The elite consensus that has preserved the Nigerian union since the end of the civil war is collapsing. Add that to declining revenues and a rising population. Then enter Nigeria’s 'Triple Jeopardy of Youth'. Can Nigeria survive?
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Considering the 3 epochal struggles in Nigeria's history: The struggle against colonialism, military rule and struggle to deepen democracy; what would prevent Nigeria from becoming a failed state?
In a no-holds-barred #TEDxCalabar talk, @chrisngwodo thinks-out uncommon answers.
What are the tools, tactics and techniques for making indelible legislative impact at lawmaking - a practice which requires excellent intellectual and argumentative rigour?
In this #TEDxCalabar talk, Rt. Hon. Onofiok Luke provides answers.
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Why should young people get involved in making laws? How would they become highly-skilled parliamentarians? What's the best route to mastering the art, science, nuts and bolts of being effective at the legislature?
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How'll blockchain change global social dynamics, create wealth @ lower rungs of society, reduce growing disparity between people @ different social ranks + change lives of millions + organizations the world?
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://t.co/xQ4LDimAKG
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A boy's compassion transforms indigent children, reduces rate of petty crimes, reaches-out to over 3K children, takes more than 316 children off the streets + funds over 215 children back to school.
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From Ibim Semenitari's worldview, there's a huge difference between the Niger Delta she experienced and the one she's experiencing. In this #TEDxCalabar video, she conducts a diagnosis and prescribes a possible cure.
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What are the boundaries of possibilities for virtual reality? What potential does it have for doing so more widely now?
#VirtualReality
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#TEDxCalabar The annual @CarnivalCalabar is perhaps Africa’s biggest street party and cultural festival - 50K costumed revelers, 2 million spectators + over 50 million TV viewers. What's its impact on the economy?
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#TEDxCalabar Think Trans-Atlantic slave trade was perhaps the highest expression of man’s inhumanity to man? You may be wrong. Watch this very moving, emotional and heart-wrenching #TEDxCalabar talk.
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4.0 Considering the three epochal struggles in Nigeria's history: The struggle against colonialism; the struggle against military rule; and the struggle to deepen democracy - what would prevent Nigeria from becoming a failed state?
@chrisngwodo@TEDx@TEDTalks
#TEDxCalabar
3.0 Nigeria is experiencing the 'Triple Jeopardy of Youth': A young nation; a young democracy; and a young democracy grappling with the demands of a growing population of mostly young citizens.
@chrisngwodo@SheilaAfrica@TEDx@TEDTalks@RealBryceEdem
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2.0 There are terrorist forces in the North, secessionist rebels in the East, militancy in the South-South, endemic corruption, tribalism, marginalization, escalating poverty and gross inequality.
Can Nigeria survive? @chrisngwodo@SheilaAfrica@TEDx@TEDTalks
THE NIGERIAN STATE: MATTERS ARISING.
The tensions in #Nigeria - economic stress, divisive rhetoric, primordial hatred, factious politics, sectarian #violence, militant pastoralists + multiple localized violent conflicts are pulling the State in different directions @chrisngwodo