After a massively successful rally at the National Assembly in Abuja on March 16 that continues to be talked about weeks after, young Nigerians under the aegis of the ENOUGHISENOUGH (EiE) Nigeria coalition have announced a Lagos rally, which will hold at the Governor’s Office in Alausa on Tuesday April 13, 2010. The protesters will [...]
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After Abuja , Nigerian youth march in Lagos April 13
by Mutiu Okediran on March 31, 2010 | 1 Comment
Posted in Events, Lagos Xperience, News, Nigeria Politics, RenewNigeria, The Future 
Tags: Abuja, Enough, march, Nigerian, Youth 
1 Comment »Democracy Indeed!
by Mutiu Okediran on October 2, 2009 | No Comments
I have heard and read so much about violent activities during campaign period, during elections and post elections. Watching this video make my heart bleeds for my dear country. Why would a state Governor and his cronies descended on journalists who are out for their duties.? It’s a SHAME.
Posted in Nigeria Politics, Perspective Tags: Ekiti, Elections, journalists, Nigeria, violence No Comments »DESPLAY SEASON 4
by Mutiu Okediran on January 12, 2009 | No Comments
Youngstars Foundation, Jos, Nigeria with support from the National Endowment for Democracy, NED USA, is glad to announce the call for application from young people across African for its foremost youth democracy and good governance program DESPLAY, beginning in January 2009. Democracy Series: Participation – Learning and Active Youths (DESPLAY) is a knowledge based and [...]
Posted in Events, Nigeria Politics, The Future Tags: DESPLAY SEASON 4, Jos, Youngstars Foundation No Comments »Beyond the glare: lessons from Obama
by Mutiu Okediran on November 5, 2008 | No Comments
By Funmi Iyanda This extraordinary morning, I sit in my hotel room in Johannesburg just crying silently. I am stranded in this city because the Nigerian airline cancelled its flight. I am not angry about the airline, I understand why this things happens in my nation. I had hoped to watch the American elections with [...]
Emmanuel Gabari interview with Hon. Chris Azuka
by Mutiu Okediran on April 8, 2008 | 3 Comments
Politics is becoming a game of unification where it is bringing people from different background, culture and tribe together under one umbrella. For the first time in the history of Kano State Polity, a non-indigene (an Igbo man and a Christian), is a member of the cabinet of a Muslim governor. Enjoy this very incisive [...]
Madeleine Albright On New Dawn With Funmi
by Mutiu Okediran on March 1, 2008 | 1 Comment
Funmi: Right madam secretary, it’s absolutely brilliant to be here with you, I was wondering what pin you were going to wear today. What does this mean, the pin on you? Madeleine: Well first of all Funmi, it’s great to be with you and have a chance to see you again. So I decided it [...]
Nigeria’s fuel scarcity
by Mutiu Okediran on January 13, 2007 | No Comments
Despite Nigeria is a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), her citizens still suffers in order to get fuel for their daily use. OPEC is an international organization made up of Algeria, Angola, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. This trend started [...]
Obasanjo vs. Atiku
by Mutiu Okediran on December 22, 2006 | No Comments
It is very laughable in the last few months on the issues surrounding President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar public disagreement. The first issue was the Petroleum Training Development Fund (PTDF) where the two parties were accusing each other of withdrawing our money for their personal and aides uses. Just yesterday, Obasanjo denied Atiku [...]
Nigerian Democracy and Good Governance: – The Youth as a Tool of Positive Change
by Mutiu Okediran on November 1, 2006 | 2 Comments
Since Nigeria returned to democracy in May 1999, after almost three decades of military rule, and almost two decades of economic crises, the country has been faced with the complex challenges of national reconciliation, national reconstruction and economic reform. The most urgent issue in Nigeria currently is the issues of democracy, understood not only as [...]
Press Release: Nigerian Youth Begin Countrywide Voter Mobilization Campaigns… Launch Election Project.
by Mutiu Okediran on October 28, 2006 | No Comments
With the 2007 general elections barely six months away, young Nigerians representing a diverse range of ethnic, religious and social civil society organizations have converged on a singular platform to execute what can best be described as Nigeria’s largest youth oriented Elections Project aimed at encouraging young people to vote, to vote wisely, and to [...]
