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When Opposition Leaders Take to the Streets Again in Recent Nigerian History

Posted By: adminon: April 09, 2026In: SpectacleTags: Constructivism, History, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Memory, Opposition, Perception, President Bola Tinubu, Street protest, ‘Big men’No CommentsViews:
When Opposition Leaders Take to the Streets Again in Recent Nigerian History

History doesn’t repeat itself because history is not a cyclical but a non-linear process. It is memory that brings back a historical event. Meanwhile, memory is not an impartial record... Read more

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NPSA Lists 16 Areas of Concern, 19 Recommendations on Aftermath of August Mass Protests in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 19, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: DEMOCRACY, hunger, NPSA, President Bola TinubuNo CommentsViews:
NPSA Lists 16 Areas of Concern, 19 Recommendations on Aftermath of August Mass Protests in Nigeria

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is worried by 16 clear areas regarding the August mass protests and is putting 19 recommendations on how these worries might be best dealt w... Read more

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Soyinka Hits @ Tinubu @ Last, Angry Over Violent, Colonial Tactics of Protest Control By Security Agents

Posted By: adminon: August 04, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: #EndSARS, Hubert Ogunde, President Bola Tinubu, Security agencies, The Man Died, ‘Bread and Bullets’, “Yellow Vest”No CommentsViews:
Soyinka Hits @ Tinubu @ Last, Angry Over Violent, Colonial Tactics of Protest Control By Security Agents

Ahead of a heavily pregnant week in Nigeria, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is, at last, in a position to openly criticise President Tinubu and the subject matter over which Soyinka, otherwise... Read more

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Nigeria Shut on Day One of People’s Power

Posted By: adminon: August 02, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: #EndBadGovernance, Abuja, History-making, JAF, Kano, LAGOS, Oshogbo, President Bola Tinubu1 CommentViews:
Nigeria Shut on Day One of People's Power

Nigeria remained shut throughout on August 1st, 2024, the first of a 10-day popular action against bad governance. It marks the spilling over to the streets of deep fissures bordering on irr... Read more

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How Peter Obi’s Media Managers Could Imprison Him

Posted By: adminon: July 21, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: CEO, Chief Shaman, Governor, Local Government chairperson, Media Adviser, Minister, Peter Obi, President, President Bola Tinubu, Principal-agent relationship, Remi Oyo, SenatorNo CommentsViews:
How Peter Obi’s Media Managers Could Imprison Him

Presidential contender, Peter Obi had better beware he could end up in prison as an unintended consequence of the lack of suavity of his media team. The team is producing the discursive cond... Read more

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President Bola Tinubu and Economic Darwinism in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 01, 2024In: GovernanceTags: Big Brother Nigeria, Broad Street entrepreneurs, Dangote refinery, Darwinism, Femi Otedola, Godwin Emefiele, Governor Godwin Obaseki, Mercantilism, NNPCL, President Bola Tinubu, Presidential Economic Coordination Council, Washington Consensus1 CommentViews:
President Bola Tinubu and Economic Darwinism in Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu’s reform agenda is still the contestation in town. Its protagonists insist it is the master stroke of a policy approach. Critics deride it as a killer pill. It seems on... Read more

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With Two Permanent Secretaries, Has Tinubu Appeased the Idoma?

Posted By: adminon: December 14, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Benue Polytechnic – Ugbokolo, BRM, Chief Audu Ogbe, Och'Idoma of Idoma, Permanent Secretaries, President Bola Tinubu, Senator David Mark, Senator George AkumeNo CommentsViews:
With Two Permanent Secretaries, Has Tinubu Appeased the Idoma?

The Idoma nation (this word again?) was expecting that one of President Tinubu’s ministers would come from that stock. That did not happen. For an ethnic minority which has, however, been hi... Read more

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Very Welcome News on IPPIS From the House of Representatives in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: December 09, 2023In: GovernanceTags: ASUU, DSS, Former President Muhammadu Buhari, HoR, IPPIS, Mallam Adamu Adamu, NUC, Police, President Bola Tinubu1 CommentViews:
Very Welcome News on IPPIS From the House of Representatives in Nigeria

It is, of course, great news that the House of Representatives (HoR) in Nigeria is set to pull the university system out of the notorious Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System... Read more

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Fuel Fuels Massive Protests Across Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 02, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: 'Let the poor breathe', ASCAB, CORE, Fuel subsidy, JAF, NLC, NSA Nuhu Ribadu, President Bola TinubuNo CommentsViews:
Fuel Fuels Massive Protests Across Nigeria

It has been a full day of protests across Nigeria contrary to the perception that the Government of the day, particularly President Bola Tinubu, will use native intelligence to negotiate a l... Read more

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Powerful Democratic Signals from Agbu Kefas, Dauda Lawal, Opeyemi and 2 Others

Posted By: adminon: July 06, 2023In: GovernanceTags: Elite universities, Fuel subsidy, NANS, President Bola Tinubu, University of MelbourneNo CommentsViews:
Powerful Democratic Signals from Agbu Kefas, Dauda Lawal, Opeyemi and 2 Others

It is perhaps too early to sing their praises but they have sent signals too powerful to ignore in the midst of suffering and gloom. Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State The first on Interven... Read more

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