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January 28, 2017

The Thread: This is the effect of keeping Muslims out of America

Trump’s ban on refugees has generated quite some controversy on Twitter. @Rex Huppke addresses this controversy. Do see below: https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/825185769937596416 https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/825192083535384576 https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/825193492175532033 So unfortunate.

America, Executive orders, Muslims, The Thread, trump

January 28, 2017

The Thread: “Trump’s refugee ban goes against everything we stand for” | War survivor tells his story

US president, Donald Trump, is on a rampage and no one might be able to stop it. It is doubtful protests will, either. After reinstating the Global Gag Rule, which basically cuts off funding to any organisation that promotes abortion in any way, Trump has gone on to ban refugees from entering America. Imagine the... Read More

America, Lebanon, Refugee ban, trump, war

January 28, 2017

Opinion: The shape of the new Biafra

by Chilee Agunanna. At the risk of sounding vulgar, I wish to apply this Igbo proverb here: “Kinsmen are like the hairs around the anus, they can neither be shaved or pulled.” The Igbos fighting for Biafra are like those hairs, they are going about it the wrong way for now and dying unnecessarily, but... Read More

biafra, Charly Boy, economy, nigeria, Politics, South East agitations

January 28, 2017

The Thread: This true life marriage story will break your heart

February 14th is just around the corner, so we are wondering why the internet is abuzz with stories of love and heartbreak. Yesterday’s story was about a baby mama, and today is about a married woman. We can’t let the cat out of the bag; do see below: A very sad and touching story of... Read More

heartbreak, Love, nigeria, Relationships, The Thread, trust

January 28, 2017

Peregrino Brimah: Trump’s wall will kill the drug cartel, save thousands of lives in Mexico

by Peregrino Brimah As United States president Donald Trump moves ahead with building the “great wall” between America and Mexico at its southern border, there is an important benefit of the wall that has little been considered: the Mexican point of view. While the border wall is mostly reviewed for its function in preventing unwanted... Read More

America, drug cartels, mexico, opinion, Peregrino Brimah, trump

January 28, 2017

Opinion: Biafra, El-zakzaky and the re-incarnated dictator, Buhari

by Emmanuel Ugwu History teaches us that dictatorship rarely invades the society like a wild beast. It instructs that tyranny is often a homegrown monster. It’s a tame, overindulged animal that evolves into bestiality. Nigeria is witnessing that ugly metamorphosis in their incumbent president. Muhammadu Buhari is asserting himself, though, as an unreconstructed tyrant. An... Read More

biafra, Buhari, genocide, Leaderships, Military, opinion, Politics, Zakzaky

January 28, 2017

Opinion: How control affects a growing child

by Oluranti Fatoye In psychology-related slang, the term control describes a person who attempts to dictate how everything is done around them. Controllers are often perfectionists defending themselves against their own inner vulnerabilities in the belief that if they are not in total control they risk exposing themselves once more to childhood angst. Such persons manipulate and pressure others to change so as to avoid having to... Read More

abuse, Conditioning, control, effects of control, nigeria, opinion

January 28, 2017

Opinion: Why Buhari may remain dead to Nigerians

by Ehi Ekhator The speculation making rounds that the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari who was claimed to be on vacation in the United Kingdom is dead has proceeded in spite of a few communiqués by the Presidency to debunk it. In their separate posts, published on their Twitter handles, Femi Adesina, the special adviser... Read More

Buhari, Death rumours, nigeria, opinion, Politics

January 28, 2017

Reno Omokri: From Commander-in-Chief to Clearer-in-Chief- The doublethink of President Buhari

by Reno Omokri I used to think that the creators of the Mavrodi Mondial Movement, aka MMM, were smart people going by the fact that they were able to come up with such a brilliant Ponzi scheme that enabled them make off with people’s money as the ultimate pen robbers, but I have since been... Read More

Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria, Politics, Reno Omokri

January 28, 2017

Feyi Fawehinmi: The colonialists stopped us from killing ourselves to glory

by Feyi Fawehinmi Constitutional Monarchies Think of 5 peaceful well governed countries you'd like to live in around the world. How many of them are constitutional monarchies? — tyro (@DoubleEph) January 23, 2017 So I ran a poll on twitter recently. As you can see, a clear majority of respondents fancy constitutional monarchies — Canada,... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

colonialism, democracy, Feyi Fawehinmi, Monarchies, nigeria

January 28, 2017

Dele Momodu: Who wants President Buhari dead?

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, please allow me to say wherever two or more Nigerians are gathered these days the topic of discussion must, naturally, dovetail to our dear President’s state of health and the consequential suggestion that our country is ailing as a result. This controversy didn’t start today. I remember how Governor Peter... Read More

APC, Buhari, Death rumours, Dele Momodu, Leadership, nigeria, osibanjo, Politics

January 28, 2017

“I want to be remembered as an advocate for global health policies” | Dr. Irene Okech, co-founder, Imbako Foundation speaks to Leading Ladies Africa

Education is her passion, health is her calling and her mission is to engender healthcare policies in the global landscape that will provide quality and equal access to healthcare to all. Meet Dr Irene Kenya, a consultant in health policy and the Co-Founder of Imbako Public Health /Imbako Foundation. In our interview with her, she... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

africa, Imbako foundation, Irene Okech, Leading Ladies Africa, LLA, nigeria

January 28, 2017

The Thread: #BBNaija Bisola came in like a wrecking ball… and then she fell | Highlights

It’s one of those moments you look forward to on Big Brother Naija. The tweets tell you all you need to know, and they’re wicked. The fun, amiable Big Brother housemate, Bisola, sucked at this one task. It’s become the highlight of the night. Do see below: "One night with Bisola" #BBNaija 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/dbUVauDj3U — Bianca... Read More

Cover Stories, Opinion

Big Brother Naija, Challenge difficulty, Highlights

January 27, 2017

The Thread: How to build wealth in the Nigerian church

The church has a role to play in society besides providing spiritual comfort and direction. That’s why this thread is so profound. Believers have got to move from making big men to building common wealth, to the point where we can bail out needy countries . See more below: https://twitter.com/c_ukonne/status/825016501128327172 This is what is missing from Nigerian... Read More

Christianity, nigeria, Religion, The Thread, wealth creation

January 27, 2017

Today’s noisemakers: Sugabelly, Audu Maikori, RMD and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from... Read More

Audu Maikori, nigeria, noisemakers, opinion, rmd

January 27, 2017

The Thread: The lies that baby mamas tell

It’s Africa. You don’t have to go outside your compound to hear jaw dropping stories that make your head spin. This is another super story. From the stables of Twitter. Enjoy. https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/825019567680413697 …that (wo)men do

January 27, 2017

Opinion: Donald Trump and the age of masterful deception

by Ezinne Ukoha Donald Trump will be impeached. I am convinced that his days as president are numbered. How else can we explain his opulent rise from wealthy tycoon to wealthy tycoon with a seal that is supposed to be rendered to those who’ve earned such an honour? To be fair, a couple of his... Read More

America, deception, donald trump, Ezinne Ukoha, opinion

January 27, 2017

The Thread: Are we playing politics with Southern Kaduna?

Twitter saw an uproar yesterday over the credibility or otherwise of Southern Kaduna killings as exposed by Music Chocolate City Group boss, Audu Maikori. In one camp, the school of thought was Audu lied about the origin of the pictures, therefore he lied about all. In the other camp, the prevailing response was they must... Read More

Buhari, el rufai, nigeria, Southern Kaduna, The Thread, twitter wars

Institutions

January 27, 2017

Opinion: What aileth thee, O DSS?

by Abayomi G. Omotayo Preamble: Two wrongs don’t make a right Regardless of the validity of reasons, war and violence do not represent a better alternative. If in doubt, consider Syria. The Security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of Government – Section 14(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution of the... Read More

Apostle Suleman, Buhari, DSS, National unrest, nigeria, opinion, Religious violence, Southern Kaduna

January 27, 2017

Opinion: The horror of being black and African

by Nimi Princewill To the wider world, being ‘black’ first identifies you as human, but further categorises you as a “special grade” of human, fortified with great physical gallantry, but a reduced level of brain power. Well, as a black man and an African, I do not entirely agree, although the views of the... Read More

africa, experience, life, nigeria, opinion

January 27, 2017

Opinion: “Hate” Speech | Between Apostle Suleiman and the Sultan of Sokoto

by Jude Ndukwe At a two-day conference organized by the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), an inter-governmental organization that promotes dialogue to build peace in conflict areas, the Sultan of Sokoto, in a veiled reference to the recent calls on Christians by Christian leaders to defend themselves against the unabated and murderous attacks of genocidal magnitude... Read More

Apostle Suleman, Hate Speech, nigeria, Religious violence, Sultan of Sokoto

January 27, 2017

Opinion: Reality check- Nigeria’s sense of entitlement cannot stand empirical examination

by Jideofor Adibe This piece was inspired by the transcript of a speech given by Princeton Nathan Lyman, former US Ambassador to Nigeria (1986–89) and South Africa (1992–95) at Chinua Achebe Colloquium at Brown University in December 2009. The speech was entitled, “The Nigerian State and U.S. Strategic Interests.” Though the speech was delivered more... Read More

Ambassador Lyman, Jideofor Adibe, nigeria, opinion, Reality checks

January 27, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: Is Nigeria on the verge of another 1966 crash?

by Cheta Nwanze Let’s talk very briefly about the boiling frog. The boiling frog is an illustration of death by a thousand cuts. Basically, the anecdote says that if you take a frog and put it in boiling water, the animal will jump out immediately. However, if you take the same frog and put in... Read More

benue, biafra, Buhari, Cheta Nwanze, civil war, Fulani herdsmen, Katugal, nigeria, opinion

January 27, 2017

Wilfred Okiche: On Buchi Emecheta and the joys of motherhood [NEW VOICES]

by Wilfred Okiche My first encounter with Buchi Emecheta’s work was as a secondary school student growing up in Lagos, anxiously waiting for my sister to be done with the novels and plays in her Literature syllabus so I could take my turn with them. Shadowing my sister like so, informed my eventual decision to... Read More

Buchi Emecheta, feminism, New Voices, nigeria, Wilfred Okiche, Women liberation

January 27, 2017

Peregrino Brimah: Lawyer Fashola has started stealing again oh!

by Peregrino Brimah Nigerians knew this would happen. When former Lagos state governor Tunde Fashola was quizzed during his confirmation hearings on the reported looting of millions of dollars Lagos state funds, he ridiculed the nation by saying, “I am only trained in law and I did not personally sign the cheques.” The pretentious governor,... Read More

Buhari, corruption, Fashola, Ministry of Power, nigeria, opinion

January 27, 2017

Charly Boy: This illusion called Biafra

by Charly Boy I guess it’s about time I break my silence on this matter. From 1967 to 1970 my youth was scandalised with the horrors of the Nigerian civil war. I was never on the front line as a fighting soldier, but I was in the boys’ brigade transmitting from the naval headquarters then... Read More

biafra, charlyboy, economy, industrialisation, Namdi Kanu, nigeria, opinion

January 27, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Donald Trump, Audu Maikori, MD, Ontario oil (Ada Ugo-Ngadi) and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We, we make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list... Read More

Ada Ugo Ngadi, Audu Maikori, corruption, donald trump, NOISEMAKERS Nigeria

January 26, 2017

The Thread: An ethnic crisis is brewing on Twitter and Audu Maikori is in the crosshairs

Twitter NG is feeling the tremors over alleged deliberate falsehoods by Chocolate city boss, Audu Maikori. Some persons allege that the stories he’s told and the pictures he’s used to buttress those stories and canvass support for Southern Kaduna crisis are all false. He has been lumped in the same category as Femi Fani-Kayode and... Read More

Cover Stories, Opinion

Audi Maikori, Ethnic cleaning, nigeria, Religious violence, Southern Kaduna, twitter wars

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