We Move! – Aisha Yesufu
First of all, I would like to say that may the souls of all our #EndSars soldiers we have lost in this fight rest in peace and may healing come to Nigeria. It is very important for us all to look at the question and ask ourselves “how did we get here?” And I’m going […]
“Still Unconvinced? Why Nigeria’s Diaspora Matters”
(From the blog: ‘My Nigerian Dream’) By: Ayobami Akinyode OLUNLOYO As I considered how to begin this piece, a few thoughts raced through my mind; many of them about the approach rather than the actual message I hope to convey. Interesting huh? I don’t fancy myself as a writer in the class of the […]
“For the Love of Country…”
(From the blog: ‘My Nigerian Dream’) Ayobami Akinyode OLUNLOYO I often say (to myself) that the best songs in the world have already been sung. This is my own personal way of appreciating truly iconic and classic songs and elevating them to a status of “untouchable” when compared with more recent songs. I do […]
#EndSARS: When Young Citizens are “No Longer at Ease”
The plot of the 1960 novel by Professor Chinua Achebe’s “No Longer at Ease” chronicles the corruptible nature of the main character confronted with the issue of bribery. This is further complicated by a state of emotional confusion between his African culture and Western lifestyle. Perhaps, Achebe’s debut novel “Things Fall Apart” first published in […]
#EndSARS: Focus on the Government and Get Them to ACT – Bankole Wellington
The honest truth is that people have been pushed to the edge. They have been frustrated, angry and burnt for far too long. And there is not one leader or group to speak to. It is decentralized, organic and spread out.Thousands of angry young people united only in their pain and disappointment in their country. […]
BANNING FSARS, AN OPERATION PROBLEM WHILE THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM LINGERS! – Kenneth Adejumoh
In a democratic government, masses’ agitations are usually orchestrated through peaceful protest to get the attention of the government. This used to be a physical exercise with volunteers on a march to a notable government facility where they would be heard and seen. But the advent of the new media and with the new world […]
ECOWAS COURT JUDGMENT COMPELLING NIGERIA TO REPEAL OR AMEND ITS CYBERCRIME ACT OF 2015 – Olumide Babalola
When in 2016, the trio of Edeaten Ojo (Media Rights Agenda), Gbenga Sesan (Paradigm Initiative) and Adeolu Adekola (EiE Nigeria) approached me to mount a constitutional challenge against Sections 24 and 38 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act of 2015, little did I know that it was going be a long haul of legal […]
DisCos, Your Customers Can’t Breathe – Adeolu Adekola
The disturbing footage revealing circumstances leading to George Floyd’s death after being arrested by police outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA reverberated across the world and sparked protests by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence. The footage showed a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, […]
The Second Quadrannium of Gambrach: Interregnum in Car-Knoe – Rotimi Fawole
Yea, in that day, a great pestilence befell the kingdoms of the earth and a whirlwind of unchill tossed the seas. Some people called it colonialvirus because it struck at the imperial heartlands of Old Europiana. Other people called it cycloneavirus, as it blew unchill all the way from the Woo-Hand Province in Jinpingopia to […]
I Believe I Can Try – Banky Wellington
In the last few months, a good number of the most brilliant, intelligent, brightest and hopeful young minds I’ve worked with in Nigeria, have relocated to Canada. Shortly after my campaign for the House of Representatives ended, two of the most impactful leaders on my campaign team—one a lawyer, and the other an IT professional/Tech […]