No better time than election season to usher in a parody of actual political happenings. Mr President (The Controversial Election) directed by Toka McBaror and produced by Shirley Ann Ede is a satire that puts up a mirror to society and takes numerous shots at everyone from the political class to the regular citizens who... Read More

Reviews, The Cutting Floor, The Film Blog

December 28, 2016

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Opinion: Mr. President, Nigerians are no longer at ease

by Ayodele Adio Shortly after reading through Audu Maikori’s narration of the tragedy befalling the beautiful people of southern Kaduna, I was left in a state of limbo about why the Nigerian state has consistently failed to protect its most vulnerable; why the life of the average Nigerian isn’t worth as much as that... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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October 17, 2016

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[The Legislative Blog]: A dose of common sense for Mr President

A dose in time will be just right! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G-AUzAEgYw Common sense advocate, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has a few words for President Muhammadu Buhari, and every thought he’s shared is true to the title of the series. The issue now is, who will play this video to the President. They’ve told us he doesn’t know more... Read More

More, The Legislative Blog

Common sense, legislature, Mr. President, president buhari, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, the other room

May 10, 2015

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Eddie Iroh : Shall we tell the President?

by Eddie Iroh Of course I have granted that Jonathan has the right to question the result of the elections, although one has to recognise that, unlike many previous Nigerian polls, no such questions had been raised about Muhammadu Buhari’s victory, the very basis of Jonathan’s reservations, by any of the local and international observer... Read More

Ahmadu Ali, APC, eddie iroh, elections, Mr. President, opinion, PDP, ynaija

April 22, 2015

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Opinion: Shall we tell the President he may be complicit in a case of ‘stealing’?

by Soji Apampa Who will tell Mr. President that there is a need to fasten his seat belt as there is great turbulence ahead for him and key figures within his administration. Nigerians suspect that a colossal amount was spent during the just concluded general elections but figuring out even a ballpark figure would have... Read More

eko and ibadan, genkos, Mr. President, opinion, soji apampa, subsidy payment, ynaija

February 23, 2015

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Opinion: Let the people win – An open letter to Pres. Goodluck Jonathan

by Ogundana Michael Your Excellency Sir, whoever the election favours, either you or any of your opponents, history will definitely remember you, either for good or for bad. Nevertheless, I personally wish that it absolves you and not condemn you, but the choice is yours. Dear President Goodluck Jonathan, My sincere commendation goes to you-... Read More

Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. President, Nigeria Decides

November 2, 2014

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Opinion: I am a Pastor and Yoruba yet a Buharist!

by Olalekan Popoola Nigeria is a land of plenty where the majority of her citizens live in sheer inadequacy. This incongruity is traceable to the activities of her visionless and rudderless leaders over the years. And in about four months from now, the nation will have yet another opportunity to elect a new set of... Read More

Buharist, Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari, olalekan popoola, opinion, ynaija

October 5, 2014

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@Judgeiyke: Mr. President, Nigeria cannot be transformed in a day but… (Y! FrontPage)

by Ikemesit Effiong In a measured Independence Day broadcast to the nation, President Goodluck Jonathan said amongst other things that “we were in a sober moment in our country”. It was a tone hardly recognisable from a President who has spent much of his tenure being the optimistic, go-lucky guy who could pull a nation burdened... Read More

@judgeiyke, ikemesit effiong, Mr. President, opinion, Transformation Agenda, ynaija

August 15, 2014

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Bukola Saraki: Mr. President, this is how to defeat Boko Haram

by Bukola Saraki For the President to say, when he met the girls’ parents this week, that he has had to “remain quiet” because it could hamper the work of the intelligence services is unacceptable. The kidnapping of over 270 schoolgirls in Chibok, which took place over three months ago, is in the news... Read More

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July 31, 2014

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Saatah Nubari: Mr. President, you need to give an order on Boko Haram NOW

by Saatah Nubari Mr President, there will be casualties, but there will be many more casualties if Boko Haram succeeds in imparting into those girls that their country doesn’t give a damn about them. I woke up today to the rather sweet-and-sour news that the Cameroonian army successfully planned and executed the rescue of the... Read More

Cameroun, Chibok girls, Mr. President, opinion, order, Saatah Nubari, ynaija

July 23, 2014

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Ife Adebayo: #ChibokGirls100Days- Mr. President, you could have done better! (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo I believe the President and Commander in Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces could have done much better in the immediate aftermath of the kidnap. 100 days is a long time, more than 3 months. If you attended boarding school in one of Nigeria’s federal boarding houses in the 90s you will... Read More

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July 21, 2014

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YNaija Editorial: Where Mr. President missed it on Malala

The President’s ill-advised decision neither to visit the parents of the missing girls, nor their crisis ravaged community, months after the event over security concerns has done nothing but breed mistrust and cast doubts on the nature of our government’s intentions. It is almost a hundred days now since over 200 schoolgirls were abducted from... Read More

Chibok girls, editorial, Goodluck Jonathan, Malala, Meeting, Mr. President, ynaija

July 19, 2014

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Adekoya Boladale: Can the National Assembly impeach Mr. President now?

by Adekoya Boladale The National Assembly most especially the House of Representatives must tap into the rave of the moment and this new found fond of checks and balances to immediately begin the process of impeachment of the President Call it whatever you want; Impunity, oppression, machiavellinic, witch-hunting, unfair, bias. The event of Tuesday, July... Read More

adamawa, Adekoya Boladale, impeach, Mr. President, national assembly, opinion, ynaija

July 2, 2014

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Opinion: On that Washington Post article by Pres. Jonathan

by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz In sum, because of the feeble crutches the Washington Post piece is hinged on, the President, to our collective embarrassment, ended up like the proverbial he-goat who went on a tryst and returned pregnant. Like when he speaks, when we see the president writes, it is something that jolts us. We the... Read More

abdulaziz abdulaziz, leverick, Mr. President, opinion, President Goodluck Jonathan, writes, ynaija

June 14, 2014

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Dele Momodu: Kano – Of outsiders and the bereaved

by Dele Momodu I had also witnessed the way he promptly jumped up to pick a call from the President while we lunched at the Oriental Hotel years back Fellow Nigerians, the story you are about to read is out of the script of the latest melodrama in our dear beloved country. The setting is... Read More

Dele Momodu, Emir of Kano, Mr. President, opinion, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, ynaija

May 27, 2014

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Opinion: No PR firm can save Jonathan’s battered image

by Jibrin Ibrahim By answering these questions and achieving results, the President can rebuild his credibility. Mr President, please forget the public relations firm and concentrate on the task the whole world is chanting. #BringBackOurGirls. On Thursday, the #BringBackOurGirls Movement marched on President Goodluck Jonathan to ask him certain questions and to give him our... Read More

#BringBackOurGirls, Aso Rock, chibok, Jibrin Ibrahim, marching on, Mr. President, opinion, ynaija

May 27, 2014

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Reno Omokri: From battleground to common ground

by Reno Omokri The All Progressives Congress (APC) is a party founded on this premise. Those who are enemies of president and the PDP gathered together to form a party whose foundation is their common enemy. They share no ideological connection, neither are they friends In the season that we are in, I think it... Read More

ANC, APC, battleground, common ground, enemies, Mr. President, opinion, PDP, Reno Omokri, ynaija

May 27, 2014

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Ayobami Oyalowo: Mr. President, leave if you can’t cope

by Ayobami Oyalowo If the kitchen is too hot for you and you can no longer cope, then GET OUT!!! “One commonly hears that carping critics complain about what is wrong, but do not present solutions. There is an accurate translation for that charge: ‘They present solutions, but I don’t like them.” ― Noam Chomsky,... Read More

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May 27, 2014

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Tunde Leye: Mr. President, lead and inspire us! (Y! FrontPage)

by Tunde Leye Mr. President sir, lead and inspire us. This cannot be too much to ask, considering the financial burden our nation carries for your office. Our President and his aides just don’t get it. When a person goes around before an election campaigning for votes to be elected as the President of this... Read More

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May 14, 2014

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Opinion: Mr. President, where are the Chibok girls?

by Niyi Akinnaso Between Jonathan and his wife, politicians, especially the North-East governors, are to blame for Boko Haram as are the parents of the abducted schoolgirls. It is over one month since over 200 schoolgirls were abducted from their hostel in Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State. It will be recalled that the incident... Read More

accomplice, Chibok girls, kidnap, Mr. President, Niyi Akinnaso, opinion, Passover, ynaija

May 12, 2014

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Opinion: Mr. President, what happened to your promise to the Ndi Igbo?

by Chukwemerie Uduchukwu Our Dear President, if urgent measures are not taken, these will serve as betrayal of Ndi Igbo (South-Easterners) and will also serve as a good weapon for the opposition to supervise your defeat in 2015; although you are yet to declare your interest in the contest. Dear Mr President, During your... Read More

2nd niger bridge, election, Mr. President, Ndigbo, onitsha, opinion, road, uduchukwu chukwumerie, votes, ynaija

May 7, 2014

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Opinion: Mr. President, we don’t need you to resign (A rejoinder)

by Terseer Ugbor I will encourage him to stay on and should he desire to pursue re-election, he is free to do so. Winning, however, is another story. READ: YNaija Editorial: Mr. President, we’re going to need you to resign I make an obvious suggestion, if you want President Jonathan out, I suggest you maintain... Read More

editorial, leader, Mr. President, opinion, teeser ugbor, terrorism, Transformation Agenda, ynaija

May 4, 2014

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Toyosi Akerele: Bring back our girls Mr. President, dare to be Presidential

by Toyosi Akerele Some of your Loyalists also have to be called to order. Many of them whose criminal craving for Bread and Bribe like Judas Iscariot have misled you and insulted the sensibilities of Nations who know Tranquility and Good Leadership by likening you to Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jnr and the rest... Read More

bring back our girls, Mr. President, opinion, presidential, toyosi akerele, ynaija

May 2, 2014

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An open letter to my President – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Mr President, I was one of the organisers of the Enough is Enough protests in which we asked for your right to become the President of this country. That support has now been completely withdrawn. I will quote Mr. Cromwell here: you have sat in Aso Rock too long for any good... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Mr. President, oliver cromwell, opinion, ynaija

May 2, 2014

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YNaija Editorial: Mr. President, we’re going to need you to resign

The fact that Nigerians (not even those who like him or feel sorry for him) cannot trust this president, and do not believe that he has the capacity to keep us safe, to keep us well, to solve problems, is the urgent reason that this president immediately needs to resign. Calling on the democratically... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

Abuja, army, chibok, Chibok schoolgirls, corruption, Goodluck Jonathan, Insecurity, Mr. President, nigeria, Nyanya, Resign, YNaija Editorial

April 29, 2014

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Opinion: Dear Mr. President, you deserve my pity

by Gbenga Sobaike I pity you for your loss of empathy for Nigerians. When in 2009 President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua became incapacitated due to ill-health, some power-drunk cabal sought to cling to power in Yar’Adua’s stead by all means and therefore frustrated every constitutional attempt at bringing in Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as the President.... Read More

empathy, gbenga sogbaike, Mr. President, opinion, pity, President Goodluck Jonathan, ynaija

April 21, 2014

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Opinion: Mr. President, we demand answers on terrorism

by Akan Imo We voted him in as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, we voted him in to be in charge of every situation, we voted him in to give us answers, to give us result, to do impossible things. Firstly, I must use this opportunity to commiserate with the victims of the Nyanya... Read More

Akan Imoh, boko haram, demand, Mr. President, opinion, terrorism, ynaija

March 20, 2014

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Opinion: The National Conference is simply a ‘dictatorial safari’

by Garba Shehu Two, this budding dictator, the President of Nigeria is going about it in a way suggesting that he is not a firm believer in representative democracy. Why would he not call on the citizens to elect men and women who will represent them at the conference? Some call it a Machiavellian simplification.... Read More

Dictator, Garba Shehu, Goodlcuk Jonathan, Mr. President, opinion, safari, ynaija

March 13, 2014

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Opinion: Mr President, you should secure schools, not close them down

by Garba Shehu The schools closure only smacks of government’s off-handed handling of the situation in the North-East. It is difficult to understand why government has stuck to violence as the only solution to the crisis. When they speak about the issue as the President usually did when he attends Church these days, he mouthes... Read More

boko haram, Bornu, Garba Shehu, Mr. President, opinion, PTA, schools, secure, ynaija, yobe

February 28, 2014

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Bukola Saraki: Jonathan must prove to Nigerians he can defeat Boko Haram

by Bukola Saraki The first, leadership, lies squarely in the hands of the President. President Jonathan says the situation will improve but this isn’t instilling confidence in the rest of his countrymen. He must now urgently provide all the necessary resources allocated by our Government to help ensure our nation’s security. The President must also... Read More

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Film review: Mr President doesn’t take itself seriously. You shouldn’t either

Opinion: Mr. President, Nigerians are no longer at ease

[The Legislative Blog]: A dose of common sense for Mr President

Eddie Iroh : Shall we tell the President?

Opinion: Shall we tell the President he may be complicit in a case of ‘stealing’?

Opinion: Let the people win – An open letter to Pres. Goodluck Jonathan

Opinion: I am a Pastor and Yoruba yet a Buharist!

@Judgeiyke: Mr. President, Nigeria cannot be transformed in a day but… (Y! FrontPage)

Bukola Saraki: Mr. President, this is how to defeat Boko Haram

Saatah Nubari: Mr. President, you need to give an order on Boko Haram NOW

Ife Adebayo: #ChibokGirls100Days- Mr. President, you could have done better! (Y! Politico)

YNaija Editorial: Where Mr. President missed it on Malala

Adekoya Boladale: Can the National Assembly impeach Mr. President now?

Opinion: On that Washington Post article by Pres. Jonathan

Dele Momodu: Kano – Of outsiders and the bereaved

Opinion: No PR firm can save Jonathan’s battered image

Reno Omokri: From battleground to common ground

Ayobami Oyalowo: Mr. President, leave if you can’t cope

Tunde Leye: Mr. President, lead and inspire us! (Y! FrontPage)

Opinion: Mr. President, where are the Chibok girls?

Opinion: Mr. President, what happened to your promise to the Ndi Igbo?

Opinion: Mr. President, we don’t need you to resign (A rejoinder)

Toyosi Akerele: Bring back our girls Mr. President, dare to be Presidential

An open letter to my President – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

YNaija Editorial: Mr. President, we’re going to need you to resign

Opinion: Dear Mr. President, you deserve my pity

Opinion: Mr. President, we demand answers on terrorism

Opinion: The National Conference is simply a ‘dictatorial safari’

Opinion: Mr President, you should secure schools, not close them down

Bukola Saraki: Jonathan must prove to Nigerians he can defeat Boko Haram

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