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Janeth J 9 years

“You cannot solve Nigeria’s problem in one day” | Gowon asks Nigerians to be patient with PMB

Former head of state Yakubu Gowon has urged Nigerians to be patient with the Buhari administration following recent criticisms. According to Nigerian Tribune, Gowon said in an interview on Sunday…

Isime Esene 9 years

Simon Kolawole: ‘Petropathetic’ Syndrome – That’s what Nigeria has been suffering from

by Simon Kolawole Has anything changed today? Have we learnt any lessons? Have we changed our ways? I am sad to report that the petropathetic syndrome has even worsened. You…

Emmanuel Chidiogo 9 years

Opinion: Why is Obasanjo so different from the rest?

by John Akpaide Does our home-bred Double-O-Seven believe in anything outside his own Omnipotence: Could he possibly have mistaken the Christian exhortation –‘Watch and Pray’ for his private inclination to…

Op-Ed Editor 9 years

.@MaxSiollun: Biafra – A lesson for the world in making peace?

by Max Siollun Nigerians are an opinionated and self-critical bunch. Dinner and beer parlour conversations among Nigerians almost inevitably turn to the country's underwhelming accomplishments and disastrous mismanagement. Self-flagellation is…

Isime Esene 10 years

Rebuilding the nation: Lessons from other lands || This is the Babatunde Fashola speech everyone is talking about

by Babatunde Raji Fashola They say lightning does not strike in the same place twice. For the sake of all of us, I sincerely hope that this saying holds…

writer 10 years

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Jonathan wants $1billion to tackle Boko Haram

by Kolapo Olapoju President Goodluck Jonathan says he needs at least $1 billion to fight the Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram. Jonathan sent a letter to the National Assembly on…

writer 10 years

Kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls will be home soon – FG

by Kolapo Olapoju Eighty five days after their daring kidnap, the Council of State, made up of former Heads of State have promised Nigerians that the abducted girls from Government…

Jonathan is the most incompetent minority to rule Nigeria – APC

by Akan Ido The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the PDP that President Goodluck Jonathan is not the first minority to rule Nigeria and will not be the last,…

Why Obasanjo is upset with Jonathan – Edwin Clark reveals in 10-page open letter

by Oke Efagene Edwin Clark Elder statesman and former Minister of Information, Edwin Clark, has also joined the league of open letter writing, as he has also penned his open…

Alkasim Abdulkadir: After Maibasira, it’s time to have a real Youth Minister (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir With the increasing unemployment and frustration in the country, young people who make up 70 percent of Nigeria’s population need not only participate actively in politics, but must…

Femi Fani-Kayode: A word for those who call me a tribalist

by Femi Fani-Kayode When the Igbo, or anyone else, find a real champion that can cross swords with me and give me a good run for my money someone should…

Opinion: There is darkness looming over northern Nigeria

by Perry Brimah And with the lack of northern role models, the scarcity of northern activists and truthful historians, the famine of northern writers, the bankruptcy of true religious leaders…

Debo Adejugbe: There will be a country – Achebe’s last prophecy (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe Corruption is now a staple in our homes. Tribalism -acknowledged or not- is now a seam in our national fabric. I finally read Chinua Achebe’s “There Was…

Opinion: Ending the poverty of aspiration in Nigeria

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi A society that cannot awaken the creative imagination of succeeding generations and create enabling environments for them to attain stardom in their chosen endeavours, is at…

‘NEPA’ strikes at church while President Jonathan gave an Easter message in Lagos

by Rachel Ogbu Photo: Codewit An Easter service at Our Saviour’s Church (Anglican Communion) in Lagos was interrupted following a power outage yesterday during President Goodluck Jonathan’s speech leaving him…

“I was supposed to fly with Azazi, Yakowa” – Gowon (is there anybody who wasn’t?)

by Rachel Ogbu Former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon was supposed to be in the helicopter that crashed and killed the Kaduna state governor, Governor Patrick Yakowa and ex-National…

Tolu Ogunlesi: May things continue to fall apart in Nigeria (YNaija FrontPage)

They buy jets and fund projects from the sweat of the bottom-billion, who know that one day Jehovah Lojiji, the God of Suddenly, will make an Expressway where bushpaths used…

Opinion: Biafra and the Up-NEPA generation

by Hounge We should learn to tolerate each other and stand firm as one, just like we did during Occupy Nigeria. A crisis created by the ego trip of men…

Igbos are their own enemies – Ayo Adebanjo

A close associate of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Ayo Adebanjo in his interview with ALLWELL OKPI, refutes the claims of Chinua Achebe in his recent memoir. He speaks of…

Adewale Sogunro reviews Chinua Achebe’s ‘There was a country’

by Adewale Sogunro Chinua Achebe I was hoping that he would look beyond the ethnic divisions, while rendering language to heal the wounds between ethnic groups in Nigeria from the…

“Highly irresponsible”: Gowon lets off on Obasanjo over the latter’s criticism of Jonathan

by Isi Esene Weeks after verbally slamming the renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, over his account of events during the Nigerian Civil War, former president and founder of the Nigeria Prays…

Ken Wiwa reviews Chinua Achebe’s ‘There was a country’

by Ken Wiwa "...I had to be careful about the way I handled someone else’s words or opinions… Even when there was strong disagreement, one had to remember to be…

Boko Haram ceasefire: Gowon urges Buhari to take mediator offer

by Isi Esene Several prominent Nigerians have called on former military president of the country, Muhammad Buhari, not to ignore the call of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to…

Simon Kolawole: Indeed, there was a starved country

Gowon and Awolowo could have done much more to help the dying and diseased civilians. And, clearly, Ojukwu fatally erred by refusing to accept the conditions for the delivery of…

Achebe’s book is propaganda, I did not starve Igbos to death – Gowon keeps talking

by Isi Esene Nigeria's war-time military president, Yakubu Gowon, has been unequivocal in his reaction to the book titled, 'There was a country,' published by renowned author, Chinua Achebe. In…

Gowon on Achebe, “He is talking from a position of ignorance”

by Isi Esene Nigeria's Civil War president, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), has hit renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, very hard over the content of his recently released book on the Nigerian…

Opinion: Prayer will not change Nigeria

by Emeka Oparah Meanwhile, some European countries, where less than 15% of the population recognise the existence of any gods and never bother to go to any place of worship,…

Firestorm: Yoruba leaders blast Achebe for “attacking” Awolowo

by Stanley Azuakola It was bound to happen. You don't speak ill of one of the greatest Yorubas of all time and not expect a backlash. Not even if you…

“Rogues, armed robbers are in the assembly,” Obasanjo blasts legislature

by Stanley Azuakola When ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo is in the mood to talk, there is simply no stopping him. He was in such a mood on Tuesday at the 4th Annual…