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Why Jonathan fired me as Housing Minister – Ama Pepple opens up

by Akan Ido Former Head of Service and Minister of Housing in the President Goodluck Jonathan government, Ms Ama Pepple has finally opened up about her sack last September. According to her, Jonathan removed her from office because she sought to make peace between him and the governor of Rivers, Rotimi Amaechi. Pepple said she... Read More

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December 23, 2013

Collins Uma: Let me give my ASUU testimony (Y! FrontPage)

by Collins Uma Mr Nyesom Wike has been more interested in partisan politics and how this affects his chances in the next election cycle in his home Rivers State to give the striking academics and their demands the necessary attention. First of all, a cool story. I have never been a fan of long-distance relationships... Read More

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December 21, 2013

The Princess Diaries: How Stella Oduah got away with everything (YNaija Long Read)

by Wole Olabanji The crowd in the terminal is as thick as toothbrush bristles, total strangers packed so tightly that they are literally breathing down each other’s necks. The angst is audible, the edge in the voices of the listless crowd approaches the distinctive din of an angry mob. You try to lift the mood... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Opinion: World Cup draw, Uduaghan and the Sports Minister

by Onochie Anibeze It will be a mistake to hire foreign coaches when you do not have plans for Nigerian coaches who will work with them. Last minute changes in space allocation killed this column last week. I serve it today. But let me briefly touch on two things that happened after that. First, the 2014... Read More

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December 11, 2013

Senate fails to quiz Oduah on N255 million car scandal

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Stella Oduah’s explanation on the ill-fated crash on October 3 involving a 23-year-old aircraft belonging to the Associated Airlines has been rejected by the Senate. The Minister of Aviation, was asked to present an elaborate presentation on the accident on Tuesday by the upper legislative house. The Nigerian Eye reports Oduah, who appeared before... Read More

December 5, 2013

Report: ASUU chief blames Education Minister for on-going strike

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Dr. Karo Ogbinaka, the Chairman, University of Lagos Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, of incompetence in the administrative affairs of the Ministry. He blamed the extended strike caused by the communication break down between the federal goverment and university lecturers on... Read More

December 4, 2013

Opinion: The ASUU strike is bad but Wike’s threat of mass sack is worse

by Wale Sokunbi These steps taken by Wike at the tail end of the efforts to end the strike, and at a time when the end of the industrial action was already in sight, questions the administrative sagacity of the minister and the Federal Government. The lingering problem of the university teachers’ strike, which entered... Read More

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December 2, 2013

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: How not to sell our refineries

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu My take on all this is that it’s high time we do away with the needless emotions and get rid of the four moribund plants on the federal government’s balance sheet. As mentioned earlier, the four plants for almost two decades have not functioned at optimal capacity due to inefficiency, corruption... Read More

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December 1, 2013

Opinion: Was Jonathan’s Israel trip a ‘holy trip’ or a state visit?

by Adeolu Ademoyo President Jonathan traveled to Israel recently. But we did not know whether it was a “holy trip” or state visit or a combination of the two. Mr. President took along on the Israel trip Mr. Oritsejafor the controversial president of Christian Association of Nigeria whose moral and faith credentials are questionable. “…I... Read More

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November 28, 2013

Senate quizzes FCT Minister over N640 million NYSC camp renovation

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The probe on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) started on Wednesday over the N500 million claimed to have been spent on rehabilitating the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Abuja. The Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed was... Read More

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November 26, 2013

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Nyesom Wike condemns ASUU’s conditions for peace

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The recent meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday, churned out new conditions which the union insists must be met before the four month old strike can be called off. The Supervising minister and minister of state for education, Nyesom Wike, who was present at... Read More

November 19, 2013

Opinion: GEJ should sack officials who only snore at meetings and award contracts to their cronies

by Emma Okocha In the circumstances, the infantile Ministers of Education from the day, they approved the banning of the study of History in our schools, shoved our country away from the road of progress to darkness. The next Minister of Education we strongly recommend should be a History teacher. Until the last cabinet shake... Read More

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November 15, 2013

Opinion: The Stella Oduah scandal is simply people trying to get revenge

by Obohro Embe If anyone were therefore, to blame for the procurement of the bulletproof cars, it ought to be the Committee that provided the opportunity for the NCAA to interpret the 2 nos security/safety vehicles whichever way it wanted. The late literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe was at his proverbial best when he... Read More

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November 14, 2013

Segun Adeniyi: Why Stella Oduah should be sacked – Lessons from London and Accra

by Segun Adeniyi The greater tragedy of our country, however, is that a system that is literally overrun by sundry abuses which undermine best practices is simply incapable of isolating any single act of misconduct for serious remedial action. Two profoundly significant episodes which speak to how other societies deal with issues bordering on abuse... Read More

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November 12, 2013

I “will not quit politics until I make one million dollars” – Read the exact words that got Ghanaian minister fired (FULL TRANSCRIPT)

by Chi Ibe On 8 November 2013, Ghana’s rather ironically named Deputy Communications Minister Victoria Hammah was fired. Her sack came a day after a video leaked on social media recorded her saying she will stay in politics until she has made $1million. ”If you have money then you can control people,” she said on... Read More

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November 2, 2013

Akin Osuntokun: Between Stella Oduah and Peter Ekeh

by Akin Osuntokun And it is with this reluctance that I presume to judge the stewardship of Miss Oduah as Minister of Aviation; and even at that, I’m enlisting her not in her own right but as a variable whose misconduct conspicuously lends itself to the applicability of one of the most original and insightful... Read More

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October 22, 2013

Opinion: The truth behind the desperate gang-up against Stella Oduah

by Ore Kingsley That is the crux of the matter: she “chops” alone. That is also the grouse the members of the National Assembly: the Minister of Aviation is “chopping” Alone. They believe that for awarding all these contracts for the remodelling of airport facilities that so much money must have accrued to her. Who... Read More

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October 18, 2013

Opinion: Bullet-proof cars – Jonathan needs to drop Stella Oduah from his cabinet now

by Wale Odunsi Ms. Oduah was bold to single-handedly spend N255million of our collective wealth in a frivolous manner and then say it is for the use of the establishment. Going by the outcry trailing the purchase, what if her successor decides to do without the “utility vehicles”? The stench of arrogance, lies, deceit and... Read More

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October 17, 2013

“Normally you don’t buy one” – Ministry of Aviation justifies purchase of BMWs worth $1.5million for Minister

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following the recent revelation that she had acquired two bullet proof vehicles, the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has said that the purchases became necessary due to threats that she had been receiving. Mrs. Oduah reportedly said that the aviation sector reforms she had been overseeing had ruffled some feathers and as... Read More

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October 15, 2013

Opinion: Femi Fani-Kayode – The Minister of cant

by Yakubu Datti Now, perhaps, we can safely assume that Fani-Kayode wants more Nigerians to die in order to prove that his comments are right. Rather, we should ask Fani-Kayode this question: “Why should any Nigerian die from an air crash?” Really, to any right thinking person, why would the president or the aviation minister... Read More

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October 12, 2013

Gov. Aregbesola’s school uniform, Agagu’s burial, the ‘vampire minister’, and more on YNaija’s weekly newsletter

Hi all, It’s been an interesting week as usual and we’re here to give you a rundown of some of the most prominent news highlights that made the rounds this week. We started on a lighter note with a delightfully surprising photo of the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, in a secondary school uniform. The... Read More

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October 12, 2013

Hauwa Gambo: On the madness of Femi Fani-Kayode (Y! FrontPage)

by Hauwa Gambo His is tainted with malice, with evil, with the basest of human sentiments support of tyrants and dictators, advocacy for wars and genocides, destroyer of marriages and relationships, cauldron of hate and wickedness. Why, in the name of all that is good and decent, do human beings take Femi Fani-Kayode seriously? Why do a succession... Read More

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October 8, 2013

“May God deliver us from this vampire Minister”: Fani-Kayode replies Stella Oduah (TWEET)

by Oge Okonkwo Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode was obviously not satisfied with the explanation the current Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, gave concerning the tragic Associated Airline crash while answering questions on investigations carried out so far and the suspension of Dana air. [READ: #AssociatedAirlineCrash,One,seven,survivors,dead ,Jide Idris,DNA,critical condition] He took a jab at her... Read More

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September 24, 2013

CSR-in-Action promotes transparency and effective policy implementation within the Nigerian Extractive Industries

by Akintomiwa Agbaje In a bid to sustainably promote unity through collaborative action, accountability and transparency within the extractive industries, CSR-in-Action in partnership with Business Day Newspapers, is pleased to announce dates for its annual seminar – Sustainability in the Extractive Industries™. This seminar with the sub-theme – Policy, Affirmative Action and Sustained Growth... Read More

September 11, 2013

BREAKING: Pres. Jonathan sacks education, foreign affairs ministers, and 7 others

President Goodluck Jonathan has reshuffled his cabinet, dropping nine ministers. The ministers affected are Ruqayat Rufai (Education); Zainab Kunchi (Power, [state]); Buka Tijani (Agriculture [state]), Shamsudeen Usman (National Planning; Ita Okon (Science and Technology); Olugbenga Ashiru (Foreign Affairs); Ama Pepple (Lands) and Hadiza Mailafia (Environment). Nigerians had long expected President Jonathan to rejig his lackluster cabinet which... Read More

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September 1, 2013

Opinion: The National Assembly’s jamboree & Ezekwesili’s interjection

by Amanze Obi Oby’s jibe at the Presidency raised sufficient dust. The Jonathan government was so incensed that it even had to institute a probe into the activities of the former Minister while she was in office. But all the fury appear to have faded. Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, is in the... Read More

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