13-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN BOY GETS FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES
Musa Sani has gotten a full scholarship from a construction company, Ronchess Global Resources, to study in the United States. Musa came into the limelight after a video showed him illustrating his scale model of the newly launched customs flyover in Maiduguri using mud and sticks went viral. In addition to the scholarship, Ronchess Global […]
The Never Ending Abacha Loot
Dear Active Citizen, On Tuesday, August 23rd, the U.S Government signed an agreement with the federal government of Nigeria to authorise the repatriation of $23 million interest on the Abacha Loot. The total recovered from monies Abacha stole amounts to $3.65 billion.
Know Your Candidates!
Dear Active Citizen, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told Nigerians that the 2023 election results will be transmitted electronically just as they did in the Osun and Ekiti Elections.
Where is Our Money?
Dear Active Citizen, The government of the Republic of Niger has denied the receipt of 10 vehicles allegedly purchased by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government for 1.14 billion Naira. However, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, had earlier said that the President approved funds to be used for the purchase of the vehicles, adding that it […]
When Two Elephants Fight, #OfficeOfTheCitizen is Needed!
[By Soji Apampa] Elites from northern Nigeria are political heavyweights; this is difficult to dispute. Elites from southern Nigeria are economically heavy weights, which is also hard to dismiss. The two have been incessantly at each other like squabbling sisters very close in age. This had gone on for as far as anyone […]
PVCs & Kenyan Elections
Dear Active Citizen, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the commencement of the preliminary display of the voters’ register for claims and objections. The voters’ register will be displayed between Monday, August 15 to Friday, August 21, across Nigeria.
Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages
Dear Active Citizen, As we celebrate International Youth Day today, we continue to stand in solidarity with the Nigerian students kicked out of their universities 179 days ago over the government’s failure to prioritize tertiary education in Nigeria.
Impunity Got Us Here!
[By ‘Yemi Aamolekun] A few nights ago, a man holding a gun told my friend, “I fit shoot you and nothing go happen.” It was said in jest. He was wearing a uniform, and my friend had said something cynical to him about him wasting his time at the junction, and he’d have been […]
Get Your PVC!
Dear Active Citizen, If you completed your Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise before December 31, 2021, kindly go to the INEC office at the local government you chose to vote and pick up your Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC). Remember you cannot vote without your PVC!
President Buhari is Doing Giveaway
Dear Active Citizen, Trying times persist in Nigeria! It is no news that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has confirmed its N1.14billion giveaway to the Republic of Niger. The money was to aid Niger in the acquisition of some operational vehicles.