Stories By Peter Adeshina
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Today's Scoops
EMERGENCY: 23000 Nigerians fled their homes in April – why it matters
May 19, 2020At least 23,000 Nigerians fled their homes and communities in the Northwest and sought refuge in...
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Activism
Imo radio station punishes journalist for demanding owed salary – why it matters
May 18, 2020Imo Broadcasting Corporation [IBC] Orient FM indefinitely suspended one of its journalists, Vivian Ottih, who is...
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Aso Rock
Everyone has moved on from Gambari’s questionable past
May 18, 2020Professor Ibrahim Gambari has replaced the late Abba Kyari as President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff....
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Politics
ObasaGate: What to know about fraud allegations against Lagos Speaker
May 18, 2020Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, has been accused of financial impropriety,...
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Scoopinions
Months after elections, Nigerians still don’t know how Buhari won
August 21, 2019Six months after Nigeria’s contentious general elections, the electoral body, INEC, is yet to publish a...
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Scoopinions
The spectacle of the Nigerian Police and Army in a war of words – and bullets
August 9, 2019On Tuesday, the Nigerian Police reportedly lost three of its intelligence officers to soldiers of the...
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Scoopinions
Nigerian government is working hard to impoverish Nigerians
June 16, 2019Godwin Emefiele, the re-appointed Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, announced last week that President Muhammdu Buhari...
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Scoopinions
AIT has not covered itself in glory, but here’s the problem with this NBC
June 8, 2019Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has a less than appealing history. Its creation by a military...
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Scoopinions
Data is not the enemy
June 1, 2019In Nigeria, more often than not, elected leaders assume office with perfect plans on how to...
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Scoopinions
From Ajaokuta to rice ban, Nigeria suffers from a poverty of ideas
May 25, 2019Some years back, I joined my family in the living room to watch the confessions of...
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Scoopinions
Nigerians are fighting over crumbs
May 11, 2019According to a newspaper report, the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, a compulsory test for secondary school...
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Scoopinions
Nigeria must end its relationship with parasitic ex-leaders like Yari
May 4, 2019In a matter of weeks, AbdulAziz Yari will no longer be the number one citizen of...
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Scoopinions
Ngige and Ogbeh show that the Nigerian government has an alternative facts problem
April 27, 2019Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who was appointed – alongside his colleagues...
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Scoopinions
Sen. Ekweremadu’s short-sightedness and its consequence for Nigeria’s future
April 22, 2019This week, during a Senate plenary, Nigerians who remain in doubt that the country’s retrogression is...
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Scoopinions
From football to politics, every attempt to fix Nigeria must start with the press
April 12, 20191985 was a bad year for English football, both locally and internationally. It was the year...