Author: Magnus Onyibe
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As Nigeria transits from Baba Go-Slow to Mr Go-Fast – By Magnus Onyibe
As the immediate past minister of lnformation and Culture ,Alhaji Lai Mohamed recently revealed in a media chat,president Mohammadu Buhari whose tenure just ended on May 29 is aware that Nigerians had nicknamed him Baba Go- Slow while he was presiding over the affairs of the country,2015-2023.
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Petrol subsidy removal, Dangote refinery as best kept secret – By Magnus Onyibe
Hitherto, Nigeria had been known as a net exporter of crude oil and a perpetual importer of refined petroleum products.
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Tinubu: Likely first billionaire, private jet owner to occupy Aso Rock Villa – By Magnus Onyibe
Of all the four (4) frontrunners for the presidency of Nigeria 2023, at least three (3) are established multibillionaires.
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Judiciary on trial: Televising Tribunal proceedings to the rescue? – By Magnus Onyibe
For too long,Nigeria and Nigerians have been choked by myriads of constraints and restraints put on them like a harness affixed on a horse to curtail its freedom enabling the rider to control it.
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Mike Adenuga Jnr: The man who can give the moon – By Magnus Onyibe
In the past one year or thereabouts , l have been trying to recover from the shock of the jaw dropping gift that l had received from Chief Mike Adenuga Jnr,who is one of Africa’s foremost entrepreneurs and one of Nigeria’s most illustrious sons, that for lack of a better nomenclature,l would like to also…
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Post General Elections 2023 Conflicts, Peace And Hand of God – By Magnus Onyibe
With the full circle of national and subnational general elections completed between 25 February and 18 March, and the political battle shifting to the elections tribunals,it is time to take stock of the tumultuous eight (8) years of the outgoing regime of President Mohammadu Buhari that has seen Nigerian ship of state sink very deep…
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Elections 2023 and the masses as victims of Incubus/Succubus government – By Magnus Onyibe
It is relieving that action has finally commenced at the elections tribunal set up to arbitrate in order to resolve the conflict thrown up by the highly controversial results from elections 2023, particularly with respect to the declaration of the ruling All Progressives Party,Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect.
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On “Yes Daddy” gate, Yoruba/lgbo spat: l chose not to die – By Magnus Onyibe
When Nigeria’s first Nobel laureate in literature,Prof Wole Soyinka wrote his famous book: “The Man Died” in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny,l can imagine that the wordsmith never expected that he would be required by fair or foul to contextualize the central message in the book which is basically that a…
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Elections 2023: Rebellious G5 losers and winners – By Magnus Onyibe
As the dusts settle after the 2023 general elections,the losers are licking their wounds while the winners are savoring victory.
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Elections 2023: Bruised political parties and crushed Nigerians – By Magnus Onyibe
During the run up to the 18 March elections, there were palpable concerns on whether there would be a domino effect of the party that won at the presidential and National Assembly, NASS levels on 25 February also triumphing at the subnational stage.