Break Up? Never!

 A cartoon of Nigeria, where it seems to some that there is a trade-off between staying together / avoiding civil war, and growing / developing at a fast pace.
What do you think?
Should we break down up to speed up?
Or are peace and progress too closely linked?   

See more drawings of award-winning cartoonist EB Asuquo of BusinessDay.



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I live in a beautiful country

As 2012 hurtles to a close, I want to take a break from the so-called problematics of government to savour the great wealth and beauty that is my home country, Nigeria.

Chalet at a beach resort in Lagos, Nigeria

May we manifest our potential as a great nation of good people.  Amen.
  
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The Hug

A lot has been written about the "carnival" as Patience Jonathan returned to her homeland and her husband the President of Nigeria. 

Personally, I like the Public Display of Affection between man and wife.  Very sweet.

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Ondo Election: What's new

The gubernatorial candidates include Labour Party (LP) incumbent Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and two high-flying lawyers:
Rotimi Akeredolu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
and Olusola Oke of the People's Democratic Party (PDP)
See full list of 13 candidates and their running-mates

Live Updates on the Ondo State governorship polls below

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Sure and steady Jona

Many people are distributing this Progress Report issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria (GEJ administration.) 
Full of nice pictures, the downloadable document has a few pages of highlights - captioned photos and bullet points - from every Ministry regarding their accomplishments.

This is accountability, good democracy.  

Sure and Steady Transformation Page 155

Of course, comment is free, and the criticism will start to flow as soon as people have read it.  As it should.  Criticism is good democracy too. 

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