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YNaija Special: Obasanjo, Buhari, Tinubu, Saraki among 100 most influential people in Nigerian politics

After careful analysis and a thorough scouring of the nation’s political landscape, YNaija has painstakingly compiled the list of 100 persons who are a force to reckon with -in Nigerian politics. They are the movers and shakers of the political space in Nigeria… nary a conversation on politics without these names popping up. Asides politics,... Read More

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April 2, 2016

Fani-Kayode: Buhari, Biafra and the double standard of a government in denial (PART II)

Thankfully under President Goodluck Jonathan the Igbo managed to do better than at any other time in our history. As a matter of fact this was so much the case that Nigerians from other parts of the country, particularly the Yoruba and the Hausa-Fulani, often sulked about it and openly complained. Jonathan had a soft... Read More

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April 2, 2016

Dele Momodu: A drive through the forests of a thousand demons

Fellow Nigerians, I’m not sure how many of you know or remember the famous Yoruba novelist, Daniel Oroleye Fagunwa. If you’re Yoruba, and attended school when education was still well-rounded, you are likely to be quite familiar with that mystical author of epic literature and magical reality. Who has not read or heard of the... Read More

April 1, 2016

Lara Kudayisi-Emeralds: How your mindset affects that relationship

When you sign up with me on The Achieve Your Marriage Goal 12 month plan, one of the first things I help you achieve is dealing with wrong mindsets about relationships and marriages resulting from your upbringing, environment and significant emotional experiences. Your mindset is a powerful thing and it can be one thing that... Read More

April 1, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Biafra, Buhari and the double standard of a government in denial

“The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies, but the complacency of their friends, are precious catalysts for change” ― Howard Zinn. This is one... Read More

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April 1, 2016

Opinion: April 1, the fool’s day

The first day in the fourth month of every year appears to be a day that every individual regardless of age and social class looks forward to. A day in which everybody tends to flaunt their comical prowess/muscle at the expense of either saddening or making people happy. However, most people are oblivious of the... Read More

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April 1, 2016

Opinion: How to be a rich and successful pastor in Nigeria

The profligation of churches in Nigeria is getting to alarming stage where there would be more churches than members. New churches are springing up almost everyday; some in shops, kiosks, sitting rooms, etc until they eventually become big churches. God must have been having a hectic time “calling all these pastors to work in the... Read More

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April 1, 2016

Ayokunle Odekunle: Of hailing hailers, hypocrisy and the rest of us (A Rejoinder)

“These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy…walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, ‘Business as usual.’ But if they perceive a slight against God, it is a different story. Their faces go red, their chests heave mightily, they sputter angry words. The degree of their indignation is... Read More

April 1, 2016

Reuben Abati: It’s time for the APC government to put Nigeria first

This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing public responses to the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The take-away is that the biggest challenge that Nigeria faces at the moment is political partisanship, which has... Read More

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April 1, 2016

Abdul Mahmud: The children of Kirikiri and the dearth of humanity

Oscar Wilde was unsparing of the prison system of his time. Perhaps it was for good reasons he interrogated the idea of the prison. In his highly regarded poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, he launched scathing attacks on the prison regimes, exposed the pernicious and inhuman conditions of Reading Prison where he was incarcerated... Read More

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April 1, 2016

Opinion: Nigeria – Strong individuals, weak institutions

During the last general elections, people who believed in Buhari, worked hard to ensure he won the election. This, they did, because of the s integrity of the then General Buhari. Looking back, one would pardon them. The former administration of Goodluck Jonathan was epileptic in terms of governance and there was a clear abdication... Read More

March 31, 2016

Opinion: APC ‘Overlord’ – Japheth Omojuwa, lest we forget your hypocrisy

For the very first time, I chose to neglect the inflation that has caught across all section of the economy and dived the profligacy lane. In the light of expensive and at the same epileptic data service, I chose to open Omojuwa’s article not because of any presumed exceptional stand but wanted to see how... Read More

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March 31, 2016

Japheth Omojuwa: The following class and the face of hypocrisy

If Nigeria has a leadership challenge, it must conversely follow that we have a following challenge. Great leaders are scarce in Nigeria, not because of the excess demand of the following of such leaders but because the Nigerian masses have not particularly called out, in the way they ought to, for great leaders. As a... Read More

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March 31, 2016

Opinion: Dear Nigerians, to the rest of the world, your country is a criminal enterprise

We live in an increasingly integrated world that the Internet has provided. For the developing world, the Internet has brought to you all the benefits of full participation, instant access to information and the world’s entertainment, ideas for business and innovation, and the opportunities to be global citizens. The Internet, just like the revolutions in... Read More

March 30, 2016

Demola Rewaju: Why I voted for GEJ against ‘Change’ on March 28, 2015

I not only voted against #Change, I campaigned against it all over Lagos with my principal Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and on one of those campaigns, I was seated beside him as gunshots in Isale-Eko not far from Iga Idunganran rained directly on our vehicle. Thank God it was a bullet-proof car. Thank God Koro asked... Read More

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Timi Frank's past comments have derailed his chances of succeeding Lai Mohammed as APC spokesperson | YNaija.com

March 30, 2016

Umar Sa’ad Hassan: Dear Timi Frank, radicals don’t always make good spokespersons

Dear Comrade Timi Frank, First, I would like you to know I understand how hard it is for someone like you to hold your present position in the APC hierarchy. I would rather your party had made you deputy youth leader or youth leader than shrink you into an office that demands you speak more... Read More

March 30, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Now that the Budget has been passed

Three months after the 2016 Appropriation Bill was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, both the Senate and the House of Representatives individually passed the bill within the same day after they received the report on the budget from the respective committees on appropriations a day earlier. The... Read More

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March 29, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Tinubu’s hypocrisy and Ibe Kachikwu’s fuel scarcity

In a desperate bid to play himself back into relevance in the current dispensation, having been ignored in certain key events of this government which he was believed to have spent enormous time, treasure and wealth to help put in place, Tinubu used a harmless statement by Kachikwu, expanded and redefined it to suit his... Read More

March 29, 2016

Opinion: Will Nigeria ever have an efficient public sector?

When global players in aviation industry pinned their hopes on twin-engine jetliners, experts believed it was a good bet. Jetliners like the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner proved super-efficient due to ground-breaking composite designs. But with the planes set to take over more and more transoceanic routes, there were genuine challenges ahead. To follow... Read More

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March 29, 2016

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Let’s have a Stimulus plan to jumpstart the economy

Since President Muhammadu Buhari came into office, Nigerians have been waiting to get an idea of what his response would be to the current economic melt down. We have an idea that the government would be involved, but we really don’t know how it would be structured or how big the involvement would be. We... Read More

March 29, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Tyrants, bullies, martyrs and heroes (Part II)

It is with the foregoing in mind that we must examine and critically analyse the performance of the Buhari administration. I have nothing personally against President Muhammadu Buhari and, as he knows, I have the utmost respect for his office. Yet, like Oliver Cromwell and Sir Thomas More, despite the sign of the times and... Read More

‘Heroes’, bullies, martyrs, tyrants

March 28, 2016

Aminu Tambuwal: Religious tolerance and the challenges of democratic governance in Nigeria

INTRODUCTION It gives me great pleasure to have the privilege of addressing this distinguished audience. I am immensely grateful to the Governing Council, Management and staff of this highly esteemed university for giving me a worthy platform to share my thoughts with you on this auspicious moment of Fountain University’s 4th & 5th Convocation Ceremony.... Read More

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March 28, 2016

FICTION: Dreams of a superstar life

‘Thump, thump, thump!!!’ His heart keeps racing, he is trying so hard to stay calm but that was proving to be no easy task. It’s a massive room, exotic and tastefully furnished. No tables, just sofas and stools. There are paintings on the wall, of musical legends from different genre, race and sex. The biggest... Read More

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March 28, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Tyrants, bullies, martyrs and heroes (Part I)

Apart from the fact that he was a passionate Puritan, a man of prayer and a devout and practicing Christian, the thing that I admire the most about Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), the British Member of Parliament and nobleman, the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and the father of Parliamentary democracy... Read More

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March 28, 2016

Opinion: CCT and the Saraki, Tinubu connection

The on-going trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal is not without political orchestration of some bigwigs within the political terrain in the country. Little wonder how the number three citizen in the country could be facing trial without show of solidarity from the leadership of his party. It is... Read More

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March 28, 2016

Opinion: Who says we can’t survive without Fulani herdsmen and their beef?

One of President Buhari’s promises during his campaign was to restore peace and maximum security to Nigeria, something that was key in his successful election as his predecessor was unable to contain the insecurity challenges facing the nation. However, the insecurity in the country seem to be getting worse despite FG’s technical defeat of Boko... Read More

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March 28, 2016

Opinion: Dear Buhari, last time I checked, you’re still the Minster of Petroleum

Your Excellency Sir, I write you this piece not as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, but as the minister of petroleum resources appointed by yourself on the 11th of November, 2015. You seem to have forgotten that you are the minister of petroleum resources and may have completely relinquished your responsibilities to... Read More

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March 27, 2016

To fall, and rise again… (POETRY)

As sojourners, we set out believing there were no obstacles We progressed thinking falling was impossible It was a mistake to have thought the road was without debacles We were foolish to think there would be no crucible Then all of a sudden, we found ourselves on the floor Fallen, downcast and surprised we felt... Read More

March 27, 2016

Opinion: Computer-based test, JAMB and the malpractice cabal

Following the conduct of the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), various allegations have been flying around. From the outright ridiculous to the downright untrue, attempts have been made to discredit the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode of the examination, which replaced the Paper and Pencil Test (PPT),... Read More

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March 27, 2016

Opinion: Our police, their maids

Something that has become an extremely alarming issue is the extent at which officers saddled with the responsibility of protecting the lives and properties of Nigerians, have been reduced to mere bag carriers, drivers, suya-buyers amongst other domestic chores of ‘big-politician’ and even powerful internet fraudsters popularly referred to as ‘yahoo-boys’ in Nigeria. The men... Read More

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YNaija Special: Obasanjo, Buhari, Tinubu, Saraki among 100 most influential people in Nigerian politics

Fani-Kayode: Buhari, Biafra and the double standard of a government in denial (PART II)

Dele Momodu: A drive through the forests of a thousand demons

Lara Kudayisi-Emeralds: How your mindset affects that relationship

Femi Fani-Kayode: Biafra, Buhari and the double standard of a government in denial

Opinion: April 1, the fool’s day

Opinion: How to be a rich and successful pastor in Nigeria

Ayokunle Odekunle: Of hailing hailers, hypocrisy and the rest of us (A Rejoinder)

Reuben Abati: It’s time for the APC government to put Nigeria first

Abdul Mahmud: The children of Kirikiri and the dearth of humanity

Opinion: Nigeria – Strong individuals, weak institutions

Opinion: APC ‘Overlord’ – Japheth Omojuwa, lest we forget your hypocrisy

Japheth Omojuwa: The following class and the face of hypocrisy

Opinion: Dear Nigerians, to the rest of the world, your country is a criminal enterprise

Demola Rewaju: Why I voted for GEJ against ‘Change’ on March 28, 2015

Umar Sa’ad Hassan: Dear Timi Frank, radicals don’t always make good spokespersons

YNaija Editorial: Now that the Budget has been passed

Jude Ndukwe: Tinubu’s hypocrisy and Ibe Kachikwu’s fuel scarcity

Opinion: Will Nigeria ever have an efficient public sector?

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Let’s have a Stimulus plan to jumpstart the economy

Femi Fani-Kayode: Tyrants, bullies, martyrs and heroes (Part II)

Aminu Tambuwal: Religious tolerance and the challenges of democratic governance in Nigeria

FICTION: Dreams of a superstar life

Femi Fani-Kayode: Tyrants, bullies, martyrs and heroes (Part I)

Opinion: CCT and the Saraki, Tinubu connection

Opinion: Who says we can’t survive without Fulani herdsmen and their beef?

Opinion: Dear Buhari, last time I checked, you’re still the Minster of Petroleum

To fall, and rise again… (POETRY)

Opinion: Computer-based test, JAMB and the malpractice cabal

Opinion: Our police, their maids

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