by Niran Adedokun | Aug 22, 2022 | Miscellaneous
On Tuesday, the Presidency expressed triumphalist emotions over two recent events spearheaded by the country’s security forces. The first is the re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The second is the midnight invasion of the home of...
by Niran Adedokun | Aug 13, 2022 | Miscellaneous
Even though she didn’t appear to be on an evangelical mission, award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie, added her voice to Peter Obi’s political support project on Tuesday. It was Obi’s 61st birthday and as someone who has seen Obi’s humanity in private and...
by Niran Adedokun | Aug 13, 2022 | Miscellaneous
There is a theory known as framing in the field of mass communication. One of those communication theories with sociological and psychological roots, framing speaks to how the media packages and presents information within a particular context that encourages or...
by Niran Adedokun | Aug 13, 2022 | Miscellaneous
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are on the same extreme trajectory they travelled in marketing their candidates and de-marketing the opposition in 2015. Every time these two groups argue, they are as vehement,...
by Niran Adedokun | Aug 13, 2022 | Miscellaneous
Nigeria is full of endless and unnecessary drama. As life flows out of one contestation, we kindle another one that will reverberate and keep us busy for another fortnight. Within this period, more serious countries are tackling issues that improve the standard of...