Tag: 2015

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 14, 2015

Opinion: Dear Jonathan, forget about the moon, lead us to Sambisa Forest

by Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu The reality is that Nigerian youths are not asking for the moon. We have never asked for ...

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 13, 2015

Opinion: An open letter to General Muhammadu Buhari

by Chika Onuora Sir, where exactly is your second wife, Aisha? There are too many stories in the open concerning her; ...

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 13, 2015

Opinion: Dear Nigerians, are Jonathan and Buhari all we’ve got?

by Uyu Eyo Ita   Why must the choice be between an incumbent with a less than sterling record (if the ...

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 11, 2015

Opinion: For Nigeria, 2015 is a most pivotal year

by Wilfred Okiche 2015 represents a chance for us to rev the engines and smoothen out some kinks. If we ...

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 7, 2015

Today’s Daily Brief: Fani-Kayode threatens to expose Buhari, PDP expresses delight over DSS report, Boko Haram threatens Cameroon govt, and more

The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has threatened to attack Cameroon in a video message on YouTube. In the ...

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 7, 2015

These were the governors missing from GEJ’s campaign inauguration yesterday (and Dickson is one of them)

by Kolapo Olapoju Nine governors were conspicuously missing from the inauguration of the presidential campaign organisation of the Peoples Democratic ...

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 7, 2015

Opinion: Jimi Agbaje ticks all the right boxes

by Yemi Adeyemi Jimi Agbaje’s candidacy offers Lagos and Lagosians a chance to set the destiny of the state aright. Lagos ...

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 7, 2015

Opinion: Hi Mr. President, let’s play a little game of Assumptions

by Lakunle Jaiyesimi Let’s also assume that you were the President of the United States of America, will you by default ...

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 6, 2015

Opinion: 2015 – The year of endless possibilities

by Olu Onemola We are the millions of children that could have been fed with the $255 million that was ...

Proportion
SolaJanuary 2, 2015

Yorubas don’t know Osinbajo, he can’t win South-west for APC – PDP

by Anike Jacobs The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked the choice of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) as running mate ...

Proportion
Isime EseneJanuary 2, 2015

Opinion: Ex-Minister, Adamu Bello has nothing on Akinwunmi Adesina’s sterling achievements

by Richard-Mark Mbaram  This relentlessly passionate minister got over $5 billion of investments into the agriculture sector in just three ...

Proportion
Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 1, 2015

10 pertinent things to consider while setting New Year resolutions

by Adedayo Ademuwagun A lot of people quit setting resolutions because they feel the stuff just doesn’t work or they ...

Proportion
Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 1, 2015

Full text of President Jonathan’s New Year speech

by Jewel Stephen   President Goodluck Jonathan has delivered his New Year’s day address to Nigerians on January 1 2015. ...

Proportion
Kolapo OlapojuDecember 31, 2014

Samuel Ufot Ekekere: Celebrate, take stock and plan for 2015

by Samuel Ufot Ekekere   I stopped over to have a chat with an acquaintance on Christmas day. He sat ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 31, 2014

Japheth Omojuwa profiles Babatunde Raji Fashola: There is something about this man (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2014 Nominee)

by Japheth Omojuwa The giant of Lagos politics, Bola Ahmed Tinubu would love to be credited with many successes, but ...

Proportion
Kolapo OlapojuDecember 31, 2014

This is what ‘Change’ means – Buhari explains to Nigeria’s youth in 5 points

by James Sambo   The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, has shared a New Year message, ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 31, 2014

Tolu Ogunlesi profiles Adamu Muazu: The PDP chairman is a game changer (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2014 Nominee)

by Tolu Ogunlesi Adamu Muazu knows what it’s like to fall out of favour with the powers-that-be, after having himself ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 30, 2014

Need to spice up your life? We give you 15 things to do in 2015

by Doyin Jaiyesimi   Vote – It’s not enough to keep complaining about all the things that are wrong with ...

Proportion
Kolapo OlapojuDecember 29, 2014

“If anybody says Buhari is not a threat, that person is deceiving Jonathan” – That’s what this Bayelsa PDP boss is saying

by Iyobosa Omoregie   According to a PDP chieftain, anyone who says Muhammadau Buhari is not a threat to the ...

Proportion
Kolapo OlapojuDecember 29, 2014

Meet Prof. Comfort Sonaiya, the only woman running for President in 2015

by Kolapo Olapoju   In the 2015 presidential election, ten candidates will be contesting for the presidency… including a woman. Prof. ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 26, 2014

Opinion: Lagos governor – Is this the Jimi Agbaje we trust?

by Tope Adesipo If winning elections were based on understanding issues and presenting workable solutions as well as having a ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 26, 2014

Toks Ero: Buhari vs Jonathan – Now that our choices have been narrowed

by Toks Ero I saw a Buhari that seemed to have no more than a pedestrian grasp of the issues ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 25, 2014

YNaija Exclusive: PDP violates Electoral Act with record campaign donation, seeks legal advice

by Godwin Akanfe Following last Saturday’s fund raiser by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), more people have condemned the amounts ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 25, 2014

Pray for peaceful elections next year – Gov. Okorocha

by Nnamdi Akpa Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha has urged Nigerians to use the Christmas season to pray for peaceful ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 24, 2014

Today’s Daily Brief: Soyinka says OBJ is a liar, 3000 Lagos APC members defect to PDP, Kumuyi orders church members to get voter cards, and more

3, 000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  under the aegis of Justice Group Wednesday defected to the Peoples ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 22, 2014

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: GEJ begs burnt PDP members to stay | Amaechi just can’t help ‘shading’ Wike | No time: Plateau gov’s son is now a commissioner | More stories

As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today. ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 20, 2014

SNAPSHOT: Gov. Fashola and his son, Olayinka go tree planting in Lagos

by Isi Esene With just five months left to vacate the Government House as Lagos governor, Babatunde Fashola continues to ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 19, 2014

Today’s Daily Brief: Tribunal affirms Fayose’s victory, Military steps up aerial patrols in Borno, Tinubu says FG has failed to defend Nigerians, and more

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has raised a task force on how to get people displaced in different parts ...

Proportion
Isime EseneDecember 19, 2014

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Don’t fret, 2015 will go just fine – GEJ | Koro is possessed, he needs psychiatric help – George | My statement wasn’t blasphemous – Okupe | More stories

As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today. ...

Proportion
Ada IgboanugoDecember 18, 2014

Chinwe Okafor: 5 reasons APC will clinch the presidency in 2015

by Chinwe Okafor Truth is no matter what Jonathan tries to do in the north with all the propaganda and ...

cool good eh love2 cute confused notgood numb disgusting fail