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Opinion: Is the fight really over between ASUU and Federal Government?

by Toks Ero But evidently the greatest losers are the students many of whom lost their lives. For the lecturers, it is unfortunate that they had to sacrifice one of…

10 years

Opinion: Why corruption has become the norm in Nigeria

by Ogbeni Akinremi Abdul-Raheem Is it that Nigerian Police officers and men are not well paid or their salaries are not being paid on time? I keep wondering why a…

10 years

Opinion: How social media affected El-Rufai’s interrogation

by Jibrin Ibrahim The problem with the invitation to El-Rufai was that the public impression created was that he was being invited for harassment because of his political engagement in…

10 years

Elnathan John: Why mob action is the most rewarding form of violence in Nigeria

by Elnathan John Now that our president has chosen to put the bright ideas of some legislators to paper in form of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, we have…

10 years

Opinion: Why the APC does not represent change

by Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu Beyond criticising President Goodluck Jonathan and his ruling party, the APC has never managed to produce a practical, comprehensive and inspiring manifesto that proffers solutions that…

10 years

Garba Shehu: Labaran Maku and his frenzied attacks on Northern leaders

by Garba Shehu At another occasion, he thundered that “the fiction in the North that President Jonathan and Vice President Sambo are not developing the North, is the fiction whipped…

10 years

Michael Orodare: APC and the burden of a mega-party (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare Pardon my digression, the APC crises is no longer looming, it's now a big threat to the less than a-year-old marriage of strange bed fellows, which might…

10 years

Alkasim Abdulkadir: And citizen Onigbo sentenced himself to death (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Andulkadir These days the government is trying to reduce poverty by initiatives like YouWin, one of the most pragmatic ventures initiated by the government to provide jobs, no…

10 years

Opinion: APC and its concept of heroes and villians

by Humprey Ifeanyi Sometimes I wonder what is the difference between the herd mentality that we see among followers and supports of APC and what obtains in places like North…

10 years

Opinion: Why there will be no free and fair elections in 2015

by Godwin Onyeacholem And here is the rub: As long as Nigerians continue to allow a sitting president to single-handedly appoint a chairman of INEC whom he would regularly summon…

10 years

Opinion: A failed ruling class and the litany of impunity

by Jaye Gaskia The Nigerian ruling class has historically not been a stranger to impunity in governance; nevertheless, past generations of this ruling class will cringe in their graves at…

10 years

Opinion: The APC are pretenders, not Progressives

by Tomiwa Aghedo On a very personal level, although I do not seek to undermine the APC, but I am yet to see the "Progressive" agenda/aspect of the APC as…

10 years

Soyombo Ayomikun: Dear gay hater, who made you God? (Poetry)

by Soyombo Ayomikun The gay is a brother seeking to be heard A friend seeking to be loved A cousin desiring to be smiled at Colleague needing a warm embrace…

10 years

Opinion: Christians and the ‘Islamization’ agenda in Osun

by Adeniyi Adedayo My opinion is that even if this is not the major thing we require from government at the moment, it does not mean we should discredit the…

10 years

Perry Brimah: 13 reasons why Aliyu Gusau should not be Defense Minister

by Perry Brimah Aliyu Mohammed Gusau is a Spy, according to several WikiLeaks cables. There is tons of embarrassing information on the internet where NSA Gusau as a state traitor,…

10 years

Theophilus Ilevbare: Mu’azu’s difficult task of repositioning the PDP

by Theophilus Ilevbare As chairman, he should gird his loins for the barrage of criticisms from the opposition APC in the broadsides of the politics that will ensue on the…

10 years

Opinion: The wider implications of Nigeria’s anti-gay law

by Jaye Gaskia But there are even much wider implications for this law. It means that dissidents, who are involved in legitimate opposition to corruption, impunity in governance, reckless killing…

10 years

Opinion: The ‘appointment’ of new service chiefs is illegal & unconstitutional

by Jiti Ogunye The President cannot “informally” appoint service chiefs and later seek “formal” confirmation of “appointments”. On 16th of January, 2014, a day after the Armed Forces Remembrance Day…

10 years

Opinion: Nigeria – The consequences of evading the truth

by Adeolu Ademoyo Justice Ayọ Salami might have unknowingly touched something important and hidden. To naturally evade the truth may mean, it is in the nature of the way things…

10 years

Elnathan John: Why I decided to forgive Stella Oduah

by Elnathan John And citizens wont blame you if the economy crashes. They will blame the president. Everything is the presidents fault. No electricity, Mr President. No healthcare, Mr President.…

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That thing around its neck: Is ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ the biggest flop of 2013? (YNaija Long Read)

by Wilfred Okiche One of the surest things on the planet at the moment? Come Thursday next week, when all of the votes are in and the names are pulled…

10 years

Tobe Osigwe: Deconstructing Chimamanda Adichie and her sense of poetic justice

by Tobe Osigwe Is she directly or indirectly proposing that all unhappy couples should divorce their spouse to marry their ex? What is Chiamanda trying to pontificate when she allowed…

10 years

5 (more) reasons you are not getting sex

by Nick Roy 1) You’re Not Attractive No, we don’t mean you’re ugly. We only mean that you’re not doing anything about your appearance. You wear sweatpants and geeky T-shirts…

10 years

Opinion: Our President took all the Christmas toys and left us with none

by Perry Brimah While the army at war stays up at night afraid that Boko Haram terrorists will sweep their camps, lacking in craft, APC’s, drones and modern technology to…

10 years

Opinion: The budget and our expectations for the new year

by Ifeanyi Uddin The drama, last week, started with the exchange of missives whose contents ministered well to purveyors of the prurient, saw what looked like the implosion of the…

10 years

Opinion: Al-Mustapha and Elbit – How politicians sell Nigeria’s security

by Adeolu Ademoyo As the Nigerian state continues to wobble from one contradiction to the other without any progress, the modern state of Israel and Mossad hold a copy of…

10 years

Femi Fani-Kayode: Greedy pastors, God’s endtime generals and the Nigerian Church

by Femi Fani-Kayode I have nothing but contempt for those that call themselves Church leaders but who use the gospel to line their own pockets and who manipulate the elect by indulging in charismatic…

10 years

Opinion: World Cup draw, Uduaghan and the Sports Minister

by Onochie Anibeze It will be a mistake to hire foreign coaches when you do not have plans for Nigerian coaches who will work with them. Last minute changes in…

10 years

Garba Shehu: As Gov. Lamido and the PDP Chairman fight each other…

by Garba Shehu What this calls for on the part of Lamido, who apparently wants to replace Mr. Jonathan, is to know or identify your target/enemy and go after him.…

10 years

Shehu Sani: How Mandela represented hope and opportunity

by Shehu Sani Mandela was a light that shinned over a dark era of despicable cruelty and unmitigated evil. He was a tower that gave moral and physical muscle to…

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