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Ayo Sogunro: How the Nigerian society is truly structured

by Ayo Sogunro *This is the first part The best way to understand the class structure of Nigerian society it is to think of the country as a corporate setup.…

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This series of tweets helps you understand the troublesome #ShariaBill

Author, lawyer and human rights activist, Ayo Sugunro, in this series of tweets explains the implication of the Sharia bill pending before the House of Representative. The Bill, which has…

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The Future Enterprise Support Scheme (TFESS) is a series of seminars, workshops and conferences that serves as a bridge towards skill acquisition and capacity building. These training sessions have a…

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The Buhari Method: A concerned citizen interviews the Presidential Spokesperson

This week, a Concerned Citizen caught up with—erm, Mr. Fe Made—the imaginary Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Nigerian President, for an imaginary interview. Here, Mr. Fe Made…

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Ayo Sogunro: The Oba of Lagos must apologize to Igbos

by Ayo Sogunro He was wrong, and he ought to offer an apology and a retraction or restatement of intent. An apology may not reassure those Igbos who have decided…

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Ayo Sogunro: And so, folks, I went to #MeetThePresident…

by Ayo Sogunro “There’s no hypocrisy in PDP”, someone else would confirm to me later, “People just do what they want and everyone is happy” There is something fundamentally wrong…

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@AjalaYemi: Will you marry me? (Y! Fiction)

by ‘Yemi Ajala “Will you marry me”? He asked as he got down on his knees, beaming his most devastating smile at her. Sade smiled and said “On one condition. You…

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@AyoSogunro on #30percentOrNothing || It is not your right!

by Ayo Sogunro It has become somewhat popular these days for people to discuss the role of and opportunities for, what I will call “youths in power”. As an example,…

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Ayo Sogunro: Why I am corrupt – In defence of Nigerians

by Ayo Sogunro I am corrupt because I am religious. Look, heaven helps those who help themselves. I have been taught this since I was five, that the race is…

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Ayo Sogunro: Akwa Ibom and this sense of shame

by Ayo Sogunro Therefore, one has to wonder if Governor Akpabio has not finally discovered the loophole in the countless campaigns against corruption: why should you go through the trouble…

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“So what went wrong?” – Ayo Sogunro reviews Chude Jideonwo’s ‘Are We The Turning Point Generation?’

by Ayo Sogunro Book Title: Are We the Turning Point Generation? Author: Chude Jideonwo Publisher: Kamsi Year of Publication: 2014 Pages: 187  But there can be no change without government,…

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Opinion: This is a government of incompetence

by Hemenester Butu This is not an attempt to prove our current administration's incompetence. It is known.....it is known. This is a reminder, of how dangerous incompetence truly is. See…

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Ayo Sogunro: Dear Sadiq Abacha, don’t get it twisted, your father’s government was truly brutal

by Ayo Sogunro Now, let’s come to Wole Soyinka. First: you can never eradicate the infamy of your father’s legacy by trying to point out the failings of another Nigerian.…

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Ayo Sogunro: The straight Nigerian’s guide to the Anti-gay law

by Ayo Sogunro And that is why every sensible legal system understands that what goes on in a person’s underwear is not the business of the law—to the extent that…

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Tunde ‘Leye: How to make writing profitable in Nigeria

by Tunde 'Leye In 2014, we stand at such a cusp in Nigerian writing. Like pre Havelange football and pre Kennis Nigerian music, people are writing now, making something from…

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Opinion: Now that your 10-year-old girl is of marriageable age…

by Ayo Sogunro What the law tries to do is simple: it tries to give a woman who finds herself in an early marriage the same rights and freedom as…

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Rejoinder: Why you should be worried about Nigeria’s anti gay laws

by Abdulrahman Abdulraheem Akintoye Sogunro’s legal argument is flawed on so many levels. First, there is the mistake of assuming that the purpose of law, especially criminal law is a phenomenon…

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Opinion: “If he married 6 wives, then he should wear 6 rings”

by Ayo Sogunro Today, let’s start  with weddings. Or more accurately, let’s start with wedding rings. This is just a random starting point, but wedding rings will do for now, seeing…

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Opinion: You modern Nigerian Christians scare me

by Ayo Sogunro Just be a Christian, you don’t have to be Christlike. You don’t have to ask “what would Jesus do?” before every action—that is being stupid. Not smart.…

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