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November 18, 2020
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ICYMI: CNN presents ‘strong’ report to claim the Nigerian Army callously killed unarmed citizens | #LekkiShooting

On the 20th of October 2020, officers from the Nigerian Army opened fire on unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, at about 7pm, and the events of that night, which has become one of our generation’s most shocking and abominable incidents. The thoughts of a country’s military shooting at unarmed protesters... Read More
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October 31, 2020
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IPPIS: ASUU refuses to call off strike if FG insists on paying lecturers ₦8000

For months on end now, it’s been a seemingly futile standoff between the Nigerian Federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over school resumption. ASUU has been insistent on keeping the strike going unless their demands are met, but the government wants them to resume lectures so that academic sessions can begin,... Read More
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October 26, 2020
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Minister Fashola must think we are in ‘the era of the dumb’ so this is what we must do

Indeed, the latest reports of former Lagos governor and the current Federal minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola “discovering” a camcorder planted supposedly by dubious characters is at once ridiculous and an insult to the intelligence of Nigerians. #EndSARS: Fashola discovers mystery camera at Lekki Toll Gate https://t.co/aRQ9ViKy6Z #vanguardnews pic.twitter.com/ClwzRPj7Oz — Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews)... Read More
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August 25, 2020
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FG’s borrowing hands has extended to grains and we are very worried

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba-Shehuri Sunday, was reported to have borrowed 5,000 metric tonnes of assorted grains from the food stock of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Baba-Shehuri disclosed this while receiving the donated grains from ECOWAS, after which Nigerians have expressed their disappointment on Twitter over... Read More
Deep Dive, Thinking Through
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University Strike
May 19, 2020
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With another university strike on its way, will Nigerian students ever catch a break?

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has announced it will be going on a two week warning strike as soon as normal operations in universities begin. It announced its plan to strike as a response to accusations that the union, along with the Academic Staff of Universities Union (ASUU) inflated staff... Read More
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May 14, 2020
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Delta is the hotbed as divided opinions greet alleged attack on herdsmen

Nigeria, a territory with a little more than 200 tribes is no stranger to ethnic conflicts. Dating back to when the country was founded, many indigenous tribes have found themselves in the ugly scenario of clashing with one another based on religious, cultural and political differences. Having to abide by a singular constitution, while upholding... Read More
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Olatunji Omirin
February 5, 2020
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Olatunji Omirin is the latest Nigerian journalist to be arrested by Nigerian forces

At this point, it has become common place to hear of Nigerian journalists, arrested either by the DSS or Nigerian Army, abducted by unnamed assailants or charged with terrorism or treason for doing their job. Dadiyata, the Kaduna state based journalist stands in stark relief as an example of what happens when order breaks down... Read More
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economy
October 23, 2019
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Closed borders and USSD charges, is this how to grow Nigeria’s economy?

“All goods, for now, are banned from being exported or imported through our land borders and that is to ensure that we have total control over what comes in,” – Hameed Ali, comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service. The entire country has spent the last week trying to make sense of this quote from Comptroller-General... Read More
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Flooding
August 29, 2019
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Flooding: Nigeria is on the verge of yet another nationwide disaster

As a Nigerian living in Nigeria, its hard not to feel like we all suffer from collective amnesia. A collective amnesia that allows our elected politicians to continue to adjudicate their duties, focusing instead of frivolous projects that only serve to pad their resumes. One issue in particular that the Nigerian government and populace completely... Read More
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August 25, 2017
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Don’t sell weaponry to Nigeria – Nigerian Shiites urge U.S. govt

A Nigerian Shiite group, Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), in a letter dated August 17, to the United States government urged it not to sell weapons or any military hardware to the Nigerian government., Premium Times reports. Their reasons: Records of human rights abuse by the Nigerian military. The Nigerian government’s commitment and disposition to... Read More
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April 25, 2017
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We are unhappy with Nnamdi Kanu’s bail conditions – Igbo groups

by Dolapo Adelana Some pan-Igbo groups have expressed their displeasure with the bail conditions given to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The groups – Igbo Women Assembly, Igbo Youth Movement and Eastern Consultative Assembly – which reacted to the conditions on Tuesday said they were designed to ‘cage’ Kanu.... Read More
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March 22, 2017
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Biafra: Nigerian government perfecting plans to kill Nnamdi Kanu – IPOB

by Dolapo Adelana The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday, said the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu in Kuje Prison, was part of a grand design by the Federal Government to kill him In a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, the pro-Biafra group alleged that the government... Read More
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December 22, 2016
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Opinion: Why this government is no different from the last

by Umar Hassan If the President sincerely thinks he is doing the right thing by asking the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to probe allegations of corruption by two government officials, then we are in more trouble than we thought. The only plausible explanation for it, if that is not the case,... Read More
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November 18, 2016
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Shi’ites have the right to express their religious beliefs – U.S govt

The United States Government on Friday expressed concerns over the death of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as Shi’ites after a clash with policemen in Kano. In a statement by its Abuja embassy, the US called for communications between Shiites and the authorities. “This is the latest in a series of... Read More
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Aisha Buhari
October 15, 2016
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Pius Adesanmi: Rapid thoughts on the musings of a frustrated First Lady

by Pius Adesanmi. 1) I didn’t want to weigh in on this until a translation was made available. Thanks to Sahara Reporters for finally making a transcript available in English. The translation is credited to Nishadi TV. The grammar and syntax are so jumbled they almost make meaning inaccessible. The translators did a direct transcription... Read More
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October 8, 2016
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Ahmad Salkida: Why Chibok girls’ freedom remains a mirage

by Ahmad Salkida The biographer of “Muhammadu Buhari: The challenge of leadership in Nigeria,” Professor John Paden, revealed that the leadership of Boko Haram demanded 5 billion Euros as ransom for the release of the abducted girls, based on today’s exchange rate this comes to about 1.7 trillion Naira. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information... Read More
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September 28, 2016
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Opinion: An open letter to Pres. Muhammadu Buhari

by Domman Zumgak Rimdans At the inception of this political dispensation, the government  came with so much promise; they provided me and others with so much hitherto unprecedented hope, a deviation from old ways – a clean slate, to come together and forge a path to our engendered greatness. A national essay competition beckoned the... Read More
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September 6, 2016
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Opinion: Free pass for Zucky

by Ugochukwu Nnamdi Ukamba I don’t mean to be a kill joy! This past week has been a social media roller coaster ride –let’s call it a Facebook storm. The week was going ‘jejely’ with everyone minding their business and trying to adjust to the technical recession until Uncle Zucky decided to spice up the... Read More
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June 2, 2014
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Waziri Adio: Chibok and the tragedy of errors

by Waziri Adio And when the protesters were told to direct their protests at the terrorists and not at this administration, the take-away message is: If you want the girls back, ask their abductors to release them! In the past weeks, the federal government has struggled to refocus the plaintive request embedded in the #BringBackOurGirls... Read More
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May 9, 2014
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Terrorism: The Nigerian gov’t is not the problem – Oronto Douglas says

by Oge Okonkwo Special adviser to the president Goodluck Jonathan on research, strategy and documentation, Oronto Douglas, has insisted that it was “not helpful” to heap blame upon the government in Abuja as it struggles to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped three weeks ago by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. He made this statement during an... Read More
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March 3, 2014
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Perry Brimah: Bama’s 8 hours of Armageddon – How angry should we be?

by Perry Brimah What has happened to the war against Boko Haram since Lt. Col. Sagir Musa was pulled out of Borno and since the new morbidly obese, politically and tribally selected army chiefs were put in charge, and the new Minister of Defence was appointed? It took eight whole hours for Nigeria’s army to... Read More
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July 23, 2013
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Opinion: Jonathan, Boko Haram and the game of musical chairs

by Obademi Ayodeji Until recent times, it seemed to the public eye that the Nigerian government, in all its colossal might, was flagrantly defied by a sect; in the paradoxical manner of a heavyweight champion being pummelled senseless by a school-yard bully.  In the Nigeria Economic Report issued by The World Bank in May 2013,... Read More
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November 15, 2011
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Hello, Kano! The 5th Northern Agricultural Summit holds December 6 – 8

The 5th Northern Nigeria International Agricultural Summit(Nonias-agric-summit) tagged Kano 2011 will hold from Thursday 6 to Thursday 8 December2011.at Muritala Mohammed Library complex, Kano State, the organisers have announced. The conference will include workshops, seminar, exhibition, business meeting and training for farmers, non-farmers, investors, retirees, women and youth. The theme of the conference is Promoting... Read More
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