Tag: democracy day

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May 29, 2014

For the record: We need proactive leaders – Bukola Saraki

by Bukola Saraki Today, we celebrate the re-birth of our nation’s democracy. On this day, fifteen years ago, the world ...

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May 29, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Peter Obi on Democracy Day

by Olusegun Adeniyi However, as I said earlier, Peter Obi is different. He remains probably the most modest person to ...

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May 29, 2014

For the record: Full text of Pres. Goodluck Jonathan’s Democracy Day 2014 broadcast (READ)

Fellow Nigerians, 1. I greet and felicitate with you all, today, as we mark 15 years of uninterrupted democratic governance ...

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June 9, 2013

Elnathan John: The secret files of a governor’s sex life

by Elnathan John Questions arising from this include: Why would you allow your craving for a kiss make you violently ...

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July 5, 2012

Don’t touch it – Justice Adah says Unilag name stays

by Isi Esene The suit filed by some UNILAG students and Alumni at the Federal High Court in Ikeja is ...

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June 11, 2012

Violence in the house & on the streets: Airtime reviews BBA, MAUL student protest and more

  Democracy and death in the air This time, almost two weeks ago, what I was most concerned with was ...

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June 2, 2012

Temie Giwa: Quick wins (YNaija FrontPage)

And so here we are, on Democracy Day, Mr. President is suffering from the withdrawal that often comes from aspirational ...

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May 31, 2012

Akintunde Oyebode: A storm in a teacup (YNaija FrontPage)

 It was a speech lacking the conviction of a man speaking from the mountain top; and was filled with the ...

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OluwapelumiMay 30, 2012

PHOTOS: UNILAG Protest Day 2 on Third Mainland Bridge

In the second day of their protests, Moshood Abiola University students have blocked the major Lagos thoroughfare, Third Mainland Bridge, ...

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May 30, 2012

Japheth Omojuwa: Democracy Day? But whose democracy? (YNaija FrontPage)

This democracy is closer to kleptocracy than it is to any genuine democracy I have seen elsewhere. To say otherwise ...

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May 30, 2012

FOR THE RECORDS: Full text of Democracy Day 2012 broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan

NATIONAL ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, ON DEMOCRACY DAY,  MAY 29, 2012 Fellow Nigerians, One year ago, I ...

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OluwapelumiMay 29, 2012

MORE PHOTOS: ‘Na for Unilag dem kill MKO??’ UNILAG protests MAUL, police watch calmly

More pictures from Unilag (MAUL?) protests this morning and afternoon. Why were they protesting? As one of the students told ...

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OluwapelumiMay 29, 2012

PHOTOS: Latest from the UNILAG Protests (UPDATED)

Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa The democracy day announcement about the change of name of  the University of Lagos (Unilag)  the Moshood Abiola University, sparked ...

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May 29, 2012

Hail to the Chief: Mr. President’s Democracy Day speech is making us swoon with joy

by Tolu Orekoya In his first ever Democracy Day speech, President Goodluck Jonathan unveiled his new co-dependent agricultural-population plan. By promoting ...

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May 28, 2012

Too Funny: It’s hard to say amen? Jonathan, ministers quiet when reverend prays against corruption at Democracy Day service

by Tolu Orekoya A congregation made up of top government officials, failed to respond to Most Reverend Peter Akinola’s prayer to ...

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