Rock bottom as Next Level?, By Sonala Olumhense

Out of the blue last Tuesday, the beleaguered Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) regime, which is desperate for funds but even more desperate for recognition, spirited one Nnamdi Kanu back into Nigeria. Within hours, the so-called leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was standing before a high court judge. Not since Goodluck Jonathan […]

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Twitter, Diversion and the Next Level, By Chidi Amuta

The Buhari administration has just stumbled on a convenient but unexpected political diversion: the Twitter ban. We can keep debating Twitter while an orchestrated project of deepening authoritarianism takes hold. While Twitter rages, the president has said in his latest television interview that he has ‘ordered’ the police and the army to be more ‘ruthless’ […]

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Buhari’s speech as APC launches 2019 road map “next level”

“Next Level.” Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the All Progressives Congress (APC), Road Map for 2019 Campaign. The APC roadmap tagged ‘Next level’ is geared towards seeking re-election across all thirty-six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. Buhari’s statement: “Four years ago, we promised Nigerians real change – in what we […]

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