YNaija Analysis: Pres. Buhari must back his anti-corruption rhetoric with action

Ever since President Muhammadu Buhari first ran for the presidency in 2003 and until he finally won in 2015, one of his strongest and most consistent promises has been his pledge to fight corruption in Nigeria. While every politician usually makes this promise, President Buhari has the added advantage of being perceived to be an... Read More

Cover Stories, Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 24, 2017

We have your receipts: But Governor Fayose, you said this school feeding programme will fail

This week, the office of the Vice President announced the release of over N375 million to feed a total of 677, 476 primary school pupils in five states in continuation of the National School Feeding initiative introduced by the Federal Government. The APC had promised to launch this initiative during the 2015 campaign that saw... Read More

Thinking Through

Ayo Fayose, Muhammadu Buhari, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, We have your receipt

January 23, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] While the President watches TV, here’s what Osinbajo is up to

We know when to let matters go. The President and his media club don’t seem to understand how insensitive this 10-day vacation is and they insist on justifying and even showing it off. We, on the other hand, have decided to move on. It might do us a lot of good to actually see how... Read More

The Presidential Blog

Laolu Akande, Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Osinbajo

January 22, 2017

From Abuja to Gambia and then Trumpland | See our top 10 photos from the past week

A photo of the Mosque that was attacked in the early hours of Monday by Boko Haram suicide bombers. Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, Aisha Yesufu of the Bring Back Our Girls group were led on a guided tour of the North-East to gain an insight on the efforts of the military and Federal Government to... Read More

Thinking Through

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January 20, 2017

YNaija Analysis: Pres. Buhari’s foreign medical trips are not justifiable

Starting from yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari commenced a ten-day working leave to the United Kingdom during which he will also embark on a medical check-up as revealed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. There is nothing unusual in a president going on a working leave: like every other human, they can... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 19, 2017

YNaija Says: The Police raid on Premium Times is despicable and dictatorial

One of the signs that a country is in a dictatorship is the manner in which law enforcement and security agencies operate with rascality and not in accordance with the rule of law. The raid on the online newspaper Premium Times yesterday evening by the Nigeria Police is an act that belongs only in a... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 19, 2017

Opinion: Rumble in the Gambia

by Ogbonna Nwuke The Gambia shouldn’t be at the centre of global attention. But it is. Thanks to the intransigence of a man who has been in power for too long, the tiny African country is in the spotlight. At stake is the future of democracy in the Gambia and the refusal of Yahya Jammeh,... Read More

Opinion

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January 18, 2017

YNaija Analysis: Dear Pres. Jammeh, Africa has no time for your shenanigans

by Mark Amaza When Gambians went to the polls early December 2016 to choose between their long-time leader Yahya Jammeh and opposition candidate Adama Barrow, the whole world had already concluded that Jammeh was going to use every trick in the playbook to extend his 22-year rule in the small West African nation. After all,... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 18, 2017

YNaija Says: The government must go beyond taking responsibility for IDP camp bombing

When the news that the Nigerian Airforce had mistaken a camp for internally displaced persons in Rann, Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State for a terrorist camp and bombed it, the shock was palpable all over Nigeria and beyond. It is sad that the IDPs who are already suffering from a lack of... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 16, 2017

YNaija Editorial: We hope Pres. Buhari and other African leaders are prepared for a Trump administration

Despite how prominently foreign policy issues feature in American politics and presidential campaigns, foreign policies as it concerns Africa is hardly on the front-burner with African nations in the dark over what direction the actions of the most powerful country on earth concerning them will take. The presidential elections of last November which produced Donald... Read More

Thinking Through

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January 13, 2017

YNaija Says: On BBOG, this government still refuses to get it

Ever since the abduction of 287 schoolgirls from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok in April 2014, the group Bring Back Our Girls has emerged as a pressure group to sustain pressure on the Federal Government to not relent in efforts to rescue the girls. The constant embarrassment they caused the administration of former President Goodluck... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 9, 2017

Buhari to lead ECOWAS leaders to Gambia on Wednesday

President Muhammadu Buhari will lead a delegation of West African leaders to Gambia on Wednesday. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema made the disclosure on Monday to State House correspondents after Buhari hosted the leaders at Aso Rock villa. The meeting is to bring a final resolution to the impasse over Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to... Read More

The News Blog

ECOWAS, Gambia, Geoffrey Onyema, Muhammadu Buhari, Yayha Jammeh

January 9, 2017

Buhari, 3 other African leaders meet over Gambia

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted three African leaders behind closed doors to discuss the impasse in Gambia. The meeting which held at the Presidential Villa Aso Rock had in attendance, Presidents of Liberia and Senegal, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Macky Sall as well as ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama. The meeting was held to deliberate on the... Read More

The News Blog

Adama Barrow, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Gambia, John Mahama, Macky Sall, Muhammadu Buhari, Yayha Jammeh

January 9, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The Federal Government needs to act in unison

A few days before Christmas, the Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja of the Nigerian Customs Service announced the seizure of a shipment of rice, which upon testing, turned out to be plastic pellets shaped in the form of rice. Expectedly, this seizure dominated the news headlines with Christmas festivities approaching and demand for rice, Nigeria’s staple... Read More

Featured, Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 9, 2017

Edward Israel-Ayide: Dear Sen. Bukola Saraki, perhaps you can help #SouthernKaduna

by Edward Israel-Ayide Dear Distinguished Senator, I trust your past week has been great and you are getting set to begin work at the hallowed chambers of our legislature in the coming days. To say the past year has been chaotic for most Nigerians is not only an understatement, it would be tantamount to making... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 8, 2017

Oby Ezekwesili: Chibok Girls – Painful memories of a thousand days

by Oby Ezekwesili On that 30th April 2014 when diverse citizens gathered to march in solidarity, no one could have imagined that any out of our 219 Chibok Girls abducted from their secondary school in April 2014 would remain in captivity of terrorists 1000 days after the tragedy. One recalls pictures of distressed parents supported... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Opinion

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January 8, 2017

YNaija Says: 1,000 Days after – The FG must do more to rescue abducted Chibok girls

Today makes it 1,000 days since 276 girls preparing to write their final exam were abducted from the Government Girls’ Secondary School in Chibok town of Borno State by the Boko Haram terrorist group. The abduction marked a turning point in the five-year war against the terrorist organization, and the silence and poor handling of... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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January 7, 2017

PROFILE: Is Solomon Dalung the worst minister ever liveth?

by Wilfred Okiche After securing a historic mandate, President Muhammadu Buhari finally named his ministers in October of 2015, completing a five-month period in which he made Nigerians wait and squirm. The whole unnecessarily drawn out song and dance that trailed the President’s choice of policy drivers was considered an anti-climax once the long-awaited list... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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January 6, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Don’t forget what GEJ did when he needed a Hail Mary

Welcome to 2017 and in a few months, the second year of President Buhari’s tenure as president will be gone. Save for a handful of projects and state governors who have impressed. The majority of the promises on which Buhari sailed to power have remained that, promises. The economy in the throes of Nigeria’s biggest... Read More

Thinking Through

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January 3, 2017

Analysis: How sustainable is FG’s payment to the poorest, vulnerable Nigerians?

by Mark Amaza 14 months after it assumed office, the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced payment of N5,000 monthly to one million poorest, vulnerable Nigerians. In a press release from the Office of the Vice President, the FG said the payment, which has started in four states, is a Conditional Cash Transfer... Read More

Thinking Through

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January 3, 2017

These are the best and worst Nigerian senators in 2016

It’s the start of a new year, and the upper chamber of the National Assembly will soon begin buzzing with activities – proposing legislation, signing bills into law, and jostling for positions. But before this, we look at the performances of every member of the upper legislative chamber – from Senator Gershom Bassey (Cross River... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

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January 3, 2017

These are the best and worst Nigerian ministers in 2016

Nigerians online and offline appear to be of the opinion that a cabinet reshuffle is one of the things President Muhammadu Buhari needs to do 2017. We don’t know if he will heed the call or not, but what we know is that his cabinet needs regular assessment to evaluate their performance. We have set... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

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January 2, 2017

Buhari is a terrible, terrible leader | 5 takeaways for Nigerians as we go into 2017

by Mark Amaza Buhari is a terrible leader 2016 was President Muhammadu Buhari’s first full calendar year in office and save for the successes recorded against Boko Haram in the North-East, it was very underwhelming. Sadly, his record on other internal security matters has been dismal: the clashes between many communities in the Middle Belt and... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 2, 2017

YNaija Editorial: What President Buhari must do in 2017

At the start of every new year, there is a burst of hope and optimism that the year will be better than the ones before it. Goals are set and plans are made to make the hopes of a great year a reality. The year 2016 was a pretty rough one for Nigeria: for the first... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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December 30, 2016

Isime Esene profiles Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II: The blue-blooded maverick (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year nominee)

Wearing multiple hats and playing diverse roles may be difficult to many, but not for the Emir of Kano. Coming from a family of rulers, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (as he then was) has always been in and around royalty. Being the grandson of the 11th Emir of Kano and son of Muhammad Lamido Sanusi, a... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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December 26, 2016

SPECIAL EDITORIAL: It appears Pres. Buhari doesn’t understand that things have fallen apart

Most people who voted in Buhari in 2015, if asked about the situation of things at present, would say it is not a reality they had expected. Things have either been the same or gone downhill since the general elections in 2015. In Buhari’s defence, not everything he caused, but everything he had the opportunity... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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December 26, 2016

Analysis: Under Buhari, Nigeria has gone full circle – back to where we started

by Wale Atanda Less than 48 hours after President Buhari announced that Boko Haram had been defeated and driven out of its stronghold in the infamous Sambisa Forest, two suicide bombers attacked a busy market in Maiduguri, Borno State. While one successfully detonated his suicide vest, the other was apprehended before he could do the... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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December 20, 2016

Olawale Atande: Should we be concerned about the Senate’s non-confirmation of Magu?

by Olawale Atande On Thursday the 15th of December, the Senate announced it would not be confirming Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the EFCC chairman. They based their decision on a “security report” submitted to them by the DSS. This comes 7 months after the Vice President, then acting as the President when Buhari was away for... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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December 15, 2016

YNaija Analysis: The shameful treatment of the Super Falcons

The Super Falcons made the nation proud once again by emerging champions at the recently concluded African Women Cup of Nations tournament. For coming tops, the Falcons are to get about $16,500 in tournament money. However, since they won the championship on the 3rd of December, they have been owed their cash prize including bonuses... Read More

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December 9, 2016

We are so sorry Mr. Dalung: We promise to research your context before quoting you next time

Since this whole exercise of being Minister for you is an opportunity to give us classwork. We are sorry. Last Saturday, the Nigerian female football team, Super Falcons won the 2016 African Women’s Cup of Nations beating Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses 1-0. The win did not come as too much of a surprise since it’s the eighth... Read More

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YNaija Analysis: Pres. Buhari must back his anti-corruption rhetoric with action

We have your receipts: But Governor Fayose, you said this school feeding programme will fail

[The Presidential Blog] While the President watches TV, here’s what Osinbajo is up to

From Abuja to Gambia and then Trumpland | See our top 10 photos from the past week

YNaija Analysis: Pres. Buhari’s foreign medical trips are not justifiable

YNaija Says: The Police raid on Premium Times is despicable and dictatorial

Opinion: Rumble in the Gambia

YNaija Analysis: Dear Pres. Jammeh, Africa has no time for your shenanigans

YNaija Says: The government must go beyond taking responsibility for IDP camp bombing

YNaija Editorial: We hope Pres. Buhari and other African leaders are prepared for a Trump administration

YNaija Says: On BBOG, this government still refuses to get it

Buhari to lead ECOWAS leaders to Gambia on Wednesday

Buhari, 3 other African leaders meet over Gambia

YNaija Editorial: The Federal Government needs to act in unison

Edward Israel-Ayide: Dear Sen. Bukola Saraki, perhaps you can help #SouthernKaduna

Oby Ezekwesili: Chibok Girls – Painful memories of a thousand days

YNaija Says: 1,000 Days after – The FG must do more to rescue abducted Chibok girls

PROFILE: Is Solomon Dalung the worst minister ever liveth?

The Sexuality Blog: Don’t forget what GEJ did when he needed a Hail Mary

Analysis: How sustainable is FG’s payment to the poorest, vulnerable Nigerians?

These are the best and worst Nigerian senators in 2016

These are the best and worst Nigerian ministers in 2016

Buhari is a terrible, terrible leader | 5 takeaways for Nigerians as we go into 2017

YNaija Editorial: What President Buhari must do in 2017

Isime Esene profiles Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II: The blue-blooded maverick (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year nominee)

SPECIAL EDITORIAL: It appears Pres. Buhari doesn’t understand that things have fallen apart

Analysis: Under Buhari, Nigeria has gone full circle – back to where we started

Olawale Atande: Should we be concerned about the Senate’s non-confirmation of Magu?

YNaija Analysis: The shameful treatment of the Super Falcons

We are so sorry Mr. Dalung: We promise to research your context before quoting you next time

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