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COVID-19: SERAP asks court to order FG, CBN to name beneficiaries of cash payments, donations

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to order the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to “publicly identify and name Nigerians who have so far benefited from any cash payments, cash transfers, food distribution and other reliefs and palliatives during the lockdown in…

Malami: Portrait of a ‘Barrier-in-Chief’, By Godwin Onyeacholem

Much as one tries, it has been difficult to find something for which to commend Nigeria’s current Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. He has been the chief law officer of the country since he was first appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari at the take-off of his administration in 2015, and re-appointed in 2019 as Buhari…

Nigeria: Looking ahead to a planned future under PMB, By Sufuyan Ojeifo

Will the world and its economy return to normal after the coronavirus pandemic? The answer to the above question will probably be in the negative. Already, the term, “the new normal”, which has gained global currency suggests that the world, as we knew it before COVID-19, would never be the same again. Apart from thousands…

Buhari: Death Stalks Nigeria As COVID-19 Rebounds

By now, if we are a serious nation, we would be taking stock of how the battle against Covid-19 was waged. The infection gave Nigeria a good two months head start to begin the preparation of how to tackle it before it landed on our shores. It had started decimating lives in January and February…

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The Prisoner who refused to yell

Peter Siemens lay on the grimy floor of a Russian prison after being unconscious for three days. He had been arrested for sharing the gospel with children. His fellow prisoners had horribly beaten him in return for being promised parole by the guards. As they attacked him, Peter remained silent. Seeing that he was conscious,…

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With 258m widows worldwide, Nigeria needs to stop social stigmas that create exclusion, and discriminatory or harmful practices on hers

By Ms Hauwa E. Shekarau, Founder/Executive Director, Women, Law and Development Initiative (WOLDI) The 23rd day of June every year has been set aside by the United Nations, by virtue of Resolution A/RES/65/189, as “International Widows Day” to draw attention to the voices and experiences of widows and to galvanise the unique support that they need.…

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Biden video sparks hot debate between Nigerians in the US

A video of presidential hopeful, former Vice President Joe Biden, on Friday sparked a hot debate on social media between two Nigerians on who Nigerians in the United States should support in the forthcoming presidential election featuring President Donald Trump and Biden. A third Nigerian-American chips in a comment towards the end. Nigeria Everyday (www.everyday.ng) feeds…

NBC’s Sixth Code of Expired Values

Monday, June 22, 2020 was an unusually tragic day in Lagos reinforcing the pre-existing atmosphere of multiple rape cases all over the country. On that day alone, two couples were found dead in their respective apartments in different parts of Lagos. In each of the two cases, the man had killed the woman as punishment…

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COVID-19: It’s time for govt to stop treating private varsities like orphans

By IKENNA EMEWU Dr. Ihechukwu Madubuike, former education minister told me the story of how the government of Shehu Shagari he served enacted law to birth private universities in about 1980. This was later abrogated by the military junta of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari after it got power by robbery in December 1983. However, after the…

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