Opinion: Jonathan is Obasanjo’s legacy and he should be eternally ashamed

by Sonala Olumhense Nasir El-Rufai, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, is the author of a new work of fiction: that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has tarnished the legacy of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. On the contrary, Mallam Nasir: Dr. Jonathan has not tarnished Obasanjo’s legacy, for the simple reason that he is Obasanjo’s... Read More

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June 23, 2012

Temie Giwa: No good men (YNaija FrontPage)

Nigeria needs no hero. We have no use for the Farouks, the El Rufais or the Buharis. What Nigeria needs is an empowered followership… Consider this: “Every system is perfectly designed to achieve exactly the results that it achieves.” DM Berwick introduced this idea in 1998 and I have been struck by its profound simplicity... Read More

Buhari, el rufai, farouk lawan, ynaija

June 18, 2012

Top 5 Sound bites from last week (feat. Kola Boof, Peter Obi, PDP & more)

by Stanley Azuakola “Our hospitals and clinics are dirty and smelling. This is not healthy for the lives of our people.” Recently reinstated speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson, who presided over the screening of commissioner nominees, said the above during the screening of Dr. Michael Awoli. Interestingly, when members... Read More

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June 13, 2012

‘El-Rufai is delusional’ – Thisday editorial board member responds to Peter Obi critique

by Dr. Okey Ikechukwu Mallam Nasir el-Rufa’i’s analysis of Anambra State’s 2012 budget lacked the objectivity and attention to available evidence needed for believable conclusions. He certainly got some data on physical and human geography and capped it with random and recondite statistics. This is all right where the targeting audience is foreign, especially if... Read More

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May 20, 2012

Opinion: El-Rufai exposes Buhari – says it’s time for a new generation of leaders

by Abdullahi Aborode This is a message to General Muhammadu Buhari from Mallam Nasir El-Rufai on the 4th of October, 2010 few months before the April 2011 elections. READ BELOW; The attention of Mallam Nassir El-Rufai has been drawn to statements from Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida purporting to be responses to the advice he gave both men to retire. Since,... Read More

Buhari, corruption, el rufai, Leadership, Politics

March 30, 2012

Have government critics outlived their usefulness?

by Gabriel Ola For there to be change in Nigeria, there must be a revolution. If we won’t have a bloody revolution, then we must have the revolution of the mind This week has seen debate by several writers over the subject of young people joining political parties, especially the People’s Democratic Party. Far from... Read More

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March 24, 2012

Nasir el-Rufai and the question of integrity: A critical assessment

by Femi Owolabi Success Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. When we talk of integrity, we generally refer (at least in part) to the realisation of that nature which is literally integral to our being; of being true to our intrinsic qualities and... Read More

el rufai, opinion

December 6, 2011

DATED: What happened last week?

by ‘Ifreke Inyang MONDAY *Popular radio OAP, TV personality and BBA host, IK Osakioduwa, formerly known as Wildchild, and his beautiful wife- Olohi, welcomed their second child, a beautiful baby girl. The young couple previously had a son. *Yasmin El-Rufai, the eldest daughter of former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai passed away. The 25-year-old... Read More

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December 2, 2011

From the Bloggers: Life, death and the anti-gay bill.

by Wilfred Okiche The Ikemba of Nnewi Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu passed on during the weekend and while the blogosphere was alive with the news, ‘Dobby’s signature’ published a revealing interview which his widow, Bianca, granted a national daily a while back. In the interview, the former beauty queen, who is about thirty years younger... Read More

el rufai, gay, ojukwu, same sex

November 4, 2011

You Tweet! “I'd pay Twitter a tithe if they ask for it,” – @Omojuwa

by ‘Ifreke Inyang [@Ifreke] Japheth J Omojuwa is a lot of things: -Director African Operations for The Prometheus Institute USA. – Research Associate with Ghana based Think Tank, IMANI Centre For Policy and Education. – Assistant Editor for ATLAS Economic Institute’s African Liberty Organisation. -Director of Communications and Strategy Feeding Africa Project for Winners’ Haven,... Read More

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Opinion: Jonathan is Obasanjo’s legacy and he should be eternally ashamed

Temie Giwa: No good men (YNaija FrontPage)

Top 5 Sound bites from last week (feat. Kola Boof, Peter Obi, PDP & more)

‘El-Rufai is delusional’ – Thisday editorial board member responds to Peter Obi critique

Opinion: El-Rufai exposes Buhari – says it’s time for a new generation of leaders

Have government critics outlived their usefulness?

Nasir el-Rufai and the question of integrity: A critical assessment

DATED: What happened last week?

From the Bloggers: Life, death and the anti-gay bill.

You Tweet! “I'd pay Twitter a tithe if they ask for it,” – @Omojuwa

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