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Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release

Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release

When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within ninety days, with about four months to the general elections, several things struck me even before I reached the substance of the directive.
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France legislature and Macron’s “Republique en Marche” dictates

France legislature and Macron’s “Republique en Marche” dictates

After winning the French presidential election with over 60% of the expressed votes cast in his favour, Emmanuel Macron is also transforming from mere “En Marche” to “République en Marche” in order to curry the favour of those who believe that what brought their Vth Republic to life when General Charles de Gaulle proclaimed, as the Algeria – Franco war raged on between 1956 – 58, “L’Afrique aux Africanis” – leave Africa for Africans. He felt it was high time France acknowledged the right for any given people to decide for themselves how they wanted to be governed.

Lagos and the tale of four gates

Lagos and the tale of four gates

From the tale of these three gates so far, it would not be wrong to conclude that Lagos seems to have done better when it was in opposition to the ruling party in Aso Rock

What is wrong with this anti-corruption war?

What is wrong with this anti-corruption war?

DESPITE all that may be taken as gains from the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s anti-corruption war, there are good reasons to believe that the whole campaign might be a journey to nowhere. Uncharitable as this may sound, the fact cannot be denied that to date there is no concrete and irreversible achievement to the campaign’s credit.