Acronym war: Why the APC cannot be compelled to change its name – Rotimi Fashakin

by Chi Ibe The All Progressive Congress has refused to consider a name change, new reports say. Yesterday, YNaija reported on how the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may suspend the registration of opposition party, All Progressives Congress, due to an acronym battle with the African Peoples Party but the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has... Read More

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July 28, 2013

Ekiti has the largest cannabis plantations in the country – NDLEA

by Chi Ibe About 1,404.27 hectares of cannabis farmland was destroyed in 2012 in Nigeria’s South-West geopolitical zone alone making it the largest cannabis plantations in the country, the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said. Ekiti State alone had 764 hectares of cannabis farmland making it the state with the highest number of cannabis plantations.... Read More

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July 28, 2013

Obi Nwakanma: The deportation of citizens from Lagos is not only lawless, it is vexatious

by Obi Nwakanma To put this very mildly: Lagos was built by Nigerians with massive Nigerian resources, and it is a migrants’ city. Fashola’s administration cannot hide its dirt-poor under the carpet and by forced deportations. Once again, the Lagos state government deported Nigerians from a Nigerian state; an action that is as lawless as... Read More

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July 28, 2013

Femi Aribisala: Christians – A motley group of very strange bedfellows

by Femi Aribisala Have you ever had the experience where a man literally drives you off the road and, as he speeds away, you see the inscription on his windscreen declaring: “Jesus is Lord?” How does reckless driving testify to the lordship of Jesus Christ? How does reckless driving testify to the lordship of Jesus... Read More

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July 28, 2013

Tunde Fagbenle: The crude elements of underdevelopment

by Tunde Fagbenle No president in the history of Nigeria made greater mockery of the seat and personalised the presidency more than Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of whom I should say no more. Nigeria is a peculiar country. Peculiar and sad. The more one looks at the country, her political structure and her leadership, the more... Read More

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July 28, 2013

“Ekiti PDP chairman asked me to buy him a 2013 Range Rover” – Fayose opens up on his suspension

by Chi Ibe The ex-governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has made some pretty strong allegations in an interview with The Punch’s Allwell Okpi. Fayose was recently suspended from his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the role he allegedly played in the invasion of the state secretariat by hoodlums. But in this interview, Fayose says... Read More

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July 28, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Look very well before you leap

by Simon Kolawole President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken a lot about the need to focus our energies on agriculture. Ministers are reciting this like nursery rhyme. Governors have been quoting it like a proverb. At the level of talking, we have done extremely well. Can you believe it? Some readers actually thought I was taking... Read More

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