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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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YNaija Says: On Southern Kaduna killings, Audu Maikori is not the problem. The government is
For the past few months, the communities of the southern part of Kaduna State have been turned into killing fields due to attacks by militias of Fulani herdsmen followed in…
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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,…
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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…
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The Thread: ” How much is enough to dance on the corpses of your fellow Nigerians?” Southern Kaduna native comes to Audu Maikori’s defence
Advocacy is a thankless job anyday, so when Audu Maikori decided to raise thenecessary awareness of the havoc going on in Southern Kaduna, which someone aptly named "The Killing fields…
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The Thread: Audu Maikori defends himself
Earlier today, @jag_bros surfaced on Twitter and began fact checking pictures Audu Maikori, chocolate city boss, had use to highlight the crisis rocking Southern Kaduna. Soon enough, @Ayourb and others…
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The Thread: Twitter wars | Audu Maikori is accused of spreading falsehood about Southern Kaduna genocide
This came out of left field, we swear, although the tweet directly below says something about a meeting of northern social media influencers. @Ayourb and @ jag_bros are alleging…
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Tunde Leye: The economics of decamping
by Tunde Leye We see it fairly regularly. A politician (let us call him/her Politician X) who has sworn enmity to a political party (Party A) leaves his political party…
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Cheta Nwanze: Building a nation
by Cheta Nwanze Let us talk about a young ‘un called Bala Chinda. He just got sent to nga in Jand, for a period of no less than 18 years.…
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YNaija Analysis: Pres. Buhari must back his anti-corruption rhetoric with action
Ever since President Muhammadu Buhari first ran for the presidency in 2003 and until he finally won in 2015, one of his strongest and most consistent promises has been his…
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Pius Adesanmi: Libya’s death sentence, Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s “travel advisory” and Okorocha’s airline
by Pius Adesanmi Something bothered me about Abike Dabiri Erewa's "travel advisory" but I couldn't say precisely what. It just felt and read one kain... On the surface, it was…
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The Thread: “Writers never die” | An outpouring of emotion accompanies the death of African literary legend, Buchi Emecheta
Buch Emecheta is dead. She died in her sleep yesterday at the age of 72 in London. She was a Nigerian novelist as far back as the 60's. She authored…
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Opinion: Antidote to illegal immigration of Nigerians
by Jide Ojo You possibly have seen the picture of black people lined up by a wall in a place supposedly in Libya. It was said that many of them…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: Still guarding the concrete slab
by Olusegun Adeniyi Even when I am not so much into the social media, I have come to like WhatsApp because of the inspirational stories many users pass around on…
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Dr Joe Abah: Africa’s problem is planning, not implementation
by Dr. Joe Abah Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure” [Confucius] Everywhere you go in Africa, you are likely…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Apostle Suleman, Usain Bolt, Jay Bowdy, 2face 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,…
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The Thread: “Why will you take performance enhancing drugs when you’ve got Usain Bolt?” | #NestaCarter
You may have heard that Usain Bolt- the fastest man on earth- is minus one Olympic gold medal (He had stacked up nine of them). Yea, sucks. Particularly because it…
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Opinion: Buhari’s dining table of corruption
by Nnaemeka Oruh Nigeria's current president, Muhammadu Buhari, rode to power on a flaming horse of anti-corruption, wielding a blazing without-fear-or-favour sword. It was for that singular reason most Nigerians…
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Opinion: Buhari, deaths and rumours of death
By Jude Ndukwe Since the journey of President Muhammadu Buhari to the UK for medical reasons, the nation has been rife with the rumoured death of the president which, thankfully,…
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Femi Fani-Kayode: The killer midget and the stunted dwarf [Pt. 1]
by Femi-Fani Kayode "Not a single soul has been prosecuted, let alone jailed for the genocide in Southern Kaduna and you are blaming someone for preaching self defense? You are…
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The Thread: “Hate speeches against Christians have been going on in Mosques from time immemorial”
Can two walk together except they agree? Except one is gagged and bound. "Hate speech," according to the American Bar Association, "is speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, colour,…
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