Tag: democracy day

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RoqeebahMay 29, 2017

Shots Fired! Did Professor Osinbajo just drop the bomb on Nnamdi Kanu?

Today is not shaping up to be your average kind of Monday. First, it is the 29th of May which ...

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EditorMay 29, 2017

Chude Jideonwo: Dear President Buhari, you have broken our hearts 

by Chude Jideonwo Two years ago to this day, you brought me to tears. You were in our nation’s capital, ...

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AzeezMay 29, 2017

Democracy Day: Recovery of stolen funds, prosecution process has been slow – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said the present administration’s process of recovering stolen funds and prosecution of looters is slow. Osinbajo ...

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AzeezMay 29, 2017

Here’s Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s full Democracy Day speech (READ)

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in the early hours of Monday delivered a speech to commemorate the Democracy Day and President ...

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AzeezMay 29, 2017

Democracy Day: Economy is our administration’s biggest challenge – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said the biggest challenge of the present administration was the economy. Osinbajo said this in ...

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RoqeebahMay 29, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 29th of May

Follow these links to read our cover stories and analyses on YNaija today: Nigeria: A country under neocolonialism in a ...

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AzeezMay 29, 2017

‘Nigeria belongs to all of us’ | Osinbajo says in Democracy Day speech

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigeria “belongs to all of us.” Osinbajo said this in his Democracy Day speech ...

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AzeezMay 29, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: Buhari At 2: We’ve secured Nigeria from predators — FG | APC has done nothing in the last 2 years – PDP | More stories

From the papers this morning – a tracklist. Democracy Day: We all have to make sacrifices, Osinbajo tells Nigerians – ...

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AzeezMay 29, 2017

APC has done nothing in the last 2 years – PDP

The People’s Democratic Party has said the ruling All Progressives Congress has nothing to celebrate in the last two years. ...

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AzeezMay 29, 2017

We must not take our democracy for granted – Tinubu

Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has asked Nigerians to nurture the nation’s democracy for the progress and growth ...

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AzeezMay 29, 2017

Democracy Day: We all have to make sacrifices, Osinbajo tells Nigerians

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said some persons must make sacrifices to make Nigeria great again. Osinbajo spoke at the ...

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AzeezMay 28, 2017

Don’t wish us dead, you need us as mentors | Obasanjo tells youth

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerian youth not to wish his generation dead, stating that they are needed as ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiMay 28, 2017

Nigeria: A country under neocolonialism in a pseudo-democratic era #DemocracyDay

When Nigeria was declared an independent state on October 1st, 1960, the whole country went into a ‘we-have-won’ jamboree and ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 12, 2016

Reuben Abati: Remembering MKO Abiola, June 12 and a coup against the Nigerian people

This day, June 12 will always be remembered by those who have defied the culture of silence and conspiracy against ...

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Dele BenjaminJune 5, 2016

Abdusalami ‘saw to it that my father died in detention’ – Abiola’s son

A son of late Chief MKO Abiola, Jamiu Abiola, has lamented the refusal of former military Head of State, Gen. ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 2, 2016

Opinion: Governor Ortom, God has done his part, do yours

By Frank Ijege In order commemorate the Democracy day celebration for this year, the governor of Benue state decided to ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 30, 2016

Umar Sa’ad Hassan: Change for the worse – The story of Buhari’s first year in office

On every May 29th when Nigerians sit down to evaluate the performances of governments over the past year, there are ...

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Ada IgboanugoMay 30, 2016

Morning Devotion: An analysis of Buhari’s presidential address

Joachim MacEbong takes on May 29th Democracy Day and President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office. Take a listen. https://soundcloud.com/ynaijaonline/morning-devotion-episode-14-analysis-of-buhari-presidential-address ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 30, 2016

Simon Kolawole: I’m not in the mood to give up on President Buhari

A few days to the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari last year, a lady went to buy fuel at her ...

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Ada IgboanugoMay 30, 2016

Flashback: APC promised to create ‘3,000,000 jobs in one year’ (PHOTO)

Nigeria celebrated its Democracy day on Sunday May, 29, making it one year since President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated as ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 30, 2016

Why Wike did not celebrate Democracy Day

While the whole country celebrated Democracy Day yesterday, Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike refused to and he has revealed ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 30, 2016

What Governor Amosun is selling – no one is buying

The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Sunday, disclosed that he was unable to secure jobs for his relations in ...

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Ada IgboanugoMay 29, 2016

The 21 most hopeful tweets from Nigerians when Buhari became president

President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated today last year. Many Nigerians expressed excitement at the inauguration of the country’s new President, but ...

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Ada IgboanugoMay 29, 2016

Our best photos from President Buhari’s inauguration

A year ago, Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated as the President of Nigeria in Abuja, following what had been a rather ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 29, 2016

These are Buhari’s top achievements in the past year

The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is officially a year old today – May 29, 2016. 365 days ago, Buhari ...

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Oreoluwa PetersMay 29, 2016

Nigerian Twitter commemorate Democracy Day with #PMBWasted365Days

Subsequent to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day speech, several Nigerians have taken to Twitter to air their grievances and give ...

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Ada IgboanugoMay 29, 2016

Democracy Day Special (Live Blog)

Nigeria celebrates Democracy Day today Sunday, May 29th. President Muhammadu Buhari is curretnly giving the State of the Nation address ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 25, 2016

FG declares May 30 public holiday

The federal government, through the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), on Wednesday announced that Monday, May 30, ...

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Emmanuel ChidiogoApril 30, 2015

Rotimi Fasan: When is the inauguration day, May 28 or 29?

by Rotimi Fasan Should Jonathan refuse or fail to attend Buhari’s inauguration he may have helped to lay another booby ...

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May 31, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: We must fight the good fight

by Femi Fani-Kayode I say this because for the first time since he came to power four years ago I ...

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