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Friday, May 15th, 2015
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau I imagine the wide and frenzied euphoria; the audacious body languages; the illegal cover up of many sordid deals which are inevitably unfolding; the limitless deceits by the government and top officials (especially political appointees); the irrational and rambling debates and justification by members of the PDP […]
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
Written by Obinna Akukwe @ObinnaAkukwe – Yaradua! Wake Up! Nigeria is still boiling. I want to use this opportunity of commemorating the 5th year of your demise to tell you that you have slept enough. Since January, I counted the time till this day to wake you up as usual on this anniversary of your […]
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo – As we move closer to handover day to a brand new Federal Government of Nigeria on 29 May 2015, with a mixture of optimism and trepidation, if Nigerians (whether you voted for Buhari or not) think that the problems that have besieged and dragged Nigeria down for several inglorious decades […]
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Monday, May 11th, 2015
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria The entire world around us is in total shambles and Nigeria is certainly no exception. In fact we believe that the situations in Nigeria may have put her at the bottom of the scale of development ladder in many areas. The disparity between what Nigeria should […]
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Friday, May 8th, 2015
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – After a critical assessment of its performance in the first four years in office (2003); the contradictions and so many misgivings that are associated with some of his members and leaders, my aversion and reservation for the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has not abated. My position […]
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Friday, May 8th, 2015
By Eric Ojo, Abuja – The spate of malnutrition amongst children in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has remained a source of worry to stakeholders in the health sector of the Nigerian economy in recent times. Due to its grave implications for the mental, physical, growth and development of children, malnutrition which manifests in some […]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2015
By Prof. R.A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria As Nigeria rolls on to change its leadership from Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) to General Muhammad Buhari (GMB) on May 29, 2015 the question of what the future holds for Nigeria and its people become most paramount. Indeed the entire world is turning upside down and the […]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2015
Written by Obinna Akukwe @ObinnaAkukwe Yar’adua , Nigeria’s fourth democratically selected president. Yar’adua , Nigeria’s most unassuming president. Yar’adua , Nigeria’s most frail president. Yar’adua , Nigeria’s most educated president . Yar’adua , Nigeria’s only president with leftist ideology. The manner of your exit equals the manner of your entrance. Mysterious appearance and mysterious disappearance. […]
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Monday, May 4th, 2015
By Uche Igwe – Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results Albert Einstein Since the first part of this article was published last week, many persons have contacted me from far and wide to respond to its contents. It is interesting that many people felt that what I […]
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau If I was initially puzzled by the very offensive and shocking so called correspondence by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to the country’s (Nigerian Auditor General) rejecting the forensic audit report on the missing $20 billion oil revenue which took it – PWC, so long a time to prepare […]
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2015
By Muhammad Ajah – President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, would have made history when he hands over power to the President-Elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, on 29th May, 2015 according to the nation’s constitution, not on 28th May, 2015. Whatever people may say and however these episodes of the general elections may have […]
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2015
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba – In 2009, Bishop Desmond Tutu was on the campus of the American University of Nigeria as a guest speaker. In his speech, he apologized to Nigerians for the xenophobic attacks on black Africans the previous year. More than five years later today, South Africans are shamelessly slaughtering their fellow African brothers […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau Truth is constant. It is natural and fundamental. In a way, truth can be likened to foundation of a building, suggesting that whatever its state looks like, will certainly be evident and determine the quality and live-span of the structure. In contrary, deceits are weak and often […]
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Monday, April 20th, 2015
There’s absolutely nothing about Nigeria that defies remedy. Not even its politics, as the last elections have well proved. It’s possible that Buhari’s supporters, like am, have reduced Nigeria’s complexities into a sweet, soft, lolly pop. Buhari’s euphoric victory at the polls, soon dies out, as he begins to navigate the multifaceted layers of Nigeria’s […]
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Monday, April 20th, 2015
From Akin Soneyin, Ado-Ekiti – Tension was high in in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital Monday as the entrance of the State House of Assembly was again taken over by supporters of Governor Ayodele Fayose. The action was taken so as to prevent the 19 opposition APC lawmakers who the Governor alleged planned to […]
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Friday, April 17th, 2015
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau Regrettably, the heartbreaking and depressed story of the abducted Chibok girls Wednesday (this week) entered into 355 days – a year! On their travails and unpredictable end, the families (of the girls); the country and the world are disturbed and continued to lament. As the country is […]
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Thursday, April 16th, 2015
Written by Obinna Akukwe @ObinnaAkukwe Sweet Asylum is probably waiting for Nigeria’s Oil minister, Sweet! Diezani Madueke if the Buhari regime takes off by May 29th, except a concession is bargained for her by President Goodluck Jonathan. There are reports that this woman is seeking asylum overseas, and she has denied the reports. All I […]
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Friday, April 10th, 2015
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – After an awful outcome of the Presidential Election which held Saturday, March 28, 2015, the Lagos State chapter of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) this week (the eve) of the weekend Governorship and House of Assembly polls was plunged into an avoidable and hurtful inter-tribal […]
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
By Uche Igwe – In the immediate aftermath of the General Muhamadu Buhari’s resounding victory over President Jonathan, I expect that the people of the Niger Delta should adjust their political strategy. They should identify channels to begin to re-engage the Federal Government. They are very lucky to have Governor Amaechi who played a visible role in […]
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Monday, April 6th, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Since its formation in1976, the apex Igbo socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, which ordinarily ought to be the umbrella body, and rallying point for the Igbo nation, had done more harm than good to the people. The body with headquarters at Park Avenue, Enugu, Enugu state, is made up […]
