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The president is angry: Jonathan ‘summons Israeli firm’ over Internet contract expose
The Nigerian government has summoned the management of Elbit Systems, an Israeli security firm contracted to spy on Nigerian Internet users, for a meeting to explain why the contract should…
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Dapo Olorunyomi: Media freedom & the threat of impunity by the Jonathan gov’t
by Dapo Olorunyomi The past half a decade has been perhaps the most challenging years since Nigeria’s return to civil rule in 1999. Literally, the fate of some 160 million…
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Report: Jonathan awards $40million contract to Israeli company to monitor your “computer, Internet communication”
by Hauwa Gambo This is worrisome. Premium Times is reporting a matter of public interest for Nigeria's internet users, and users of other kinds of communication. According to them, "The…
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Now, shush: NUPENG suspends chairman for protesting Alamieyeseigha pardon
by Hauwa Gambo Someone should have struck with his day job, apparently. Vanguard is reporting that "the Petroleum Station Workers Branch of oil workers’ union, NUPENG, has handed down an…
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“Jonathan may be the last president of Nigeria if…”
Dr Chris Ekiyor is the former National President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) and currently the Caretaker Chairman of Patani Local Government Council of Delta State. In this interview,…
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Is this a ridiculous letter? ACN tells GEJ to move around Lagos by helicopter (READ)
by Hauwa Gambo The president, Goodluck Jonathan is scheduled to visit Lagos on Thursday, 18 April - and its key opposition mouthpiece, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is having…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: A most controversial pardon
by Olusegun Adeniyi Following his arrest in 2005, according to the story, Alamieyeseigha was brought to the villa in handcuffs and made to prostrate before Obasanjo. With his legs firmly…
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Opinion: Why I think President Jonathan’s visit to Borno and Yobe was useless
For about four years now, the JTF have occupied the streets of Maiduguri without yielding desired results. Let’s look at other options as only a fool will repeat same tactic and expect…
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Opinion: 2015 – In support of Jonathan hostage fatigue on Nigeria
by Bayo Oluwasanmi The candidacy of Mr. Jonathan for 2015 was unofficially announced sometimes in 2012. Abuja residents woke up to bill boards of campaign posters with friendlier and gentler smiling…
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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Jonathan’s bare knuckle slugfest
by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu Jonathan, himself, once a short-lived substantive governor, has taken on the very difficult task of doing what his predecessors before him never contemplated. He has decided that…
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Opinion: Jonathan vs Amaechi: In whose interest?
by Senator Magnus Abe The basis for the persecution of Amaechi as an enemy of President Jonathan is that he allegedly wants to be Vice President. I am sure that…
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Opinion: When will Obasanjo apologise to Nigerians?
by Bayo Olopohunda Frankly speaking, it is not in Obasanjo’s place to assess or criticise this government. It is possible that Nigerians have forgotten so soon. If anybody would criticise…
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Opinion: Our attitude towards Nigeria
by Sabella Abidde Why bother to faithfully serve this country when at the sunset of your life, she is likely to abandon you? Why? We are also a nation without…
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Okey Ndibe: Jonathan is Obasanjo’s worthy successor
by Okey Ndibe Call me a sucker for conspiracy theories if you wish, but I suspect that Mr. Obasanjo knew exactly what he was doing when he decided on…
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#InCaseYouMissedIt: Nigeria spending N7 billion on intervention in Mali – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan hinted on Tuesday that Nigeria has committed $34 million (about N7 billion) on the immediate deployment of troops and logistics support to stop the activities of Islamic terrorists in…
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Sam Omatseye: Shut up, Orubebe!
by Sam Omatseye If it was by grace and by competence, Orubebe should not be minister. That is why he is taking on Amaechi. He has nothing concrete to go…
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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Let’s talk about irresponsible government (Y! FrontPage)
by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu Ebuka Obi-Uchendu I was in the car with my brother’s driver heading out to get fuel and noticed the queues were back sometime last week. We…
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2015: Jonathan has Sambo under watch
There are indications that the crisis of confidence between President Goodluck Jonathan and his deputy, Vice President Namadi Sambo, may be getting worse by the day, even as some northern…
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Report: GEJ makes moves to reconcile with Obasanjo
President Goodluck Jonathan has begun moves to reconcile with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, as a means of ending the rift between them. Jonathan and Obasanjo had fallen apart over the…
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Opinion: Vacancy in Jonathan’s State House
by 'Tunji Ajibade A president’s prestige is not separable from setting what he wants, and getting it. When he loses, too often, the images his citizens get are not so…
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Opinion: Let me tell you what you will see if you take a trip to Yenagoa
by Bayo Olopohunda For a first-time visitor, what will forcefully unearth Yenagoa’s palpably unnatural guise are the slums that sandwich the town, hapless, luckless villages lying forlorn in the creeks,…
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Hauwa Gambo: There was a president, and his name was Olusegun (Y! FrontPage)
by Hauwa Gambo Whatever good this man accumulated in his time in office, he wasted and squandered towards the end of his legitimate term. He became entitled and foolish, a…
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GEJ will spend 7 years in prison after tenure – Prophet
Respected for the accuracy of his predictions, Prophet Marcus Tibetan who is widely referred to as the Nostradamus of our time predicts that ten Ministers in the cabinet of President…
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President Jonathan visits Idris Wada in Abuja hospital, shuns journalists (SNAPSHOT)
President Goodluck Jonathan Monday visited Kogi State governor, Idris Wada, at the Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, where he was receiving treatment from injuries he sustained in the auto crash that claimed…
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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Our president, Johnny Go-Slow…
by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu Well, Nigerians are tired of Jonathan’s excuses, as they no longer hold water. In addition to being Yar’Adua’s understudy, he has had more than two and half…
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YNaija Editorial: Aliko Dangote is YNaija Person of the Year 2012… Let’s tell you why
... there is Aliko Dangote – a man who has created more wealth, expanded more economic spaces, pushed more entrepreneurial envelopes and cumulatively through his inescapable brands, touched more Nigerian…
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Dele Momodu: Why I wrote the letter from Cambridge
by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, how do I thank you for the deluge of messages I received from you over the letter I wrote last week to our dear President,…
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“Jonathan is my president, but I will not keep quiet” – Obasanjo
by Hauwa Gambo Headlines about the ongoing battles of wills between President Goodluck Jonathan and his benefactor, former president Olusegun Obasanjo have been all the rage the past few weeks.…
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Jonathan may not be president beyond 2015 – Dokubo-Asari
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteers Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has declared that President Goodluck Jonathan may not rule beyond 2015. Dokubo-Asari based his statement on the facts that…
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Abimbola Adelakun: Jonathan, the ‘owambe’ president
by Abimbola Adelakun Owambe: A large, grandiose party thrown by Nigerians, especially the Yoruba, anywhere in the world, involves a lot of food, dancing, loud music, and spraying (Nigerian term…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy