Resignation Season

AOT2, Osagie, and Steve start with Easter reflections before examining the wave of political resignations ahead of elections. They move into music and react to President Tinubu’s meeting with Plateau victims.

The episode also covers key stories, including Flutterwave’s banking license, multiple data breach claims, education policy changes, a court ruling against Airtel, Oracle’s layoffs, and other news making the rounds.

OUTLINE
00:00 - Introduction
26:47 -  Easter
44:50 - It's resignation season! Nigerian public office holders are resigning ahead of the 2027 elections. Read their score cards here, here, here and here.
01:51:00 - Music
02:13:00 - President Tinubu’s latest show of shame

• President Tinubu meets victims of the Plateau State killings at the airport (?!)
• Peter Obi slams the visit as a "total failure of empathy and leadership".
• Minister of Comms unveils AI camera deployment plan.
• Peter Obi throws some shade at NADECO activists, saying that Abacha was more democratic than them.

02:29:00 - In the news

• Flutterwave announces banking license
• Remita’s data has been leaked on a popular cybercrime forum.
• The Industrial Training Fund also breached
• The Sterling Bank Data Breach Claim
• Nigeria is scrapping the Common Entrance and replacing it 

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Ayomide Tayo

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Osagie Alonge

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Steve Dede

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