Money is breaking democracy in Nigeria

Posted on Mon 27 June 2022 in Nigeria • Tagged with Democracy, Nigerian Politics, INEC, PDP, Peter Obi, APC, Buhari, Tinubu, Atiku, Awolowo

Some Nigerian women displaying their voter cards at a polling units during one of the country’s elections. Photo:aap/ Peter Obe. https://photos.aap.com/Peter Obe

Ayo Olukotun, Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria has had 23 years of unbroken civilian rule since 1999, and commemorates this return to democratic …


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Can We Stop to Catch Our Breaths?

Posted on Mon 05 July 2021 in Nigeria • Tagged with Opinion, APC, Buhari, Tinubu, #EndSars

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Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash

By Aniemeke Isioma Prisca

Twentieth of October 2020
You carry army go kill many youth for Lekki
Na so water o, water runaway my eye
- 20 10 20, Burna Boy

Two weeks before the Lekki massacre, I remember urging my friends to tell …


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