Lagun Akinloye: NIS stampede highlights Nigeria’s youth employment crisis

by Lagun Akinloye …the stampede was not just a result of poor crowd control but a symptom of Nigeria’s desperate dearth of employment opportunities. Both Nigeria’s Senate and House of Representatives have called for separate investigations into the stampede at a mass recruitment exercise in Abuja in which at least 16 people died and hundreds... Read More

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March 10, 2014

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Lagun Akinloye: As Jonathan turns to Gusau, Nigeria’s soldier spy to fight Boko Haram

by Lagun Akinloye If Gusau is able to make gains against the Islamist militants, his appointment could be the shot in the arm Jonathan’s administration − and 2015 ambitions − needs. In a move seen by many as his last throw of the dice in the fight against Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan last week... Read More

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February 22, 2014

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Lagun Akinloye: Suspending the truth – Worries for Nigeria over Sanusi’s suspension

by Lagun Akinloye Sanusi was a fly in this ointment. He was too independent, too outspoken and refused to speak from a pre-approved script. That is why he had to go. But Sanusi is not the main victim of Jonathan’s pre-election politics. Nigeria itself is now poorer for having lost a bank governor whose successes... Read More

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February 8, 2014

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Opinion: Blocking the budget- The Nigerian opposition flexes its new found muscles

by Lagun Akinloye The National Assembly is well within its rights to subject the proposed budget to this level of scrutiny. The impasse is one of many tests the country will face in the run up to the 2015 elections, and how it develops could give a good indication of what the Nigerian political scene... Read More