Weekly 10: The Dead and the Defeated
ONE: The Dead: Christy Essien Igbokwe died. She was 50 years old. She left behind a great legacy of awesome ageless music. May she rest forever. TWO: A Boko Haram[…]
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Weekly 10: The Iron and the Jewel
ONE: The buzz of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala’s return is getting stronger. She is apparently in the process of accepting another major leadership position in Nigeria. Major Nigerian newspaper outfits in[…]
Weekly 10: The Speakers
ONE: Oyo State elected its new female speaker for the State Assembly. Monsurat Jumoke Sunmonu, an ACN rep, is a former Immigration Officer and a Civil Servant. Her election was[…]
Weekly 10: The Triumph of the Bills
ONE: Nigerians now have the right and responsibility to demand public information from the government. President Jonathan signed the aged Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to law last week Saturday.[…]
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Weekly 10: Paradise Lost
ONE: As reported last week, the executive committee of the National Assembly (NA) arbitrarily increased the money allocated for the National Assembly in the 2011 budget. The executive branch budgeted[…]
Weekly 10: Ladies at War
ONE: A grassroots coalition of women groups rose up last week to storm the capital yelling enough is enough. The National Council of Women Societies, Market Women Association of Nigeria[…]
Weekly Ten: Week 1
ONE: Most Nigerians want constant electricity, in fact some people make the claim that Nigeria is a failed state mainly because of her inability to provide this basic infrastructure for[…]