This morning, Joachim talks about Buhari’s cancellation of planned trip to Lagos, the missing money by EFCC and Gov. Fayose’s new hatred for Fulani herdsmen. Take a listen. https://soundcloud.com/ynaijaonline/podcast-for-may-24th
This Monday, Joachim looks at Nigeria’s shrinking GDP, the opposition PDP in turmoil one year after losing power, and the donation of a Nigerian billionaire to an American business school. https://soundcloud.com/ynaijaonline/morning-devotion-episode-9
There are a lot of controversies that have been following the rescue of the Chibok girl, including the allegations of a government hoax and a fake husband all for a positive impression to the world. Joachim Mac-Ebong discusses this and the return of the mines on the 8th episode of Morning Devotion. Take a listen.... Read More
Something good happened yesterday. One of the over 200 abducted girls was rescued yesterday regardless of every other thing that came with the release. Joachim Mac-Ebong, in the episode, celebrates the good news but then gets serious on deeper issues such as the NLC strike action and Lagos oil strike. Take a listen. https://soundcloud.com/user-437826269/podcast-for-may-19th
The current dark cloud that looms over the nation is the removal of fuel subsidy. As is the norm, strike actions immediately precedes the decision. However there has been a hovering second thinking this time around and many are wondering if to plunge or not. Joachim discusses this alongside the new national carrier and the... Read More
In this 6th episode of Morning Devotion, Joachim would have loved to be privy of Buhari/Wike closed door session regarding the Niger-delta militants and their continous damage but then he beckons on Nigerians to pay their electricity bills before the mass disconnection. Still on the money talk, he discuses the lack of funds causing NYSC... Read More
That’s the problem with gravity. And economics. No matter where in the world you are, its principles hold true for you. Your country is not ‘exceptional’. There is no ‘homegrown solution’ to be found, no box to think out of. Sometimes, there is only one option. President Buhari has spent nearly all of his first... Read More
Welcome to the second episode of Morning Devotion by Joachim MacEbong. In this episode, MacEbong talks about the Buhari administration, the much awaited budget signing, the increment in the price of tomato and many more. Take a listen below. https://soundcloud.com/user-437826269/morning-devotion-episode-1
by Jewel Stephen YNaija, the internet newspaper for young Nigerians, will be organising a gubernatorial election Situation Room on Saturday, April 11, 2015. The YNaija 2015 Election Situation Room show will be hosted and moderated by Nigerian Info OAP, Adenike Oyetunde. She will be coordinating guests and callers on issues as Nigerians go to the polls one last... Read More
by Joachim MacEbong This is a famous jibe of some people (most of whom lean toward the PDP) against those they call ‘social media activists’, ‘bloggers’ and so on. The ‘social media activists’ tend to lean toward the opposition APC, and they dominate the social media space with their followers, passion, and sharp rhetoric.... Read More
The Osun State governorship election holds today 9 August, 2014. Twenty candidates representing 20 political parties are vying for the right to reside at the Osun Government House in Osogbo, but our analysts say that the contest is between Rauf Aregbesola, the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Candidate (APC) and Iyiola Omisore,... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju YNaija2015.com, Nigeria’s leading political blog has announced a novel approach to covering elections in Nigeria – with The YNaija2015 Election War Room. The war-room kicks off with the Osun governorship elections today, 9 August 2014. It is presented in partnership with the Co-Creation Hub and EnoughisEnough Nigeria. “The mandate of the... Read More
by Joachim MacEbong Trying to fit everyone in the same box is not education. Neither is it fairness. Babatunde Fashola needs to reverse this decision immediately. Perhaps the key problem with balancing the various interests in a multi-religious, multi-ethnic country is trying to be ‘fair’ to everybody. This ‘fairness’ manifests itself in concepts like ‘zoning’, ‘rotation’,... Read More
by Joachim MacEbong One must then ask: what was the point of this pathetic attempt to cast doubt on her stewardship? It is typical of a morally bankrupt government such as this, to attack the messenger, in order to distract from the import of the message. “There is no better example of the cost of... Read More
Since last week, the Arab world has been rocked by protests over a 14 minute trailer for a film called ‘Innocence of Muslims’ on YouTube, depicting the Prophet Mohammed in the worst possible light. Angry Muslims protesting outside the US embassy in Benghazi, Libya got violent and attacked the building, killing the US ambassador in... Read More
I have been a fan of Fareed for a long time, and his GPS show is one of the few I try not to miss, because of it’s informed view of global events and emphasis on balance and fact. In the last two weeks, there have been two big examples of what can happen when... Read More
by Joachim MacEbong The preparations for a post-Assad Syria should be underway in earnest, because not only will any peace plan that leaves Al-Assad in charge fail, but he might not even come out of this alive. While the world looks on, horrified, at the daily images of dead Syrians, the United Nations is exposed... Read More
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