Dynamic Views of Nigerian State

Outrage grows across Nigeria as Buhari’s lopsided appointments continue August 28, 2015 Abdulrahman Abdulmalik President Muhammadu Buhari's appointment at a glance elat The six officials brought to 29 the total number of frontline administration staffers who will handle the economy, energy, defence and other important sectors of governance for the nearly 100-day-old Buhari administration. In all, the president has yet to appoint a single female, a marked difference from Mr. Buhari’s immediate predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who had women in all major segments of government. That has angered not a few pro-democracy and gender activists across the country. But what has alarmed critics more is the apparent lack of regional balance in the appointments, a failing Mr. Buhari has been vigorously criticised for in the past. Details tabulated Thursday by PREMIUM TIMES show that Mr. Buhari has appointed by far more officials from Nigeria’s northern region wher...

Outrage grows across Nigeria as Buhari’s lopsided appointments continue August 28, 2015 Abdulrahman Abdulmalik President Muhammadu Buhari's appointment at a glance Related The six officials brought to 29 the total number of frontline administration staffers who will handle the economy, energy, defence and other important sectors of governance for the nearly 100-day-old Buhari administration. In all, the president has yet to appoint a single female, a marked difference from Mr. Buhari’s immediate predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who had women in all major segments of government. That has angered not a few pro-democracy and gender activists across the country. But what has alarmed critics more is the apparent lack of regional balance in the appointments, a failing Mr. Buhari has been vigorously criticised for in the past. Details tabulated Thursday by PREMIUM TIMES show that Mr. Buhari has appointed by far more officials from Nigeria’s northern region where h...

   5 hours ago KENYA Over the past weekend to much of this week, the news about a “modern-day Jesus” having visited some African countries have been topping Twitter trends in different countries. The story has also been covered extensively by local and continental media portals. For some reason social media “forced” a situation that meant the said Jesus was in two countries at the same time. In this article we put the trip of “Jesus” in context relative to where he really was, who he is and claims of whether he has been deported by authorities in Kenya. South Africa or Kenya? When reports first surfaced about Jesus’ visit, two countries were mentioned – Kenya and South Africa. Incidentally, the part about South Africa was very prominent. The  BBC  for instance puts it down partly to a retweet by Julius Malema, one of the country’s most active Twitter personalities. Malema’s first  retweet  was on July 28 from a Twitter u...