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Op-Ed EditorSeptember 21, 2014

George Kerley: My grouse with Simon Kolawole (Rejoinder)

by George Kerley I read, with keen interest, the opinion of Simon Kolawole published on September 14, 2014, tilted “My ...

Op-Ed EditorSeptember 18, 2014

Opinion: Stop killing soldiers, this is what we should kill

by Imoh David The story goes like this: The Nigerian government wanted some cache of weapons in South Africa and ...

Op-Ed EditorSeptember 14, 2014

Simon Kolawole: Corruption is my grouse with President Jonathan

by Simon Kolawole You know the general election is around the corner when you see all sorts of groups springing ...

Op-Ed EditorSeptember 6, 2014

Dele Momodu: This is why corruption thrives so freely in Nigeria

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, by the time you’re reading this, the sad news would have hit the roof about ...

Op-Ed EditorAugust 23, 2014

Opinion: Why Civil servants are the most corrupt people in Nigeria

by Michael Egbejumi-David Men in their 50s – especially the civil servants. At that age, men have lost their idealism, ...

Op-Ed EditorAugust 18, 2014

Corruption is a country (Y! FrontPage)

by Tunde Leye They are forced to exit the country and work/slave to build countries who belong to the ...

July 29, 2014

YNaija Editorial: So, what is the Jonathan government getting right?

This president’s record on security can rightly be graded negative, we are not yet winning the war against Boko Haram ...

SolaJuly 25, 2014

Who said the rich and influential do not go to prison in Nigeria? See here

by Emmanuel Chidiogo “Only the less privileged go to prison in Nigeria” were the words of Deputy Senate President, Ike ...

July 22, 2014

Femi Aribisala has another classic | Belonging to the APC does not mean you are not a member of the PDP

by Femi Aribisala APC is a progressive party. Therefore, when APC governors steal public funds; this must be seen ...

July 22, 2014

Dipo Awojide: Fellow young citizens, it is time to find your voice

by Dipo Awojide We the younger generation must change our strategy of keeping mute which has failed us thus far. ...

July 15, 2014

What are you really worth? – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze A good request on the face of it, but one made without a knowledge of the ...

July 14, 2014

Tunde Leye: How we all support corruption (Y! FrontPage)

by Tunde Leye So today, we see actors and actresses, musicians and bankers clearly living above their incomes and put ...

July 12, 2014

Nwachukwu Emmanuel: Nigeria and FIFA in yet another dance of shame (Y! FrontPage)

by Emmanuel Nwachukwu While FIFA forbids interference from government and it’s organs, it does not reject funding from those bodies. ...

July 10, 2014

#BringBackOurGirls: Unprovoked attacks by security agencies must stop – Ezekwesili

by Isi Esene Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili has expressed her misgivings at statements made by the spokesperson of the ...

July 7, 2014

Boko Haram members – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwaze Not a few Lagosians were stuck in a spot of traffic on Friday because a few ...

July 5, 2014

Opinion: Brand Nigeria – The cost of corruption and terror

by Chris Tion The spiraling violence has come at a very high cost to Brand Nigeria. My earliest knowledge of ...

June 16, 2014

Perry Brimah: Yahoo-yahoo boys are better than these crop of politicians

by Perry Brimah And then when we find some hungry fellow who steals some pepper, we, the same we are ...

June 12, 2014

Ayo Sogunro: Why I am corrupt – In defence of Nigerians

by Ayo Sogunro I am corrupt because I am religious. Look, heaven helps those who help themselves. I have been ...

June 6, 2014

Tunde Leye: Senator ex-Governor and his pension

by Tunde Leye When the pension bill for a governor is within the range of 1.5 to 2 billion annually ...

June 2, 2014

How we took the #BringBackOurGirls campaign down to South Africa – MADinitiative founder, Damilola Apotieri

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Damilola Apotieri, a post graduate student at the Wits University, South Africa has been at the forefront ...

June 2, 2014

Opinion: Why we must declare war on greed

by Osamwonyi Gabriel It wouldn’t take long to transform Nigeria to a 21st Century Eden, if we exorcise greed from our ...

May 31, 2014

Opinion: What ‘There is God o!’ means to the rest of us

by Rotimi Fashakin Little wonder that the most horrendous corruption figures ever known to Nigerians (Living and dead) have sprang ...

May 31, 2014

Rudolf Okonkwo: President Jonathan’s greatest speech

by Rudolf Okonkwo Tomorrow, I will publicly release my assets declaration forms that I submitted to the ICPC. And ...

May 28, 2014

Ayo Sogunro: Akwa Ibom and this sense of shame

by Ayo Sogunro Therefore, one has to wonder if Governor Akpabio has not finally discovered the loophole in the countless ...

May 27, 2014

Ayobami Oyalowo: Mr. President, leave if you can’t cope

by Ayobami Oyalowo If the kitchen is too hot for you and you can no longer cope, then GET OUT!!! ...

May 20, 2014

Perry Brimah: Poverty does not fuel Boko Haram, corruption does

by Perry Brimah Gambia is a poor nation. Mali is poor. Niger, Togo, Cameroon, even Ghana is poor when compared ...

May 9, 2014

Opinion: Mama First Lady and the existence of God

by Aminu Yusuf Roni Country on fire, the President clueless and incompetent. Human lives would be lost today, and the ...

May 8, 2014

Abimbola Adelakun: Jonathan’s curious relationship with corruption

by Abimbola Adelakun Mundane acts like stealing might not be immediately classifiable as “corruption” if viewed in a micro sense, ...

May 7, 2014

#BringBackOurGirls: That defining moment when Oby Ezekwesili, others stand up to be counted (PHOTOS)

by Zara Mustapha The call for the rescue of about 276 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram Islamic gets ...