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Buhari and the Nigerian constitution
Buhari's national security team. This team and the best are from one section of Nigeria. This is constitutionally and politically untenable. Buhari has been here before and his tendency to match to his sectional tone was the basis for losing his military presidency in 1985. This is the reason his successor gave for removing Buhari …
John Shagaya: the Necessity of Reflection By Pius Adesanmi
I was stung by the news of Mr. John Shagaya’s death in a fatal road accident. Shagaya belongs in a generation of colourful military men who defined my generation in the 1980s in ways in which we – and Nigeria – have never really recovered. The manner of Mr. Shagaya’s death is an occasion for …
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The Nigerian Press Council to be chaired by the dead
Editorial While the outcomes is funny while sad, the most disturbing aspect is the process for appointments. The individuals being appointed are not interviewed or aware that they are being considered for appointments, their letters of appointments are from the pages or sites of media outlets. And why are the appointments two years after coming …
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Incoherent, authoritarian, uninformed: Trump’s New York Times interview is a scary read The president of the United States is not well. – Ezra Klein
The president of the United States is not well. That is an uncomfortable thing to say, but it is an even worse thing to ignore. Consider the interview Trump gave to the New York Times on Thursday. It begins with a string of falsehoods that make it difficult to tell whether the leader of the …
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