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Nigerians are at the mercy of non State actors: Urgent Letter to Dominic Raab from Baroness (Caroline) Cox, Lord (Rowan) Williams, Lord (David) Alton, Mervyn Thomas CMG, Ayo Adedoyin

Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA 26 July 2021 Dear Dominic, The recent FCDO Report on Human Rights and Democracy does not list Nigeria as a priority country, despite daily reports of terrorist violence, mass forced displacement, the rise in abductions for ransom and a general backsliding on democratic practices.…

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“If A BBNaija Winner Can Get N90m Why Can’t A Best Graduating Student” – Lecturer & Twitter User, Dipo Awojide Questions Nigerians’ Priorities

Popular Twitter user and lecturer Dipo Awojide has thrown a query on the possibility of a best graduating student getting a cash prize of N90m like the BBNaija winner. This year's BBNAIJA winner goes home with N90M after the 90 days reality show. According to him, universities give 10k and a useless handshake to the best brains.…

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Nigeria: ‘Democracy’ without democrats

By Ikechukwu Amaechi As I watched the drama over the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the two chambers of the National Assembly last week, I remembered President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s 1956 award-winning biographical book – Profiles in Courage. The book, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957, was a celebration of senatorial courage – acts…

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Africa’s Women Day

Do you know that Africa’s Women Day has been in existence since 1962? Do you also know that Africa is a continent filled with untold stories of female heroes? Do you know that before America had its first vice president (after 244 years of independence), Africa already had 26 Female presidents and Prime ministers? Do…

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