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October 20, 2012

Temie Giwa: And the floods came (YNaija Frontpage)

We are at a crossroads again. Nigeria could choose to do the right thing and engage in building those buffer dams that is so needed or we could ignore it…

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October 6, 2012

Temie Giwa: Employ them (YNaija Frontpage)

Our country is at war and has been for a while and we had no idea, or perhaps we did. Our worries cannot be limited to law breakers, the police…

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September 29, 2012

Temie Giwa: Arms and the plan (YNaija Frontpage)

  The North is being burnt by unemployed despondent youths. While in the South, young kidnappers and car jackals constantly terrorize all as the Nigerian police spend their time watching…

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September 8, 2012

Temie Giwa: Simple justice (YNaija FrontPage)

In this country, we are awfully familiar with the horror of losing people to senseless deaths. We know just how senseless that plane crash was. Last week, I travelled by…

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September 1, 2012

Temie Giwa: Nigeria is not working (YNaija FrontPage)

We are responsible for the government we have and it is on us to start collecting information that will get us better men to lead us. While the executive branch…

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August 4, 2012

Temie Giwa: Money, violence, and inequality (YNaija Frontpage)

Nigeria’s Gini score in 2010 was 0.4296, showing a remarkably unequal society with large sum of the GDP going to the pockets of the super rich and oil marketer, leaving…

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July 7, 2012

Temie Giwa: Nothing will happen if we do not change the governance system (YNaija FrontPage)

 …the vast majority of the people, 98%, will be dishonest and will cheat if they can get away with it There are two concepts I must introduce to explain today’s…

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June 30, 2012

Temie Giwa: The change we need (YNaija FrontPage)

We begin this week with the recent media chat held last week by the President. Many Nigerians tuned in and attempted to ask the president many pertinent questions. Previously, I…

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June 9, 2012

Temie Giwa: Making tragedy count (YNaija FrontPage)

Tragedy is an opportunity to do better, to create better systems and a better world. What do I add to the silence here? About 200 people died for no apparent…

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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 elections, especially among young urban Nigerians, who had loved him…

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May 26, 2012

Temie Giwa: Why we educate our children (YNaija FrontPage)

…the fact that Nigeria clearly fails even this mediocre test, by the perpetual reduction of standards, is a major cause for alarm. …our leaders have given up on Nigerian children.…

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March 17, 2012

Temie Giwa: The Nai-Nai Idea – “Isn’t the purpose of governance to make life easier?” (YNaija Frontpage)

Temie Giwa 67% of Nigerians live one tragedy away from a single disaster... Mama Bola is the mother of 3 girls, aged 14, 10, and 4. She sells tomato at…

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March 10, 2012

Temie Giwa: Building incentives for good governance (YNaija Frontpage)

The election period is a chance to make some money and the politicians make it clear that they are willing to buy votes. Demand meets supply and our democracy becomes…

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