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A rumour becomes a scandal. A disagreement becomes a conspiracy. An inconvenient question becomes evidence of a plot. An opponent is not merely wrong, but corrupt, compromised, bought, controlled or secretly working for somebody else.
The First Lady’s remarks therefore landed less like moral guidance and more like a billionaire nutritionist advising a famine victim to eat sensibly.
This intersection of libido and governance is deeply rooted in history. In When Sex Threatened the State: Illicit Sexuality, Nationalism and Politics in Colonial Nigeria, 1900–1958, Professor Saheed Aderinto documented moral degeneration among the ruling elite, showing how men of power have long been implicated in what he called the “commoditization of sex.”
How do you use social media? Social media is the old press but in a different ecosystem. It’s for information, fun, education, entertainment, interaction and the village market square. An intersection between the government and the governed. It’s immediate feedback, it’s fast and spread.
Yvonne Orji, of “Insecure” fame, is set to join the cast of the comedy Night School alongside Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish. This will mark Orji’s feature film debut. The film, which is based on a story written by Hart, follows a group of adults who are all forced into attending night classes in the hopes …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 