Alexander Onukwue

Opinion: Let’s tell the truth, Anthony Joshua was slaughtered on the altar of pseudo wokeness…. the future of women is next

New babies are the biggest threat to the planet, so some unified system is necessary for controlling them. Our faith in humans using their reason to handle this is turning out badly and shaming them isn’t working anymore. It’s time to hand it over to science. Time has come to definitively outsource the entire child-bearing... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

Anthony Joshua, feminism, opinion, women

budget, presidents

This is how Nigerian Senators continue to bleed the country dry

For their patriotic and constitutional duties of lawmaking, representation and oversight, Nigerian senators, in addition to a N700, 000 a month salary, also take home N13.5 million as “running costs”. N13.5 million per month per senator amounts to one billion, four hundred and seventy-one million, five hundred thousand for the 109 members per month. To... Read More

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13.5 million running cost, corruption, nigeria

moghalu

Kingsley Moghalu’s big vision should arouse a curious inquest into his capacity

In a little over 2000 words, Mr Kingsley Moghalu laid out what he believes would be the key to a “21st century”, “visionary, purposeful, competent leadership”. Tapping into the conventional sensibility to associate whatever that has been good about Nigeria to Sardauna, Awo and Zik, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria tips... Read More

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2019 Elections, kingsley moghalu, nigeria, Politics

“My son is with the Dapchi girls; he will not kill them” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week

110 girls were kidnapped from Dapchi, and the woman known as “mama book haram” apparently knows where they are: Aisha Wakil “They are with the girls, and they are going to release the girls. I begged them let this not be another one thousand and something days of Chibok girls. I tried to ask them... Read More

Newsround up, Top 10 quotes

Ycee takes ‘L’ of life | See our 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 some) from last week. Some of the tweets will have you shedding a tear; others will make you bowl over with laughter; altogether they’ll give you an idea about what Twitter talked about during the... Read More

Top 10 tweets, Viral tweets

Now that Yusuf Buhari is back, it’s time to ask these questions

With joy and relief, the president’s son has been welcomed back to Nigeria. Yusuf Buhari was involved in an accident in December 2017 after a power bike identified as his swerved off course and crashed, bringing the first family to within touching distance of losing the president’s only son. Since the accident, the younger Buhari... Read More

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accident, Aisha buhari, Powerbike, President Muhammadu Buhari, questions, Yusuf Buhari

February 28, 2018

How long will the patch hold? 4 talking points from the APC’s NEC meeting

The All Progressives Congress held its 5th National Executive Council Meeting on Tuesday at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Speaker Yakubu Dogara were in attendance. Also present were the chieftains-at-cold-war Bola Tinubu and party chairman John Odigie-Oyegun as well as Governors of APC controlled states including Yahaya... Read More

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APC, NEC, Politics, Saraki

February 27, 2018

Rochas Okorocha is now gunning for the Senate. You won’t believe his reasons

It has not been that long when Rochas Okorocha, Imo state Governor, categorically declared that “come 2019, I’m contesting for nothing”. He has now changed his mind and will be seeking to take the Owerri West Senatorial Zone’s seat at the National Assembly, according to the Sun’s reports on Tuesday. “I have decided to run... Read More

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nigeria, Political ambition, Power play, Rochas Okorocha

Festus Keyamo

February 27, 2018

Festus Keyamo is choking on explaining the Dapchi kidnap, and it is not even funny

When one has made much of a bad situation in the past and same events recur under a favoured reign, speaking new words becomes a meticulous conscience-throbbing art. Mr Festus Keyamo, a reputable Nigerian lawyer, is currently undergoing this and it is safe to say it is not going well. In the wake of the... Read More

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boko haram, Buhari, Chibok girls, Dapchi girls, Nigeria'security gaps

February 27, 2018

Bashing Transparency International is terrible for local research – here is why

“Transparency International is no longer transparent,” says Lauretta Onochie, a personal assistant to the Nigerian President Muhammdu Buhari, just because the organization’s globally renowned Corruption Perceptions Index for 2018 indicates the menace has got worse this year. Ms Onochie’s reason is that one of the patrons of the organisation, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, is waving a... Read More

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Lauretta Onochie, nigeria, Politics, Transparency International

February 25, 2018

Street lovers turn models | See our 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 some) from last week. Some of the tweets will have you shedding a tear; others will make you bowl over with laughter; altogether they’ll give you an idea about what Twitter talked about during the... Read More

thread, Top 10 viral tweets, twitter.

February 23, 2018

Dapchi girls: The confusion, the relief, the anguish, then the indefinite wait?

It feels very much like Nigerians have been here before. Having failed to learn from the past, the most distasteful internal security crisis of the past half decade is repeating itself. On Monday February 19, many girls numbering about 50 were kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School Dapchi in Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe... Read More

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boko haram, Chibok girls Nigeria's security issues, DAPCHI GIRLS' Kidnapping, Yobe State

February 21, 2018

The N65 million OSGF website is about keeping the change

The Office of the Secretary to the Federal Government is the policy coordination unit of the Executive. Comprising staff that are civil servants but with a principal appointed by the President, the OSGF has the responsibility to ensure that all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government are on the same path, ensuring synergy in their... Read More

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Boss Mustapha, Corruption scandal, Premium Times Report, SGF Controversy

February 19, 2018

Emmanuella goes to Hollywood… hope she goes with her books too

From skits on YouTube to signing endorsement deals with reputable brands, local and international, Emmanuella Samuel is headed to Hollywood. The success story of the seven-year-old comedienne whose real face has brought delight to many, both young and old, is still in its first chapters but one could already write a book about it. She... Read More

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child stars, Cross over artists, emmanuella samuel, hollywood.

February 15, 2018

Chrisland schools rape: How many other 3-year olds?

There is a tweet out there postulating that “any three year old can accuse a caregiver of impropriety and we have lives destroyed by an unthinking mob”. Not only is such an impiously worded assertion insensitive in the present circumstance involving Chrisland schools, it is arguably lacking in coherence. Three-year-olds stutter and probably tell tales,... Read More

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child rape, Chrisland Schools, Lagos DSRTV, Societal misconceptions

Jacob Zuma

February 15, 2018

The reign and resignation of Jacob Zuma

The election of Cyril Ramphosa as the new leader of the African National Congress last year was the beginning of the end. It has taken about two months for Jacob Zuma to bow to pressure and resign or face an embarrassing dethronement from the ANC. Mr Zuma has been in power since 2009 after replacing... Read More

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African Presidents, corruption, jacob zuma, South African politics

February 13, 2018

JAMB Question: Who is the human being that stole the N36 million?

We have laughed much and made the compulsory number of memes, widely broadcast on Whatsapp. There is now a Twitter handle, @NigeriaSnake cashing in on the subject. The topic has really amplified the definition of Nigeria as an animal kingdom of sorts. But the main issue should not be lost in the alarm, outrage or campaign... Read More

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benue state, corruption, JAMB, JAMB Snake

February 11, 2018

Super Eagles World Cup jersey; Nigeria is designed to kill you | See the top ten 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 some) from last week. Some of the tweets will have you shedding a tear; others will make you bowl over with laughter; altogether they’ll give you an idea about what Twitter talked about during the... Read More

nff, Top ten tweets

February 11, 2018

“We need to collectively prepare the way for a new generation leaders” “Mysterious snake swallows N36m at JAMB office” | Read our top ten quotes from last week

The past week was eventful in the way Nigeria usually is without stories. From the affairs of the presidency, the war of personalities in Kano and the trade in blames ongoing on the subject of security in Benue, we have the following as the quotes of the week. IBRAHIM BABANGIDA The former head of state... Read More

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, JAMB, Jimoh Moshood, Top ten quotes

February 8, 2018

Every young business has only good things to learn from Konga’s sale

If he had not taken the next flight out for urgent medical attention abroad, Sim Shagaya may not have been in a position to gladly witness the hand-over of Konga to Zinox and Leo-Stan Ekeh this February. Much is being made of how the sale, reportedly valued at $20m, represents a failure of administration. Some... Read More

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Business, Konga, startups, Zinox

February 7, 2018

Reinstating Yusuf gives hope to Gwarzo, but bumps the anti-corruption fight

In a tone that must have smacked of despondency, Prof Isaac Adewole confirmed to a reporter of The Punch that he had indeed been overruled. Prof Usman Yusuf would be returning to the NHIS to resume from where he stopped and there is nothing the Minister will be able to do about it. The Minister... Read More

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Buhari's anti corruption campaign, Civil service skirmish, nhis

Jimoh Moshood

February 7, 2018

The Nigerian Police yet again displays its incompetence

Within five minutes of speaking without a script, the Nigeria Police on Tuesday, through its national spokesperson, Mr Jimoh Moshood, showed clearly why it would take more than semantics of media advertisements to make the Force a friend of the people. On Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily with Maope Ogun and Ajuri Ngilari, Mr Moshood said... Read More

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Benue state vs the police, Killer Fulani herdsmen, nigerian police, PRO fail, State security

February 5, 2018

These former generals are confusing Nigerians – but Buhari needs to listen to them

Issue a statement, then deny it, and later confirm that the denial was not to be issued but that the issues in the original statement cannot be denied- that’s how you know election season is in full gear. Nigerians were having a quiet Sunday until the statement written by Mr Kassim Afegbua on behalf of... Read More

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Buhari, Election season, IBB, nigeria, Politics

February 4, 2018

Apostle Suleman steps out in Ebuka’s Agbada | See the top 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 some) from last week. Some of the tweets will have you shedding a tear; others will make you bowl over with laughter; altogether they’ll give you an idea about what Twitter talked about during the... Read More

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Apostle suleiman, Top 10 viral tweets

cyprus

February 2, 2018

Battling racism and hate, Nigerian students in Cyprus have been left on their own

On the first of February, Kehinde Fowosere and Stephanie Ejeh graduated from the Eastern Mediterranean University in Cyprus. They are two of an annually increasing number of Nigerians who make the long trip from home to northern Cyprus in the quest of attaining a tertiary education. Many before them, including the novelist Chigozie Obioma, have... Read More

Reviews, Thinking Through

Cyprus, Education system, Nigerian students, Racism

February 2, 2018

Donald Duke’s presence at Coaliton for Nigeria is at once exciting and confusing

Donning green caps and white shirts emblazoned with the map of Nigeria in cupped hands as its logo, members of the Coalition for Nigeria has kicked off offline activities with a launch event held at the Yar’adua Centre in Abuja on Wednesday. In his sensational missive against the Buhari administration, Obasanjo had proposed the formation... Read More

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2019 Elections, Coalition for Nigeria, Donald Duke, Independent candidates, Politics

January 30, 2018

Big Brother China: Spying means China’s candy could be bad for Africa’s teeth

“Do not trust a person who claims to be honest, and never trust exaggerated friendliness.” When China built, furnished and donated a new shiny headquarters in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to the African Union in 2012 as a gesture to their “Africa friends”, the beneficiaries should have employed the Chinese proverb above in evaluating... Read More

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African Union, China, International relations

January 28, 2018

Dorcas Fapson and the Taxify abduction controversy; Diezani in London | 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 some) from last week. Some of the tweets will have you shedding a tear; others will make you bowl over with laughter; altogether they’ll give you an idea about what Twitter talked about during the... Read More

Buhari, Dorca Fapson, Politics, rape, Taxify, Top 10 viral tweets, trending topics, TwitterNG

January 28, 2018

“President Buhari needs to dismount…” “It reflects very poorly on French people” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week

Liberia got a new president, Nigeria’s president has been asked by one of his predecessors not to run for reelection and Chimamanda Adichie delivered so flawless a clapback to foreign media, we want her to run for President! These events and more gave us the juicy and controversial quotes that made the week: Olusegun... Read More

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Chimamanda Adichie, George Weah, Nigerian politics, olusegun obasanjo, Top 10 quotes

January 26, 2018

Red Card, Coalition for Nigeria, TeamFD: How new movements are shaping the 2019 movie

The scuffle with the Nigeria Police on Tuesday afternoon did not permit Dr Oby Ezekwesili to read the “special press statement” which, amongst other things, asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019. By the time she came around to read it, the rebuke of Buhari would not be the issue to require... Read More

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2019 Elections, Fela Durotoye, Oby Ezekwesili, olusegun obasanjo, Political movements

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