Opinion: National security and the politics of election postponement

Samson Toromade : Footprints in hell [Nigerian Voices]

by Samson Toromade I don’t have fond memories of the first time I crossed into the boundaries of Taraba state, I instinctively blocked out most of it. I do remember, though, my first thought as my drowsy eyes forced awake to feast on what was supposed to be “nature’s gift to the nation”. I remember... Read More

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Moses Kamil: The story of my whole life at Kings College [Nigerian Voices]

by Moses Kamil I saw the article on this competition some days back and I felt like Eureka! This is what I’ve been waiting for a very long. I’ve always wanted to write a piece about myself, for people to read and see if anyone else felt that way also or I was just the... Read More

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Opinion: Rumble within the First Family

by Anthony Ademiluyi In the northern part of Nigeria where polygamy is rife, women are supposed to be seen and not heard. Many of them are confined to the Purdah system which almost completely cuts them off from the outside world and restricts their contact to just their immediate families. It was a surprise that... Read More

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Entertainment Roundup: Stephanie Linus-Okereke features in Hollywood movie, Tekno advises ladies to cheat in relationships | More stories

On today’s entertainment roundup, we bring to you some of the stories that made news yesterday and others that unraveled while you were asleep – and are still buzzing this morning. Stephanie Linus-Okereke features in Hollywood movie Nollywood actress and producer of award winning movie, Dry, Stephanie Linus-Okereke is one of the characters in the new Hollywood... Read More

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Exclusive: The NBC has started giving terrestrial TV licenses again – starting from N100m

Low key, this one. A high-level source at the National Broadcasting Commission just confirmed to The Media Blog (TMB) that the federal government has quietly stared approving licenses for direct-to-home TV, in preparation for the digital switch-over. The digital switch-over, in essence, moves Nigerians away from an analogue reception system which much of the developed... Read More

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The Thread: They say we’re playing with the fire called religious extremism again

SBM Intelligence, a policy watchdogs based in Nigeria has tweeted its findings on the on-going attacks on the Shiites Muslim sects warning that it (the attacks) could ignite war from across the borders (Iraq) onto our shores. We are yet to wrap up the Boko Haram conflict, Niger Delta Avengers are still playing with our oil pipelines; we cannot afford another... Read More

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Omofuma Cosmos: It turned out right [Nigerian Voices]

It was on the 21st that I heard the most shocking news of my teenage life. On the 21st of the month of July, 2014. I was at home as usual watching television when I got a call from my mom that I was to be in Benin on the 26th for my post-UTME examination... Read More

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The Film Blog: We want to remember Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr for ‘Nowhere to run’

A number of people have tweeted tributes to the amazing Ken Saro-Wiwa, who no one has a nasty word to say about. There is nothing more to add, really. Except this. Just before he passed, his last gift to the world was his part in the excellent documentary, Nowhere to run. The documentary focuses on... Read More

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Peregrino Brimah: More Nigerians say it is President Buhari that belongs in the kitchen

by Peregrino Brimah President Buhari said and insisted that his wife Aisha belongs to his kitchen cabinet. Based on her forthrightness, honesty, and her boldness in battle against the crooked cabal and mafia who have again stolen Nigeria, many Nigerians agree that the first lady will be of better service to Nigeria than most people in the kitchen cabinet right... Read More

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Opinion: Eyitayo Jegede and the vision of a “Greater Ondo Together”

by Jude Ndukwe The great Ondo State is at another threshold of history. The state which is generally accepted as one of the truly few progressing states in Nigeria will have one of the greatest tests of its existence come November 26, 2016, when the people are expected to vote for a new governor that... Read More

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Opinion: Is the Federal Civil Service Commission recruitment exercise a scam?

by Ibironke Oluwatobi The level of unemployment in the country has made recruitment news seem like an oasis in the desert. Job advertisements have beaten commodities like coca cola and gala to attract the most patronage. Whenever these scarce advertisements are made, the attention of millions of people is caught; hundreds of thousands apply, hoping... Read More

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Farooq Kperogi: Murderous mass persecution of Nigerian Shiites

I am no Shiite. As the son of a Sunni Muslim scholar, I have irreconcilable theological differences with Shiism. But I would be remiss (and betray the true meaning of my name, which signifies one who distinguishes truth from falsehood) if I failed to speak up in the face of the heartrendingly murderous persecution of... Read More

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Opinion: In God’s court, Buhari will not be partially deaf

by Umar Sa’ad Hassan There are people very skilled in the art of escaping the truth and the only time they don’t deploy those skills is when the truth favours them.The most privileged of the lot are the partially deaf. Their condition avails them the special luxury of selecting what they want to hear even though... Read More

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Pius Adesanmi: Oladimeji Olaleye is a portrait of a Nigerian undergraduate as a role model

by Pius Adesanmi Nigeria is all the names you call her because of the terrible things she has done to your lives, promise, and potential as a generation. However, you must never allow her to be an excuse. One good reason I am unable to part ways permanently with the black pot that is... Read More

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Iyasele, Isioma Osahon: I’ve overcome my physical disability through computers [Nigerian Voices]

by Iyasele, Isioma Osahon Ever since I first got introduced to computers and computing in the mid-1990’s, I have always been fascinated with the idea that an individual no longer needs to be limited by physical handicaps or geographical boundaries to get things done. The simple fact that one does not necessarily need to exert... Read More

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Opinion: Before another census

by Anthony Ademiluyi The origin of headcounts or census in Nigeria can be traced to 1866 in the then colony of Lagos. After the 1914 amalgamation, the first nationwide one was held in 1921. It was largely perceived as a routine colonial affair with the people not giving much of a hoot as to the eventual... Read More

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#ForTheRecord: My father may not have died in vain | Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr on justice for the people of Ogoni

by Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr. Twenty years ago today my father and eight other Ogoni men were woken from their sleep and hanged in a prison yard in southern Nigeria. When the news filtered out, shock and outrage reverberated around the world, and everyone from the Queen to Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela condemned the executions. What... Read More

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The Media Blog: Someone made our point better – If you don’t want it published, then don’t tweet it

We are really tired of all the false accusations of ‘plagiarism’ that people on Twitter throw about every now, and again, and now again. Pulse journalist, Fuad Lawal, helps us make it even clearer…

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Festus Ogun: Government useless and the Nigerian State [Nigerian Voices]

by Festus Ogun Today, 2016 Nigeria is simply synonymous to the Hobbesian State of Nature. In this State of Nature, it has been said that life is solitary, nasty, brutish and short. This was the era of survival of the fittest where there were no laws. The world had since left this sorry state and... Read More

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Opinion: Why we should be worried about the release of 21 Chibok girls

by Usman Alabi We are still basking in the euphoria of the release of the 21 chibok girls from Boko Haram terrorists last week. It is something worth rejoicing on in Nigeria, where things that are not normal anywhere in the world just become normal here and funny enough, we have gotten used to this anomaly... Read More

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Introducing the YNaija countdown to Aisha Buhari’s public apology… or not!

Today marks a week since we got a hold of the BBC Hausa interview that Aisha Buhari, wife of the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari granted that became the trigger for President Buhari’s seemingly anti-feminist outing. To the outrage of many all over the world, the President has decided to stand by his words while his wife,... Read More

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The Thread: Slaying in a poncho | Aisha Buhari is definitely not here to play

Nigeria’s First Lady is no push over. First she conducted an interview with the BBC, where she lamented the effect of the cabal’s apron strings on her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari then countered her criticisms with these words “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and... Read More

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Jaafar Jaafar: The unaired part of Mrs. Buhari’s interview

by Jaafar Jaafar At the heat of the intense pressure mounted on the BBC to stop airing the remaining part of the controversial Aisha Buhari interview a few days ago, I had the privilege of listening to the interview before it was fully aired. My good friend, the Head of the Abuja bureau of the... Read More

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Victor Famubode : Is Africa ready for artificial intelligence? (Pt. 1)

by Victor Famubode From driverless cars to online financial infrastructure payments, Artificial Intelligence obviously will be the heart of the next industrial revolution. The wave of globalisation and democracy cannot be overlooked regarding its contribution steering policy integration. Both concepts will play vital roles towards integrating the African continent under an umbrella perceived to end... Read More

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Charly Boy: First lady sting

by Charly Boy. Guys, you must have read or heard by now our President’s answer when he was asked in the presence of other world leaders, in far away Germany, which party his wife, Aisha, belongs to. He gave a classic “Aboki” answer. “I don’t know what political party she belongs to but all I... Read More

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EFCC’s statement is a lie from the pit of hell – Fani-Kayode’s wife

Femi Fani Kayode’s wife, Precious Chikwendu, has said that the statement issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) regarding the freezing of her Access Bank account is a blatant lie. She said that the account had been dormant since 2012, and was only re-activated in 2016. According to her, the sum of N295,000... Read More

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Femi Fani-Kayode: A hater of women and a president from the dark ages

by Femi Fani- Kayode “Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me”- Psalm 23. I recited this scripture three times and waited on the Lord quietly and calmly when I heard that my wife... Read More

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Samuel Ogechukwu: “They tell you you’re not supposed to be thinking such depressing thoughts…” [Nigerian Voices]

by Samuel Ogechukwu They tell you to cheer up. You try to convince yourself to and fail. Then they pull you down with that phrase “there are many you’re better than, ” as if you’re purposefully hurting yourself…as if the war in your head means nothing. Sometimes you feel helpless, you feel the dark... Read More

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