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…
In 2017, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari spent 5 months in a London hospital treating undisclosed illnesses. Shortly afterward, rumors began online that the president has died and was replaced by a clone. The man who started those rumors was Nnamdi Kanu, a British-Nigerian political activist. He is also the leader of the separatist group; The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and director of London-based Radio Biafra. The main aim of IPOB is to create an…
The Nigerian government has been systematically releasing ex Boko Haram members back into society since 2016. The government claimed those released were repentant former militants who have gone through the Deradicalization, Rehabilitation, and reintegration (DRR) program and are now set to be reintegrated into society. Trouble started in 2009 when BokoHaram declared war on the Nigerian state after the extrajudicial killing of its then leader, Mohammed Yusuf. In 2017, former governor Kashim Shettima of Borno…
The just-concluded Big Brother Nigeria is arguably the most popular show on Nigerian television. To understand what the show is all about, it is important to understand what it isn’t. It is not a talent show; which means contestants do not engage in singing competitions, tell jokes, dance, and stuffs like that. It is not a game show; there are no physical or mental contests. Rather it is marketed as a reality show which follows…
Upon completion, the Dangote oil refinery will have the capacity to refine 650, 000 barrels of crude oil a day making it Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility. It will also be producing fertilizer as well as other petrochemical products. The facility is projected to create 70,000 jobs and save Nigeria 10 billion dollars in foreign exchange. Currently, Nigeria is Africa’s top oil producer and oil is the government’s biggest source…