Category: Thinking Through

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Alexander OnukwueJune 27, 2018

Buhari’s approach to the herdsmen killings isn’t working, what we need are strengthened institutions

How many of the kind of killings that occurred over the past weekend in Plateau have there now been in ...

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Wilfred OkicheJune 25, 2018

How Ahmed Musa became Nigeria’s favorite son

Days after suffering a humiliating defeat against Croatia in their first group game at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaJune 20, 2018

Who will save Ambode’s Lagos from falling containers?

“Can’t believe all that graffiti didn’t stop the trailer from falling. Foolish man, that governor,” This was a reaction to ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 15, 2018

Wole Soyinka shows us why Buhari doesn’t need a hero’s crown for June 12

On the evening of June 6 when President Muhammadu Buhari issued an executive order recognising June 12 as the new ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaMay 29, 2018

“I will sign the #NotTooYoungToRunBill” | 5 things we learnt from Buhari’s #DemocracyDay speech

President Muhammadu Buhari moments on ago addressed Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast. Buhari who spoke from the Aso Rock Villa ...

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Alexander OnukwueMay 28, 2018

Nigeria Mourns: A nationwide minute of silence on the value of the Nigerian Life

At noon on Monday, Nigerians paused their businesses to pay respects to more than one thousand persons who have died ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 24, 2018

TucanoGate: President Buhari has broken the law. It is the worst case yet

If we are a nation of laws, then we do not equivocate when even the highest authority in the nation ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 22, 2018

“Majority of Nigerian youth sit and do nothing…” “We are going to give them red card” | Read the top 10 quotes from last week

A stolen mace from the Senate, a blistering criticism by the President that some Nigerian youth as sitting and doing ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiApril 20, 2018

With “strong women” solidly behind her, Cee-C will win #BBNaija Double Wahala

Yaaay!!! Guess you are excited Big Brother Naija is coming to an end. Or on the other hand, would you ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaApril 20, 2018

Miracle will win this season of #BBNaija and here’s why

Big Brother Season 3 (Double Wahala) has indeed been full of drama – the MiNa and BamTeddy sex scenes, the ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 19, 2018

President Buhari has trashed us again, but does it matter if we aren’t triggered?

After a fire was put off at the National Assembly in Abuja on Wednesday morning, President Muhammadu Buhari lit a ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaApril 18, 2018

10 questions Nigerians are asking after the Senate mace invasion

A few hours ago, the mace of the Nigerian Senate was taken from the floor of the upper legislative chamber. ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 17, 2018

Reno’s looters list or famzing with Theresa May — which is worth your time?

Would Goodluck Jonathan have won the 2015 elections if his communicators were a little nice and not so self-absorbed? Dr ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 13, 2018

What happened to the one-term president Buhari? Listen to the symphony of sycophancy

Last week Friday, Abdullahi Ganduje, the Governor of Kano state, said the following: “I’m happy that it’s not Mr President ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 9, 2018

Is Shittu’s ‘attack’ on Sowore part of the gimmicks old politicians like to play?

There should be more unstructured interviews between serving public officials and Nigerian citizens. For many good reasons, the exchange between ...

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YNaija NewsRoomApril 8, 2018

#YNaijaEssays: Where are the women in Nigerian politics?

There is no easy way to say this, the reality of present-day Nigeria is this; there are only a handful ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 6, 2018

How close is Tolu Ogunlesi to becoming a tyrant of low expectations and high mediocrity?

A crash course on Tolu Ogunlesi: He is the creative writer, journalist and public affairs commentator who called former president ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 4, 2018

An APC “list of saints” will certainly be interesting

The way he has been serious about his PDP looters’ list, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, seems ready ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 2, 2018

Lai’s looter’s list is a re-election appeal that will not work

The Federal Government has released 23 names who it claims were looters of the treasury under the Goodluck Jonathan PDP ...

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Alexander OnukwueApril 1, 2018

“Yes, I helped rig elections” “Nigerians should fight for themselves” | Read the top 10 quotes from last week

It’s the second quarter of 2018! A holiday weekend is an occasion for relaxation and brief refreshment before hitting another ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiMarch 29, 2018

[In case you’re wondering] This is how much Ambode’s Lagos might lose as President Buhari visits

As reported earlier, President Muhammadu Buhari will be in Lagos on a two-day official visit starting today, Thursday, March 29 through Friday, March ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 29, 2018

Martin Luther King award scam: Yes, it is a scam and the Presidency should be ashamed

  In communicating the receipt of a leadership award from “the MLK family”, President Buhari’s media team (or whoever posted ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiMarch 28, 2018

It turns out Ambode only cares about Lagosians when he is trying to impress Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari will be in Lagos on a two-day official visit on Thursday, March 29 and Friday, March 30 ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 27, 2018

Is Dino Melaye’s security alarm to embassies meant to embarrass Buhari?

Has the theatrical mudslinging between Dino Melaye and Yahaya Bello become an international circus? It hasn’t, so the Senator wants ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 26, 2018

YNaija Analysis: What does TY Danjuma know about the army and ethnic cleansing that should convince us?

As the Chief of Army Staff that shepherded Nigeria through its first military to democratic transition, General TY Danjuma (rtd) ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 25, 2018

“I am jubilating because my daughter did not renounce Christ” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week

Joy and relief, puzzles and subsisting fear were the emotions with which we began the past week following the Dapchi ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 21, 2018

Dapchi girls return, but five are dead: Here is what we know and want to know

The Presidency has confirmed that at least 101 of the 110 girls abducted from a secondary school in Dapchi Yobe ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 19, 2018

To trade trust with Nigerians, Atiku has one major question to answer

By one commenter’s account, the review of Black Panther posted on Atiku Abubakar’s medium profile is an “impressive analysis”, even ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 18, 2018

“My daughter wants to be the next Emir and she’s disappointed…” “I am quite surprised” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week

From the world’s top diplomat lost his job after visiting Nigeria and president Buhari shedding tears at Dapchi to Snapchat’s ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 18, 2018

The scientist who defied death | See the top 10 viral tweets from last week

Viral tweets just make Twitter utterly delightful; so we thought to curate our top 10 (there’s a bonus and then ...

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