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Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gets the David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award (PHOTOS)
by Akintomiwa Agbaje Governor of the State of Para, Brazil Simaol Jatene, Peggy Rockefeller Dulany, Chair of Synergos, Minister for the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and CEO of Unilever, Paul…
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Opinion: Nigeria’s GDP Rebasing and voodoo statistics
by Jibrin Ibrahim The real issue for me however is what does it really mean to say our economy is the largest in Africa. Nigeria remains a very poor country…
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Nigeria now Africa’s largest economy, Boko Haram kills 17 people in Yobe mosque & other important news you should know today
by Oge Okonkwo Nigeria now largest economy in Africa, says Okonjo-Iweala Nigeria is now the largest economy in Africa and the 26th largest economy in the World. This information was…
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Pius Adesanmi: Kiss-ing Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
by Pius Adesanmi Until Sefiu, the vulcanizer at Ajegunle, can turn on his water tap without relying on borehole…any talk of Nigeria being the largest economy cannot be worth more…
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Opinion: 13 things Mandela would have done if he was a Nigerian
by Darasimi Oshodi He would have tried (and might have succeeded) to tinker with his country’s constitution to elongate his time in office perpetually. Was Nelson Mandela a man from…
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Sonala Olumhense: Denying corruption to boost corruption
by Sonala Olumhense Should he enter the 2015 presidential race, he will have to run on his record. That would include having to explain his corruption theory, including in live…
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Femi Fani-Kayode: The barbarians of Africa
by Femi Fani-Kayode They present no danger to us. They are as harmless and fearful as puppies and they only growl like dogs at each other and to no-one else.…
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“D’banj is a legendary womanizer…”: The Daily Mail spotlights the Kokomaster’s ‘faux-mance’ with US reality TV star (PHOTOS, WATCH)
D'banj and Kenya Moore by Akan Ido Let's take away the fact that the Daily Mail somehow have a problem knowing the relationship between Nigeria and its commercial capital Lagos,…
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Tunde Leye: When will Africa stop being the world’s cry baby?
by Tunde Leye When will Africa stop being the baby of the world? Why are we the ones who still find it so easy to descend to the lowest levels…
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Opinion: How Africans underdeveloped Africa
by Amir Abdulazeez We are now in 2014, 42 years after the book: 'How Europe Underdeveloped Africa' by Walter Rodney was published. This is almost half a century, yet Africa…
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Perry Brimah: Umaru Musa Yar’Adua-The legacy of a president
by Peregrino Brimah But Yar’dua was not stopping here, late Yar’Adua gave executive orders to the EFCC to go after anyone, bar none. Obasanjo was in his crosshairs. Obasanjo panicked!…
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Opinion: Africa is a begging continent
by Olúfémi Táíwò Then, to my utter shock and chagrin, I found that since independence, Africa has, for the most part, been a continent of beggars led by mendicant rulers…
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“I am homosexual” – Kenyan writer, Binyavanga Wainaina declares
by Oge Okonkwo One of Africa's leading literary figures and , director of the Chinua Achebe Centre for African Writers and Artists at Bard College, Binyavanga Wainaina has publicly declared that he…
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Opinion: How we’re all affected by the anti-gay marriage law
by Joseph Sewedo Akoro Homosexuality between men has been illegal in Nigeria for almost a century. And in northern Nigeria (no thanks to Sharia law), homosexuality between men and women…
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Opinion: It’s time to challenge FIFA and CAF on footballers’ awards
by Abiodun Aremu Why do Messi, Ronaldo and other overhyped players underperformed at global competitions when they are even confronted by lesser publicised and rated teams/players? Shortly before the Eurocentric-propelled…
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United Nations endorses GenVoices: This “has a possibility to have a positive and defining impact on the rest of Africa”
by Oge Okonkwo Ahead of its historic Telethon, The United Nations has endorsed Generational Voices (GenVoices), the project-driven platform to harness the offline and online energy of young Nigerians for…
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Opinion: Let me tell you about my gay church friend
by Francis Nwabufor What this piece calls for is a bit of humanity; the humanity in us that will break the dark covering of violent intolerance of homosexuals in Africa.…
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Tunde Fagbenle: Conversations with Nelson Mandela
by Tunde Fagbenle NM: Wasn’t it your Chief Obafemi Awolowo, by the way, one of Africa’s greatest political thinkers, though unappreciated sufficiently in his lifetime, who said: “It isn’t life…
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Opinion: Is the APC pursuing an Islamic agenda for 2015?
by Yekinni Shakiru When did an Oyegun, an Ngige, a Fayemi, an Oyinlola, a Boni Haruna, an Okorocha and all others too numerous to mention here embrace the ‘Islamic agenda’?…
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#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: “It felt wonderful to shake Mandela’s hand” – 9 questions for 9ice on his 2008 performance
by Seun Oluyemi In 2008, musician 9ice was one of the performers from across the world who performed at the 90th birthday anniversary of Nelson Mandela – representing Nigeria. He…
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#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: How to honour Nelson Mandela, by Joachim Mac-Ebong
by Joachim Mac-Ebong Part of the sorrow of Mandela's death is that there appears to be no current African leader fit to tie his shoelaces. Even those mentored by him directly…
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Editors’ pick: Our best 20 tributes to Nelson Mandela
by Emmanuel Osanedum and Mark Amaza From those who would preserve the myth because it comforts the world to those who insist he was all too human, these 20 assessments of…
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#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: We are now on our own, by Wilfred Okiche
by Wilfred Okiche A young African, Wilfred Okiche captures the sense that the ground has finally shifted under Africa with Mandela’s death and he wonders how we will go from…
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#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: “What have you wrought, Nelson Mandela?”, by Dele Olojede
by Dele Olojede How come we went from Nelson Mandela to Jacob Zuma in 10 years flat, like a racing car in reverse, asks Dele Olojede Why is it that…
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Pius Adesanmi: On the (purported) slight of Nigeria at Mandela’s funeral
by Pius Adesanmi Perhaps in 2015, you should vote in folks with enough brain power to understand that you cannot buy love and respect with petrobillions? Perhaps you should vote…
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#NelsonMandela: Beverly Osu, Derenle Edun, others pay last respect to Madiba in Soweto (See Photos)
by Oke Efagene Former Big Brother Africa (BBA) contestant and model, Beverly Osu and media personality, Derenle Edun, showed up in South Africa to pay their last respect to late…
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Emeka Anyaoku: A tribute to the Mandela I knew
by Emeka Anyaoku In Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, South Africa finally found the man who gave the lead to the people of South Africa in all their “human varieties” to resolve…
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Mandela is in hell-fire? Well that’s what these “Christians” say | Read why
by Jim Solouki and Martin Baker The blog Creation Science Study is clearly not joining the mass adulation over the late Nelson Mandela who passed on yesterday at 95. Below…
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LOOK: The (fake) Ethiopian passport Mandela used to visit Lagos in 1962
by Chi Ibe In 1962, Nelson Mandela, with the agreement of his colleagues in the struggle, began to visit across Africa and Europe to drum up support for the anti-apartheid…
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He wasn’t perfect, but he was Mandela: An obituary
"Black man, you are on your own." - Steve Biko "In the fell clutch of circumstance/I have not winced nor cried aloud Under the bludgeonings of chance/My head is bloody,…
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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