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November 27, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Cutting the fat in our politics (YNaija FrontPage)

…we don’t have to settle for the mediocre compromise that most of Nigeria’s mainstream political parties represent. Last week, we talked about the concept of lean startups and what would happen if we applied lean thinking to our politics. This week, I would like to specifically explore the concept of a lean political party. I... Read More

barack obama, Democrats, election, iyinoluwa aboyeji, nigeria, PDP, Republicans, YNaija Frontpage

November 27, 2012

Death toll rises in Jaji terrorist attack

by Isi Esene More people have reportedly died as a result of the explosion which occurred last Sunday at the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church located within the premises of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, AFCSC, Jaji, Kaduna State. This bit of information was disclosed by the commandant of the College, Air Vice Marshal... Read More

AFCSC, boko haram, Ibrahim Abdullahi Kure, Insecurity, Jaji, kaduna, nigeria, patrick yakowa, terrorism

November 26, 2012

Churches, Mosques, other non-for-profits to render accounts from 2013 – Financial Reporting Council

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said it had designed an accounting system for churches, mosques and other not-for-profit organisations, adding that it will compel them to report their financial transactions periodically from January 2013. Executive secretary/chief executive officer, FRC, Mr. Jim Osayande Obazee, who said this in a keynote address presented at the 2012 annual... Read More

Account, churches, Featured, Jim Osayande Obazee, MOSQUES, News, nigeria

November 26, 2012

Mover and Shaker: Okonjo-Iweala makes The Economist’s cover (SNAPSHOT)

by Akan Ido Along with other notable personalities like the German chancellor, Angela Merkel and Chinese Communist Party leader, Xi Jinping, The Economist presents Ngozi Okojo-Iweala, Nigeria’s minister of finance and coordinator of the economy to be one of the movers and shakers of the world in 2013. The magazine has never hidden its admiration... Read More

Abuja, angela merkel, China, cover, Iron Lady, ngozi okonjo iweala, nigeria, the economist, World Bank

November 25, 2012

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: (In)security (YNaija Frontpage)

I keep trying to have faith in our security operatives but they never help their case. If I were to get N50, for every time government and security agencies in this country have said the words; “Nigerians have been advised to go about their normal duties as security operatives are on top of the situation”;... Read More

Amnesty, enugu, Forbes Africa, Goodluck Jonathan, Insecurity, Kidnapping, Niger Delta, nigeria, police

November 24, 2012

Emeh Achanga: A world where light-skinned ladies rule (Y! Superblogger)

Men have been fine-tuned to believe a light complexion woman is more attractive or beautiful… I received a Blackberry broadcast and it read “Limited vacancies in a reputable communication firm for beautiful ladies between 20 -26, a degree in any arts discipline, fluent, tall, MUST be light-skinned.” Light-skinned?! When did skin color become a per-requisite... Read More

Acting, advertizing, Emeh Achanga, Lil Wayne, Neyo, nigeria, skin-bleaching, Television, Tyrese, Video, WHO, Y! Superblogger

November 24, 2012

Dele Momodu: Time to build a modern Nigeria (Part IV)

I have watched, and listened to, our President. He speaks like someone who really wants to succeed but lacks the courage to fight the cankerworm that made others before him to fail. Fellow Nigerians, please permit me to thank all those who have responded to this serialised analysis of what we need to do as... Read More

babatunde Fashola, Dele Momodu, development, Goodluck Jonathan, lagos state, Legislators, national assembly, nigeria

November 24, 2012

Opinion: Constitutional amendment – A case of the ruling class and the rest of us

by Theophilus Ilevbare The cancerous plague of the hydra-headed nature of sleaze that has brought the nation to its sorry state requires a more decisive and deft approach to solve the catalogue of unresolved scams. Reports says certain proposals to the ongoing Constitution review, to redress the flaws inherent in the 1999 constitution handed down... Read More

anambra, boko haram, Chris Ngige, Constitution amendment, culture, economy, Kenya, nigeria

November 24, 2012

Opinion: The Gaza we know lies within

by Ejike Alphonsus Kanife Of course we understand that out of fear of both Boko Haram and the JTF, citizens in Maiduguri, Potiskum et al dare not be seen talking to the media, but what then is the use of the Internet if not for circumstances like this? I’d have loved to say funny how... Read More

al jazeera, cnn, damaturu, Gaza, journalism, maiduguri, Mubi, nigeria, Potiskum

November 24, 2012

Udi Okoh: Our love for country has gone cold (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Think of Nigeria as a house, a very big one. A mansion in fact, and while we, the youths are in the kitchen preparing our future dinners; our leaders are setting the dinning tables on fire. There’ll be no place to eat. LOVE – ‘For Love is Extensionality; seeing Everything as You, & You as... Read More

30 days 30 voices, Love, nigeria, Politics, Udi Okoh

November 24, 2012

Nigerian nanny gets jailed 80 years over Texas child-care death

A Nigeria-American woman convicted over the death of a toddler in a fire in her home child-care centre has been sentenced to 80 years in prison. Four children died and three others were injured when a fire broke out after Jessica Tata left them alone to go shopping. Investigators said the blaze began when a... Read More

jail, Jessica Tata, nanny, nigeria, parole, Texas

November 23, 2012

#WeShouldCry: Nigeria is worst place to be born in 2013, while Singapore is the best

by Rachel Ogbu What country will be the best for a baby born in 2013? A new finding suggests it’s definitely not Nigeria. In fact Nigeria will be the worst place to be born in 2013. Singapore is ranked among the top ten places to enter the world. The city-state comes in at sixth place in the Economist... Read More

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November 23, 2012

Opinion: Nigerian gays: Victims of ‘scapegoatism’

by Joseph Sewedo Akoro Nigerian oil is a curse in disguise for promoter of LGBT rights. I say this because countries like the U.S. and France will not sacrifice the Nigerian oil for homosexual issues. Nigeria homosexuals are unfortunately victims of ‘scapegoatism’ in their own country. The legislators who have suffered lot of bashing on... Read More

America, corruption, domestic terrorism, France, fuel subsidy, Gay bill, human rights, Legislators, LGBT, nigeria, senate

November 23, 2012

Rambling: EFCC chairman attempts to explain why corrupt govt officials go free

by Akan Ido Ibrahim Lamorde, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday lamented the challenges faced by the commission in its efforts to bring perceived high calibre criminals to justice. He said this while defending the commission’s budget before the Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, and Financial Crime. This year alone,... Read More

corruption, EFCC, Fraud, Ibrahim Lamorde, nigeria, senate

November 22, 2012

Opemipo Adebanjo: Why this generation won’t change Nigeria (Y! Superblogger)

Religion is one of the reasons Nigerians continue to pray and do nothing. Even God won’t do for us, what we can do for ourselves. Religion is the bane of our cohesion as a nation. I am crossing the River Niger, with nothing to do but sleep again; the raging political discussion in the bus... Read More

Change, development, ethnicity, hypocricy, nigeria, Opemipo Adebanjo, tribalism, Y! Superblogger

November 21, 2012

Preparing for job aptitude tests? 360jobtest is the mobile app you need

by Isi Esene Every year, over half a million university graduates take their chances at blue-chip companies in Nigeria. Majority of these companies subject graduates to job aptitude tests which gauge their quantitative, verbal, data interpretation and spatial reasoning skills during their first or second-stage screening process. Feedback from recruiting leads in many of these... Read More

360jobtest, aptitude test, employment, Job, Jobberman, nigeria, Opeyemi Awoyemi, Youngsoul Ltd.

November 21, 2012

Japheth Omojuwa: Activists and active citizens: A new order (YNaija FrontPage)

When I get referred to as an activist and I remember the stories of the real heroes of our democracy, I apologize to their memory because I am not worthy of lacing their shoes in the park of activism. You would think it was all about the progress of our land and the enrichment of... Read More

activist, civil rule, democracy, government, japheth omojuwa, nigeria, YNaija Frontpage

November 20, 2012

Opinion: What is Nigeria worth beyond oil and gas?

by Niyi Akinnaso Today, virtually every branch of government has showcased more cases of corruption and grandstanding than substantive achievements. There are two approaches to this question. Those who focus on Nigeria’s potential and, therefore, see Nigeria’s glass as only half full, will tell you that the country remains a “great” one (a self-delusion that... Read More

corruption, nigeria, Oil and Gas, olusegun obasanjo, Umar Musa Yar'Adua, Underdevelopment

November 20, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The lean startup (YNaija FrontPage)

Much of the rest of the country is already resigned to the revolving door of illegitimate, corrupt and inept public officials that turn up to claim their mandate every election. It’s a start, a work of art To revolutionize make a change nothing’s strange – Public Enemy (Fight the Power) Of recent, I... Read More

acn, development, Eric Ries, iyinoluwa aboyeji, nigeria, PDP, Politics, Silicon Valley, The Lean Startup

November 19, 2012

Something New: Lola Rae unveils debut singles – ‘High’ ft. Bridge (L.O.S) & ‘Watch My Ting Go’

by Isi Esene Introducing 21-year old British Nigerian singer, songwriter and rising pop star Lola Rae – real name Rachel Funmilola Garton – with her debut singles, the sultry smooth ‘High (Wanting More)’ which features Bridge from L.O.S, and the massive Afrobeats club banger ‘Watch My Ting Go‘. After impressing Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got... Read More

'High', Lola Rae, Music, nigeria, P2J, R&B, Rachel Funmilola Garton, Simon Cowel, Watch My Ting Go

November 19, 2012

Opinion: Green, white, hoax

by Oluwafunmilayo Oyatogun Nigeria’s size in people or gross GDP will not be sufficient for her to retain the title of ‘Giant of Africa’. Right now, she is dangling from the thin rope that separates giant from Agbaya. Nigeria, in recent history, has become a callous imitator: of so-called democracy, of so-called enlightenment and of... Read More

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November 19, 2012

You’re a hypocrite: President Jonathan’s special assistant goes on the offensive against El Rufai on Twitter

by Akan Ido The social media cold-war between the special assistant to the president, Reno Omokri, and the former FCT minister, Nasir el-Rufai, is getting a little more intense as Omokri during the weekend took it to the next level. He fired a number of tweets specifically directed at El Rufai casting doubts on his... Read More

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November 18, 2012

Yeah right: “My music career brought me to Nigeria” – Kenyan rapper, Prezzo (WATCH)

by Akan Ido Kenyan rapper, Prezzo, recently appeared on ChannelsTV revealing plans to make Nigeria his home citing the level of development of the Nigerian music scene as his motivation. He said, “My purpose of visiting Nigeria is to broaden my musical career and work with a couple of producers here.” We, however, don’t know... Read More

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November 18, 2012

How to do an oil deal in Nigeria: A tale of middlemen and millions

by Steve LeVine There are always are middlemen, multi-million-dollar fees, meetings in luxury European hotels, and hijinx, because at least one of the parties is usually rough around the edges. Suppose you want to do an oil deal—a colossal one—in Nigeria. One person you might think of engaging is a Russian middleman named Ednan Agaev,... Read More

Daniel Etete, Ednan Agaev, Eni, Federal Government, Mohammed Abacha, Mohammed Adoke, New York Supreme Court, nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, Sani Abacha, Shell petroleum

November 17, 2012

Dele Momodu: Time to build a modern Nigeria

And Nigerians are not even demanding. They’ve been used to seeing leaders do nothing that they’ll be ready to hero-worship the man who tries to scratch the surface of our dire needs. Fellow Nigerians, the time has come to confront the biggest ailment afflicting Nigeria, and Nigerians, head on. Let me start with my thesis... Read More

Dele Momodu, development, Goodluck Jonathan, infrastructure, nigeria, productivity

November 17, 2012

Ken Wiwa reviews Chinua Achebe’s ‘There was a country’

by Ken Wiwa “…I had to be careful about the way I handled someone else’s words or opinions… Even when there was strong disagreement, one had to remember to be discordant with respect.” Early in this long-awaited memoir of the Nigerian Civil War, Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s most famous and respected writer, recalls a conversation between... Read More

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November 17, 2012

Temie Giwa: On self government (YNaija FrontPage)

America has its problems, many of them major and possibly fatal, however its democracy seems to work most of the time and when it doesn’t, it self corrects. So why is Nigeria so different? Would you consider that you are as responsible for the state of this country as anyone else is? Or does that... Read More

America, democracy, nigeria, nuhu ribadu, self-government, Temie Giwa-Tubosun, YNaija Frontpage

November 16, 2012

Femke becomes Funke: Oyinbo’s dictionary to Nigerian English

I am talking about the English Nigerians speak, sometimes hard to understand for foreigners who are not used to the particular Nigerian intonation, but simply beautiful with all its idiosyncrasies and creativities. This is long overdue, in fact, it is almost too late. As I was starting to write up this list of typical Nigerian... Read More

africa magic, baby mama, nigeria, Ojuelegba, okada, PHCN, pidgin, Wahala

November 15, 2012

Temidayo Abudu: What’s your niche? (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Last summer, right out of university, I was thrown into what most people call ‘the real world’. I was now a 21 year old graduate that had to know what the next step was. To be honest, I was very vague about what I wanted to be when I grew up. I knew I had... Read More

dreams, graduates, Job Search, nigeria, opportunity, skills, Temidayo Abudu, unemployment

November 15, 2012

TICKER: #WeShouldWorry: 6 million Nigerians suffer from diabetes

No fewer than six million Nigerians are estimated to be living with diabetes just as the disease is expected to account for 52 percent of deaths in the country by 2015. Brand Development Manager of DeeDoo Nigeria, Erdoo Apeh, revealed this while briefing newsmen as part of the organisation’s activities to mark 2012 World Diabetes... Read More

diabetes, Health, nigeria

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