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Opinion: Still on Reuben Abati and Aso Rock demons
by Matthew Ige 14th October, 2016 it was, when the immediate erstwhile spokesperson of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, dropped a rather bogus spiritual treatise which borders on…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Now that Buhari is a changed man…
by Abimbola Adelakun If the politics of self-naming and renaming by a leadership indexes how their government will be defined, then Buhari’s slicing off the ‘General’ title from his person…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Are Nigerians really obnoxious?
by Abimbola Adelakun If Nigerians have any superior gene, how come they cannot fix their own country but have to migrate? With self-promotion also comes the demonisation of the other.…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Time to scrap state-sponsored pilgrimages
by Abimbola Adelakun There is no logic to government sponsoring people on something as personal as pilgrimages. I consider the beneficiaries no different from those who pay tithe from…
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Abimbola Adelakun: What kind of opposition will the PDP be?
by Abimbola Adelakun The PDP has been in office for 16 years and despite its fumbles and foibles, it must have an insight into governance processes in a way the…
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A rejoinder: Where is Mrs. Aisha Buhari?
by Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu Adelakun, total strangers to the Buharis, trespassed. She did not have the right or sufficient information to pronounce on their married life. The only thing more mischievous…
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Abimbola Adelakun: 2015 – It’s Bola Tinubu Vs Bode George in Lagos
by Abimbola Adelakun The same ethical issues confronting Agbaje shackle Ambode too. How does one shake off a godfather like Tinubu? Will Ambode ever dare such? Can he even try…
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@adunnibaby: Are Nigerian politicians really crazy?
by Abimbola Adelakun The Nigerian Medical Association, recently, joined the throng of those who call for psychiatric evaluation for would-be occupiers of political office. The communiqué released after the body’s…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Dear Jonathanians, nobody is afraid of Jonathan
by Abimbola Adelakun Those selling the Jonathan-for-second-term project will no doubt promote the viability of their product to the highest possible limit – even if this means stretching the truth…
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@Adunnibaby: Why #Ekiti voters are the most sophisticated in Nigeria
by Abimbola Adelakun When Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State needed to thank God for winning the governorship election held in June, he headed for a rather unusual place –…
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@Adunnibaby: Akpabio is a monumental money-waster
by Abimbola Adelakun Friday last week, President Goodluck Jonathan, accompanied by Presidents John Mahama of Ghana and Alassane Quattara of Cote d’Ivorie flew to Akwa Ibom State and inaugurated the…
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@Adunnibaby: Voting a man with a broom in hand will not change Nigeria
by Abimbola Adelakun The change that will come to Nigeria, however, is not as easy as voting in a president with a broom in hand to sweep the nation’s many…
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Opinion: Why Buhari may not defeat Jonathan
by Godwin Aleke “Buhari has been running for President since 2003 and … For one, a lot of intellectual energy is usually expended analysis him and the many baggage he…
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@Adunnibaby: Why Buhari may not defeat Jonathan in 2015
by Abimbola Adelakun Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, recently dismissed insinuations he would be a running mate to the All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Since…
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@Adunnibaby: A note to Yoruba Christians and Muslims
by Abimbola Adelakun The South-West in Nigeria is one zone where Christians and Muslims dwell side by side with a relatively low level of rancour. This liberalism is a cultural…
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@Adunnibaby: Dear Nigerian Army, it isn’t all about killing Shekau
by Abimbola Adelakun The Nigerian Army seems fixated with killing Abubakar Shekau, the equally self-obsessed psychopath who not only fancies himself a reincarnate of Osama bin Laden but also rides…
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@Adunnibaby: #PastorsBehavingBadly, The canonization of T.B Joshua
by Abimbola Adelakun If this era in Nigeria were a TV serial, it would be titled something like, “Pastors Behaving Badly.” The past few weeks have seen the demystification of…
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Olusegun Adeniyi Speaks || Death in the Synagogue and the Scotland referendum
by Olusegun Adeniyi The people of Scotland will go to the polls today in a referendum that could end their 307-year-old union with England and begin the process towards breaking…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Jonathan Almighty
by Abimbola Adelakun If there is anyone who knows all about power — its uses and abuses — in Nigeria’s democracy (and perhaps, for most part of Africa), that man…
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Abimbola Adelakun writes || Let’s talk about all these youths endorsing Jonathan for 2nd term
by Abimbola Adelakun In a repeat of Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha’s failed civilian transfigurations, President Goodluck Jonathan is being endorsed by vainglorious organisations. The 1990s birthed the rent-a-crowd presidential…
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Abimbola Adelakun: The pornocracy of Shekau and Shekarau
by Abimbola Adelakun At first glance, Boko Haram’s “caliph”, Abubakar Shekau, and Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, share nothing in common. They ought not to. The former is…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Who is Marilyn Ogar working against?
by Abimbola Adelakun By tomorrow, Friday, August 22, the kidnapped girls of Chibok would have been unwitting ”guests” of Boko Haram for 130 days. Between their kidnap and frightful escapes,…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Why the wives of Nigerian soldiers are ANGRY
by Abimbola Adelakun What’s new is that the soldiers’ wives are adding that their husbands will not be sent into battle to suffer the handicaps of jamming guns, misfiring mortars…
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Abimbola Adelakun: How Northerners are teaching Southerners a lesson in arrogance
by Abimbola Adelakun What is objectionable about the idea is ethnic profiling. For a country like Nigeria, where our ethnic divisions make for a precarious balancing, registering and identifying people…
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Abimbola Adelakun: The fall of Murtala Nyako
by Abimbola Adelakun Nyako himself was not without sin and could not convince anyone of his innocence in the various allegations of corruption made against him. One has to…
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Abimbola Adelakun: A lesson to the Nigerian Army, Lagos from the Pope
by Abimbola Adelakun Pope Francis has demonstrated that even the church authorities can practise what it preaches and that, in itself, makes his promise about reparations and future accountability quite…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Fayose’s politics of ‘grass-roots politics’
by Abimbola Adelakun So, I wonder, is this what “grass-roots politics” in Nigeria is all about or what we are witnessing is a subversion of a good idea? Where are…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Chibok – Is Nigeria still serious?
by Abimbola Adelakun Instructively, two cardinals were missing from the President’s response to his fact-finding committee: A sense of urgency about rescuing the abducted girls and, that of culpable responsibility.…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Ekiti – May the best rice sharer win
by Abimbola Adelakun For the two major contestants, my hope is that the one who, somewhere deep within him, means well for the people of the state – even by…
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Abimbola Adelakun: LASU – Fashola’s unwinnable war
by Abimbola Adelakun One is that the LASU fee hike is economically justified. The stark reality is that tertiary education, worldwide, is by no means cheap. Students of the…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy