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Today’s Noisemakers: Kola Oyeneyin, Aisha Yesufu, Gimba Kakanda, others
Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues,…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Kadaria Ahmed, Gimba Kakanda, Olanrewaju Max, others
Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues,…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Gimba Kakanda, Chude Jideonwo, Wunmi Bayo and others
Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues,…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Omojuwa, Gimba Kakanda, Imoh Umoren [The Kemi Adeosun resignation editon]
Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues,…
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Gimba Kakanda: The KABAFEST Dilemma
by Gimba Kakanda Our usually polarised literary community was chaotic this week as a tribe of writers entered the final lapse of its campaign for boycott of Kaduna Book and…
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Gimba Kakanda: Why I’m afraid of Nigeria’s break up
by Gimba Kakanda A few days ago, a friend asked me to explain my aversion to the idea of secession as championed by the neo-Biafra advocates of Southeast Nigeria. He…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Donald Trump, Osinbajo, Hillary Clinton, Pastor Sam Adeyemi and others
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters,…
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Gimba Kakanda: The Misinterpretation of Muhammadu Sanusi II
by Gimba Kakanda There is a reason the North of Nigeria is yet to be “on top of the situation”, as our policymakers tend to say even when a crisis is out of control,…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Dr Joe Abah, Gimba Kakanda, and FRSC Rivers state sector commander, Andrew Kumapayi
Every day, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Elnathan John, Godwin Emefiele, Yahaya Bello and others
Every day, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are…
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Gimba Kakanda: Between South African blacks and enterprises overseas
by Gimba Kakanda What's the connection between the xenophobia of South African blacks and the enterprises of their fellow countrymen in Nigeria. I just read some press statements by obscure…
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[The Presidential Blog] This Nigerian has proof the Presidency lied about the photos they posted
There's a storm gathering at the doorsteps of the Presidency - the President, his media team and the wife of the President. The Governor of Ogun State and Daisy Danjuma…
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Gimba Kakanda: The only vacation President Buhari needs at the moment
The announcement of the President's five-day vacation last week was interpreted vastly differently by individuals and groups across the country, generating both commentary and debate. This was because it happened…
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Gimba Kakanda: Amina Zakari and the Logic of Rejectionism
I did not pay mind to the vicious campaign attending the appointment of Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari as acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission by President Muhammad Buhari,…
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Gimba Kakanda: The real story behind Senator Shehu Sani, his camels and Mr. Abubakar
by Gimba Kakanda But Comrade was still a wise man, he asked for our advice, we the masses, on what to do with Abubakar, the underling who disrespected him. His…
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Gimba Kakanda: Teacher Yekondunu, the abrupt end of an indeterminate movie
by Gimba Kakanda In Life with a cast of all comers, all freely auditioned, and with indeterminable duration, it's devastating coming to terms with Sadisu's last role as a strong-willed…
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Gimba Kakanda: Buhari, his voltrons, “GEJ-ites”, and media aides
by Gimba Kakanda Our people are not just ignorant, unlearned and unteachable but the culture of "Ran ka ya dade", a syndrome that entrenches deference to even erring elders and…
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Gimba Kakanda: Bukola Saraki Versus The APC
by Gimba Kakanda Trust me, you can't praise Tinubu as a hero and dismiss Saraki as antecedently corrupt and thus morally low. In the period running up to, and immediately…
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Gimba Kakanda: A quick appeal to the Governor-elect of Niger State
by Gimba Kakanda There are many doubters who still hold that your coming is to turn this unfortunate State into a political enterprise, citing your affluent background to confirm their suspicion of…
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Gimba Kakanda: We must resist the binary temptations to destroy us
by Gimba Kakanda It is an insult to repeat the bromide that “Lord Luguard brought us together”. Nope, we didn’t just land in the Niger-Benue basin and the surrounding hills…
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@Gimbakakanda: Beasts of a dead nation (Y! FrontPage)
by Gimba Kakanda "Dem go hold meeting o/ Dem go start yab human beings/ Animal talk don start again/ Dash dem human rights" ~ Fela Kuti, Beast of No Nation Sometimes it…
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@Gimbakakanda: #BokoHaram – Fellow Nigerians, we need your anger (Y! FrontPage)
by Gimba Kakanda As I write this, the place our politicians and their accomplices used to refer to as “the northeast” in their scheming for power and measurements of their…
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@GimbaKakanda : Still on the Niger State gubernatorial election (Y! FrontPage)
by Gimba Kakanda My expression of cynicism last week, in my take on the generational chaos that is the contest to succeed Governor Aliyu in 2015, has sparked a torrent…
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@Gimbakakanda: Niger 2015 – Who let the boys out? (Y! FrontPage)
by Gimba Kakanda Niger State, without a doubt, is passing through the darkest phase in its political evolution. This is not about the failed development plans of the incumbent Governor or his foundationally flawed visions…
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@Gimbakakanda: Nigerian youths are overstaying in the Boy’s-Quarters of power (Y! FrontPage)
by Gimba Kakanda Very few history textbooks are as depressing as the records of Nigeria's transition from a young independent nation to this pseudo-democratic chaos that is the product of…
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@GimbaKakanda: Re-understanding political opportunism (Y! FrontPage)
by Gimba Kakanda One mystery that amused as much as it confused me was the audacity of the political aspirants who join the race for elective positions aware of the…
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@GimbaKakanda : We are all circumstantial killers and potential beasts (Y! FrontPage)
by Gimba Kakanda “Can you even hold a gun?” “Shut up, if you see a real war, you will pee in your trousers!” “War is not for the feeble-minded like…
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Gimba Kakanda: The dangerous shows for 2015 (Y! FrontPage)
by Gimba Kakanda As the period running up to the 2011 presidential election portended omens of tragedy for intuitive citizens, the current period, four years later, should rattle even those…
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Gimba Kakanda: A brief history of democratic chaos (Y! FrontPage)
by Gimba Kakanda Fifteen years after Nigeria's return to democracy, the leadership challenges, which were the demerits of the regimes of the soldiers before it, have only become worse. Contrary…
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Gimba Kakanda: The trials of Nuhu Ribadu
by Gimba Kakanda The days of wild rumours running up to, and castigations following, Nuhu Ribadu's defection to the ruling party are further confirmations of the man's high place in…
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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