Fisayo Soyombo: A million pythons cannot dance away the Biafra question
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. — Albert Einstein…
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Should Buhari have travelled while Nigeria is in chaos?
by Alexander O. Onukwue The United Nations General Assembly is a meeting which Buhari, as Nigeria’s President, is required to…
Read More“Transit through London”: PMB, is this another medical vacation?
by Alexander O. Onukwue From the experience of the year 2017, it cannot be interpreted as malice that the mention…
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#NGAinUNGA: Which nations will Buhari court to help fight Boko Haram?
by Alexander O. Onukwue The Nigerian delegation at the United Nations General Assembly hopes to reaffirm its “commitment to global…
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YNaija Editorial: We have been made enemies of the State
It’s been a full week since the Nigerian government unleashed its Operation Python Dance II on innocent Nigerians in the…
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The Big 5: Buhari arrives New York; ASUU to meet with FG today; and other top stories
Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived New York,…
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“Terrorist People of Biafra”, Operation Python Dancers, the $999 iPhone X | These are last week’s winners and losers
The nature of the events that took centre stage in Nigeria last week and the fact that we may have…
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Farooq Kperogi: Our President has an obsessive compulsive disorder
by Farooq A. Kperogi President Buhari is held prisoner by what appears to be an obsessive impulse to desert Nigeria…
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Opinion: 2019 elections —Watch out for Atiku
by Umar Hassan No, you are wrong. No one could have possibly predicted that political drama season would premiere with…
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Operation Python Dance II: PMB, should we fear for the week ahead?
by Alexander O. Onukwue The week ahead is going to be crucial for Nigeria. The President, Muhammadu Buhari, will be…
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Dealing with IPOB: Ban the game or steal the audience?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Besides restoring the economy from recession, the biggest challenge of the Nigerian Government, under Muhammadu Buhari…
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The Thread: The FG has only one interest and it is not the protection of Nigerian lives
The Nigerian Military moved into Abia state unprovoked, and many cheered. It went ahead to declare IPOB a terrorist organisation,…
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The Late 5: Army declares IPOB a ‘terrorist organisation’; Buhari to visit London after UN meeting; and other top stories
Good evening. Here are the top 5 stories that drove conversation today: In the most recent development, the Defence Headquarters…
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Can the APC trust Aisha Alhassan?
by Alexander O. Onukwue The official account from the meeting between Aisha Alhassan and some members of the APC state…
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Opinion: Mr President, where do we go from here?
by Samuel Akinnuga Dear Mr President, I would be very sincere and straight to the point in this…
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The Thread: “Buhari can be tried and jailed” | Ayo Sogunro educates Nigerians on government misbehaviour
The right of the army to use force on civilians has been hotly debated on TwitterNG in this Operation Python…
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Femi Fani-Kayode: The homicidal rhythm of Buhari’s Python Dance
by Femi Fani-Kayode On the 15th September 2016, one year ago today, I wrote the following. “You bathed…
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The Thread: “They are making a killing to ‘secure the State’. Who suffers?” | Sam Hart accuses the FG of economic sabotage in Abia state
It’s still bloody on Political TwitterNG, we can hardly keep up. In summary, Oby Ezekwesili has come under the FG’s…
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The Thread: “The only man who’s “balanced & objective” while his house is on fire is a mad man” | Igbos do not apologise for Nnamdi Kanu
It’s burning on TwitterNG just as it is in Abia state where the Nigerian Army has taken up a stronghold….
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The Thread: “Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder; Buhari holds the matchsticks” | TwitterNG fires on all cylinders
Political Twitter has been on fire since morning, so much that Twitter’s top trends side bar has had IPOB, Nnamdi…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Pastor Nike Adeyemi, Sam Hart, Atiku and others [Nnamdi Kanu vs the Nigerian Army Edition]
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: 2019 and the Abuja Python Dance
by Olusegun Adeniyi It was not enough for the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Aisha Alhassan, to say that…
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The Thread: This is why Doctors are on strike
It’s still strike season in Nigeria. At last count, ASUU, Doctors and now health workers have embarked on (or will…
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What is Python Dance II supposed to achieve?
by Alexander O. Onukwue The Nigerian Army has been on a sequel to an operation to the South Eastern part…
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The Thread: “Nnamdi Kanu does not care if you die” | A warning to all Igbos in Nigeria
With Buhari’s return, military action in the South East has been stepped up. Remember Operation Python Dance launched by the…
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Femi Fani-Kayode: Nnamdi Kanu, your victory is sure
by Femi Fani-Kayode To the Lion of the East, my friend and brother Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, I have…
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YNaija Editorial: Forget Buhari and Nnamdi Kanu, remember there’s only one thing that matters
There’s a chance that you have noticed – amidst everything else that has been happening – that we have been…
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The Big 5: Atiku’s race for 2019; Wole Soyinka condemns re-election talks; and other top stories
Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: 2019 seems to have arrived early for…
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Fisayo Soyombo: 2019 elections in September 2017 — Nigeria now in political recession
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo A blind man who only listens to radio must be thinking this is September 2018 rather…
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“If you don’t leave office, office will leave you.” “…just like you know I will support only Atiku.” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week
Nigeria is out of recession, 2019 is closer than we think and Nnamdi Kanu… well, is still Nnamdi Kanu. But…
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