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Commentary: The hollow feeling of the Nigerian university graduate

It’s no mean feat to spend four or five years at the university, beating away at books and life. This is why- on that busy day- one filled with rituals of food and a culture of littering the environment- people, well-wishers, friends and family would converge to rejoice with the latest alumni. The convocation day... Read More

YNaija Special: Father Mbaka, Ben Murray-Bruce, Ooni of Ife among 100 most influential people in Nigeria

These are the 100 most influential people in Nigeria, as compiled by the Editors of Y!/YNaija. Clergy and Religion Enoch Adeboye Perhaps the most influential religious leader in the country, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God has stated that his aim is to put a branch within five minutes of every human... Read More

Jonathan’s ally, Jide Omokore may implicate Diezani upon return to EFCC

by Emeka Nwankwo Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited and a close ally of Ex-president Jonathan, Jide Omokore, was on Tuesday quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in “connection with a series of multi-billion dollar petrol import and crude export deals” According to Premium Times, Mr. Omokore was released on Wednesday... Read More

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‘Buhari’s administration is wise’ | 10 things we learned from Jonathan’s speech at the Geneva Press Club

by Emeka Nwankwo Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on Wednesday, gave a speech to a gathering of top diplomats, policy makers and journalists at the Geneva Press Club. The ex-president spoke on life after being president of Africa’s most populous country and some of his achievement as president. The speech was entitled Press conference... Read More

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January 27, 2016

Opinion: Why CBN is right NOT to devalue the Naira

Nigerian economy is experiencing some downturns. More than anything, it appears that high oil price, the major driver of the supposed growth of the last 16 years, will remain a pipe dream for a longtime. The Chinese economy has continued to experience a slowdown and financial instability while the shale oil technology has come to... Read More

January 27, 2016

Why we keep handcuffing Olisa Metuh – Nigerian Prison Service

by Emeka Nwankwo The Nigerian Prison service (NPS), on Tuesday, stated that it was within its right to handcuff the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, and/or any other inmate, when appearing in court. This was contained in a statement by the service Public Relation Officer, Francis Enobore, who spoke... Read More

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Nigeria to receive more Abacha loot [DETAILS]

by Emeka Nwankwo The Nigerian Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, during an interactive session with the House of Representative Committee on Justice, revealed that the Nigerian government will soon repatriate more of the infamous Abacha loot held in foreign accounts by the former military President, General Sani Abacha. The amount to be... Read More

Aregbesola to Fayose: ‘PDP can no longer be revived’

by Emeka Nwankwo Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Osun State Governor, has advised his Ekiti state counterpart, Ayodele Fayose, to face the reality that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is dead as a political party in the country. Aregbesola stated this when he was paid a courtesy visit by Fayose. This is the first visit of... Read More

Opinion: Why churches and other religious bodies must pay taxes

In the beginning was the word and the word was God, he commandeth the earth to take form and created all things beautifully in his glory, pleasure and not for the glory of mere mortals. God said, ask it shall be given, seek you shall find, knock it shall open, basically many people do not... Read More

Opinion: Of tech start-ups, lemonades, youth and agriculture

I was a finalist at the 1776 challenge cup hosted by Generation Enterprise in Lagos. The high point of this event were not the pitches but my conversation with two remarkable individuals, Seyi Abolaji of Wilson’s Juice and Tobi Oke of Intel Capital. This post would dwell mainly on the conversation with Seyi. I first... Read More

500 Bayelsa civil servants in trouble for supporting APC in governorship election

by Emeka Nwankwo The recently returned Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, of the People’s Democratic Party, has purportedly slated more than 500 civil servants for sanctions. According to reports, the sanction on the civil servants was over their support of the opposition party in the state, All Progressives Congress (APC), in the recent election in... Read More

‘Femi Falana is despicable’ – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

by Emeka Nwankwo Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied the claims made by foremost human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, that she’s involved in the arms funds diversion scandal. It would be recalled that Femi Falana, last week, wrote to the International Criminal Court (ICC) asking the court to investigate the misappropriation of funds... Read More

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Bayo Oluwasanmi: The necessity of Buhari’s ‘undemocratic’ surgical removal of corruption

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act” – George Orwell Never has a nation been so ravaged by corruption. Nigerians suffer terrible maul from the deadly claws of the looters. The cruelty of man is much colder. Our people are suffocated and starved. The thieves only left the carcass... Read More

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Qudus Onikeku: Nigeria’s bulldozing culture and the destruction of Artistes’ Village

The Artistes Village, which is annexed to the Nigerian National Theatre, witnessed a demolition in the early hours of Saturday, 23rd January 2016. This news came at a time when we were rejoicing with Jelili Atiku, on his release from Kirikiri prison, a world renowned performance artist who was arrested on the order of the... Read More

Opinion: What Africa can learn from Goodluck Jonathan

From the time of King Pharaoh of Egypt to Queen Sheeba of Ethiopia; from Anwar Sadat to Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana; from King Chaka (c 1788-1828) founder of the Zulu Empire to Uthman Shehu Danfodio, from El-Kanemi Sheikh Muhammad El-Amin (c 1779 – 1835) of Borno to the founder of the Swazis kingdom King Sobhuza... Read More

Ogundana Michael Rotimi: Before Metuh becomes Methuselah…

Ridding a corrupt country like Nigeria of corruption will take a little while, but it has to start from somewhere and by someone. Corruption is a complex social, political and economic phenomenon that affects all countries. It undermines democratic institutions, slows down economic development and contributes to governmental instability. Corruption attacks the foundations of democratic... Read More

‘Those who stole us dry are powerful… but we’ll not relent’ – Lai Mohammed

by Emeka Nwankwo The Nigerian government is relishing in the recent endorsement of its anti-corruption war by the U.S government. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammad, harped on the endorsement while speaking with media executives on Sunday in Lagos. The U.S secretary of state, John Kerry, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual... Read More

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Hypocrisy: How the previous National Assembly broke the law it enacted

by Emeka Nwankwo According to Premium Times, members of the House and 7th Senate committee on Public Accounts fell afoul of the Money Laundering Act during their tenure in the National Assembly – a law which was enacted by them. The Public Account Committee is saddled with the task of ensuring accountability in the country’s... Read More

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Opinion: The normalization of deviance in the Nigerian society

According to an article by Yvonne Ndege of Al Jazeera, the militant group Boko Haram has killed an estimated 3600 people and numbers keep rising. While EFCC continues to investigate #DasukiGate with approximately $2.1b of security funds required to combat the militant group not properly accounted for. The Nigeria education fact-sheet compiled by the United... Read More

Falana petitions ICC over arms funds theft, calls for arrest of Dasuki, Okonjo-Iweala

by Emeka Nwankwo Prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has written to the International Criminal Court requesting the court to “investigate allegation of crimes against humanity committed against the Nigerian people by some former and serving military officials as well as public officials and private persons who engaged in the criminal diversion of $8 billion... Read More

House of Representatives to issue arrest warrant for EFCC Chairman, Magu

by Emeka Nwankwo The Ad-Hoc committee set up by the House of Representative to investigate allegations of fraud in the management of non-oil revenue remittance by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) has threatened to issue an arrest warrant for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Ibrahim Magu, if he fails to appear before... Read More

Reuben Abati: Where are Nigeria’s public intellectuals?

Something sad has happened and is happening, and is getting worse in our society: the decline of public intellectualism. And so I ask, where are the public intellectuals? Once upon a time in this country, the public arena was dominated by a ferment of ideas, ideas that pushed boundaries, destroyed illusions, questioned orthodoxies and enabled... Read More

Lai Mohammed reveals the ‘first scandal’ he met on assumption of office

by Emeka Nwankwo The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday announced that the Federal Government has dismissed some top civil service officials for extorting money from 400 applicants and offering them illegal employment into the civil service. The minister stated this at a meeting with On-Air Personalities (OAP) in Lagos. Lai Mohammed... Read More

Umar Sa’ad Hassan: Buhari’s continuous appointment of Northerners and the dangers therein

A lot of my brothers down here in the North who read my article criticizing President Buhari’s pre-ministerial appointments, felt I was being too harsh on him and that it didn’t matter who was appointed, what mattered was their competence.Getting them to realize I wasn’t criticizing his performance but only his appointments was not easy.... Read More

‘Buhari is a vindictive person… will destroy Nigeria’ | 7 things we learned from Fayose’s interview

by Emeka Nwankwo The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, in a “no-holds-barred” interview with Premium Times aired his opinion on the federal government, his impeachment during his first tenure and his opinion of the Buhari administration. Here are 7 things we grasped from the interview: All statements in quote were made by Governor Ayo Fayose.... Read More

APC Elders to Tompolo: ‘Surrender to EFCC’

by Emeka Nwankwo Elders in Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, on Saturday, called on Government ‘Tompolo’ Ekpemupolo to surrender to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for questioning over the alleged 13 billion naira fraud. YNaija had earlier reported that Tompolo, who is a former Niger Delta militant leader, had a... Read More