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Sunday, July 30th, 2017
By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu The new media are referred as contents that available on-demand New media most commonly refers through the Internet, accessible on any digital device, usually containing interactive user feedback and creative participation. The new media include websites such as online newspapers, blogs, wikis, video games and social media. The basic distinguishing characteristics […]
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Friday, July 28th, 2017
Photo caption: Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State and Chairman of NGF, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State recently visited ailing President Buhari in London By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) […]
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
By Idowu Samuel (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After almost two decades of energy sapping combat with corruption, Nigeria from indications is still in quandary on how to effectively tame the menace. Today in Nigeria, corruption stands tall at every effort made to subdue it. Both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt […]
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2017
Photo: President Muhammad Buhari reportedly receives in audience APC delegation in Abuja House London on 23rd July 2017 “What’s gwan inna wa cwantry?“ “What language is that?” “English of course.” “Sounds like Creole to me. Why don’t you just talk straight?” “Nobody talks straight in this country anymore.” “I still talk straight. I can’t start twisting […]
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s two big commercial banks, United Bank for Africa and First Bank have washed their hands clean of the controversial Treasury Single Account (TSA) funds collected on behalf of the government. In a statement signed by UBA head of Corporate Communications, Bola Atta, the bank explained that it has remitted all the […]
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Monday, July 17th, 2017
By Adewale Kupoluyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many things are happening in our country, simultaneously. Perhaps, one of the disturbing trends is the high rate of crime and criminality. When a nation is enmeshed under such circumstances, attaining development becomes a nightmare. That is the more reason why concerted efforts should be made to see how […]
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Friday, July 14th, 2017
Photo caption: Former Governor of Cross Rivers State, Liyel Imoke (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I read the beautiful piece titled “Imoke: From Politician to Statesman” written by Dan Amor and published in Daily Sun of July 11, 2017. Permit me, as an outsider- not being an indigene of the state nor having lived there- to look […]
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Wednesday, July 12th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This piece shares title with a 1960 Argentine drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, which depicts the political corruption in Argentina in the 1930s, a period referred to as the “Infamous Decade”. The decade, which began in 1930 with the coup against President Hipolito Yrigoyen by Jose Felix Uriburu, culminated in […]
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Tuesday, July 11th, 2017
Photo caption: Chi Onwurah, Member of Parliament representing Newcastle Central in the UK House of Commons (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chi Onwurah, the Member of Parliament representing Newcastle Central in the UK House of Commons and my former colleague at the State House, Molara Wood, met recently at the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing award ceremony. […]
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Friday, July 7th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coalition of political parties in Catalonia, Spain, backed by the Regional Government on Tuesday, July 3, 2017 introduced a bill for a referendum on independence in October. The bill provides for a declaration of independence within 48 hours if the “Yes’ votes win, or an early election to form a new […]
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Tuesday, July 4th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The most discussed subject in Nigeria today is what is called “restructuring” and indeed so popular is this subject that it has attracted the attention of roadside commentators, the bright, the not-so-bright, the mischievous and the outrightly unintelligent all united by the singular claim that Nigeria belongs to all of us and […]
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Monday, July 3rd, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In April 2012 when I was Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) then Congress President, Abdulwaheed Omar walked into my office to inform that he had just received a call from the Executive Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Danfulani Suntai that he just landed at the Abuja airport and […]
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Sunday, July 2nd, 2017
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria It is now on record that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of Nigeria is about to embark on a new journey by investigating a recall petition against Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi western Senatorial District. Such an exercise should be the first of its kind […]
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Sunday, July 2nd, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Goliaths of the Gulf including power house, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates gave tiny Qatar thirteen demands which they know the latter cannot comply with. Some of them, such as demanding Qatar pays compensation for “its policies” are so outlandish and open-ended that even those making them cannot […]
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “Baba just fall my hand! Ha, wetin.” “Which Baba?” “Baba Bubu, the President of all Nigeria.” “In the spirit of this season, may Almighty Allah (SAW) grant him good health and quick recovery. It is part of our duty to pray for our leaders. Only infidels pray for evil.” “My friend, the […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The holding of the Eyo Festival as part of the activities marking fifty years of Lagos State, transported me back to my childhood. Although the festival can be rough, but we in the Obalende Area had our own Eyo group, the Bajulaye; with red hats and covered head to toe in flowing […]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2017
Photo caption: King of Morocco, Mohammed VI (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Morocco, the North African kingdom is noted for its tantrums, rascality and general disregard for human rights, international norms and conventions. An attempt by sister African countries like Nigeria to convince the kingdom to respect the independence of its smaller neigbour, Western Sahara led to Morocco […]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2017
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria We don’t think that Kogi State, in the confluence of Rivers Niger and Benue, will require any further introduction to most people who went through primary education in Nigeria. Similarly Prince Abubakar Audu’s sudden death on Sunday November 21, 2015, a day to when his gubernatorial […]
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
Photo caption: Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Meets with Traditional Rulers from the Northern States, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, over a recent Quit notice handed to the Igbos by a Northern Youth Group. By Idowu Samuel (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It sounds like an irony, but diplomats and expatriates who serve or work in Nigeria often […]
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I attended a meeting recently at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Bwari, Abuja: the post-2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination review meeting chaired by the JAMB registrar, Professor Ish-aq Oloyede. Participants included Professor Oloyede and his technical team, field officers and other staff, all the Chief External Examiners […]
