by Mark Amaza When Gambians went to the polls early December 2016 to choose between their long-time leader Yahya Jammeh and opposition candidate Adama Barrow, the whole world had already concluded that Jammeh was going to use every trick in the playbook to extend his 22-year rule in the small West African nation. After all,... Read More

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August 9, 2016

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YNaija Says: The EFCC is out of control

The EFCC’s arrest of blogger Abubakar Sidiq Usman shows a number of things. First, the commission is clearly not busy enough with the Buhari administration’s anti-corruption war, and has a lot of spare time on its hands to go chasing ‘internet people’. If it were not so, there would not be time to arrest a... Read More

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August 2, 2016

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Why Donald Trump is the best option for Nigeria in America’s election

by Femi Fani-Kayode Four months ago I wrote an essay titled “Mr. Trump and Islam”. In that contribution I argued that Donald Trump, the American entrepreneur and billionaire presidential candidate, was unstoppable. I said he would win the nomination as flag-bearer for the Republican Party and then, against all odds, go on to win the... Read More

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June 21, 2016

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‘I have immunity just like the president’ – Fayose

Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti state governor, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of placing a restriction on his Zenith Bank account in a bid to intimidate and silence him. He described the actions of the anti-graft agency as ‘executive rascality taken too far.’ Fayose, in a statement issued by Idowu Adelusi, his chief... Read More

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June 20, 2016

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Fayose uncovers (yet another) plot to impeach him [DETAILS]

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has accused the Federal Government of planning to use the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to cause unrest in his state with the aim of illegally impeaching him. He revealed this during a press conference in Abuja on Sunday. Fayose alleged that part of the plan was to arrest... Read More

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June 10, 2016

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China loan stunt: DSS to (possibly) arrest 5 of Fayose’s aides

Spokesperson to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, Lere Olayinka has dared the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest him for raising a voice of opposition against President Muhammadu Buhari’s bid to collect a loan from China during his last visit. According to Vanguard newspaper, there are indications that the DSS may arrest the... Read More

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April 19, 2016

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Opinion: Buhari’s DSS of ethnic and political oppression

Like most other appointments in his 11 months in the job, only President Muhammadu Buhari knows why he pulled out his kinsman, Lawal Daura, from retirement and handed him the sensitive and strategic job of director general of the Directorate of State Securities (DSS). That was in July 2015, barely one month after he was... Read More

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March 12, 2016

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‘Harassing me would bring down Buhari’s government’

Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has once again warned President Muhammadu Buhari and the Department of State Services that he is a formidable opponent to deal with. Fayose, who has constantly accused President Buhari of being a dictator disguised in the robes of democracy, speaking on the judgement of the Federal High Court ordering... Read More

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January 27, 2016

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Fayose to Aregbesola: Promoters of dictatorship will be swallowed by the dictator

Following his Tuesday, January 26 courtesy visit to Osun state, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, has expressed his resolve to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party. During his visit to Osogbo, the state capital, the governor informed Governor Rauf Aregbesola that he will stay put in the PDP, because opposition parties are needed for... Read More

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January 9, 2016

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History Class with Cheta Nwanze: What Nigeria can learn from Russia’s Nikolai Yezhov

“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” This statement by Primo Levi is probably the best explanation of how dictatorships work. Consider this story from 1937, an old Russian tailor had been... Read More

Buhari, Dictator, Russia, Stalin

September 8, 2015

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President Buhari is acting like a dictator – Ezeife

A former Governor of Anambra State in the Third Republic, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of ruling Nigeria like a dictator. Ezeife, criticised President Buhari on the composition of his appointments so far and the fact that he has no minister. While speaking to Punch Newspapers, Ezeife said Buhari was not the... Read More

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March 5, 2015

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What Nigeria needs is a benevolent dictator – Charly Boy

by Chinwe Okafor Charly Boy is back again and we aren’t exactly tired of him — at-least not yet. This time, he shares his thoughts on the kind of leader that Nigeria needs via his Facebook page while stating that it’s time for the country to have a firm leader who will be a ‘benevolent dictator’. He wrote:... Read More

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March 20, 2014

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Opinion: The National Conference is simply a ‘dictatorial safari’

by Garba Shehu Two, this budding dictator, the President of Nigeria is going about it in a way suggesting that he is not a firm believer in representative democracy. Why would he not call on the citizens to elect men and women who will represent them at the conference? Some call it a Machiavellian simplification.... Read More

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March 5, 2014

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Ayo Sogunro: Dear Sadiq Abacha, don’t get it twisted, your father’s government was truly brutal

by Ayo Sogunro Now, let’s come to Wole Soyinka. First: you can never eradicate the infamy of your father’s legacy by trying to point out the failings of another Nigerian. Remember what you said: A is A. Abacha is Abacha. And no length of finger pointing will wash away the odious feeling the name of... Read More

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August 25, 2013

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Inside Gaddafi’s harem: Shocking book reveals dictator’s sexual abuse of schoolgirls he kept locked in basement

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi ordered the kidnap of schoolgirls, who were kept as sex slaves, according to an investigation Colonel Gaddafi ordered the kidnap of schoolgirls who were then kept as sex slaves at compound, according to a book on the dictator. One girl, named Soraya, was kidnapped when she was 15 and held for five... Read More

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YNaija Says: The EFCC is out of control

Femi Fani-Kayode: Why Donald Trump is the best option for Nigeria in America’s election

‘I have immunity just like the president’ – Fayose

Fayose uncovers (yet another) plot to impeach him [DETAILS]

China loan stunt: DSS to (possibly) arrest 5 of Fayose’s aides

Opinion: Buhari’s DSS of ethnic and political oppression

‘Harassing me would bring down Buhari’s government’

Fayose to Aregbesola: Promoters of dictatorship will be swallowed by the dictator

History Class with Cheta Nwanze: What Nigeria can learn from Russia’s Nikolai Yezhov

President Buhari is acting like a dictator – Ezeife

What Nigeria needs is a benevolent dictator – Charly Boy

Opinion: The National Conference is simply a ‘dictatorial safari’

Ayo Sogunro: Dear Sadiq Abacha, don’t get it twisted, your father’s government was truly brutal

Inside Gaddafi’s harem: Shocking book reveals dictator’s sexual abuse of schoolgirls he kept locked in basement

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