Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to three Gulf of Guinea countries last month brings attention to the importance not only of this body of water, but also the competition for influence there. The Gulf of Guinea is hotter than ever. Erdogan visited Angola, Togo and Nigeria on his latest visit to Africa. The trip’s plotting emphasizes the role these three states
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On June 12, 2021, Democracy Day, PTB4Nigeria In Canada Group held a virtual event that attracted 660 participants from across the globe. The theme was “Rethinking the Nigerian State.” The guest speaker, Dr. Tunde Bakare, discussed Nigeria’s past, present, and future and engaged with participants in a question and answer session. It was evident that Nigerians are concerned about the future of Nigeria, which forms the premise of this opinion piece. Dr. Bakare identified the three-point process to avoid plunging Nigeria into anarchy as Reconciliation, Reconstitution, and Reconstruction, the “tripartite chance at national rebirth.”
We refer to the process as the 3Rs of remaking Nigeria. We believe that the process must commence during President Mohammad Buhari’s administration and believe the Nigerian media must drive a national conversation in this direction. In this opinion piece, we examine the issues raised by Dr. Tunde Bakare and offer insights on the pathway to
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AST week, we started discussions on issues which make restructuring the sine qua non for peaceful coexistence and continuity of Nigeria as a corporate entityof the Nigerian polity. Let me pause here to join millions of other Nigerians to commiserate with the family of Ahmed Gulak, a learned gentleman and suave politician, who was reported brutally murdered on Saturday night on his way to the Sam Mbakwe International Airport in Owerri. It cannot be over-emphasised that insecurity in our country has reached a frightening proportion of which the Buhari administration has lost control and yet be held accountable for its obduracy in the face of glaring incompetence.