Nigeria: What Does The Future Hold?
As the news filter through the media spaces one always hopes to hear good news but the reverse has been the case in my country, Nigeria, in the last couple[…]
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Nigeria: #OccupyNigeria and Occupy their lives
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.
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Nigeria: The NEXT awards expose an unconscionable kakistocracy
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.
Nigeria: Government Dishonesty About Fuel Subsidy
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.
Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: Definitely time to give June 12 a decent burial
Making history history On June 12 2011, I wrote a piece titled Nigeria: Time to give June 12 a decent burial [1] for a number of reasons which already appear[…]
Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: Time to give June 12 a decent burial
Yes, the hope died June the Twelfth, 1993 has for years been marked as the day that Nigeria’s hopes for democracy died or as Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa would have[…]
Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review XIII – Ideas for Electoral Reform
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[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review IX – Analysing the Presidential Results
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[…]
Culture and Society · General · Nigerian Elections · Politics · Review
Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review VIII – A President-Elect
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[…]
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Nigeria: #NigeriaDecides Election Review VI – Report to Prevent Rigging
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[…]