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Opinion: Now that restructuring is dead, Yorubas must leave Nigeria!

by Bayo Oluwasanmi As expected, I met with a barrage of flak mostly from Northerners for my article “Yorubas, think. It's Time To Go!” published July 15, 2017 on YNaija.…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: Nigeria risks breaking up without restructuring

by Prof. Babs Onabanjo The handwriting is clear. The cloud is gathering. Our dear country Nigeria is sitting on a gun pounder, waiting to explode. Nigeria has remained in…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: Nigeria deserves better

by Samuel Akinnuga Dear Nigerians, Please accept this very kindly. It is from the heart of a concerned young Nigerian. I am just a little over 2 decades…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: Between El Rufai’s lies and the “Restructuralists”’ realism

by Jude Ndukwe In an interview granted Channels Television recently, El Rufai in his usual manner sounded rash, brash, saucy, arrogant, insolent and illogical while answering questions on the groundswell…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Dele Momodu: What exactly are we restructuring?

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, let me say categorically that I’ve never seen a country where the citizens like to argue over every miniscule issue like Nigeria. We are a…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: The type of restructuring Nigeria needs

by Jide Ojo For quite some time now, there has been a clamour for the restructuring of Nigeria. Not a few people, I inclusive, believe that the solution to the…

Azeez 7 years

Our common enemy is the corrupt political class | Labour unions tell Nigerians

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have said the ruling political elite should be held responsible for the hardship in the country. NLC President, Ayuba…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Peregrino Brimah: Petition for the FG to restore Nigeria’s true federalism

by Peregrino Brimah This petition is initiated in the interest of the progress and prosperity of Nigeria. Restoring Nigeria's True Federalism is a clamour by the North and South, East and West and…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: This is why Nigeria should be restructured

by Jide Ojo Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified - Albert Camus The call for restructuring has never been this strident. Virtually…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Dele Momodu: Before they set Nigeria ablaze again

Fellow Nigerians, let me confess my sadness over the unfortunate, illogical and irrational bickering and grandstanding going on all over our dear beloved country at the moment. At the outset…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: Governors are not the problem; it’s our broken system

Everyday, we learn something more shocking than the day before. It might be brutal killings by Fulani herdsmen, or sudden massacres in Zaki Biam or a Senator who never went…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Pius Adesanmi: Federalism is doing Like This

by Pius Adesanmi One of the more curious consequences of President Buhari’s prolonged medical absence from Nigeria and the criminalization of questions about his condition by the President’s people is…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: Here’s why our states need to become self-sufficient

Everyone agrees- at least most do- that the current system we are running in Nigeria, where states look up to the Federal government for their daily bread is neither tenable…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Femi Fani-Kayode: Nigeria, a hell hole for Christians

by Femi Fani-Kayode We will defeat radical Islamic terrorism and we will not allow it to take root in our country.......we will wipe it off the face of the earth"-…

Oludolapo Adelana 7 years

Restructuring the nation is not synonymous to call for its breakup – Atiku

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar says there are legitimate reasons to demand the restructuring of the nation. Atiku, who stated this while speaking during the launch of a book titled:…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Adeboro Odunlami: Use your legs [NEW VOICES]

Dear Nigeria, All the decades you have lived, there's only one thing to say to you: you deserve better. On the operating table of colonialism and ease of administration, you…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: Nigerians hate each other

Ever dared to browse through the comments section of any online Nigerian daily? You most likely will be stopped in your tracks by the volume of vitriol oozing from the…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Cheta Nwanze: This administration has a clear Northern agenda

by Cheta Nwanze A new pipeline is in the offing, from Port Harcourt to Kano. Then three new power plants. One in Kano, one in Kaduna, one in Abuja. This…

Oludolapo Adelana 8 years

We need true federalism in Nigeria – Bakare

Presiding Pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, Dr. Tunde Bakare, says Nigeria should return to true federalism where states are allowed to control their own resources, The Punch reports. Bakare made this known…

Op-ed Editor 8 years

Opinion: Yorubas will not be used by Hausa-Fulanis in 2019

by Bayo Oluwasanmi "The statement from Yakasai is not surprising. That the Hausa-Fulani feudalists have consciously sought to monopolize power at the center is not a matter of speculation but…

Op-ed Editor 8 years

Opinion: Northern Nigeria and the quest for Federalism

by Ugochukwu Amasike Once upon a time, before the era of coups and counter coups in pre-oil Nigeria, there were four financially independent and uninhibited regions, namely: Northern Region, Western…

Op-ed Editor 8 years

Opinion: Federalism- the long awaited Messiah

by Ugochukwu Amasike Nigeria and its people can no longer depend on the good will or integrity of politicians, no matter who they are or what they have done. We…

Adebayo Emuleomo 8 years

Opinion: Political and fiscal federalism is the way for Nigeria – here’s why

by Ugochukwu Joseph Amasike One of the tragedies of the current unitary system of governance we practice and the consequential mono-product economy it's foisted on the Nigerian Federation, is the…

Isime Esene 8 years

Akin Osuntokun: What is true Federalism?

“Initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to states and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit”-…

Adebayo Emuleomo 8 years

Tunde Bakare slams northerners opposing restructuring

Tunde Bakare, the General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly and former running mate of President Muhammadu Buhari has slammed the northern elders who are opposed to the call for the…

Op-Ed Editor 8 years

Opinion: Federalism and what it truly means

by Ugochukwu Joseph Amasike For many people, #Federalism is interpreted to mean "Resource Control". They hear the word "Federalism" and they immediately think about oil and gas, and the Niger-Delta's "Resource…

Adebayo Emuleomo 8 years

Opinion: The Yoruba people, Ijaws and true federalism

by Shenge Rahman Akanbi The recent meeting between some Yoruba politicians in old and new Afenifere and some leaders of the Ijaw Nation has once again brought to the fore the…

Op-Ed Editor 8 years

Ayo Sogunro: Nigeria’s shareholding formula

By Ayo Sogunro The Nigerians I compare to corporate Directors in our continuing discussion on the Hierarchy of Nigerian Policy are the elected members of government. These are federal legislators,…

Op-Ed Editor 8 years

Opinion: Why Nigerians must agree to disagree on the ‘Nigerian question’

By Ayodele Adio Just recently, former vice president Atiku Abubakar made bold proclamations on restructuring the Nigeria’s socio-political land scape. This time he wasn’t a lone wolf, other prominent Nigerians like…

Mazi Emeka 8 years

Gana, Ekwueme, others agree with Atiku on ‘restructuring’ Nigeria

More prominent Nigerians have added their voices to the call for the restructuring of Nigeria, including former Vice-President, Alex Ekwueme; Afenifere chieftain, Ayo Adebanjo; and a former Minister of Information,…

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