Tag: nigeria

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 10, 2016

Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu just issued another press statement meant for President Buhari

The #BringBackOurGirls campaign group has reminded the Federal Government that until the 219 Chibok schoolgirls abducted in their school in Borno ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 10, 2016

The CBN just issued a circular – and it tells ATM users what they already know

The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a circular in regards to the use of Automated Teller Machines across the ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 10, 2016

‘Buhari isn’t well grounded in economics and foreign affairs’ -Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism for Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari, even as he noted that Buhari isn’t ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 9, 2016

Opinion: Abacha did not steal from Nigeria

“Nigeria is awaiting receipt from Swiss Govt. of $320 million, identified as illegally taken from Nigeria under Abacha” – Buhari ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 6, 2016

The questions left unanswered as US prepares to sell war equipment to Nigeria

The Nigerian government is hoping to purchase up to 12 super Tucano attack aircraft from the United States of America, ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 6, 2016

Nigerians are becoming impatient with me – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, disclosed that it has become increasingly difficult for his government to recover looted funds. He ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 6, 2016

‘We have a lot to learn from China’ – Odigie-Oyegun

It would appear that China has suddenly become a shiny role model for Nigeria as the National Chairman of All ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 5, 2016

Opinion: This rampaging disease called religion

One of the most challenging things to write about is religion. This is because, religion-an institution created by man-has been ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 5, 2016

Adenuga, Bello-Osagie and other Nigerian business owners, companies named in #PanamaPapers

Several prominent and influential businessmen and women have been named in the newly released list of Nigerians involved in the Panama Papers ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 4, 2016

Opinion: Exploring the business side of agriculture

It was one of Nigeria’s most articulate and innovative Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and presently, the President of ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 3, 2016

Opinion: What bribes and ‘gifts’ have done to the Nigerian soul

‘To be a man is not a day job”; so goes a popular slogan here in Nigeria. Well, I can ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 3, 2016

‘We understand Buhari, we’re 100 percent with him’ – Catholic Bishop

Following their meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has expressed ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 3, 2016

‘‎This country is going through a lot of poverty’ – Tinubu

Wife of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Oluremi Tinubu, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 3, 2016

‘It’s difficult to do business in Nigeria in 2016… than in 2015’ – World Bank

It is difficult to do business in Nigeria in 2016 than it was in 2015, the World Bank ‘Doing Business ...

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Dele BenjaminMay 3, 2016

‘People will not come into the church… if the economy fails to improve’ – Ambode

The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday, said the attendance rate in Nigerian churches is heavily dependent on ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 2, 2016

‘We’ve waited one year for this government to perform’ | Labour leaders blow hot

Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, during the celebration of the Workers Day, declared that the country’s labor force is ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 1, 2016

EFCC raids Yola Government House, arrests Chief of Staff

A Chief of Staff of Muhammadu Jibrilla, Adamawa state governor has reportedly been arrested by agents of the Economic and ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 30, 2016

‘We received N2.5m from Nigerians for #OccupyNASS’ – CUPS

The Citizens United for Peace and Stability, has revealed that it received N2, 585,531 from ‘patriotic Nigerians’ to fund the ...

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Oreoluwa PetersApril 30, 2016

‘Nigerians should beg Enyeama’ – Taribo West

Pastor Taribo West, a former Super Eagles player, has advised Nigerians to beg goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to return to the ...

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James SamboApril 30, 2016

Ezekwesili to Buhari: ‘What didn’t work in 1984 can’t be a solution today’

A former Minister of Education and co-convener of BBOG advocacy group, Oby Ezekwesili, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is trying ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 30, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Fulani herdsmen and the looming reprisal attacks

For the past few months, Benue State in the North-Central part of Nigeria has been largely restive with attacks on ...

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Mallam YeroApril 30, 2016

‘We can’t say whether Fulani herdsmen are Nigerians or not’ – NIS

There is no evidence to prove that the herdsmen involved in the killing of farmers and villagers across the country ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 29, 2016

Being a Police in Nigeria is difficult – IGP Arase

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, on Friday, stated that the Nigerian police cannot effectively provide security to all ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 29, 2016

#OccupyNASS declared a ‘resounding success’… but what was achieved?

The Citizens United for Peace and Stability has called off the OccupyNASS protest after the convener, Bunmi Awoyemi declared that ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 29, 2016

#OccupyNASS protest called off

The leader of the Citizens United for Peace and Stability, Bunmi Awoyemi, who convened the protest at the National Assembly ...

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Dele BenjaminApril 29, 2016

Senate preaches ‘Made-in-Nigeria’, yet shuns locally made, cheaper SUVs

Local automobile manufacturers are livid with the Nigerian Senate for its decision to purchase imported Sport Utility Vehicles at the ...

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Dele BenjaminApril 28, 2016

No work on Monday – FG

Monday, May 2, has been announced as a public holiday to commemorate the 2016 Workers’ Day Celebration. The Minister of ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 28, 2016

REPORT: Death, destruction and the herdsmen

The following is a report conducted by SB Morgen, on the menace of Fulani herdsmen. Introduction In the early hours ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 28, 2016

‘Elections in Nigeria are much better, votes now count’ – INEC chairman

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, says that having two strong political parties is ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 27, 2016

Opinion: Fighting corruption is not enough, Mr President

As I have always pointed out in most of my writings, it is no more news that the ultimate mission ...

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