Day: March 19, 2021

Underrated Politician: Meet Samia Hassan, Tanzania’s 1st female President

Aoko Benjamin

Her life? Her Politics? Her Marriage? Here is all you may need to know about the most Underrated politician in Tanzania and next president, according to the dictates of the constitution, of the East African nation   Following Wednesday’s death of Tanzanian President John Magufuli, attention is shifting to his successor. The next in line, according to Tanzania’s Constitution, is the vice president. That would make Samia Suluhu Hassan the first female leader of the East African nation since its independence from Britain in late 1961. There was no indication…

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Hijaab in Kwara: Bad news doesn’t get better with time, by Rafiu Ajakaye

Rafiu Ajakaye

  Bad news doesn’t get better with time is an expression from the famous Black American five star General Colin Powell’s book It Worked For Me. In the opinion of Powell, a problem (challenge) will not disappear by anyone simply ignoring, abandoning or pretending it does not exist. He feels that challenges, however unpleasant and tough, are better confronted and dealt with, with everyone first admitting it exists and taking steps to solving it. He feels that anything short of it amounts to kicking the can down the road. This…

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