Tag: elites
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What we can do to address challenges in Nigeria – Buhari
What we can do to address challenges in Nigeria – Buhari
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How Nigerian elites escalate security challenges in the land – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said Nigeria’s elite play a major role in aggravating the security challenges besetting the nation. Professor Osinbajo stated this in his keynote address at the Leadership Conference and Awards – with the theme National and Regional Insecurity: The Role of Political and Non-Political Actors in Stabilization and Consensus Building…
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Nigerian elites seeking ‘radical options’ to save country from disaster – Ex-US envoy Campbell
Former United States ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell has said Nigerian are seeking radical options to save Nigeria from failing as a state. However, Campbell, in a blog post entitled “Nigeria: Anxiety over deteriorating security morphing into panic”, claims the concerned leaders are yet to come to terms with a perfect approach or strategy to…
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It’s immoral to advocate for violence when you have visa-Poju Oyemade slams elites
Senior Pastor of the Covenant Nation a.k.a Covenant Christian Centre, Poju Oyemade has said it is immoral for elites who have foreign visas to be advocating for violence in Nigeria. Speaking during ‘The Platform’ programme organised by The Covenant Nation on Saturday, Oyemade asserted that no one is certain about how a war in…
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Stopping the elites from replacing Nigeria, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa I leapt for joy last week. News about Nigeria is usually depressing. But this one was elating. I had in my column titled: ‘A country led by the blind and deaf ’ highlighted the case of 14-year-old Habiba Gwaram, a student of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State. On February…
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Insecurity: Dogara Accuses Northern Elders, Elites of Conspiracy of Silence
…Says Buhari is not serious about ending ASUU strike From Jonas Ike, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has challenged northern Nigerian elders to raise their voices against the endemic insecurity in the region just as they did during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking in Lafia, Nasarawa state…
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Nigeria has become meal tickets to many elites – Segun Adeniyi
Chairman of the Editorial board of THISDAY newspapers, Mr. Segun Adeniyi on Monday described Nigeria as a country that over the years, has become a victim of serial abuse and a meal ticket to many elites. Adeniyi, who was one of the speakers at the 2017 edition of The Platform, which is presently ongoing in…
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Elites, masses are only two major tribes in Nigeria – Emir Sanusi
*My grandfather was a Northerner, I am a Nigerian… The Emir of Kano, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II,has on Wednesday condemned groups that have resorted to ‘hate speech’ along ethnic lines. In a series of posts on Instagram, Sanusi said that due to regional separation, we still speak in the language of 1953. The Emir,…