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Should President Buhari not have visited Benue state already?
by Alexander Onukwue The senior special assistant to President Buhari, Mallam Garba Shehu, released a statement on the thoughts of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, on the floods currently wreaking havoc…
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Benue floods: Beyond human control or human caused?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Mr Terver Akase, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, was not entirely sure whether the Benue flood was a disaster beyond…
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Can Benue use this floods to re-plan its urbanisation?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Reports from the Benue floods say that about 3,000 homes have so far been affected across 24 communities and 12 Local Governments. That represents more than…
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Overcoming the money politics of flooding
by Alexander O. Onukwue After the Federal Executive Council meeting of July 12, Yemi Osinbajo, at the time the Acting President, directed the Ministry of Finance to release N1.6 billion…
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Any aid to Nigerians caught in Hurricane Harvey?
by Alexander O. Onukwe With about 44,000 persons, Texas has the largest Nigerian population of any state in the United States. The US state has been experiencing heavy floods over…
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Our worn out global village of landslides, floods and hurricanes
by Alexander O. Onukwue The landslides that ravaged Sierra Leone a week ago took north of 1000 lives. About the same of number of casualties have been reported from South…
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Why are we not seeing charity donations to Benue flood victims?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Two of the biggest stars of Hollywood, Sandra Bullock and Leonardo DiCaprio, have donated $1 million dollars each towards the relief efforts for the victims of…
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What Hurricane Harvey should remind us about Nigeria’s education
by Alexander Onukwue Amidst the devastation that has been produced by the category 4 tropical cyclone known as Hurricane Harvey, insurance companies have been pushing their computers to estimate how…
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America in narration: “…And after the eclipse came the hurricane”
by Alexander O. Onukwue Less than a week after it witnessed its first total Eclipse of the sun in a long time, America was hit by another natural occurrence of…
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Will President Buhari consider changing Malami?
by Alexander O. Onukwe In his response to the ongoing disagreement between the AGF Abubakar Malami and Ibrahim Magu of the EFCC, Lai Mohammed, the Information Minister did say that…
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Could Malami and Magu’s feud derail the Diezani case?
by Alexander O. Onukwe The EFCC has been accused of performing badly in anti-corruption trials because of their reliance on negative media reports. This reason was given by the Minister…
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What Aondoakaa vs Ribadu can teach us about Malami vs Magu
by Alexander O. Onukwe In Power, Politics and Death, written by Olusegun Adeniyi, the spokesman of President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, there is an account of the relationship between then Attorney…
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So Malami actually wants Magu’s job for himself?
by Alexander O. Onukwe Abubakar Malami has made quite a meticulous move to further bring the EFCC under stricter control of the Ministry of Justice through the creation of “an…
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Magu vs Malami: What’s up, boys?
by Alexander O. Onukwe After the meeting of the Federal Executive Council on the 5th of July, Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami was said to have told journalists…
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Why our mumu suppose don do for ASUU strike, not Diezani
by Alexander O. Onukwe The Our Mumu Don Do movement decided it was going to take a 21-day break after its #ResumeorResign protests met with sprinkles of violent pushback. Charly…
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Why is Lauretta Onochie trying to be the centre of attraction again?
by Alexander O. Onukwe The Our Mumu Don Do movement has taken up a third protest within the calendar months of 2017, if you add the first one in February…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy