Post Tagged with: "Nigerian Senate"

Nigeria: Government Dishonesty About Fuel Subsidy

Nigeria: Government Dishonesty About Fuel Subsidy

0 / October 14, 2011 10:59 pm

When you look at the issue of fuel subsidy in Nigeria against the indeterminate cost and the proliferation of refineries everywhere but in Nigeria where the petroleum is produced, it raises a number of pertinent questions about the honest brokerage of our government.

Nigeria: Legislating for the Unforeseeable of Same-Sex Marriage

Nigeria: Legislating for the Unforeseeable of Same-Sex Marriage

0 / October 3, 2011 7:53 pm

by Akin Akintayo
Last week the Nigerian Senate debated the Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2011 which passed its second reading and it has now moved to committee stage, however, the fact is Nigeria does not need such a law because there is no prospect of homosexuality gaining any normalcy in the society because the concept of same-sex marriage can take root.

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review XIII – Ideas for Electoral Reform

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review XIII – Ideas for Electoral Reform

0 / May 6, 2011 10:14 am

This is cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl As we savour the returns As the election season ends in Nigeria it is important to lay out in some form a whole series of ideas for electoral reform to improve on [...]

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review IX – Analysing the Presidential Results

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review IX – Analysing the Presidential Results

3 / April 19, 2011 4:07 am

The spread of the results in the recently concluded presidential elections in Nigeria are a serious talking issue, I present an analysis of the figures that make a lie of the accepted narrative about Nigeria. This is cross-posted from my [...]

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review VIII – A President-Elect

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review VIII – A President-Elect

0 / April 18, 2011 10:19 pm

This was cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl Done and dusted A new Nigeria just hatched out of its egg in the last 48 hours wherein the presidential elections took place and all results announced with the declaration of a [...]

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review VI – Report to Prevent Rigging

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review VI – Report to Prevent Rigging

0 / April 14, 2011 5:31 pm

This was cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl Being aware of rigging opportunities Giving some flesh to a tweet – @boosoolalab The problems could be efficiency, intimidation, access, bias and violence barring people from exercising their rights. In some Twitter [...]

Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review V – Concerns after the elections

0 / April 12, 2011 11:57 pm

This is cross-posted from my blog at http://akinblog.nl INEC failing itself Now over 72 hours since the National Assembly elections were concluded in Nigeria, we find ourselves at crossroads of hope and possibility without the clearest indication of what the [...]

Nigeria: Arise O Compatriots, our time has come

0 / April 1, 2011 8:45 pm

Cross-posted from my blog Nigeria: Arise O Compatriots, our time has come to speak Our time has come Tomorrow, the 2nd of April, 2011, Nigeria stands at the cusp of history, where the sound of the revolution would either bring [...]

The Beginning Revolution in Nigeria

The Beginning Revolution in Nigeria

0 / March 19, 2010 6:28 am

“It’s been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come“- Sam Cooke One of the greatest demonstrations of freedom took place in Nigeria on Tuesday the 16th. It was a youth rally that had over a [...]