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One of the indelible memories of the period of Nigeria’s return to democracy firmly etched in my mind was the 1999 Peoples Democratic Party primary election in Jos, Plateau State. I still recall, distinctly, how the votes were counted and broadcast on live TV. Everyone who stayed awake through the night endured the voice of […]
Continue ReadingIt seems that for President Muhammadu Buhari, there appears to be one solution to national problem: more of it. Is Nigeria facing the challenge of financial corruption? The approach is not to understand corruption as a primal behaviour that will be inevitably unleashed on any society whose social and political mechanisms operate with loose nuts […]
Continue ReadingNow and then, a Nigerian leader raises the issue of our population problem but somehow, it slides without a sustained discussion. In June 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan hinted the possibility of birth control legislation. He drew the ire of people who waved their religion as the reason they would reproduce as they wished. That retort […]
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