Gimba Kakanda: Nyako may have won the 2015 elections for Jonathan

by Gimba Kakanda If you think GEJ is not electable, especially with this twist of ‘politicized activisms’, that’s because you don’t know Nigeria beyond Facebook and Twitter. May God save us from us! Alright, God forbid. I also pray against this eventuality, the inauguration of disaster on May 29, 2015, because it appeals to our... Read More

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April 26, 2014

Opinion: Understanding Oyo politics and Ajimobi’s fate in 2015

by Abass Adetunji Ethnicity plays a part in the state’s politics as well as the country’s, especially considering the alleged lopsidedness of the Akala regime in favour of the Ogbomosho people, and most parties may therefore want to pick their candidates from Ibadan. That is where Teslim and Lanlehin may have some edge in the... Read More

2015, abass adetunji, Ajimobi, Akala, APC, Ibadan, Labour Party, opinion, Oyo, oyo politics, ynaija

April 7, 2014

Joe Igbokwe: The Rebasing fraud from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics

by Joe Igbokwe Nigerian Leaders have been deceiving Nigerians for a longtime now but they cannot deceive the world. South Africa is far ahead of Nigeria, all things considered. Afraid of the impending defeat in the forthcoming elections, the ruling party PDP has imported economic magicians from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics to wet the ground for... Read More

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March 29, 2014

Dele Momodu: The anatomy of PDP and APC (Part 2)

Dele Momodu The President’s inability to deal concretely with the grave security threats and everyday carnage may turn out to be his major albatross. The spate of killings and magnitude of wasted lives would haunt any government in normal climes. [READ: Dele Momodu: The anatomy of PDP and APC] Fellow Nigerians, let me start by thanking... Read More

2015, APC, boko haram, bola tinubu, Dele Momodu, Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, PDP, Politics

March 26, 2014

Opinion: Buhari is Jonathan’s worst nightmare ahead of 2015

by Daniel Ojeh It implies that ceteris paribus , Buhari has assurance of up to 24 million votes already ahead of his likely contenders should he contest in 2015. Call this a layman’s analysis of political outcomes, but it is still a reasonable basis for consideration. It is the fundamental obligation of a State to... Read More

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March 25, 2014

Opinion: The tragedy of partisan politics in Nigeria

by Femi Owolabi Unconfirmed sources reported that Atiku had given N1b each to the ACN branches across the states of the federation. Yes, that is N36b! I was an ACN member. Money and other souvenirs were shared at our ward. In Nigeria, money, or gbemu – as it is being philosophized in the case of... Read More

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March 23, 2014

Tunde Fagbenle: Jonathan has to sack himself for Nigeria to be better

by Tunde Fagbenle The rot, the national rot, is from the head. Jonathan has to sack himself after sacking everyone else! For Nigeria to move forward, the sacking frenzy has to consume all. Maybe 2015 will provide the opportunity. I was outraged, and so were most Nigerians all over the world, by the news of... Read More

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March 22, 2014

Opinion: Why young people will embrace APC in 2015

by Aver Angweh The APC therefore is the most promising political party in the world right now with its strong features of reconciliation of the good, the bad and the ugly to one common fight against the prevalent evil eating up the country at the speed of light. The emergence of the People’s Democratic Party... Read More

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March 17, 2014

Opinion: Mr. President, this joke is no longer funny

by AbdulRahman AdulRaheem That President Jonathan is amazingly inept is hardly news to the majority of Nigerians. He is a joke. His very occupation of the most esteemed office in the land has been painfully amusing for a while. But this joke is no longer funny. Not when the lives of so many people hang... Read More

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March 16, 2014

Sonala Olumhense: The 2nd Niger Bridge and other broken promises

by Sonala Olumhense But here we are: 2014, and the SNB seems to be the latest proof the President intends to postdate his 2011 electoral pledges. He has already said the Lagos-Ibadan road will now be completed in four years. President Goodluck Jonathan last week finally got some traction on the Second Niger Bridge (SNB)... Read More

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March 16, 2014

Simon Kolawole: How conflict underdeveloped Nigeria

by Simon Kolawole While our politicians are still busy playing 2015 politics with Boko Haram, the conflict is killing us softly. I had not been to Abia State in ages. My visit to Umuahia sometime last year set me thinking yet again about the Nigerian condition. That was when today’s topic nestled in my mind:... Read More

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March 15, 2014

Dele Momodu: The anatomy of PDP and APC

by Dele Momodu It would be uncharitable not to salute the modest efforts of some of the wiz kids who form the nucleus of APC today even if they are not perfect. Fellow Nigerians, are you still in doubt that the race towards the 2015 Presidential election has started in earnest? Please, perish the notion.... Read More

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March 14, 2014

Opinion: Lying politicians and the race to 2015 – who gets there first?

by Ayodeji Somefun It is only on the note I stated earlier that Nigerians like me will be very eager to vote and consequently vote out rubbish in 2015 or to further say vote for APC and that is only because of fresh air- Nigerians will like to see what they will do differently from... Read More

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March 8, 2014

Bayo Olopohunda: How Jonathan betrayed Nigerians

by Bayo Olopohunda Now, he is aiming to recontest his lack lustre presidency in 2015. Nigerians should reject Jonathan in 2015 as a payback for his betrayal. The election year of 2011 is still fresh in my memory. I remember it just like yesterday. It was in that year that Goodluck Jonathan was elected the... Read More

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March 6, 2014

Why Bolaji Abdullahi was sacked

by ‘Jola Sotubo The sudden sack of the Nigerian Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, has continued to cause aftershocks around the country. [READ: BREAKING: Jonathan sacks sports minister, Bolaji Abdullahi ] This is the latest in the recent spate of ministerial sacks embarked upon by President Goodluck Jonathan which has seen the termination of the... Read More

February 23, 2014

I am not a coward, I won’t stop fighting – Amaechi answers Wike

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following remarks recently credited to the Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, to the effect that Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi would be arrested in 2015, the latter has said that he would not back down. [READ: How Amaechi plans to escape in 2015 – Wike reveals] The duo are know to be fierce rivals... Read More

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February 22, 2014

How Amaechi plans to escape in 2015 – Wike reveals

by Isi Esene The politics elements opposing the governor of oil-rich Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi are unrelenting in their efforts to unsettle him as the supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike yesterday vowed that the embattled All Progressives Congress governor will be arrested and jailed as soon as President Goodluck Jonathan is re-elected. Wike, who... Read More

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February 18, 2014

Femi Aribisala: There is no ‘Goodluck’ in corruption

by Femi Aribisala However, the emergence of the APC is likely to heighten corruption and not lessen it, as the PDP offers money to defectors to come back, to APC members to defect, and to PDP members to stay put. IN its days of arrogance, when some of its members boasted they would rule Nigeria... Read More

2015, APC, bola tinubu, Buhari, corruption, Femi Aribisala, KPMG, nigeria, nnpc, opinion, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, ynaija

February 17, 2014

Demola Rewaju: Electricity by 2015- No light at the end of the tunnel

by Demola Rewaju For me, it is a personal disappointment as I had promised some people that I would vote for Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 if only he can ensure steady power supply as he’d promised – a promise that I now see no realistic way of keeping or being kept. Sometime last year I... Read More

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February 8, 2014

Opinion: The autocracy of Nigerian party leaders

by Abdulazeez Amir Our current political system is neither democratic nor dictatorial. It is probably in-between or a marriage between the two. At the moment, it looks like our politicians are not ready for democracy and they don’t want dictatorship by the military so that’s why they have settled for political dictatorship. Gradually, Nigerian politicians... Read More

2015, abdulazeez amir, APC, atiku abubakar, autocracy, Labour Party, Nigerian politicians, olusegun obasanjo, opinion, otunba gbenga daniel, party leaders, PDP, powers, ynaija

February 8, 2014

Gimba Kakanda: What do Nigerians really want in 2015?

by Gimba Kakanda If we want to practise democracy, we have to be democratic. How do we expect credible leaders when all we do is criticise without taking part? And because we see one another in the same image, every praise of a presidential aspirant is seen as sponsored. If I write in favour of... Read More

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February 8, 2014

When the elections come – How will the North vote in 2015? (YNaija Long Read)

by Mark Amaza In the week of Christmas 2013 the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa held rallies in the three senatorial zones of the state to drum up support for the local government elections – to hold on 18 January this year. As the ruling party in the state, the PDP was not prepared... Read More

2015, Jigawa, Jonah Jang, north, Seantors, ynaija long read

February 7, 2014

Opinion: Why is Edwin Clark scared of Bola Tinubu?

by Idowu Ajanaku In questioning why Tinubu’s daughter has become the IyaOloja and his wife Oluremi is a Senator, Clark has forgotten the Kennedy and George Bush dynasties of the United States as well as the Gandis of India. All in the queer quest for political relevance and more precisely to get his Ijaw-born brother,... Read More

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February 6, 2014

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: The power of a name

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani One of the most spectacular reinforcements of the idea that names have power has been Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, who enjoyed a series of “lucky” outcomes that thrust him into the highest position in the land.The removal of those above him – through no act of his own – led to... Read More

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February 4, 2014

Opinion: Anambra Council elections- Is this the shape of things to come in 2015?

by Okey Ndibe We ought to worry that what happened in Anambra State, an election in which the result sheet was missing in action, could become the norm for future elections elsewhere—and nationally. I have had several sad conversations in the past two weeks with friends who, like me, are from Anambra State. The conversations... Read More

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February 2, 2014

Why we chose Valentine’s Day for 2015 Presidential elections – Jega

by Adeola Balogun The recent announcement that the 2015 general elections would hold on February 14, Valentine’s day, caused an uproar in the country. A lot of people felt that the date wasn’t suitable and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was under attack over it. However, the Chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, has set... Read More

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January 30, 2014

Opinion: Why Jonathan must go in 2015

by Mike Redford Those who are not with us are against us. President Jonathan and PDP are against us. President Jonathan has made fundamental economic woes for Nigeria. Those who are not with us are against us. President Jonathan and PDP are against us. President Jonathan has made fundamental economic woes for Nigeria. The most... Read More

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January 29, 2014

Game on! APC gets its first presidential aspirant, guess who it is

by Isi Esene The scramble to be the presidential candidate for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun with the announcement by the Publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah of his intentions to vie in the 2015 elections. Nda-Isaiah, who is believed to be a protege of one of the leaders of the APC... Read More

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January 28, 2014

SSS finally releases el-Rufai after 15 hour interrogation

by ‘Jola Sotubo The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nasir el-Rufai, has finally been released by the Department of State Security Services. Mallam el-Rufai was accompanied to the headquarters of the security agency yesterday by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers and Senator Chris Ngige. This comes after attempts were made by operatives... Read More

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Gimba Kakanda: Nyako may have won the 2015 elections for Jonathan

Opinion: Understanding Oyo politics and Ajimobi’s fate in 2015

Joe Igbokwe: The Rebasing fraud from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics

Dele Momodu: The anatomy of PDP and APC (Part 2)

Opinion: Buhari is Jonathan’s worst nightmare ahead of 2015

Opinion: The tragedy of partisan politics in Nigeria

Tunde Fagbenle: Jonathan has to sack himself for Nigeria to be better

Opinion: Why young people will embrace APC in 2015

Opinion: Mr. President, this joke is no longer funny

Sonala Olumhense: The 2nd Niger Bridge and other broken promises

Simon Kolawole: How conflict underdeveloped Nigeria

Dele Momodu: The anatomy of PDP and APC

Opinion: Lying politicians and the race to 2015 – who gets there first?

Collins Uma: Mr. President, this is not a crisis, it is war ( Y! FrontPage)

Bayo Olopohunda: How Jonathan betrayed Nigerians

Why Bolaji Abdullahi was sacked

I am not a coward, I won’t stop fighting – Amaechi answers Wike

How Amaechi plans to escape in 2015 – Wike reveals

Femi Aribisala: There is no ‘Goodluck’ in corruption

Demola Rewaju: Electricity by 2015- No light at the end of the tunnel

Opinion: The autocracy of Nigerian party leaders

Gimba Kakanda: What do Nigerians really want in 2015?

When the elections come – How will the North vote in 2015? (YNaija Long Read)

Opinion: Why is Edwin Clark scared of Bola Tinubu?

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: The power of a name

Opinion: Anambra Council elections- Is this the shape of things to come in 2015?

Why we chose Valentine’s Day for 2015 Presidential elections – Jega

Opinion: Why Jonathan must go in 2015

Game on! APC gets its first presidential aspirant, guess who it is

SSS finally releases el-Rufai after 15 hour interrogation

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