Opinion: Olajumoka Orisaguna, Ayodele Dada and the hypocrisy of corporate Nigeria

About four weeks ago, a lady came into national consciousness. She photobombed her way to riches and fame. Her name is Olajumoke Orisaguna. The bread seller mother of two was going about her normal routine at the Sabo area of Lagos state when she bombed into a photo session of celebrity photographer, TY Bello. TY... Read More

March 5, 2016

Commentary: Donald Trump got his political training in Nigeria

For the past few years, United States President, Barack Obama mesmerized the world with his quick wit, starchy, yet frank, personality as he handles the affairs of the ‘world most powerful country’- either by giving speeches and/or playing host to children and elderly people. As the race for the White House gets intense- coupled with... Read More

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March 5, 2016

NPFL Match Day 5 Preview: MFM FC square up to Ikorodu FC in historic Lagos derby

The Nigerian Professional Football League resumes this weekend as Enugu Rangers take on Wikki Tourist in Saturday’s only game which will be aired live on cable TV. Other fixtures however resume on Sunday as a tantalizing game awaits Lagosians, as for the first time in donkey years, there will be a Lagos derby. So if... Read More

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March 5, 2016

Opinion: Nigerians apathy and the result of ‘No Banking Day’

In September 2003, the National Association of Telecommunication Subscribers (NATCOM) and the Consumer Rights Project (CRP) spearheaded a campaign for Nigerians to switch off their mobile telephones in protest of the high tariffs charged by the two dominant networks back then – MTN and ECONET. The protest was as a result of the delay in... Read More

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March 5, 2016

Dele Momodu: The time has come for the APC to re-write its Manifesto

Fellow Nigerians, something melodramatic occurred some days ago in Doha, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, where President Muhammadu Buhari dropped a bombshell inadvertently. And what was the matter? The President in his usual candour and uncommon honesty announced that one of his major campaign promises was no longer feasible and practicable; the plan to pay unemployed... Read More

March 5, 2016

Umar Sa’ad Hassan: For Buhari, it’s two steps forward, three steps backwards

‘History remembers most what you did last’ – Mike Wallace President Buhari’s first 100 days in office were the most impressive in recent memory. Power generation hit an all-time high and he managed to salvage us from a scorching fuel and salary crisis. The much touted messiah had finally arrived and we seemed headed for... Read More

March 5, 2016

Tunde Fagbenle: Is Ben Bruce a charmer or a charlatan?

The first of this two-part article had hardly gone out than a flurry of vitriol against the person and character of the subject hit the waves. In newspaper reactions, on Sahara Reporters and Premium Times blogs, everywhere, the anti Ben Bruce feeling, especially amongst the youth, was overwhelming. And going by the reactions that greeted... Read More

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March 4, 2016

Opinion: Breaking the exploitative habits of Nigerian universities

Before we proceed to digest the topic at hand, it is inevitable to note the contemporary knack for quantity at the expense of quality that dominates and generally defines our tertiary education sub-sector in particular and the education sector in general. We now boast of many universities that largely fall short not only of international... Read More

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March 4, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Agatu massacre, Ese Oruru’s abduction and the threat to Christianity in Nigeria

The recent weeks have been tough for Nigeria and Nigerians. With the strangest of shameful news making the headlines and drawing negative attention to a nation already haemorrhaging uncontrollably from economic collapse, social decadence, brutishness of state agents and common criminals as well who murder fellow citizens in their hundreds in mindless and needless exhibition... Read More

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March 4, 2016

Opinion: Ese Oruru and the victimization of Islam and the North

There is a usually predictable, almost robotic, pattern of reaction to any story in which an individual or a group from the north of Nigeria is a major character. This is the error of contemptuous generalisation, taking the action of a few individuals for a collective decision of the entire region. Or visiting the “sins” of the colonial north upon... Read More

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March 4, 2016

Opinion: Poverty, separatism and a nation of desperate beggars

In any social order, the veracity of pluralism holds in diverse calling. Pluralism is a school of thought that clenches the universal belief of things existing in pair. In the world of algebra, Boolean is akin to pluralism. In any society therefore, this two of a kind trend exist, segregating the rich from the poor,... Read More

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March 4, 2016

Y! Special Report: From Peckham to Biafra- Is Nnamdi Kanu a selfless saviour or the perfect propagandist?

On a sunny afternoon in July 2013, as Hilary Okeke drove around the city of Enugu with his friends on their way back from scouting for girls at the Polo Park Mall, he turned on the radio. As he fiddled with the knob, an Igbo version of American superstar Jay Z’s Forever Young came on,... Read More

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March 4, 2016

Reuben Abati: Ese Oruru, the girl-child and a nation’s shame

Three different incidents in the last week cast, poignantly, in bold relief the plight of the girl-child in Nigeria. Thanks to The Punch newspaper which launched the #FreeEse, #JusticeforEse campaign and the civil society groups that took up the fight in a spirited manner. With the outrage and outcry that followed, within 72 hours, this... Read More

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March 4, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Nigeria needs to do more to protect citizens abroad

In May 2014, prominent sports journalist, Aisha Falode’s 19-year old son, Toba was killed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates when he fell off his 17th floor balcony. While his friends claim that his falling was an accident, Mrs. Falode alleges that it was a murder, and accused the Dubai Police of being part of the... Read More

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March 3, 2016

Opinion: As Kogi suffers the absence of good leadership and lack of collective will

Straight off my prayer mat, I picked the courage to pen this piece. I have long desired to write on socio-political issues across space but my lack of confidence in my writing skills has kept me, my ink instrument, and keyboard sorrowfully idle. The inability of so many articulate Kogites to put pen to paper... Read More

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Kogi, Leadership, Will

March 3, 2016

Opinion: What NFF must do (and not do) to avoid a repeat of the Sunday Oliseh saga

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) through its President Amaju Pinnick had told everyone that the country had found its own Pep Guardiola, in Sunday Oliseh. But eight months after, Oliseh’s time as Super Eagles coach would end up being dotted by avoidable controversies which has seen him earn the accolades as the worst coach ever... Read More

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March 3, 2016

NPFL Match Day 4 Review: Lobi Stars demolish El-Kanemi Warriors | MFM thrash Sunshine Stars |More Stories

Premier league action resumed on Wednesday, 2nd of March 2016 across 8 different match centres across the country with Enyimba vs Ikorodu United’s game being rescheduled to hold today, in Umuahia. When the games ended, no away team recorded any victory, 22 goals were scored across the country in nine games by 19 different players... Read More

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March 3, 2016

Opinion: Does Nigeria have what it takes to be a ‘Leading Nation’ in the global space?

Before you get to answer that question, we’ll have to understand what a leading nation actually is. Around 2050, there are aspersions that portend that the world will literately run out of space and one of the greatest concerns for humanity would be where to find a space for himself and his family. Many people... Read More

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March 3, 2016

Olawale Rotimi: A critical assessment of Education in rural Nigeria

In the Nigeria’s National Policy on Education (FRN 1998), it is stated that the Federal Government has adopted education as an instrument for effecting National Development in all areas of the nation. However, this does not reflect the situation in rural Nigeria where there is overwhelming widespread of illiteracy. Education in rural Nigeria is characterized... Read More

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March 3, 2016

Opinion: Dear President Buhari, Nigerians are frustrated and suffering

Your excellency sir, I thought perhaps I should bring you up to speed with what is happening to Nigerians, the people who you claim to love and care about, the people who truly believe you have them at heart and for this reason they voted you into office. Since you assumed your highly elevated position... Read More

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March 1, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Ese Oruru, Emir Of Kano and those who chose to pervert the narrative

All those that are attempting to distort the narrative about the tragic plight of Miss Ese Oruru are evil and we commit them to God’s judgement. The facts are as follows. She is 14 years old and not 18 and she was abducted from her home. She did not leave her home freely or of... Read More

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March 1, 2016

Opinion: How SANs are fighting against anti-corruption war

Thinking of the constitutional guarantee of unhindered choice of legal representation, I disagreed at first with the statements attributed to Ibrahim Magu, EFCC Chairman, which was supported by President Muhammadu Buhari, that certain members of the Nigerian elite lawyers who carry the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) were deliberately impeding the fight against... Read More

corruption, law, lawyers, legal, SAN

March 1, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Agatu killings, Ese Oruru kidnap and the signs that vindicate Fayose

“We have all summoned courage. They have deceived us to take our inheritance. We are going to get our inheritance back. I want to say one thing: they have started again. I want to reveal one secret here. They have started subtle moves to make Nigeria an Islamic nation. But God will not allow it.... Read More

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February 29, 2016

Opinion: Dear Yusuf Buhari, what has your father done for us?

Dear Yusuf Buhari, Let me go straight to the point. On the morning of Friday, May 29, 2015, I was very low on cash. I had to ring my boss at the newspaper I work for to help me out with some money to fuel my generator so I can fully concentrate and cover the... Read More

February 29, 2016

Opinion: Buhari’s futile quest for oil in the North and the promise of diversification

The Nigerian government led by President Muhammadu Buhari allocated a whopping sum of 39.4 billion naira (almost $200 million) for oil exploration in the Lake Chad basin in the proposed 2016 budget. While presenting the budget before the National Assembly last December, the president assured Nigerians that the 2016 budget is unlike any other before... Read More

diversification, economy, north, Oil

February 29, 2016

Ifeanyi Ubah: Economic and financial intervention for Nigeria (Volume 1)

This Media Guidance Note has become necessary to ensure that the media capture in proper context the views I am expressing on the possibility of stabilizing the Nigerian Naira (NGN / N) against the US Dollar and other international currencies in the Foreign Exchange Market. This has become necessary since my appearance and feature on... Read More

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February 29, 2016

Opinion: A rejoinder to ‘Babatunde Fashola’s shortchanging change’

I was torn between two minds on whether to bother responding to Salihu Tanko Yakasai’s article titled: “Babatunde Fashola’s Shortcoming Change” which appeared in various online media last week. On the one hand, the article was so misleading that I felt compelled to point out some omitted facts and yet on the other hand I... Read More

February 29, 2016

Opinion: Dear @DOlusegun, what were you thinking when you honoured a ‘Show Off Date’ with @adeyanjudeji ?

Dear Segun, I need not have written you this letter, but am compelled to because your several tweets after last Friday night debacle, show that you feel you were right about what you did. You were here last year- 2015, when Governor Fashola`s name was smeared with all sorts of allegation on corruption, mismanagement and... Read More

February 28, 2016

Opinion: Bukola Saraki, Social Media Week and the rest of us

Permit me to borrow one of the sentences used by Senator Bukola Saraki to buttress his point further during his interactive session at the just concluded Social Media Week Lagos2016 where he referenced the evolving nature of the social media environment that -‘’Times Have Changed, And, So, Must We’’. One remarkable admonition to take home... Read More

February 28, 2016

Oby Ezekwesili: Mr President, ideologies don’t deliver results for the poor

In this first of a three-part article, my aim is to get President Muhammadu Buhari to reevaluate his obvious discomfort with the workings of a market economy and change; so that he can effectively lead the CHANGE agenda that he promised Nigerians. The engine of wealth creation and poverty reduction is the private sector when... Read More

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Opinion: Olajumoka Orisaguna, Ayodele Dada and the hypocrisy of corporate Nigeria

Commentary: Donald Trump got his political training in Nigeria

NPFL Match Day 5 Preview: MFM FC square up to Ikorodu FC in historic Lagos derby

Opinion: Nigerians apathy and the result of ‘No Banking Day’

Dele Momodu: The time has come for the APC to re-write its Manifesto

Umar Sa’ad Hassan: For Buhari, it’s two steps forward, three steps backwards

Tunde Fagbenle: Is Ben Bruce a charmer or a charlatan?

Opinion: Breaking the exploitative habits of Nigerian universities

Jude Ndukwe: Agatu massacre, Ese Oruru’s abduction and the threat to Christianity in Nigeria

Opinion: Ese Oruru and the victimization of Islam and the North

Opinion: Poverty, separatism and a nation of desperate beggars

Y! Special Report: From Peckham to Biafra- Is Nnamdi Kanu a selfless saviour or the perfect propagandist?

Reuben Abati: Ese Oruru, the girl-child and a nation’s shame

YNaija Editorial: Nigeria needs to do more to protect citizens abroad

Opinion: As Kogi suffers the absence of good leadership and lack of collective will

Opinion: What NFF must do (and not do) to avoid a repeat of the Sunday Oliseh saga

NPFL Match Day 4 Review: Lobi Stars demolish El-Kanemi Warriors | MFM thrash Sunshine Stars |More Stories

Opinion: Does Nigeria have what it takes to be a ‘Leading Nation’ in the global space?

Olawale Rotimi: A critical assessment of Education in rural Nigeria

Opinion: Dear President Buhari, Nigerians are frustrated and suffering

Femi Fani-Kayode: Ese Oruru, Emir Of Kano and those who chose to pervert the narrative

Opinion: How SANs are fighting against anti-corruption war

Femi Fani-Kayode: Agatu killings, Ese Oruru kidnap and the signs that vindicate Fayose

Opinion: Dear Yusuf Buhari, what has your father done for us?

Opinion: Buhari’s futile quest for oil in the North and the promise of diversification

Ifeanyi Ubah: Economic and financial intervention for Nigeria (Volume 1)

Opinion: A rejoinder to ‘Babatunde Fashola’s shortchanging change’

Opinion: Dear @DOlusegun, what were you thinking when you honoured a ‘Show Off Date’ with @adeyanjudeji ?

Opinion: Bukola Saraki, Social Media Week and the rest of us

Oby Ezekwesili: Mr President, ideologies don’t deliver results for the poor

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