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The Blood of Nnamdi Kanu: Exit From Nigeria
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Dasuki’s Warning to Buhari : Anti-Corruption Miss Road
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Show Us a Frivolous Corruption Petition!
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Gagging Social Media: Nigeria
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Sambo Scandal & the “Owners of Nigeria”
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Fuel Hoarding and Governance Failure
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Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 7 – The Legality
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Warri Pipeline Disaster: Negligence and Rumours
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Bombing Niger Delta To End Bunkering? 2
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Bombing Niger Delta To End Bunkering?
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Is the TSA a Panacea to Corruption?
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Nigeria in Pieces: the Crushing of the Defenceless
Fela once called them vagabonds in power, VIPs. It now seems they are cowards in government, CIGs – Guynes One really has to consider the...
Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 6 – The Selection
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Nigeria in Pieces: Biafra & Kanu
It was a grievous mistake on the part of the Government of Nigeria (GON) to arrest the Biafran secessionist activist, Nnamdi Kanu (See; The Government...
Nigeria in Pieces
When Sir James Goldsmith in his book, The Trap, predicted in the mid-1990s that the nation called Nigeria will disintegrate in a similar manner to...
Fraternities are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 5 – Selfish Genes
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Devalued Naira or Devalued Republic?
Nigeria is still in its “supposed” anti-corruption mode from a governance perspective, but the current state of the economy is not going to permit its...
The Government Has Jumped Up ‘Biafra’
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Unionised Cultists: Okada Riders Rule with Impunity
Trade unions are purely or originally organisations that were created and existed to protect the rights of workers especially from the exploitation and insensitivity of...
Native Politics: Okija Shrine and Ngige
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Youth Leader Murders: The Blind Side of Anti-Corruption
While Nigeria was being firmly gripped by the ostensible “showbiz” of anti-corruption promoted by the new Nigerian government before and after the 2015 elections, many...
Native Politics: Thieves and Treasures
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Another Deadline, Another Dead End: Boko Haram’s Turn
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Why “Anti-Corruption” is a Great Election Gimmick in Nigeria
Nigeria since independence in 1960 has had six democratically elected executives, the most recent being Muhammadu Buhari. The country has also had seven military heads of...
Buhari: Prince of Thieves
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The North–South West Election Alliance in Tatters
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Suicide Rising: The Blind Side of Anti-Corruption
Anti-corruption is raging in Nigeria and governance as predicted is blind siding countless worthy and real issues for governance. Anti-corruption is not an excuse whatsoever...
Yankius on Deziani’s Whereabouts
Pepper Rest: I see Deziani for Ikoyi this afternoon with Lukman Rilwanu. As eh, Deziani na fine woman O! The charges against her na true?...
Fraternities Are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 4 – The Deviation
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When Proper Democratic Process Fails Us: The Saraki Crisis
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Will Bombing Big Thieves Do the Trick?
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Yankius on Saraki’s Buying of Prayers
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Privatise the Government of Nigeria!
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Yankius on APC Gubernatorial primaries
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Solo Mansion Communities in Nigeria
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Yankius on Stealing by Messages
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The Blind Side of Anti-Corruption: What We May Not See
Nigeria appears to be definitively on track for major national and state anti-corruption initiatives; where the track will lead to nobody knows. The time and...
Gubernatocracy in Nigeria is Taking Big Blows
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Nigeria’s Brown Envelope Journalists
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Why is James Ibori Not on the Ministerial List of Gubernatocrats?
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The Important Lesson from #FasholaGate: Faceless, Nameless and Objectless
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Empowerment: Euphemism for Corruption
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Fraternities Are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 3 – The Manipulation
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Is APC the House of Refuge for the Corrupt?
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Fraternities Are Viruses in Nigeria: Part 2 – The Extortion
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Oil and Gas Free Zone in Nigeria: What is it all About?
It was recently announced in July 2015 that Brass in Bayelsa State, Nigeria has been designated as an “Oil and Gas Free Zone” by the...
Michal Lyons: An Angel We Will Never Forget
How could I or any of the people who had the privilege of knowing (Prof) Michal Lyons ever forgot her for the wonderful and inspiring person and personality she...
Probe: Nigerian Electric Power
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The Near Death Experience of a Petite Man 2
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Niger Delta Clean-Up for Profiteers?
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Wole Soyinka and Democratic Forgiveness?
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Nuclear Power in Nigeria? Another Crazy ‘Pole Vault’
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Response: Culture is Not Costume
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