Today in History: 25 years ago, Nigeria commenced another democratic journey with the election of Olusegun Obasanjo

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It may take 10 years, but we will change the national anthem again.

We are live. #Nigeria

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If these comments 👇from news journalists attending day one of a short course I'm teaching on reporting on 'misinformation' & 'information disorder' are anything to go by... those of us who teach factchecking to journalists need to up our game. 1/6

Part of Nigeria's biggest problem is not knowing if we want to be a free market economy or a socialist state.

It’s been a year since the Tinubu-led federal government assumed office on the #RenewedHope agenda. What’s your appraisal of this administration? Are you looking forward to the next 3 years?

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Arise O'Compatriots (old) written by: John Ilechukwu, Eme Etim Akpan, Babatunde Ogunnaike, Sota Omoigui and P. O. Aderibigbe

Nigeria We Hail Thee (new) written by: Lillian Jean Williams

What does this say about our colonial hangover?

National assembly to people who just learnt the old national anthem:

This video is considered to be the genesis of the issues between Muhammad Sanusi II and Abdullahi Ganduje, which has led to the problem within the Kano emirate today. I take the issues back to 1984 to map the mix of politicians and kings in Nigeria. A Thread.

In 2023 President Tinubu received support from less than 10% of registered Nigerian voters, raising concerns about the true representation of the Nigerian people's will and the future of Nigerian democracy.

Our team at CCIJ and members of our West Africa Hub have spent months on

I was covering the Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend in 2017, when Sanusi said these things (in video) at a time Ganduje had just signed a $1.85 billion deal with a Chinese firm to build the Kano light rail. After these statements, the open battle began.

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