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Opinion: N65… N141… N97… N250: Can we deregulate this sector already?

by 'Yemi Adamolekun While the removal of the subsidy was the trigger, most Nigerians were clear that our concerns were around the cost of government; the waste in government…

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Is Boko Haram slowing down? – Let’s go through the facts together…

by Joachim MacEbong There is evidence that we may have turned a corner against the insurgents. In an article last month for global intelligence company Stratfor, Scott Stewart evaluated the…

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Opinion: No, no, no – we are not all PDP

by Raymond Eyo At the moment, there’s so much rot in the PDP that, other than a revolution, it will only take having the right will from…

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Chidi Nwaonu: Sometimes a thing is just a thing (30 Days, 30 Voices)

In order for a people to survive in a harsh and aggressive environment it is necessary to accept and adapt, but in order for a people to advance and progress…

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Severance pay? Jonathan pays close to N1bn to Yar’Adua family (Report)

Turai Yar'Adua and daughters by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that the presidency has paid about N1bn to the family of late president Umar Musa Yar'Adua according to a…

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Corruption: Jonathan is not doing enough – Obasanjo

by Isi Esene Former president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday threw a challenge at president Goodluck Jonathan urging him to act decisively to stem the tide of corruption in the country. Speaking…

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Exclusive: Stephen Keshi speaks exclusively with YNaija on the Super Eagles, who is on the team, and more

by Aitor Labrador Ochoa The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) comes up later this month and Nigerian Coach, Stephen Keshi is satisfied with the preparedness of his team and the…

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Feyi Fawehinmi: Can Olusegun Aganga really stop the raging cement war?

by Feyi Fawehinmi Where two or three Nigerian businesses are gathered, a cabal is soon formed. In April 2012, the editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber, visited Nigeria and…

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Time for a makeover: ASUU plans national education summit

by Godwin Akanfe The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is planning a national summit on education to chart a better path for the sector. The ASUU President, Dr Isa…

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We must have an Igbo President – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Orji Uzor Kalu You see, if there's one advantage to having an Igbo man as our next President, it is that he will not leave the country's…

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Opinion: Nigerians and the culture of entitlement

by Christopher Akor Nigerians, on their part, developed an unhealthy feeling of entitlement and a culture of expectation from their government. They expect the government to provide jobs, roads,…

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Eko for show: Lagos is Nigeria’s richest state, while Sokoto is the poorest – NBS

by Rachel Ogbu Information obtained on the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) website reveals that Sokoto is the poorest state in Nigeia. According to reports, the northern state has 81.2 per cent poverty…

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Ohimai Amaize: Like it or not, we are all PDP (Y! Politico)

by Ohimai Godwin Amaize Is the PDP perfect? I do not think so. My argument is simply that there is a PDP in the best of us and a PDP…

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Abacha’s son, Abba, still on criminal trial in Switzerland – Swiss ambassador

Late Gen. Sani Abacha by Akan Ido Switzerland is battling hard to shake-off the image of the go-to country hiding looted funds. Several dictators, including Nigeria's former president, Sani Abacha…

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Sokoto governor wins ‘Thug governor of the year’… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola Farmers can simply log on to Facebook and update their status and profile pictures: "I just planted the cocoyam," "This cassava would be perfect for presidential cassava…

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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Occupy Nigeria: Are we better off today?

by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu We may be under the illusion that 2013 has started on a more proper note. We’ve made our resolutions and Mr. president has promised to surprise us…

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Simon Kolawole: This troubled Nigerian project

by Simon Kolawole ...the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party in power since 1999, does not seem to have an articulated vision. Even if there is a vision, the consistency…

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Terrorism: Nigerian security agencies get set to answer the JAMBS question

by Akan Ido The Nigerian security apparatus which, according to observers, have so far proved inadequate to protect the lives and property of citizens might soon be stretched thinner with…

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Dele Momodu: The president and his ten million farmers

by Dele Momodu Let’s take them one by one. Why is it assumed that of all problems facing Nigerian farmers, the most acute is treatable by merely buy mobile phones…

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Balotelli’s sister, Abigail Barwuah is expecting Obafemi Martins’ baby

by Akan Ido Rumours going the rounds that Abigail Barwuah, Mario Balotelli's sister is pregnant for Obafemi Martins appears true. Sources say the beautiful lady is already four months into…

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Opinion: Mobile phone farming, the Goodluck Jonathan miracle

by Abubakar S. Usman A local farmer Sadly, none of these is of concern to the government. What they are rather interested in are shot cuts that eventually leads to…

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Opinion: Phones-for-farmers is not a bad idea

by Moses Ojoawo You see how smart Nigerian leaders of the 21st century are, support them, worship them, fight for them. Honestly it’s high time our youth reduced talking about…

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4 Nigerians arrested in Venezuela for drug trafficking

by Chidi Okoye Venezuela arrested a group of suspected cocaine traffickers, among them four Nigerians, in what the Latin American country claims is further illustration of the importance of drug…

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13 Nigerian journalists killed in 2012

by Soji Lawal The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mohammed Garba, on Thursday disclosed that 13 Nigerian journalists were killed last year. Garba said that the journalists…

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Opinion: Is making New Year resolutions a dying culture?

by Uwa Odefa The situation could be different if we had "chosen" differently. Well, we still can. Let the past go with the old year. Today marks the beginning of…

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No more drivers licences or vehicle plate numbers through the backdoor – FRSC

The Lagos Sector Commander of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Nseobong Akpabio on Wednesday in Lagos said the era of obtaining drivers licences and vehicle plate numbers via the…

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Opinion: Nigeria where every problem is too hard to fix

by Gwynne Dyer But it is the Government that raises, trains and pays these security forces, and even in a continent where many countries have problems with the professionalism of…

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Just in: Kidnapped Gombe lawmaker freed

by Isi Esene Jalo Ganga, the member representing Gombe North constituency in Gombe State House of Assembly who waas abducted on Sunday has been released. The lawmaker was released Wednesday…

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Opinion: Supernatural transformation

by Abdullahi Aborode Say to them that all subsidy thieves including Otedollar will be brought behind bars because Go-slow is ready to act, tell them that the Naira will be…

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Nigeria’s N600 million debt at the UN ‘threatens’ our status and influence with the global body

Nigeria is owing the United Nations (UN) a grand total assessed contribution of $3,847,723 (about N600 billion). Seen as debts by the UN system accounting apparatus, mere irregularity of payments are…

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