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DE-ROBING LADY JUSTICE
Predictably, the Justices of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Tanko, arrived at the judicial answer to the PDP’s appeal without even...
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Nov 1, 20193 min read
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AMINA ZAKARI IS PDP’S BAGGAGE
The INEC has been in the eye of the storm over the announcement by its Chairman that Commissioner Amina Zakari will Head an in-house...
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Jan 8, 20199 min read
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OPINION: DECONSTRUCTING THE ATIKU PLAN
I struggled with myself over making my opinion public on the Atiku Plan. In our clime, nuances of opinion are usually considered an...
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Nov 30, 20184 min read
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RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIAN STATE: PANACEA TO RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS AND INSECURITY
ABSTRACT By imperial fiat, the British amalgamated the northern and southern protectorates in 2014 for ease of colonial administration....
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Nov 6, 201824 min read
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2019 ELECTIONS: CAN INEC BE TRUSTED?
Another Election Day rigging strategy is the use of violence where collusion is impracticable. Criminal gangs of thugs are usually hired...
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Oct 25, 201812 min read
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OSUN RE-RUN ELECTIONS: THE SODOMIZATION OF DEMOCRACY
I categorically reject both narratives and will set out to prove in this discourse that the INEC discharged its job creditably and that...
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Sep 30, 201810 min read
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CAN INEC RIG 2019 ELECTIONS?
Under the military era in 1999, the crude manipulation of election results that later became the norm is mainly absent. The General...
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Sep 8, 201812 min read
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UNPACKING KINGSLEY MOGHALU’S “BIG” VISION FOR NIGERIA – A BOOK REVIEW
Mr Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, without trying to be irreverent and with the most profound respect and regards that I can muster for...
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Aug 15, 201810 min read
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CBN: NIGERIA’S ROGUISH CENTRAL BANK?
There is a common trait among all Homo Sapiens who belong to that elite class of individuals that run our lives, otherwise known as...
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Mar 23, 201810 min read
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TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL’S CPI: MR PRESIDENT, YOU DINE WITH CORRUPTION - AN OPEN LETTER TO BUHARI
Your Excellency, Naturally, conventional wisdom and etiquette will require that I start by expressing my happiness for the safe return of...
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Mar 11, 201810 min read
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2019 ELECTIONS: WHY PROFESSOR MAHMOOD YAKUBU MUST NOT FAIL
This week’s discourse topic presents an instant problématique for those familiar with my preferred panacea of an institutional approach...
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Mar 7, 201810 min read
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SEX, CRONYISM, CORRUPTION: THE JANUS-FACED DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE IN NIGERIA
Ancient Roman mythology, like the earlier Greek and Egyptian myths, is replete with the heroics and evil actions of a pantheon of gods. A...
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Feb 4, 201810 min read
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2019 ELECTIONS: THE CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGERS AHEAD
Expectedly, and in keeping with its proactive approach to elections management, the INEC just released the schedule of activities for the...
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Jan 15, 201814 min read
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WHO IS RUNNING NIGERIA? PRESIDENT BUHARI OR JUBRIL FROM SUDAN?
While the headline of this week’s discourse may appear sensational, anyone with half-senility knows that President Buhari retains his...
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Jan 5, 20189 min read
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IS NIGERIA FOUNDED ON CORRUPTION?
FACT: Before you are done reading the first few lines of this piece, a grand corruption has taken place in Nigeria; if you factor other...
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Oct 24, 201711 min read
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AKO N’UCHE: OF BUHARI, IPOB AND THE SLITHERING PYTHON-AN OPEN LETTER TO NDI IGBO
Igbo Ndi-Nwem, The times we find ourselves will not permit me to indulge in the protocol of grandiloquent exultation of our kith and kin,...
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Sep 20, 201712 min read
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CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA IS A “BORN AGAIN” CHRISTIAN
This week’s intervention in public discourse will immediately commence with a series of caveats which have become necessary given this...
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Sep 2, 20178 min read
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BECAUSE WE CELEBRATE YOU, THEREFORE, WE READ
A little over ten days ago I had cause to thank fans of Cerebral Uppercuts with Chima Amadi, for the support and acceptance of our little...
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Aug 31, 20172 min read
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ORIGIN OF THE MARKETS: A DIALECTIC ODYSSEY OF ENCLOSURES
INTRODUCTION I have taken the leverage of the 150-year anniversary of Marx’s “Capital” to undertake a comparative analysis of two...
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Aug 15, 20177 min read
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THANK YOU IS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU, FANS OF CEREBRAL UPPERCUTS WITH CHIMA AMADI
Thank you is not enough for you, fans of Cerebral Uppercuts with Chima Amadi. Our last piece, “The Haram in Boko”( pictured below) has...
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Aug 12, 20171 min read
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