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Why Lauretta Onochie’s Nomination Is Causing Much Raucous

October 14, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

While the struggle for justice was ongoing nationwide yesterday, President Mohammed Buhari forwarded the name of his special assistant on social media, Lauretta Onochie, as a national commissioner for the

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Defunct SARS Gets A Replacement

October 14, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

On Tuesday, President Mohammed Buhari bowed to the demands of Nigerian Youths by meeting the five-point demands of protesters. The agitations that led to this resolution held across the country

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#EndSARS: How it started Vs How it’s going

October 13, 2020 by Culture Custodian

Gently lying underneath the uproar, arrogance and agitation – barely an inch below the angry, excited and aggressive surface – is the brokenness of Nigerian people. Both at home and

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#SARSMustEnd: Documenting the Casualties and the Police Response

October 12, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

It’s been four days since Nigerian youths took to the streets to protest against police brutality and disbandment of the special-anti robbery squad(SARS). Yesterday, the Inspector General of Police alleged

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On Burna Boy, Ending SARS and our Search for Leadership

October 10, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

A study of contemporary Nigerian history will point to a distinct lack of leadership in the political space. It can partly be traced to President Buhari’s 2015 ascension to the

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#EndSARS Now Top Trending Tweet Worldwide

October 9, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

The calls to #EndSARS, not reform it was taken a step further by Nigerian Youths as it becomes the number one trending tweet worldwide. In major parts of the country,

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Nigeria Police Rejects Calls to Scrap SARS

October 8, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

There have been renewed calls to scrap the Special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS) with hashtag #EndSARS despite its ban from routine patrols, stop-and-search, mounting of roadblocks and traffic check by the Inspector

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Lhil Frosh and FFK serve a Reminder of the need to protect Nigerian women

October 8, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

When it rains it pours. That perhaps has been a theme for Nigerian women in 2020. In June, there was a reckoning of sorts when a range of stories detailing

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Makes Final Stage of WTO Race

October 8, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

The World Trade Organisation(WTO) selected its top two candidates- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria) and Yoo Myung-hee(South Korea) yesterday to move to the third and final stage of consultation process scheduled to

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Explainer: The N2.67 Billion Missing School Feeding Funds

October 7, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

Last month, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission(ICPC) uncovered the sum of N2.67 billion payment meant for school feeding of 104 unity federal colleges during the lockdown

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Five Godfather-Godson Relationships That Went Sour

October 7, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

Nigeria’s political structure is partly built on the premise of godfatherism and in that vein, fall-outs between godfathers-godsons can be common. With the recently concluded Edo State elections being the

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More Unions Join the Ongoing ASUU Strike

October 6, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) commenced their 14-day warning strike yesterday. The Academic Staff Union of

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President Buhari Marks World Teacher’s Day in Style

October 6, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

The world teacher’s day celebrated since 1994 commemorates the adoption of the 1966 International Labour Organization(ILO)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Education(UNESCO) recommendation concerning the status of teachers adopted in

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Surviving SARS: 7 Young Nigerians Share Their Experiences

October 6, 2020 by Culture Custodian

The SARS (Special Anti Robbery Squad) was founded 28 years ago after a series of armed robbery attacks that brought the country to its knees. In 1992, Nigeria was a

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WizKid Blows Hot on #EndSARS

October 5, 2020 by Damilola Akintola

On Sunday, popular Nigerian pop star, Ayodeji Balogun, known as WizKid called out President Muhammed Buhari after the latter prayed for the recovery of the President of United States, Donald