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Snapshots in a Week of Turmoil

Ihesiulo Grace 0
When he made the last Independence Day speech of his first term, President Muhammadu Buhari might have been speaking only to his prep team and the recording crew. Not that Nigerians were not happy to mark another national holiday. On this particular 58th independence anniversary, attention was
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Ambode vs. Tinubu

Ihesiulo Grace 0
After two postponements, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Party’s Governorship Primary will hopefully hold at last, in Lagos today, October 2. The Godfather of Lagos APC politics, if you are truly partisan, you can delete APC and say Asiwaju Bola Tinubu – effectively dominates all of Lagos politically, and has publicly declared that whereas the […]
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Nigeria’s certificate scandals

Ihesiulo Grace 0
The number of persons involved in certificate scandals under the Buhari administration may speak to something far deeper in our society, even beyond the administration, but it is to say the least, disgraceful and embarrassing. Ordinarily considered some of the best educated black persons in the world – one US report indicates that Nigerians are […]
Kenya
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The Election Result They Want In Osun

Ihesiulo Grace 0
If the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had its way, its candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, would have been declared governor that day. The party is so upset with the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the election inconclusive, that it has threatened dire consequences should the […]
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Ain’t the Rule of Law a Bitch (III)

Ihesiulo Grace 0
This week I close my three-part series on the title ‘Ain’t The Rule Of Law A Bitch?’ And I do so with a re-jigged version of a previous piece titled ‘Of Rule Of Law And The Madding Minority’. OF ‘RULE OF LAW’ AND THE MADDING MINORITY The last time, recently President Buhari said that ‘national […]
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Osun: Election as Theatre

Ihesiulo Grace 0
What is going on in Osun state right now is nothing short of political theatre. It is keeping us all entertained, but it has also turned so many observers into emergency lawyers. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the Osun Gubernatorial election of September 22 inconclusive and has ordered a supplementary election at seven […]
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Ain’t The ‘Rule Of Law’ A Bitch? (II)

Ihesiulo Grace 0
I have attempted to use the rules of ‘International Humanitarian Law’ and those of ‘Diplomatic And Consular Law’ to illustrate the fragility of that all-important principle called the ‘rule of law’ -especially when weighed against the exigencies of ‘national security’, or the less hideous term ‘public interest’, or even the more omnibus one, ‘national interest’. […]
Kenya
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Why MTN, again?

Ihesiulo Grace 0
It seems MTN is never too far from the speed dial to trouble. Three years ago, the telco, which has the dominant share of the mobile telecoms market in Nigeria, was slammed with a $5.2 billion fine for failing to disconnect 5.1 million subscribers after the registration deadline. After a back-and-forth, a bloodied nose and […]
Kenya
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Why IGP Idris Is Mad About The Letter

Ihesiulo Grace 0
It might appear strange that of all the problems that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has on his table his biggest concern is how to squeeze a journalist to disclose the source of a leak. But there’s a reason for his obsession. One week ago, Samuel Ogundipe, a reporter with Premium Times, wrote […]
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THE IMMORAL MAJORITY (I)

Ihesiulo Grace 0
‘The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority’ –Will Durant In the thick of the June Twelve annulment brouhaha General Babangida had announced that he was, after all, ‘stepping aside’. And many said that ‘stepping aside’ was his political transition’s tragic denouement -that after all the transition procrastination […]
Benue
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Governor Ortom and The Herdsmen

Ihesiulo Grace 0
Samuel Ortom, the Governor of Benue State, former motor-park tout, former motor-park Chairman and driver, and former Minister of the Federal Republic, a self-made man by all accounts, has since defected back to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This was his original party before he joined the Buhari bandwagon and became an APC man. Now […]
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The APC ship is sinking

Ihesiulo Grace 0
When we wrote much earlier that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party was a coalition of strange bedfellows and a one-chance special purpose vehicle to get rid of President Goodluck Jonathan by all and any means possible, we were accused of sour grapes. When we argued even much earlier that Nigeria’s Presidential seat […]
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Poverty And The High Rate Of Insecurity In Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 0
Today in Nigeria there is a malaise of poverty which has resulted in the problem of insecurity. The twin problem of illiteracy caused by excessive poverty has bedevilled and hampered the development of our country. According to the statistics and data reported and disclosed by the World Health Organisation, the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are […]
Falana
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Reality of life of integrity in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 0
The reality of a life of integrity is a mirage in any country where the majority of the people have been sentenced to a life of poverty. To ensure that the people of Nigeria live happily, honestly and decently the Government shall harness the resources and promote national prosperity by controlling the national economy. Accordingly, […]