Over fifty heads of state witnessed the inauguration of the newly-elected Nigerian president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan yesterday. Tayo Elegbede, a radio presenter, social entrepreneur and writer from Lagos, reports on this new milestone for the country’s 12-year-old democracy. Through its national journey since 1960, Nigeria as a political domain has experienced various forms of governance …

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Patriotism is valuing a nation which harnesses its resources to provide opportunities for everyone and where the aspirations of the youth drive the hopes of the future, writes 22-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Nnadozie Onyekuru from Maiduguri, Nigeria. My hope is alive. I have won the battle again. To be born a Nigerian is to pick battles with unpatriotism. …

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Patriotism is valuing a nation which harnesses its resources to provide opportunities for everyone and where the aspirations of the youth drive the hopes of the future, writes 22-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Nnadozie Onyekuru from Maiduguri, Nigeria. My hope is alive. I have won the battle again. To be born a Nigerian is to pick battles with unpatriotism. …

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Ejinrin, in Nigeria, is a place endowed with history and huge economic and tourist potential. And yet, according to a local chief, it remains largely unknown, untapped and under-developed, reports Tayo Elegbede, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lagos. Lagos state is one of the thirty-six states in Nigeria with over 17 million people. With its status as …

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Ejinrin, in Nigeria, is a place endowed with history and huge economic and tourist potential. And yet, according to a local chief, it remains largely unknown, untapped and under-developed, reports Tayo Elegbede, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lagos. Lagos state is one of the thirty-six states in Nigeria with over 17 million people. With its status as …

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Christian groups in Nigeria fear a move by the country’s central bank to introduce Islamic banking could fan the flames of the country’s deep rooted religious conflict. Tayo Elegbede, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lagos, reports. A move by the Central Bank of Nigeria to introduce an Islamic banking system in Nigeria has generated much controversy …

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Christian groups in Nigeria fear a move by the country’s central bank to introduce Islamic banking could fan the flames of the country’s deep rooted religious conflict. Tayo Elegbede, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lagos, reports. A move by the Central Bank of Nigeria to introduce an Islamic banking system in Nigeria has generated much controversy …

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A Nigerian Islamic terrorist group has been using threats and bombings to try to force the government to impose Shariah law in the country’s northern states, reports Alozie Nonso, a 24-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Owerri, in southern Nigeria. Nigeria, a west African country of over one hundred and forty million citizens, has experienced a series of unprecedented …

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A Nigerian Islamic terrorist group has been using threats and bombings to try to force the government to impose Shariah law in the country’s northern states, reports Alozie Nonso, a 24-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Owerri, in southern Nigeria. Nigeria, a west African country of over one hundred and forty million citizens, has experienced a series of unprecedented …

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Millions of Nigeria’s graduates remain unemployed and there is a perception that jobs in government go to those applicants whom are best connected. Yet recruitment without merit risks a decline in Nigeria’s international influence, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from the city of Maiduguri. Cabinet confirmations in Nigeria are a caricature of intention. …

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