Bruce Fein: Dear President Buhari, Is this justice as you play judge, jury, and prosecutor?

A United States constitutional lawyer, Bruce Fein, has penned an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. The letter, which centers on the corruption war of Buhari, was first published on Huffington Post, on Monday, November 30. Read below. Dear President Buhari, “When you visited the United States Institute of Peace last July, you pledged that you would... Read More

December 1, 2015

Bayo Oluwasanmi: It’s time for ex-Danfo driver, lunatic Governor Ayo Fayose to stand trial

Election rigging has been an accepted practice in the voting process in Nigeria and does not change the status of the winner unless they can be seen as proven guilty in courts of law. Usually, a lengthy process that allows the rigger to legitimize the vote result as long as they hold the office. Many... Read More

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December 1, 2015

Opinion: Why the Nigerian youth deserves to suffer

This title came about during a discussion I had with my friend, Daniel Lawal very recently. We were talking about how the countries of the world go about distributing its resources among its citizenry. We talked about everything from the physical cash to roads, from electricity to water supply, from healthcare to sports, from crime... Read More

December 1, 2015

Opinion: The destructive tripod of tobacco, alcohol and cocaine

I will like to start by dousing any diversion that the title might generate; this I intend to do by providing a rather familiar terminology to buttress this topic. ‘Weeds’ are sometimes used when we imply tobacco products which are smoked, chewed or snuffed. ‘Wine’ on the other hand may also mean alcoholic drinks in... Read More

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November 30, 2015

Philip Obaji: Little girls’ breasts are being cut off to ‘protect them’ from Boko Haram

A brutal tradition akin to female genital mutilation is spreading in Cameroon’s war zone. Girls’ breasts are “flattened” with hot irons and stones to keep men at bay. When Grace Tchami started showing signs of puberty at age nine, her mother, hoping to protect her, began to torture her. At about seven o’clock every morning,... Read More

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November 30, 2015

Issachar Odion: Why SERAP is a terribly misguided set of noisemakers

I am often amazed at the proclivity of some idle persons for claims that are not only exaggerated but also completely baseless. These ambitious individuals are usually used by paymasters to spin all sorts of specious tales whilst hiding behind the mask of non-governmental organisation, civil society or pressure group of various nomenclatures. Their ostensible... Read More

November 30, 2015

Deji Adeyanju: Audu’s votes in Kogi election are dead and long buried with him

INEC was wrong by asking APC to substitute late Abubakar Audu with a new candidate. INEC will also be wrong to have asked for a transfer of the late Audu’s votes to Falake or a new candidate who did not participate in the election. In an election, the electoral umpire cannot change the goal-post in the... Read More

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November 29, 2015

Emmanuel Ugwu: Our absentee President has been more of a whinger than a performer

Within six months of inauguration, the man Nigerians elected in a historic voter revolution has created an alarming pattern of absenteeism. President Muhammadu Buhari, who is hyped as an orator of ‘’body language’’, has been voting with his feet since May 29, 2015. An audit of his overseas travel shows that, so far, he has... Read More

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November 28, 2015

Dele Momodu: President Buhari, your enemies are skilfully setting you up for failure

Your Excellency, it’s been months since I wrote my desperate memo to you. I wish to thank you once more for reacting promptly and swiftly at that time and for giving me the honour and privilege of meeting you in your office. I remember presenting you a special compilation of my articles, especially the many... Read More

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November 28, 2015

Samuel Olatunji: The head or tail in Sugabelly’s rape accusation

If a woman says she was raped, whether it is true or false, she deserves our support. Rape is too big a word to be toyed with. In my opinion, a woman who says she was raped when nothing of such happen has bigger problem than a woman that is raped (she need more help). That... Read More

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November 28, 2015

Femi Fani-Kayode: Does President Buhari have a conscience?

”Aside the 105 soldiers killed by Boko Haram, additional 34 soldiers were killed 2 days ago but it wasn’t in the news”- Deji Adeyanju. I concur with Mr. Deji Adeyanju. The most heartless and reprehensible thing that our government could have done is to cover-up the fact that 105 of our soldiers were killed by... Read More

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November 28, 2015

Garba Shehu: President Buhari’s foreign trips aren’t for pleasure

I have been amused, reading a number of jokes concerning the frequency of the President, Muhammadu Buhari’s foreign trips. Questions have been raised about why so many visits, and what are the benefits Nigeria is getting? I will make it clear from the beginning that the critic is entitled to his and her opinion and... Read More

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November 28, 2015

Opinion: When #ThankGodItsFriday ends in death and tears

It was a typical #ThankGodItsFriday night for the crew. The week had been a good one. Temi just received his appointment letter from one of the new generation banks after four years of intense job search. I just got my first pay cheque from the biggest endorsement deal I ever scored. Certainly, there was more... Read More

November 27, 2015

Opinion: Stephen Davis’ report on Boko Haram and the Dasuki connection

“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories.”– Amilca Cabral This drama series called Nigeria, My Country is never in want of Acts and Scenes with its peculiar dramatis personae as professional politicians. When one is left... Read More

November 27, 2015

Reuben Abati: Audu’s inconclusive death, poor Faleke and Mugabe’s wheelchair

“You look sleepy” “My brother, let’s just say I slept at a fuel station, looking for fuel.” “For which of the women in your life, because I hear these days, to please a woman in Nigeria, you must be ready to supply the three major things lacking in the land: money, fuel, and happiness.” “Leave... Read More

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November 26, 2015

Caleb Tochukwu Okereke: Irrespective of how you dress, you don’t deserve to be raped

I know a few girls who have been raped. I know them from my childhood days of eavesdropping to neighbours’ evening gossip, which is usually themed around different matters- infidelity, unemployment, immorality- before settling at the last bus stop of rape. I know them from the counsel my mother offered my sister when she wore... Read More

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November 24, 2015

Opinion: The repercussion of Audu Abubakar’s alliance with the evil spirit of Bourdillon

The politicking that characterized the build-up to the governorship election in Kogi state may be unbeknownst to many, leaving for so much speculation when news broke of Abubakar Audu’s death. But the situation certainly is not a coincidence, as some are already bandying about. The Yoruba adage that says the sheep that moves around with... Read More

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November 24, 2015

Opinion: Why the APC ticket in Kogi governorship poll is no longer valid

I was deeply saddened by the news of the passing of the candidate of APC in the Kogi State gubernatorial polls, Prince Abubakar Audu. My heart felt condolences to his entire family and the people of Kogi State. His passing is not only shocking and sad, it has also created a legal problem for INEC... Read More

November 24, 2015

Opinion: Diezani, the untouchable ‘super woman’ has suddenly become a frightened toddler

Few people illustrate the transient nature of positional power like the erstwhile Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. The hitherto untouchable ‘super woman’ has suddenly become like a frightened toddler seeking sympathy from the same people she despised while in power. We all remember how she reportedly contrived her flight booking to coincide with... Read More

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November 24, 2015

The rise of YBNL: Has Olamide built an empire in half the time it took Don Jazzy? (YNaija Long Read)

by Eromo Egbejule The 26-year old is rewriting the rules of a game according to the Master’s manual This November, Grammy award-winning rapper and dancer, Melissa ‘Missy Elliott’’ Elliott released WTF, a song that announced her return from a seven-year hiatus. As with many things global, Nigerians were excited, tweeting and shrieking to no end... Read More

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November 23, 2015

Opinion: Why Buhari must immediately act on Nnamdi Kanu and Danladi Umar

“Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things” – Peter Drucker Decisiveness is a trait all great leaders possess. President Buhari must create time to ponder and move fast on two issues that may appear light on the face but have the tendency to spiral out of control. First is Nnamdi Kanu’s... Read More

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November 23, 2015

Danladi Umar: A referee with unclean hands, in a game where clean hands are needed

Many years ago, Nigeria earned a longstanding place as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. This is because corruption in Nigeria continues to thrive as a consequence of the nexus between bureaucracy, politics and criminality. Because of this, Nigeria is no longer considered a ‘soft state’. it has now become a ‘consideration state’ where... Read More

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November 23, 2015

Opinion: Bukola Saraki’s trial and the ‘politics’ of politics

However removed anyone chooses to be from the eccentricity of Nigeria’s political system, we eventually all get involved at the end of the day. From the cab man who drives around the city narrating his ordeal about how he managed to fuel his car, to the blacksmith who has to send money to his son... Read More

November 23, 2015

Opinion: How Saraki’s trial revealed the fraudulent collaboration between EFCC and CCT

As a young woman who has been busy with fashion-life and career, politics has never grabbed my attention so overwhelmingly like this until the previous much-talked-about Jonathan government. Most particularly it’s twilight period. What set my mind ablaze was the news about the overflowing corruption that dominated the regime. Since then, I’ve been keen about... Read More

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November 23, 2015

Opinion: The death of Prince Audu and solution to the Kogi legal logjam

The death of Prince Audu, Governorship candidate of the APC in the inconclusive Kogi Governorship Poll, held on Saturday 21st November, 2015, has created serious legal and constitutional conundrum that demands urgent and quick judicial address and resolution. We are in a strange legal and constitutional territory. The 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act 2011... Read More

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November 14, 2015

Emmanuel Ugwu: The entertainment activism of Ben Bruce

Ben Murray Bruce is doing three things you can’t possibly ignore. Bruce is baring his showman chest. He is pointing Nigerians to his vast reserve of the milk of human kindness. And he is performing a concern concert! The Senator representing Bayelsa East district is striving to impress everybody with his solicitude. He is trying... Read More

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November 13, 2015

Davido, manager attacked by armed robbers in South Africa

Nigerian singer, Davido was a victim of an armed robbery on Friday, in South Africa. Unconfirmed reports suggests that Davido and his manager, Kamal Ajiboye were attacked by two armed men, while heading to the hotel from the airport. While what was lost in the robbery remains to be ascertained, Davido has tweeted about the incident.... Read More

November 13, 2015

Opinion: Dasuki, DSS rascality and our journey back to the Dark Ages

In the wake of what we described as the simultaneous invasion of the homes of Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA) in Abuja and Sokoto Gestapo-style by men of the Department for State Security (DSS), this writer wrote an essay titled “Dasuki: Are We Back to the Dark Ages?” which... Read More

November 13, 2015

Opinion: How Saraki made Lai Mohammed a Minister

The year was 2013. The principal actors were certain displeased governors. The act was a breakaway. The party was the “New PDP.” This was the picture of the political landscape at the time, as occasioned by a certain Goodluck Jonathan who would not look a certain Bukola Saraki in the face over what eventually turned... Read More

November 11, 2015

Opinion: Femi Gbajabiamila, Head Boy of the Tinubu School of Politricks

Following the show of shame that became a grandstand on the floor of the Federal House of Representatives on Tuesday 10th November 2015, where blows and punches were freely thrown and received, it is necessary to allude a cause to the ruckus and attempt to stem the tide of what is gradually becoming a National... Read More

Bruce Fein: Dear President Buhari, Is this justice as you play judge, jury, and prosecutor?

Bayo Oluwasanmi: It’s time for ex-Danfo driver, lunatic Governor Ayo Fayose to stand trial

Opinion: Why the Nigerian youth deserves to suffer

Opinion: The destructive tripod of tobacco, alcohol and cocaine

Philip Obaji: Little girls’ breasts are being cut off to ‘protect them’ from Boko Haram

Issachar Odion: Why SERAP is a terribly misguided set of noisemakers

Deji Adeyanju: Audu’s votes in Kogi election are dead and long buried with him

Emmanuel Ugwu: Our absentee President has been more of a whinger than a performer

Dele Momodu: President Buhari, your enemies are skilfully setting you up for failure

Samuel Olatunji: The head or tail in Sugabelly’s rape accusation

Femi Fani-Kayode: Does President Buhari have a conscience?

Garba Shehu: President Buhari’s foreign trips aren’t for pleasure

Opinion: When #ThankGodItsFriday ends in death and tears

Opinion: Stephen Davis’ report on Boko Haram and the Dasuki connection

Reuben Abati: Audu’s inconclusive death, poor Faleke and Mugabe’s wheelchair

Caleb Tochukwu Okereke: Irrespective of how you dress, you don’t deserve to be raped

Opinion: The repercussion of Audu Abubakar’s alliance with the evil spirit of Bourdillon

Opinion: Why the APC ticket in Kogi governorship poll is no longer valid

Opinion: Diezani, the untouchable ‘super woman’ has suddenly become a frightened toddler

The rise of YBNL: Has Olamide built an empire in half the time it took Don Jazzy? (YNaija Long Read)

Opinion: Why Buhari must immediately act on Nnamdi Kanu and Danladi Umar

Danladi Umar: A referee with unclean hands, in a game where clean hands are needed

Opinion: Bukola Saraki’s trial and the ‘politics’ of politics

Opinion: How Saraki’s trial revealed the fraudulent collaboration between EFCC and CCT

Opinion: The death of Prince Audu and solution to the Kogi legal logjam

Emmanuel Ugwu: The entertainment activism of Ben Bruce

Davido, manager attacked by armed robbers in South Africa

Opinion: Dasuki, DSS rascality and our journey back to the Dark Ages

Opinion: How Saraki made Lai Mohammed a Minister

Opinion: Femi Gbajabiamila, Head Boy of the Tinubu School of Politricks

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