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 like our parents did in the 80s. We need a series of better weather gauges and a vigilant institution that will track and release water... Read More

dams, environmental justice, flooding, frontpage, national emergency, natural disaster, Temie Giwa, ynaija, YNaija Frontpage

October 6, 2012

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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 are as terrifying as the thieves they are meant to catch. The Nigerian police attack, kill and steal indiscriminately from all Nigerians. They too have nothing to... Read More

employment, Temie Giwa, Youth Development, youwin

September 29, 2012

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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 movies, eating Titus sardines and asking for bribes while dangerous criminals smoke marijuana in the front of the barracks. Two months ago, I moved my... Read More

car jacking, Insecurity, Kidnapping, poverty, Temie Giwa, youth unemployment

September 8, 2012

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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 air from Kigali to Lagos. At takeoff, the engine of the plane I boarded suddenly had issues and was delayed for 45 minutes. After takeoff,... Read More

Dana Air, death, Justice, petition, plane crash, stella oduah, Temie Giwa

September 1, 2012

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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 is preoccupied with palace intrigues and ministerial power plays, the lives of the people they were hired to ameliorate remains unpredictably horrid. The legislatures busy... Read More

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August 4, 2012

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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 the rest for 60% of Nigerians to share at the rate of $1 a day. Two years ago, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) released a... Read More

Inequality, money, Temie Giwa, violence

July 7, 2012

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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 hypothesis, which is that Nigeria must simplify anti-corruption efforts extensively before we can break the corruption cycle that is directly and indirectly responsible for all... Read More

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June 30, 2012

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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 had secretly held hope that President Jonathan had the opportunity to be the person who we have been waiting for. I believed that he could... Read More

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June 9, 2012

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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 reason. I didn’t know any of them personally but many were friends of friends and this sort of closeness forces self-reflection. How did Nigeria get... Read More

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June 2, 2012

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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 when he became the Facebook President. Last week was Democracy Day in Nigeria, and rarely have I seen the full ugliness and beauty that the... Read More

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May 26, 2012

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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. My last column focused on the inefficient Nigeria education system committed to churning out mediocre adults and a permanent and angry underclass. I suggested the... Read More

education in Nigeria, JAMB, standards, Temie Giwa

March 17, 2012

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

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 Bodija Bus Stop in Ibadan. Her husband is the vulcanizer in Akobo Street. They live in a one-bedroom face-me- I-face-you apartment not far from Bodija Bustop. Mama Bisi did not finish secondary... Read More

civic duty, government, mobilisation, Temie Giwa

March 10, 2012

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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 a joke. The subsidy debacle that rocked our country in January reminded me of a great Greek tragedy, and serves as a snapshot of what... Read More

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Temie Giwa: And the floods came (YNaija Frontpage)

Temie Giwa: Employ them (YNaija Frontpage)

Temie Giwa: Arms and the plan (YNaija Frontpage)

Temie Giwa: Simple justice (YNaija FrontPage)

Temie Giwa: Nigeria is not working (YNaija FrontPage)

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

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

Temie Giwa: The change we need (YNaija FrontPage)

Temie Giwa: Making tragedy count (YNaija FrontPage)

Temie Giwa: Quick wins (YNaija FrontPage)

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

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

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

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