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Public universities have been closed down for the past eight months across Nigeria – not due to the current covid-19 pandemic, but because university lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are on strike again. ASUU has been on strike a combined 25 months in the last 10 years between 2010 and 2020. The current round of strikes by the lecturers’ union is connected with a dispute over Integrated Payroll and Personnel System…
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Following the #EndSARS protests that eventually turned chaotic, several Nigerian cities have been experiencing public looting for the past few weeks. The looters are not necessarily hoodlums, as a matter of fact, most of them are ordinary every day Nigerians who are taking advantage of the breakdown in law and order. here are a few examples of other public lootings around the world. London riots 2011 The 2011 England riots, more widely known as the London Riots,…
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The Sahara Desert is an interesting piece of land located in North Africa. This desert is the third-largest in the entire world, surpassed only by Antarctica and the Arctic—both of which are cold deserts. That makes it the largest hot desert on earth. Interested in learning more about this amazing place? here are seven interesting facts about the Sahara! 7. The Sahara is absolutely huge Imagine a desert roughly the size of the United States…
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On October 8, thousands of young people took to the streets of Lagos to call for the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), an infamous police unit accused of extortion, extra-judicial killings, rape, and torture. Since then a lot has transpired in a series of events that would come to be known globally as the #EndSARS protests. Here are five lessons Nigerians can take away from the events of the past few weeks. Social…
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Bola Tinubu was the governor of Lagos state between 1999 and 2007. Since that time, he has transformed into a political Godfather; a political operative who grooms handpicked candidates for political office. To the average Nigerian, his country has two basic problems that have hindered progress; bad leadership and corruption. The fact of the matter is Tinubu has handpicked the majority of state governors in South-Western Nigeria since 2007. The APC, an alliance that brought…