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How fake news was weaponized in Nigeria’s elections

As denials go, it was extraordinary and more than a little surreal. The sitting president of Africa’s largest democracy was forced to refute repeated

UCH Ibadan: As Prof. Alonge bows out as CMD

Professor Temitope Oluwagbenga Alonge, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, is due to bow out of office s

Interrogating ethnic syndicates and political endorsement

Their newest game in town is political endorsements. In the  runner-up to the 2019 elections, ethnic syndicates acting in the names but certainly not

Northern Nigeria is educationally disadvantaged

I recently came across an interview granted by Dr. ChiChi Aniagolu-Okoye, the Country Director at Girl Effect Nigeria, where she discussed, among othe

For Nigerians, some thoughts on today’s election

While I’m shocked, and sometimes even disappointed, with the campaign styles of the two major political parties, it doesn’t mean I have lost faith in