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Josephine with Steve It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as 2015: the media paints a certain picture of Donald Josephine Trump. They say he hates Muslims. They say he’s got a problem with Black people. They portray him as a man whose scorn is a blunt instrument, swinging wildly …
General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi The creation of states in Nigeria is often discussed as a necessary restructuring of the old regional system, a move to dismantle centrifugal forces and foster national unity. At the heart of this foundational shift lies Unification Decree No. 34 of May 24, 1966, promulgated by the military government of General Johnson …
I t is not yet doomsday in Nigeria. There is still some chance to rescue us from ourselves, even if the buffeting winds of killings and maimings and outright erasure of human settlements from the surface of the earth have served adequate notice that we are pushing our luck. I have no partisan agenda other …
There was a time Nigeria walked with the confident swagger of a giant — chest out, agbada flowing, and an economy that didn’t need to borrow pocket money from the IMF just to buy pure water. But that era is now in the museum, somewhere between Nok terracotta and NEPA’s customer service. In today’s Nigeria, …
A coup, as political science textbooks love to remind us, is the unconstitutional removal of a government and the installation of another without voters but with guns. Well, Nigeria—ever the innovator—has improved the formula. Why rely on soldiers when you can achieve the same result with press statements, EFCC whispers, and the irresistible power of …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 