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Private universities in Nigeria: Where are the ‘big’ men? – A Rejoinder on the Moral Element

  • May 15, 2013

A rejoinder is necessary I have not written for NigeriansTalk in quite a while but after reading Salisu Suleiman’s piece titled Private universities in Nigeria: Where are the ‘big’ men?[…]

Analysis · General

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Nigeria: Reviewing Ms. Arunma Oteh’s Allegations

  • March 17, 2012

Allegations of bribery and corruption made on live television at a legislative committee show some of the problems with our democracy that needs urgent fixing.

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Analysis · Culture and Society · Health

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FGM in Nigeria: Raze the Abattoirs of Clitoral Disgust

  • February 24, 2012

One case of a death from FGM and the fact that it is still prevalent calls for action against the perpetrators in the main but if the activity cannot be outlawed it must only be done under medical supervision.

Analysis · Health · opinion

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Nigeria: Letting Our Children Live Like Dogs

  • February 22, 2012

We need to tackle an emergency that has our children live like dogs in the name of some higher but unconscionable goal.

Occupy Nigeria · Politics

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Nigeria: #OccupyNigeria and Occupy their lives

  • January 17, 2012

The next stage of the #OccupyNigeria movement is a tenacious occupation of all political space to ensure our democracy is responsive, cost effective and working for the people.

Politics · Review

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Nigeria: Compounding our National Awards with Shame and Disgrace

  • November 15, 2011

The Nigerian National Honours Awards were plagued with rejections, errors, a presidency struggling for credibility and an embarrassing shortage of medals for awardees, we seem to be plumbing the depths of ignominy, shame and disgrace with our most prestigious events.

Politics · Review

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Nigeria: The NEXT awards expose an unconscionable kakistocracy

  • November 4, 2011

The citations for the awards won by NEXT newspaper reporters show that they did expose a seriously corrupt enterprise in out premier revenue industry and all those who matter either ignored or sanctioned it.

Analysis · Economy · Politics

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Nigeria: Government Dishonesty About Fuel Subsidy

  • October 14, 2011

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.

Analysis · Culture and Society · General · Politics

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Nigeria: Legislating for the Unforeseeable of Same-Sex Marriage

  • October 3, 2011

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.

Culture and Society · Review

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Editorial: Sir, Those were dreadful analogies in an awful speech.

  • September 27, 2011

by Akin Akintayo
President Goodluck Jonathan gave a speech at an interdenominational service celebrating the 51st Independence anniversary of Nigeria and it was replete with utterly dreadful analogies – it was awful, awful, awful.

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