Tag: nigeria
Food shortage hits rural northern Nigeria hard
by Tolu Orekoya The beginning of the rainy season usually hits subsistence farmers hardest: Their crops from the previous year ...
Opinion: A country hijacked by cabals
by Mohammed Zagga ONCE again, the House of Representatives is in the storm of another bribery scandal, coming two months ...
Opinion: How Obasanjo underdeveloped Nigeria
By Muhammad Sageer Whatever catastrophe we are going through in this country is the brainchild of ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo is ...
How about that? Nigeria denies visas to 31,556 foreigners
by Stanley Azuakola Very often, the kind of news Nigerians hear is of one foreign country or another deporting Nigerians or ...
News clippings: Chevron oil spill, $5 billion loss to theft and more
Chevron to address claims over rig fire incident CHEVRON Nigeria Limited, operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC/Chevron Joint ...
Taking 419 to the big leagues: firms offer up to $10 million discounts on Nigerian oil
by Tolu Orekoya Nigerian scammers have spread their wings and graduated to the big leagues, invading the oil sector. In ...
#IDon’tGiveADamn: “Thus Saith the Clueless King” – Part 2
by Dada Olusegun And it came to pass that on the twenty fourth day of the sixth month of the ...
Eddie Iroh: Nigerian airlines are unsafe at any height
by Eddie Iroh Those of you who bother to read my occasional intervention on this page will bear witness to ...
Assess your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats at SWOT Analysis seminar
S.W.O.T Analysis is an explosive motivational speaking seminar aimed at helping each participant in realizing their full potential. This is a program ...
Wanted: Architect for Nigeria’s problems
by Tabia Princewill IT seems that every time we tell ourselves that things could not possibly get any worse in ...
Opinion: Corruption: The haemorrhaging of a nation
by Emmanuel Nwachukwu Mention Nigeria to any casual observer and the dominant image of the country is corruption. “It is ...
Nigerian sets new record at Johns Hopkins University
From CP-Africa: Every year, thousands of young Nigerians travel to the United States to study. While many do well, only ...
The Arunma of Trouble: Oteh in more hot water as allegations surface over SEC Project 50
The 50th anniversary of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has turned out to be a massively expensive fiasco that might ...
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Can connections change Nigeria? (YNaija FrontPage)
I have always wondered what Nigeria would look like if more business people co-operated to lobby government for policy that ...
Mainstreet bank dismisses 800 workers
by Tolu Orekoya 800 workers from the former Afribank Plc (now Mainstreet Bank) got their pink slips on Friday last week. The ...
Nigeria, sixth most dangerous African country
by Tolu Orekoya The Global Peace Index ranks countries according to their level of danger, and Nigeria was the 6th ...
Dead on Arrival: New Nigerian music that should never have seen the light of day
by Ore Fakorede Someone (okay, George Bernard Shaw) once said, “Hell is full of musical amateurs.” I’ll leave you to ...
Stay out of the south-west, OPC warns Boko Haram
by Tolu Orekoya The rumblings of a possible Boko Haram insurgence into the southern half of the country has created widespread fear ...
Superiority Complex, Sense of Entitlement – 6 Reasons You Didn’t Get the Job
by Dave Fecak Over the course of his career, Dave Fecak has scheduled thousands of interviews at a wide array of ...
Opinion: To attract foreign investment, stay at home Mr President
…we need to put our house in order to attract foreign investment. In all factors mentioned, none is related to the ...
Unilag to remain for now, as court grants injunction over name
by Tolu Orekoya The Federal High court has granted an injunction halting the renaming of University of Lagos (Unilag) after ...
“Now waiting for the ACN and CPC press release” – See the top 10 tweets about GEJ’s media chat
The fact that President Jonathan took shots at “social media” last night during his media chat was not enough ...
“Most of the (Unilag) students don’t even know who MKO was” – Top 7 quotes from GEJ’s media chat
Adeniyi Abdul While many of you had your attention devoted to the match between England and Italy (or was it ...
Opinion: You don’t like the president because of Twitter: 10 highlights from GEJ’s media chat
by Tolu Orekoya President Goodluck Jonathan sat down for his third televised media chat on June 24. The program was anchored by ...
Opinion: Is it time for us to dissolve Nigeria peacefully?
by Diran Apata DRIP! Drip!! Drip!!! The violent spilling of blood in our country goes on. It does not only show ...
Opinion: Choose to be happy
by Gloria Ogunbadejo ‘A man is what he thinks all day’ – Emerson Of recent, there has been so much ...
Lawyer blames refusal of women to “stoop down” for Nigeria’s high divorce rates
by Tolu Orekoya Oh boy. It is an interesting take to interview those who would most profit from high divorce ...
Prison Break: Boko Haram frees 40 inmates from Yobe prisons
by Tolu Orekoya Reuters is reporting a prison break in Damaturu, Yobe, freeing the prisoners from the prisons, in a bold attack on ...
Bleach perfect: Nigeria No. 1 for skin-bleaching products says World Health Organisation
Doyin Jaiyesimi In a report recently released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Nigeria has the highest percentage of users of ...
PHOTOS: Domino’s Pizza Nigeria to open in 7 days, send staff on US jaunt for training
by Tolu Orekoya And yet other US fast food joint hits Nigerian shores as Domino’s Pizza counts down one week till ...
The September Standard
- Unlock a Healthier You: Essential Resources for Holistic Well-being
- How Your Diet Could Be Making Your Snoring Worse
- 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