Margaret Thatcher

February 17, 2019

WIMBIZ meets 2019 female candidates, advocates for greater representation Of Women In Politics

On February 13th, 2019, Women in Management Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) as part of its efforts to advocate for increased female participation in politics, held the WIMBIZ Women in Politics (WIMPol) Town Hall Meeting themed, Run, Vote, Get Involved! The event which held at Harbour Point in Victoria Island, Lagos was an avenue for... Read More

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October 14, 2016

Opinion: Women at the top is the new axis of power

by Tony Ogunlowo In less than a months’ time, Americans will be heading to the polls to elect a new President. And unless Republican contender, Donald Trump, can pull a last minute trick out of his hat or resort to more dirty tricks, the front runner, Hilary Clinton, is most definitely going to be the... Read More

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Opinion: Negotiating with terrorists only encourages terrorism

by Kenechukwu Oraelosi You’ve got to be strong, not weak. The only way to deal with these people is to bring them to justice. You can’t talk to them. You can’t negotiate with them. There is an assumption that negotiating with terrorists does encourage terrorism. Many countries believe this, and adopt it as their foreign... Read More

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December 25, 2013

Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Chinua Achebe & other deaths that shook the world in 2013

by Rachel Ogbu We wonder what Christmas in heaven will be like this year. On earth, while we celebrate the birth of Christ, we also mourn the passing away of people whose life and story changed the way we see the world. In 2013, two mold-breaking former heads of state passed away. Margaret Thatcher, the... Read More

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December 12, 2013

Boko Haram leader claims responsibility for the Maiduguri attack

by Oke Efagene Leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has said today, that the sect was behind the shocking raid on military installations in Maiduguri on December 2. Shekau made this disturbing revelation in a video obtained by AFP. In the 40-minute clip, the sect leader said, “Allah the Almighty has given us... Read More

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“I am dismayed by your lack of vision”: Read the blistering letter OBJ wrote to Margaret Thatcher in 1986

by Hauwa Gambo All we can saw is WOW – and, we love you, Olusegun Obasanjo! See the letter the former Head of State wrote following his assignment as a member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group on South Africa – as he worked to end the apartheid in South Africa. Margaret Thatcher was at... Read More

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Femi Fani-Kayode: A word for our leaders

by Femi Fani-Kayode Why do we always take ten steps forward and twenty steps backwards? Why is our case and example one of constant failure, ineptitude, defeat, shame, lack and incompetence? What is wrong with the Federal Republic of Nigeria… On the 20th April 1653 (exactly 360 years ago to the day that I am... Read More

“In a way we’re all Thatcherites” – 31 Margaret Thatcher funeral quotes

David Cameron arrives at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images “In a way we’re all Thatcherites.” – David Cameron on Radio 4 Today programme. “Watching the funeral, finding it hard not to feel we are today somehow burying England.” – tweet from Melanie Phillips, columnist. “We have to think of her children and grandchildren on a day like... Read More

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Margaret Thatcher’s final journey: The Queen joins 2,000 from 170 countries at stunning funeral service (PHOTOS)

Richard Chartres said in address: ‘After the storm of a life led in the heat of political controversy, there is a great calm’ David Cameron says Iron Lady’s ‘difficult decisions, led to less division, less strife at the end of it’ Chancellor George Osborne seen sobbing as the service went on, while other high-profile figures... Read More

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Opinion: Margaret Thatcher, Sanusi Lamido, and the feminists

by Ayisha Osori Politics was and still remains a very male-dominated world where being female is considered an extreme handicap, and what better way to deal with this handicap than to put as much distance as possible between herself and what it means in society to be female? It is fitting that the week Baroness... Read More

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“You’re very charming, fresh, beautiful, intelligent & confident”: Idi Amin’s 1975 letter to Thatcher (READ)

I think Idi Amin had just acquired the title of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causeu) of Makerere University in preparation for leading the whole of Africa as the OAU chairman. The then President of Uganda was greatly moved by the beauty of Margaret Thatcher when her photograph appeared in the Daily Nation newspaper of Kenya... Read More

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Elnathan John: Peckham smells of kpomo and crayfish and other gist

by Elnathan John Lord Lugard was sleeping with a girl and the girl, probably without any clothes on or worse, in post coital excitement, blurted out the name NIGERIA. The fact that Mr. Lugard later found himself married to this woman is beside the point. The Internet is an amazing thing. It saves you... Read More

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Opinion: Yes, Margaret Thatcher was a witch (and I will sing to that)

by Adam Jung In short, she was a vile human being whose ‘bravery’ can be attributed to just not giving a shit about people. As I write this, Judy Garland’s Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead is listing at number two in the UK singles chart. On Amazon, three versions of the song have made the current... Read More

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Flashback: When Margaret Thatcher visted Kano in 1988 (PHOTOS)

by Akan Ido Late Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher was in Nigeria in January 8, 1988 visiting Lagos and Kano. Here are some of the photos of her visit to the country which was then under the military regime of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. Thatcher, popularly known as the Iron Lady, died of a stroke... Read More

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A biography: The life of Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher (VIDEO)

Margaret Roberts, the daughter of a grocer, was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 13th October, 1925. After graduating from Oxford University she worked as a research chemist. Later she studied law and eventually became a barrister. On 13th December, 1951 she married Denis Thatcher, a successful businessman. A member of the Conservative Party, Margaret Thatcher... Read More

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December 3, 2012

Lord have mercy: “Nigeria is safe and secure”, GEJ insists

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday maintained that Nigeria is a safe place to live and do business despite the incessant bombing and attacks experienced in several parts of the country. He said this yesterday through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, stressing that it is not out of character for... Read More

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January 7, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt Margaret Thatcher says no to Meryl Streep – Won’t watch ‘The Iron Lady’

by Wilfred Okiche The family of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female prime minister of England refused an invitation to an early viewing of the biopic ‘The Iron Lady’ based on Thatcher’s life. Speaking in an interview with the BBC Radio 4 programme, World at One, the director of the picture, Phyllida... Read More

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History in a bag: Margaret Thatcher’s iconic satchel auctioned for charity

by Yemi Olowu The iconic black bag which was famously carried by Britain’s first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, has been auctioned at Christie’s for 25,000 pounds. The auction was hosted by bestselling author Jeffery Archer and took place on 27 June, 2011. The black leather Asprey bag was bought by an unnamed buyer who was... Read More

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