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Northern governors set up committee to expose Boko Haram sponsors | YNaija.com

Stop stealing public funds…work for the people | Shettima tells governors

Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima has advised other governors to stop stealing from the public treasury. The governor gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja at the 2017 graduation of Internally Displaced Girls under the Organisation of Female Students Scholarship Scheme. He urged them to focus on enhancing the well-being of the masses instead. “The... Read More

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Masses responsible for Nigeria’s problems – Dalung

Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung on Friday said the masses are responsible for the nation’s socio-economic problems. He said this while speaking with newsmen at the 2017 annual Friendship and Dialogue Dinner organised by the UFUK Dialogue Foundation. He said the problems in the country were caused by the people in the... Read More

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February 28, 2017

Reason for corruption among Nigerian elite – Osinbajo

by Dolapo Adelana The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says corruption is prevalent among the nation’s political, religious and private sector elite because of the value placed on wealth in the country. Osinbajo, who said this on Tuesday while inaugurating the Private Sector Advisory Group for the Sustainable Development Goals at the Presidential Villa, Abuja stated... Read More

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November 21, 2016

2019 election: “Masses are behind Buhari because he is not stealing their money” – Garba Shehu

The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mal. Garba Shehu has dismissed suggestions that the masses will desert President Buhari in 2019 as unfounded and utterly ridiculous. Shehu said this on Monday in a statement while reacting to an allegation by a former CPC member, Alhaji Buba Galadima that President Buhari would be abandoned by... Read More

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October 30, 2016

Opinion: Preaching to the devil

by Andrew Obuoforibo Preaching to the devil forms Part 1 of the series “How To Build A Party For The Masses” Why Neither APC Nor PDP Are Built To Serve The People Ask a handful of educated Nigerians what they dislike about our political system, and you will likely hear the following points from... Read More

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Jude Ndukwe: The people’s will prevailed in Ondo council polls

The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has conducted elections into the 18 Local Government Areas of the state. One of the very striking highlights of the election is that it was conducted, concluded and commended by all and sundry including the over 70 State electoral chairmen and commissioners from across the country and over... Read More

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Federal Allocation to Osun state can’t even pay electricity bills [DETAILS]

Osun state might just be facing its hardest financial month ever with the total Federal Allocation accrued to the state just a tad above N6 million. According to the document released by the office of the Accountant-General detailing the disbursement of Federal Allocations to states across the nation, Osun is to receive a total of... Read More

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November 18, 2015

A moment of silence… for the world-famous ‘I Pass My Neighbour’ generator

The Nigeria Customs Service has revealed that the Federal Government has banned the importation of small generators, popularly called I pass my neighbor. While speaking with newsmen, the Controller, Federation Operations Unit Zone A, Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Madugu Sanni made this disclosure in Lagos on Tuesday. He explained that the Customs was able to... Read More

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Aisha Buhari has some important words for those working with her husband

First Lady of Nigeria, Hajia Aisha Buhari, has advised all the people who will work with and around her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, to genuinely serve the masses. While hosting women and youths to a ‘thank you’ dinner, Mrs. Buhari said the people around Buhari will determine how successful his administration will be. She made reference to the immediate past... Read More

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September 1, 2014

Nnaemeka Ugwu : How doctors suffer for the masses (Y! Fiction)

by Nnaemeka Ugwu I met Ikenna Obieze last year when I had just started my houseman ship. A tall brilliant chap with a tired smile. He always wore that smile, he told me, to ward off the spirit of aggression that seemed to threaten his relationship with people especially, his patients. “Excessive work in a... Read More

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Opinion: #EkitiDecided – What really went down in Ekiti?

by Meje Apamiran Ekiti people are okay with their choice. Let them be the ones to curse themselves, your prejudice is not superior to their resolve. This election was won landslide by PDP, subtract the errors. PDP still won. . The announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday’s concluded, conclusive and if you may... Read More

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February 8, 2014

Dele Momodu: Searching for the Nigerian messiah

by Dele Momodu That road is paved and littered with thorns. There is nothing any one can do for his country that the likes of Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), Mr Femi Falana (SAN) and others of their ilk did not try. Gani could not be made a President despite being called the Senior Advocate of... Read More

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November 14, 2013

Pius Adesanmi: In memory of Festus Iyayi – Convoys are “Nigeria’s worst postcolonial tragedy”

by Pius Adesanmi President Obama’s convoy comprises his limo, a decoy limo, one or two media buses and a few police outriders on motorcycles. That is the length of the convoy of a self-respecting Local Government Chairman in Nigeria. “There is Elizabeth Udoudo, a mother of two children aged five and three years respectively. Sometime... Read More

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October 25, 2013

Opinion: Sule Lamido – Rekindling the hope of the masses

by Adamu Hassan In December 2009, it was reported that Olusegun Obasanjo had started lobbying for Lamido to be PDP’s next vice presidential candidate in the 2011 election, but Lamido turned down the offer as according to him, his mission to transform Jigawa was still on-going. Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State was among... Read More

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October 22, 2013

Opinion: National Conference or not, how do we discuss our problems?

by Ifeanyi Uddin How about disenfranchising this mass? What if we enacted either property or educational qualifications for voting? On the face of it, we may thereby ensure that the “electorate” (now sanitised) will vote according to a fairer appreciation of the issues confronting this economy. What is the problem with Nigeria? For good reasons,... Read More

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September 14, 2013

Orji Uzor Kalu: 53 years of pain, yet hope in sight

by Orji Uzor Kalu I do not subscribe to the general notion that Nigeria has not fared well in the past 53 years, just because of the little problems that dog the path of our national development. Agreed, some avoidable mistakes have been made, but these are not enough to obliterate the gains we have... Read More

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Opinion: We need a whole new specie of politicians, these ones don’t mean well

by Maple Dapapa Each time the people get the opportunity to interact with their leader, the leader has nothing else to say apart from recounting the projects he or she has done. And have kept the people deceived with these antics. In the last couple of weeks, the ongoing political discord in Rivers State has... Read More

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