Category: Politics
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It all leads to politics
Every little argument in this report is linked to the growth of off-campus street affiliates of the fraternities that were created in the Universities of Nigeria. The confraternities recruit their membership from the unemployed youth, out of school children and secondary school students. The results are that these groups are active in whatever they are…
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Gangs in the River State and politicians
Corruption is endemic in Nigeria, and the electoral process is renowned for spreading that corruption, but afterwards what is the significance of that corruption on the daily lives of Nigerians. In a special report by Global Initiative, they link the political corruption with crime after the elections. There are other arguments, but the link between…
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Putin is likely to retain power, “but”
There is a joke about time zones that ends with Putin complaining that he had commiserated with Prigozhin’s family before the plane had taken off. It is a great joke, which was told by the Prime Minister of Albania. But the element of truth is hard to miss, it is widely recognised that Prigozhin was…
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Is Libya going to find peace
Can Libya ever unite in peace again seems to be a thorny issue among those that question the countries instability. It has been twelve years since the overthrow of Ghadaffi, but there is an impasse that has been magnified by the country being split in two by two opposing governments. The politics of the east…
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Part two Lebanon politics
Politics in Lebanon is normally a dull affair where the same names and parties dominate arguments that morph into a singular contention of – what’s in it for me -. But since the uprising of October 2019, where hundreds and thousands of Lebanese took to the streets to demand political change, there has not been…
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