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The APC is winning. Right now. Since 2015. And at least more than any other political party in Nigeria right now. That is not to say that it’s all well and good within the ruling All Progressive Congress. They have a President in office who cannot ensure that a Senate controlled by his own party... Read More
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The past week was undoubtedly dominated by the Magu confirmation hearing at the National Assembly that went awry. We have ll the important quotes from that but there was more to the week other than that drama including a very interesting Twitter brawl between two Nigerian literary club members. See our top ten quotes below:... Read More
It started with a confusion and then progressed to speech denials and rude accusations. There was a global trend we noticed in the utterances made throughout this week and it made us think that shades and passive-aggressive allegations and subliminal messages are coming to stay in 2017. See all our top quotes from the past... Read More
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Maybe it’s the timing of his tweet, being Valentine’s Day. Maybe Nigerians are just tired of complaints and excuses. Maybe it’s his history with funds and banks… Whatever the case, Nigerians did not receive Fayose’s tweet well. Hardly anyone was on his side. Do see below. Out of the 36 States in Nigeria, Ekiti is the... Read More
Yesterday, Nigeria successfully launched the $1 billion Eurobond. Ms Ezekwesili asked the Federal government a pertinent question: What will the Federal Government of Nigeria spend the money on? Fayose, on the other hand is questioning the wisdom of obtaining a loan that will set us back years financially. Cheta Nwanze has broken down the effects... Read More
The Ekiti State House of Assembly sitting in Ado-Ekiti has issued a warrant of arrest against the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi in connection with contracts awarded during his tenure as the State Governor. The State Assembly had summoned the Minister to appear before it to answer questions and defend himself regarding an alleged a NGN... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari took off from Nigeria to the United Kingdom on a 10-day holiday during which he was to make a very routine trip to the doctors for his check-up. The holiday itself started on the 23rd putting his date of resumption as the 6th of February. If we go by how he travelled, then... Read More
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Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from... Read More
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The ever controversial governor Ayo Fayo of Ekiti state, has found a new pursuit. And it’s the 2Baba February protest which is scheduled to take place in Lagos and Abuja. See what he tweeted late last night: To organisers of Feb. 5 "Enough is Enough" National Protest, you have my total support and I will be part... Read More
This week it was hard to drown out the noise of conviction about the President’s health status coming from the Presidency but then there’s been more from others in and outside Nigeria. See our top ten quotes from the past week below: “We look forward to having a great relationship with all countries. We believe... Read More
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Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, the Critic-in-Chief of all constituted authority except Governor Wike now has a dead civil servant to account for. Earlier today, we learnt that Tope Afolayan, a civil servant in Ekiti State committed suicide. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Alberto Adeyemi, has also confirmed the incident. Afolayan worked in... Read More
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s media aide, Reno Omokri took to Facebook to air this very confusing opinion about the issues surrounding Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s resignation as General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria. The link between Pastor Adeboye’s visit to Ekiti where the cleric was effusive in his praise of Governor... Read More
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Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from... Read More
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by Jude Ndukwe The day was Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The venue was the Democracy Park at Akure, Ondo State. The occasion was the much anticipated flag-off of the Eyitayo Jegede SAN governorship campaign for Ondo State. I was there even as the arena was filled to capacity with dignitaries and admirers. Speaker after speaker... Read More
No doubt this past week has been interesting, to say the least. From a very surprising return of the #AmericaDecides2016 to the swearing-in of Godwin Obaseki as the new Edo State governor and finally, the return of the Super Eagles in an uplifting win against Algeria on Saturday – we bring you the most notable... Read More
From the Chibok girls to the MTV Africa Music Awards, we’ve been your eyes and ears all week; listening closely to every word uttered or posted by any and everybody. All in all, it has not been the most dramatic week, not in Nigeria, at least. Sure, Donald Trump spoke gain; Nigerian ministers and Judges... Read More
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has said he was not involved in the in the suspension of a former chairman of Ekiti State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Gboyega Aribisogan. Aribisogan was suspended for 180 legislative days for alleged anti-party activities. Fayose at a Juma’ah service in commemoration of of the second anniversary of his government on... Read More
These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. ‘Female IDPs are engaging in prostitution for survival’ The Network of Civil Society Organisations in Borno State has raised concern over the increasing rate of prostitution by female Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. 2. Nigeria will resolve Niger Delta crisis – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari... Read More
The recently released NECO examination results which proclaimed Ekiti state with the best result for 2016 with 96.31% success has left people of Ekiti in the most celebratory mode. Especially governor Fayose who can now be found boasting all over virtual space. The Commissioner of Education, Jide Egunjobi, is quoted to have said the state... Read More
Governor Ayo Fayose as usual dropped another statement and this time it is one of those ‘Did-You-Know’ types. According to him, Ekiti State has had 10 governors since it’s creation 20 years ago owing to “dirty politics”. Hard to tell if his reason is correct but he was right about the State having more than... Read More
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