ABUJA – In a move that has left absolutely no one confused because it is perfectly clear, the Federal Government of Nigeria today issued a robust, double-barrelled statement regarding the former Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Yahaya Bello. The statement, read by a specially trained spokesperson who can maintain a completely straight face, aimed …
A people who elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves, and traitors are not victims… but accomplices. – George Orwell I know I must be sounding like a broken record but I have to say it again and again without any equivocation that those currently strutting around for elective positions, particularly for the position of the president …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. – In a move that has left geophysicists, cartographers, and anyone who owns a globe profoundly confused, the United States of America has formally submitted a request to the United Nations, and by extension, the planet itself, to “please stop turning for a little while so we can get our …
How the literary theorist’s life and work shed light on the epic failure of U.S. Middle East policy. Author Edward Said is pictured in Paris on Nov. 25, 1996. Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Radicalism is nothing more than understanding the root of a problem. Time and again, the late Palestinian and American thinker Edward Said struck at …
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If Nigeria ever needed proof that hubris can be a full-time job, Nyesom Wike is walking evidence. The man is officially the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but in practice, he’s running two states like a Nollywood actor juggling wives in a polygamy comedy. One minute, he’s in Abuja paving roads and chasing …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 