Category: Opinion

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Opinion: 5 things you must do before the new year to make it a great year

by Tolu Oluwaseyi-Daniel            SCORE YOURSELF: take stock of the outgoing year. How did you do? ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Happy 54th birthday, Saraki: Mafia boss of Nigerian politics!

by Bayo Oluwasanmi I have never met Bukola Abiku Mesujamba Saraki. I don’t know him from Adams. However, on the ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Farooq Kperogi: Tragicomedy of a corrupt “anti-corruption” government

by Farooq Kperogi This column has lately become more passionate about goings-on in Nigeria’s political and economic spheres than is ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Opinion: Ibori – corruption with tribal marks

Olalekan Waheed Adigun Whenever I hear those who ought to know say that Nigeria’s main problem is ethnicity, I often begin ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Cheta Nwanze: Creating problems with Operation python dance

by Cheta Nwanze “The Northern Bourgeoisie and the Yoruba Bourgeoisie have conspired to keep the Igbo out of the scheme ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Dele Momodu: My prophetic vision for Nigeria

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, tomorrow is Christmas day and, it is only in order that, I wish everyone a ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Opinion: All I want for Christmas is change

by Abayomi G. Omotayo If by providence, Santa reads this piece. I hope he grants my only Christmas wish: I ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: The shame of a nation

by Femi Fani-Kayode I just watched a very sad and disturbing video of our soldiers on the war front begging ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Opinion: Christmas, the King, his message and us [Pt 2]

by Albert Afeso Akanbi In the prequel to this write up I explained why, even though I do not necessarily believe ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Wilfred Okiche: Whoa 2016! what a year [NEW VOICES]

by Wilfred oKiche It only feels like yesterday when Olamide threw a hissy fit at the stage of the Headies ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Opinion: Uyo church collapse- will Governor Udom pass the litmus test?

by Abayomi G. Omotayo On 12 September 2014, a guest house inside Synagogue church located in Ikotun collapsed completely killing ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Opinion: Christmas | Celebrating the king that never ruled [Pt 1]

by Albert Afeso Akanbi ‘Jesus Christ our king of glory is the reason for the season…’ declared a pastor friend ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Opinion: Constituency project- Lagos state as a case study

by Kehinde Bahiru On the 8th day of December 2016, the senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria passed for ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Fu’ad Lawal: Lagos and America are birds of the same arrogance

by Fu’ad Lawal Secondary School geography says America is the name of two continents, North and South America. In real ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Opinion: Time to scrap the EFCC

by Jideofor Adibe This piece was motivated by two interrelated developments: the first is the furore caused by several corruption ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Opinion: Oil found in Borno, but don’t you cheer

by Alexander O. Onukwue Let’s set the economic record straight: Crude oil is losing its value globally as more nations ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Today’s Noisemakers: Fake news, #NoMeansNo, Headies awards and others

Fake news BREAKING: Freed schoolgirls to celebrate Christmas in Chibok https://t.co/j45mWbR4vI pic.twitter.com/xkmCjcoBcJ — The Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) December 22, 2016 ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Opinion: What CBN can learn from MMM

by Enobong Udoh Paper money or fiat currency is still the greatest innovation conceived by man. Imagine Nigeria being some ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Opinion: That Sultan’s excuse for the killing of Ndigbo in Northern Nigeria

by Jude Ndukwe The Sultan of Sokoto’s (Amirul Mumineen Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar IV) recent visit to Enugu State where ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 22, 2016

Opinion: Why this government is no different from the last

by Umar Hassan If the President sincerely thinks he is doing the right thing by asking the Attorney General of ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 22, 2016

Opinion: Open letter to Goodluck Jonathan

by Kayode Badmus Dear Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, I just read in the news about you revealing you are under ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 22, 2016

Opinion: How realistic is Buhari’s 2017 budget estimates?

by Jide Ojo On December 14, 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari presented financial estimates of N7.3tn to the National Assembly.  The ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 22, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Christmas in a time of recession

by Olusegun Adeniyi That most Nigerians are going through one of the most depressing periods of their lives is to ...

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Isime EseneDecember 22, 2016

YNaija Says: The Kaduna killings must stop

On the 19th of December 2016, youths came out in their numbers in Kafanchan, Kaduna State to protest the incessant ...

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SolaDecember 21, 2016

Demons ‘command’ Man to walk into neighbour’s house & shoot him dead

A 30-year-old South African has given residents the shock of their lives after he allegedly shot his neighbour,one Ayanda Cele, ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 21, 2016

Pius Adesanmi: The thief who saved Nigeria’s image

by Pius Adesanmi. I have been following the ongoing Wikeleaks by Sahara Reporters with the corner of one ear. After ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 21, 2016

Opinion: The Federal system, Cattle rearing and the Nigerian Army  

by Dele Awogbeoba From 1967, Nigeria has been operating a federal system of government. Under civilian rule, that has ensured ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 21, 2016

Opinion: Okonjo-Iweala still “in office”

by Tope Bankole When one continues to forge ahead on a glorious pedestal in spite of detracting fellows who conjure ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 21, 2016

Opinion: Senate, SERAP, Ibrahim Magu and the dearth and death of CSO’s in Nigeria

by Jude Ndukwe The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, recently wrote a letter to Mr Michel Forst, the UN ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 21, 2016

Opinion: The social protocol

by Nimi Princewill There’s always a moment for everyone, when doing the right thing doesn’t quite seem your first instinct. ...

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