Cabinet shake-up? FEC holds emergency meeting, ministers panic

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday called for an emergency Federal Executive Council scheduled to hold today at the Presidential Villa. This emergency meeting has put fear in the minds of several ministers who are already anticipating a cabinet shake-up. According to reports, a minister, who spoke to the press in the condition of anonymity... Read More

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July 31, 2013

ASUU strike: FG appeals to students, parents to be patient

The Federal Government has appealed to university students and their parents to be patient as negotiations are ongoing with striking university lecturers. Briefing journalists after the weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, FEC, the Information Minister, Labaran Maku, said government was worried because the disruption of the university calendar comes at a... Read More

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July 31, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: Africa’s 20-year-olds and the future of freedom (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa The deregulation of the media on the continent via social media and cable television have brought Africa closer to itself and the world closer to Africa. Young Africans now see very clearly that freedom is not a gift from a dictator but a right they own as humans. Some 50 per cent... Read More

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July 31, 2013

Someone’s not amused: Tukur blasts northern governors over visits to IBB and OBJ

by Isi Esene The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party is clearly not happy with the recent visit of four northern governors Sule Lamido, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Babangida Aliyu, Murtala Nyako and Aliyu Wamakko of Jigawa, Kano, Niger, Adamawa and Sokoto states respectively, to former Heads of State, Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo. Tukur expressed... Read More

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July 29, 2013

#YNaijaFocus: Oyo 2015 – Ajimobi, Ladoja, Alao-Akala and the ‘gods’

by Ayokunle Odekunle Long or short, the ‘gods’ will be demystified in 2015 as one of the three men will rule Oyo State the second time. Taking an in-depth and close perusal at the source and course of history, man has been inundated by myths that just won’t go away. Myths, some implanted by the... Read More

July 28, 2013

Osita Abana: Are presidents unlovable or we are just programmed to loathe them?

by Osita Abana Perhaps you also deserve some self-flagellation for guzzling 10 bottles of beer at the pub when ‘madam’ had no Kerosene to cook dinner for the kids. You’ll make a bad president, admit it. The world is largely governed by a group of self centred oligarchs (presidents and premiers) who plunder the resources... Read More

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July 28, 2013

Rivers crisis: Peace expected as Amaechi holds talks with Jonathan at the Villa

by Isi Esene There appears to be some flicker of light at the end of the tunnel as President Goodluck Jonathan recently had an audience with the embattled governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi. The governor who was prevented from exchanging pleasantries with the Jonathan during a presidential dinner a few weeks ago was said... Read More

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July 27, 2013

Mina Ogbanga: For the love of country – 10 steps to addressing the transition dilemma (Y! FrontPage)

by Mina Ogbanga …citizens (have) become like a woman that is being raped, called for help, help came and elbowed the rapist but continued none the less in the same act. When I was approached by the editors of YNaija to join its popular Y! FrontPage series I asked my four “W” questions; What is... Read More

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July 27, 2013

Opinion: Child marriage and the hypocrisy of ‘progressives’

by Adekoya Boladale Who are the Yerimanians? These are men and women… who are psychologically traumatized due to excessive exposure to corruption, overdosed with geometric fraud and enslaved by impurity to such an extent that they lust after babies and infants. Let me start by commending men and women, old and young, able-bodied and physically... Read More

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July 25, 2013

Is’haq Modibbo Kawu: Alas, the PDP finally finds it undertakers

by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu Let us be clear about it; all the tendencies within the PDP are embattled. Nigerians will give everything to chase away the party that has systematically instituted underdevelopment and the pillaging of our national patrimony since 1999. “People are saying that the PDP is dead or about to die a concerned... Read More

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July 25, 2013

Patience Jonathan returns home from Geneva following news of mother’s death

by Rachel Ogbu The First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan has returned home from a three-day trip to Geneva to mourn her late mother, Charity Oba. Patience was said to have arrived into the warm embrace of her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday at exactly 9.40 p.m. after a trip to Geneva... Read More

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July 23, 2013

Report: Patience Jonathan’s mother dies in a car crash

by Isi Esene There are reports that the mother of the First Lady, Patience Jonathan has lost her mother in a motor accident on Monday. The accident was said to have happened along Elele Road in Rivers State. Reports say the woman, Iwari-Oba was on her way to Bayelsa State when the accident happened and that... Read More

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July 22, 2013

Opinion: Rotimi Amaechi and the presidential mathematical council

by Muhammed Ibrahim This ‘punishment’ being meted out to Amaechi can only be traced to his victory in the NGF elections and rumours that he would most likely be Sule Lamido’s running mate in the 2015 presidential elections. The recent national debacle of the Governors’ Forum elections proved to Nigerians that our polity is still... Read More

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July 21, 2013

Opinion: Wole Soyinka and his army of nay-sayers

by Obi Nwakanma But to demean her, and to ask the president to “call his wife to order” without as much as understanding the intricate issues behind the Rivers situation exposes Soyinka to needless partisanship. Last week, Professor Wole Soyinka, our world-renowned playwright and Nobel laureate for literature inserted himself in a very unseemly way... Read More

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July 21, 2013

Tonnie Iredia: Behold, the PDP of violence and anarchy

by Tonnie Iredia No one has faulted its claims of being the largest political party in Africa. It accommodates everybody -the rich and the poor; geniuses and illiterates, philanthropists and rogues, diplomats and hooligans… Some few years back, a bosom friend who wanted to get into partisan politics after retiring from the Federal Public Service... Read More

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July 21, 2013

Dele Sobowale: Rivers of blood – A prayer for Jonathan

by Dele Sobowale While Okupe is entitled to his delusions, President Jonathan should be aware that, although he did not promote the attack, some people, who are labouring under the wrong impression that they were expressing solidarity with him, have inadvertently smeared the president with mud. “God save me from my friends, I can take... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Why I visited Obasanjo – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in his residence in Owu, Abeokuta, Ogun State. He told newsmen that although he was in Abeokuta to pay condolence visit to his Special Adviser, Reuben Abati whose mother was buried on Friday, he could not have come to the Ogun State... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Opinion: Rivers crisis – Why the situation may not get better

by Bisi Lawrence We have had wives of politicians who were overt participants in politics in support of their husbands before now, like Madam Hannah Awolowo, whose decent reputation remained unsullied through the heat of the most searing campaign. Notice was given earlier in the week that President Goodluck Jonathan would soon announce his interest... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Abati’s mother’s funeral: Gov. Amosun, Gbenga Daniel take political rivalry to church

by Akan Ido The governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and the forrmer governor, Gbenga Daniel renewed their political hostilities on Friday in Abeokuta during the church service for the late mother of the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati. Amosun accused the former governor, who was also in... Read More

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July 20, 2013

River crisis: Panel interrogates Rotimi Amaechi

by Akan Ido An investigative panel headed by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Operations, Philemon Leha, has questioned the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi over the political impasse currently plaguing the state. Leha reportedly met with Amaechi last week giving the governor an opportunity to state his case on the crisis in the south... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Chris Okotie: Counting the cost of insecurity

by Chris Okotie The state of emergency in the North-East and the accompanying military operations in that axis have the potential to adversely affect economic activities generally, including agricultural production and food prices as well as consumer demand. Mali has made a peace deal with the Tuareg separatist rebels which hopefully will pave the way for lasting... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Dele Momodu: Democracy in search of democrats

By Dele Momodu Until the day something major happens, by whatever miracle or stroke of all, we shall continue this circus show of musical chairs. Fellow Nigerians, there is no place where democracy is desperately seeking and pleading for attention than our dear country. I will explain and demonstrate what I mean in a jiffy.... Read More

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July 19, 2013

Chido Onumah: So, who killed Kudirat Abiola?

by Chido Onumah If al-Mustapha didn’t kill Kudirat Abiola or order her assassination, it would be nice to know what al-Mustapha and the regime he served so faithfully did to find the killers of Kudirat, Pa Alfred Rewane and others murdered during the Abacha regime. This should be the question on the lips of every... Read More

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July 19, 2013

Pat Utomi: When shame died in Rivers

by Pat Utomi The greater tragedy is the failure of elders to act. No African society should be lacking in elders who speak truth to power. What a sad time for Nigeria! And shame died. On July 9, 2013, they put shame to shame and gave impunity a new meaning on the eve of the 10th... Read More

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July 18, 2013

Abimbola Adelakun: Let’s leave Patience Jonathan alone

by Abimbola Adelakun The First Lady’s controversy is however, instructive. In future, when we go to the polls, we should elect people along with their spouses. I do not buy the argument that First Ladies are meant to be separate from their husbands’ offices. The pull-my-lips-I-spit tussle between the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, and Nobel... Read More

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July 17, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: These lies are in line with President Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa The time has come for the Nigerian government to come clean. Stop lying about an imaginary transformation agenda when of a truth things are only getting worse. Our country has been in the doldrums for decades, one would be asking for too much to expect President Jonathan to correct the ills of... Read More

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July 16, 2013

Joe Igbokwe: Please stop this embarrassment called Mrs. Patience Jonathan

by Joe Igbokwe The present unavoidable and unfortunate crisis in Rivers State has also exposed the excesses, recklessness, the timid use of power to achieve diabolical ends. Nigerians must speak out now to stop this embarrassment called Mrs. Patience Jonathan. Those who knew this woman before President Goodluck Jonathan became the President told us that... Read More

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July 15, 2013

Sam Nda-Isaiah: Soyinka’s counsel to Dame Patience

by Sam Nda-Isaiah My candid advice to our dear first lady is to find a role for herself in furthering the welfare of children, women, or even rehabilitating prostitutes. She should leave politics to politicians and thuggery to thugs. A few weeks ago, this newspaper reported that Dame Patience Jonathan had relocated to Port Harcourt... Read More

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July 14, 2013

Bola Tinubu: Rotimi Amaechi and PDP’s brazen assault on constitutional democracy

by Bola Tinubu If they can’t count, how can we count on them to improve the nation? If they can’t add, it is a mistake to rely on them to add anything good to our lives. With the latest drama in the Rivers State House of Assembly, the PDP is at it again. The ruling party... Read More

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July 14, 2013

Dele Sobowale: If Jonathan is the leader; who are his followers?

by Dele Sobowale “Leadership is always somewhat mysterious. Leadership can be summed up in two words: intelligence and integrity” – John Brademas c1984 Just a little over two years ago, My Fellow Nigerians went to the poles to elect a candidate called Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan as our president – by a wide margin. He won... Read More

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Cabinet shake-up? FEC holds emergency meeting, ministers panic

ASUU strike: FG appeals to students, parents to be patient

Japheth Omojuwa: Africa’s 20-year-olds and the future of freedom (Y! FrontPage)

Someone’s not amused: Tukur blasts northern governors over visits to IBB and OBJ

#YNaijaFocus: Oyo 2015 – Ajimobi, Ladoja, Alao-Akala and the ‘gods’

Osita Abana: Are presidents unlovable or we are just programmed to loathe them?

Rivers crisis: Peace expected as Amaechi holds talks with Jonathan at the Villa

Mina Ogbanga: For the love of country – 10 steps to addressing the transition dilemma (Y! FrontPage)

Opinion: Child marriage and the hypocrisy of ‘progressives’

Is’haq Modibbo Kawu: Alas, the PDP finally finds it undertakers

Patience Jonathan returns home from Geneva following news of mother’s death

Report: Patience Jonathan’s mother dies in a car crash

Opinion: Rotimi Amaechi and the presidential mathematical council

Opinion: Wole Soyinka and his army of nay-sayers

Tonnie Iredia: Behold, the PDP of violence and anarchy

Dele Sobowale: Rivers of blood – A prayer for Jonathan

Why I visited Obasanjo – Jonathan

Opinion: Rivers crisis – Why the situation may not get better

Abati’s mother’s funeral: Gov. Amosun, Gbenga Daniel take political rivalry to church

River crisis: Panel interrogates Rotimi Amaechi

Chris Okotie: Counting the cost of insecurity

Dele Momodu: Democracy in search of democrats

Chido Onumah: So, who killed Kudirat Abiola?

Pat Utomi: When shame died in Rivers

Abimbola Adelakun: Let’s leave Patience Jonathan alone

Japheth Omojuwa: These lies are in line with President Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda (Y! FrontPage)

Joe Igbokwe: Please stop this embarrassment called Mrs. Patience Jonathan

Sam Nda-Isaiah: Soyinka’s counsel to Dame Patience

Bola Tinubu: Rotimi Amaechi and PDP’s brazen assault on constitutional democracy

Dele Sobowale: If Jonathan is the leader; who are his followers?

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