Author: Alexander Onukwue
The Nigerian #BankWars were a fun distraction, but what we really want is good service
I can confirm that my Bank was not on the battered side of Saturday’s #BankWars. They were not in the ...
Nigeria Air: An outlet for elite interests or an attempt to restore National pride?
Should the Super Eagles become world champions at their next outing in the global games, the team’s captain could be ...
The urgent task before Fayemi in Ekiti
The brown and white envelopes, the strips that once held bundles of notes of various naira denominations and other souvenirs ...
Fayose will remain Fayose, but we cannot let him distract us from the matter at hand
Now that he has perfected the long expected return “home”, that sonorous legislator from Kogi should absolutely compose and render ...
Kemi Adeosun’s NYSC certificate scandal will shame at least one Nigerian institution; the more the better
Following the bombshell report on Kemi Adeosun’s alleged forgery of a National Youth Service Corps exemption certificate, the NYSC directorate ...
Nigerian doctors are leaving for the UK, and the resulting crisis will affect everyone, even you
Dear reader, please do not develop a health condition requiring a doctor’s examination in Nigeria because you would have to ...
#YNaija2019: INEC please come and explain to us what our PVCs are doing on Alibaba
We are going to need the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the electoral body that must organise free and fair ...
Buhari’s approach to the herdsmen killings isn’t working, what we need are strengthened institutions
How many of the kind of killings that occurred over the past weekend in Plateau have there now been in ...
It is time the Supreme court stepped into this 2018 budget stand-off
In the middle of May, the National Assembly passed the 2018 budget after seven months of deliberation. But when President ...
Femi Falana, Segun Oni, Ayo Arise: How will Buhari replace Kayode Fayemi in his cabinet?
The Ekiti state governorship elections will take place on the 14th of July and Kayode Fayemi is a candidate running ...
Recognizing June 12: This could be Buhari’s final act of reparation
After contesting and failing three times to be an elected president, the retired General Muhammadu Buhari, in 2015, got the ...
Opening up a growing Mega-city: Why Lagos needs Open Contracting
(in partnership with Patrick Enaholo) Grey clouds had begun to gather over the Lagos business district Alausa as Nahimah alighted ...
Not Too Young To Run: We finally have our victory, but it is too soon to celebrate
One long battle has been won in a sweet thrilling fashion. The assent to the constitutional amendments contained in the ...
The conviction of Jolly Nyame, a Prince of the House of Shame is a victory but not enough
Adebukola Banjoko, delivering judgement on the corruption case of former Taraba state governor Rev. Jolly Nyame, cited overwhelming evidence and ...
Nigeria Mourns: A nationwide minute of silence on the value of the Nigerian Life
At noon on Monday, Nigerians paused their businesses to pay respects to more than one thousand persons who have died ...
Here’s what the Nigerian Army should do, instead of denying the Amnesty International report
It is difficult to pick which statistics stand out in the overwhelming dark scorecard released by Amnesty International on the ...
Nationwide Catholic protests signal how far we’ve fallen as a country
There cannot be a guarantee that evil will not be perpetuated in the world, but we can always determine our ...
Demanding competence is necessary for democracy; so what was the ‘Transmission’ hysteria about?
Last week, an audio recording threatened to break the internet. It should not have because, seriously, that sound is very ...
Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: 6 talking points from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s Black Book
A book about how fighting corruption in Nigeria is dangerous should be hardly remarkable. It is the equivalent of a ...
Oshiomole’s biggest problem is reforming his party, not ascending its totem pole
Within the next three hundred days, the political experiment that resulted in the formation of the All Progressives Congress will ...
How did Sani become the voice of reason in El-Rufai’s Kaduna?
By referring to the three Senators from Kaduna state as “useless opportunists” and calling for their heads and beard to ...
“Superlative Who? I’m No Moron!”| 5 talking points from Obasanjo’s new jibe on Buhari
Olusegun Obasanjo is not going to be cowered into supporting Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure by some social media theatrics. Seeing ...
Doctrine of Necessity: Festus Keyamo Is Putting It To You That Buhari Was Constitutionally Wrong But Legally Right.
The debate has raged on the legality or otherwise of President Muhammadu Buhari approving payment for 12 Tucano aircrafts without ...
Ditch the dinosaurs | 10 takeaways from Moghalu’s speech at the Platform 2018
Kingsley Moghalu, an aspirant in the 2019 presidential race, was one of the main speakers at The Platform held this ...
Here’s how the ‘exoneration’ of Dino Melaye played out
Only 5.34% of the total number of registered voters in Kogi West showed up to verify their signatures for the ...
Dino Melaye has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, but should we write him off?
Jumping out of a moving truck is something you do when attempting an escape either from possible kidnappers or to ...
TucanoGate: President Buhari has broken the law. It is the worst case yet
If we are a nation of laws, then we do not equivocate when even the highest authority in the nation ...
“Majority of Nigerian youth sit and do nothing…” “We are going to give them red card” | Read the top 10 quotes from last week
A stolen mace from the Senate, a blistering criticism by the President that some Nigerian youth as sitting and doing ...
Buhari says many Nigerian youth are lazy; Arsène Wenger bows out #MerciArsene | See our top 10 viral tweets from last week
Viral tweets just make Twitter utterly delightful; so we thought to curate our top 10 (there’s a bonus and then ...
Stunning, yet startling. Who pulled off the Mace Hijack coup?
As the mace was carried past him by an uncapped man clearly not dressed in white and black, common sense ...
The September Standard
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- Celebrating Nigerian Trailblazers: Inspiring Women in Fashion
- Silk: Unraveling Threads of Elegance and Innovation
- Grammy Awards 2024 Red Carpet Fashion: Hits and Misses that Stole the Spotlight
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy