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Nigeria: The Debate Over Relinquishing Sovereignty by Victor Oladokun

3Aug

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Africa, China, Economy, Finance, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: The Debate Over Relinquishing Sovereignty by Victor Oladokun

The Nigerian Minister of #Transportation, Rotimi Amechi, has been in the news recently. He says he has only just become aware of a clause in a $5 billion rail project to be built by #China, that requires the relinquishing of sovereignty in the event of a loan default. With all due respect, this is a red herring. #Nigeria should not and must not relinquish an iota of its sovereignty. There are other ways of financing infrastructure #development, including direct foreign investment, private sector partnerships, bonds, the utilisation of a portion of the country's sovereign wealth fund, and concessionary loans from institutions such as the #AfricanDevelopmentBank This is not about China. Rather, it is about smart investing and the imperative of not discounting Nigeria's development aga...

President Buhari Names Agbor Railways Complex after Former President Jonathan

18Jul

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News, Nigeria, Transportation

President Buhari Names Agbor Railways Complex after Former President Jonathan

The Railway complex in Agbo, Delta Sate has been named after former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. It was confirmed by Tolu Ogunlesi, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media on Twitter on Saturday, 18 June. Ogunlesi said, “BREAKING: President @MBuhari has approved the naming of the Railway Complex in Agbor - the operational hub of #ItakpeWarriRail Line - after former President @GEJonathan. It will be known as the Goodluck Jonathan Railway Station & Complex — Minister of Transport, @ChibuikeAmaechi." Source: Sahara Reporters

Democracy Day 2020: President Muhammadu Buhari’s Full Address to Nigerians

12Jun

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News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Democracy Day 2020: President Muhammadu Buhari’s Full Address to Nigerians

“Nigeria has risen by 25 places on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking from 146th to 131st and is now rated as one of the top ten reforming countries.” Fellow Nigerians, The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 years of uninterrupted civil administration in our dear country. This day provides us an opportunity to reflect on our journey as a nation, our achievements and struggles.2. It is a day to honour our founding fathers who toiled to establish our republic and every Nigerian who has worked tirelessly to sustain it. 3. We are celebrating this year’s Democracy Day despite the COVID-19 pandemic which afflicts our nation and the whole world. 4. It is indeed a very difficult time for everyone especially those who have lost loved ones to the virus and those wh...

Buhari, Dumbest Person in Nigeria – Imam of Peace

27Mar

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News, Nigeria

Buhari, Dumbest Person in Nigeria – Imam of Peace

Imam Tawhidi, a social influencer and Muslim cleric popularly known on Twitter as, Imam of Peace, has described Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari as the dumbest person in Nigeria. In a tweet that has sparked off reactions from Nigerians and other followers of his, the Imam listed three leaders in the world who he described as "Top 3 Leaders." President Buhari, who he listed as number two, was described by him as the dumbest person in Nigeria. The tweet read "Muhammadu Buhari, dumbest person in Nigeria. Scared of terrorists, promises to fight the COVIKK virus." The reference to Covikk virus was in reaction to the President Buhari's broadcast to the nation. In a broadcast that came weeks after Nigerians had demanded a statement from the Nation's number one citizen, Buhari declar...

Opinion: Questions Buhari Should Answer before the Elections

12Feb

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Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria

Opinion: Questions Buhari Should Answer before the Elections

With the current exchanges of verbal batons across political parties, there is no doubt that the 2019 general elections are presenting the nation a lot of melodramatic episodes. While some elite class that are partisan are exchanging verbal missiles and cross fires across various campus social media, the reality is that both Buhari and Atiku’s political ventures have divided us. Some of the divisions are realist, and some are emotionally inclined. However, it is a current reality that even though our ivory towers are non-partisan political blocs, we are most suitably conscious of the complexities and truths about our Nigerian polity. Therefore, we are in a position to educate the masses. The ASUU strike notwithstanding, many in the academia are still positively hopeful that President B...

Opinion: 2019 Elections and Amina Zakari by Reuben Abati

14Jan

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News, Nigeria

Opinion: 2019 Elections and Amina Zakari by Reuben Abati

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised severally in the lead up to the 2019 general elections, that he would ensure a free, fair, transparent and credible process, and defend the right of the people to choose. But the appointment, literally on the eve of the election of a niece of his, Mrs Amina Zakari as the INEC Commissioner in charge of the National Results Collation Centre has placed a big question mark on that declaration. The attempt to deny any form of blood relation or filial connection between the President and the INEC official is grossly unconvincing. It has deepened suspicions, and exposed the incompetence and insensitivity of those who proposed her for that position in the first place. INEC faces an integrity challenge. It must address it. Ms Zakari is however, not n...

Opinion: The Elevation of Incompetence – By Shaka Momodu

7Jan

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News, Nigeria

Opinion: The Elevation of Incompetence – By Shaka Momodu

There is a struggle going on in Nigeria. It is a struggle between two evils – one, less so with a touch of human face and the other, extremely so – aloof, insensitive, unfeeling, deeply hypocritical and incompetent on a level never before seen in our country. My dilemma is not so much with choosing between the two, but about some people’s warm embrace of the latter. Ordinarily, one would think that the less dangerous of the two would be more attractive to many people. But I have been shocked by some people’s blind craving for danger masked in superlative adjectives of integrity, character, honesty, etc. I must confess that I have been struggling to understand the rationale and motive of some of these people for their willful blind support for a man whose legendary lack of competence and...

Nigeria: APC Presents Buhari As Sole Presidential Candidate

12Sep

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News, Nigeria

Nigeria: APC Presents Buhari As Sole Presidential Candidate

The All Progressives Congress has officially presented President Buhari as its sole candidate for the Presidential elections of 2019. Making this known, Maimala Buni, the National Secretary of the party also added that other interested candidates could still pick up the form if they so desire. In his statement, he tried to explain how the President emerged the party's sole Presidential candidate. He said "Once the National executive Committee NEC of the party passes a vote of confidence on the President, that President stands accepted because the NEC is the highest organ of the party and it met to take the decision, where every interest was represented so the National Executive Committee of the APC has passed a vote of confidence on our President and that means every APC member has endo...