nigeria

September 14, 2017

The Thread: These are the problems with Buhari’s Python Dance

TwitterNG has been quite noisy the past couple of days. The conversation moved from Mr Eazi’s naive pompousness to Buhari’s Python Dance in the South East. That dance saw soldiers unleashing terror on IPOB members, forcing them to drink muddy water etc. TwitterNG’s military analyst is asking the FG questions about its game plan for... Read More

Military action, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Politics, python dance, secession, The Thread

September 14, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: This is what Wole Soyinka has been fighting for

by Pius Adesanmi Wole Soyinka’s work as a teacher of his nation and people in the last seven decades can be summed up in one word: transcendence. His entire envisioning of Nigeria – for which he has suffered persecution, deprivation, abuse, insults and other unspeakable forms of punishment – is reducible to transcendence. The... Read More

Justice, nationhood, nigeria, opinion, Pius Adesanmi, Wole Soyinka

Nnamdi Kanu

September 14, 2017

An open letter to Nnamdi Kanu: Nigeria is already burning

by Okoye Chinekwu Paul “If I’m re-arrested, this country will burn, I assure you”. That was Nnamdi Kanu’s statement during an exclusive interview with Okey Sampson of The sun newspaper, published on Sept 2, 2017. I have always had a soft spot for Biafra and what it stands for. Having learnt all about the Nigerian... Read More

Hate Speeches, IPOB, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, opinion, political unrest, secession

September 14, 2017

Insiders: “Mr Eazi is a Lagos boy who went to Ghana for a few years and now thinks he’s heir apparent”

Mr Eazi’s music may be a popular favourite among the Nigerian audience but the man himself has stepped on toes so many times that it might now be hard for him to convince his teeming fan base to maintain their loyalty. We don’t know if it’s a loose mouth, a false sense of importance or... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

Capital XTRA, Ghana, Ghanaian vibe, Insiders, Mr Eazi, nigeria, sound

September 14, 2017

Opinion: Disunited, the Yoruba nation will crumble

by Bayo Oluwasanmi These are heady days for Yoruba unity. The Yoruba Summit,which held last week in Ibadan, represents a milestone in the way forward to extricate ourselves from the political sinking ship of Nigeria. Though the communique issued at the end of the summit didn’t call for outright separation of Yoruba from... Read More

Afenifere, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Yoruba summit

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

September 14, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: 2019 and the Abuja Python Dance

by Olusegun Adeniyi It was not enough for the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Aisha Alhassan, to say that she has pitched her political tent with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election race that has, for all practical purposes, been declared open; she also had to rub it in that... Read More

2019 Elections, Buhari, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion, Politics, python dance

September 13, 2017

Nigeria: The animal kingdom of the Lion king with Pythons that dance

by Alexander O. Onukwue There is more than one way to understand the intention behind the current operation of the Nigeria Army in the South East. Coming at a time of apparently increased agitations led by Nnamdi Kanu’s IPOB, it has been widely interpreted as a means to cower them into holding their lips and... Read More

Story of the day

Lion King, nigeria, Nigerian Army, python dance, South Eadt

September 13, 2017

The Thread: This is why Doctors are on strike

It’s still strike season in Nigeria. At last count, ASUU, Doctors and now health workers have embarked on (or will begin) strike actions. In other words, our education and health sectors have been effectively crippled. Some persons have criticized the use of strike actions to get the Federal Government to listen the the grieving bodies... Read More

Buhari, Doctors, nigeria, strike actions, The Thread

September 13, 2017

Gbenga Odunsi: FCT civil servants reject NBS report on recession

By Gbenga Odunsi For days, Gbenga Odunsi, a journalist, toured five of the federal ministries in Abuja, spending time with civil servants over the NBS report that Nigeria is officially out of recession. His findings show that majority of the civil servants do not believe the report- Nigerians wants to feel the NBS statistics... Read More

citizenship, economy, nigeria, recession, report, standard of living

September 13, 2017

Opinion: The Yoruba political advance and Afenifere’s sabotage

by Dele Awogbeoba The Yoruba have come a long way since the days of Goodluck Jonathan. Goodluck Jonathan’s government was without a doubt Nigeria’s most anti-Yoruba government ever surpassing even Abacha’s government in giving effect to a most egregious anti Yoruba agenda. Afenifere, that group of self appointed leaders with no political followership... Read More

Afenifere, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Yorubas

September 13, 2017

The Thread: “Nnamdi Kanu does not care if you die” | A warning to all Igbos in Nigeria

With Buhari’s return, military action in the South East has been stepped up. Remember Operation Python Dance launched by the Military last Christmas? It’s back with renewed vengeance, it would seem; the first port of call being Nnamdi Kanu’s house and the office of Nigerian Union of Journalists in Umuahia, where soldiers reportedly destroyed properties... Read More

Buhari, igbos, IPOB, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Operation Python Dance, secession

September 13, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: Nnamdi Kanu, your victory is sure

by Femi Fani-Kayode To the Lion of the East, my friend and brother Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, I have the following to say. They attacked your home and raided your community with their soldiers. They sought to crush your body, spirit and soul, to break you and to kill the gallant and fighting spirit... Read More

Buhari, Femi Fani-Kayode, Military vs Civilians, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, opinion

Election

September 13, 2017

Reuben Abati: Dear President Buhari, what about these unseen threats to your presidency?

by Reuben Abati Mama Taraba is Senator Aisha Alhassan, the current Minister of Women Affairs in the Muhammadu Buhari cabinet, and arguably the most influential female politician in Taraba state today. She did something shocking and unusual in Nigerian politics during the last Eid-el-Kabir holidays. While paying homage to former Vice President Alhaji Atiku... Read More

Aisha Alhassan, Atiku, Mama Taraba, nigeria, opinion, Politics, president buhari, reuben abati, Saraki, Senator Shehu Sani

September 13, 2017

Nigeria’s oil will no longer be profitable in a few years – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said Nigeria’s crude oil will no longer be highly useful in the future. He spoke during the Second National Council on Niger Delta, NCND, meeting held in Akure. He said, “Many countries are getting alternatives to oil, the development which would make the resource unprofitable in a few years.” Osinbajo... Read More

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September 12, 2017

YNaija Editorial: Forget Buhari and Nnamdi Kanu, remember there’s only one thing that matters

There’s a chance that you have noticed – amidst everything else that has been happening – that we have been a little bit aloof. And it must be understandable to you. Think about it. Hurricanes, floods, time travel (and not the Elon Musk kind) back to a past filled with avoidable mistakes and a looming... Read More

Thinking Through

2019, Atiku, Buhari, IPOB, Jummai Alhassan, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, YNaija Editorial

September 12, 2017

If given the opportunity, I will fight corruption like never before – Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he would fight corruption heavily, if given the opportunity to lead Nigeria. Atiku said this during a facility tour of the new ultra-modern Yaliam Press Limited in Jabi area of Abuja on Monday. “I would fight corruption like never before if he is given the opportunity to preside... Read More

atiku abubakar, corruption, fight, nigeria, opportunity, wealth

September 11, 2017

Poetry: Beneath the rubble

by Cyril James Awake, you dying eagle. Awake to your long lost pride; To the tide of foreign waters. Look back in time When your virgin charms, as a Bait, the distant climes called. Look forward into the future And match untrammelled into Peace and glory unspeakable. Inhale not this strange air ___ It... Read More

nigeria, opinion, Poetry, the future

September 11, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: The Nigerian Military’s invasion of Nnamdi Kanu’s house is foolish

by Pius Adesanmi Umuahia. They said. We said. Who is right? Who is wrong? That has never been and will never be the issue for me. The issue for me is this utterly reprehensible idea of the military and their tanks in civilian spaces. I have written about it in English. I have written about... Read More

education, Leadership, Military force, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, opinion, Pius Adesanmi, secession

September 11, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: 2019 elections in September 2017 — Nigeria now in political recession

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo A blind man who only listens to radio must be thinking this is September 2018 rather than September 2017. It is still two long years before the 2019 presidential election but the distraction of that election was so palpable last week. Aisha Alhassan, Minister for Women Affairs, sparked off the latest... Read More

2019 Elections, Aisha Alhassan, Atiku, Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Osinbajo, Politics, recession

September 11, 2017

Nigeria is stagnant, no development is going on – Wike

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has said Nigeria is a stagnant and underdeveloped country. Wike said this during the special thanksgiving service for the PDP candidates of the Rivers South-East Senatorial District on Sunday at the All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Bori, Khana Local Government Area. He called on the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to address... Read More

corruption, nigeria, Nyesom Wike, President Muhammadu Buhari, Stagnant, undrrdeveloped

September 10, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: Julius Berger is not to blame for Nigeria’s bad roads

by Pius Adesanmi Fazebuuk Yeyebrity and Mitterand Okorie, speaking of Julius Berger, you dis my pikins never see anything. About ten years ago or so, I wrote a stinging op-ed blasting Julius Berger. I had gone for a lecture in Abuja and noticed how Julius Berger was ferrying her Nigerian workers: in dangerous makeshift containers... Read More

corruption, Engineering, Governance, Julius Berger, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Underdevelopment

September 10, 2017

[The Church Blog] ICYMI: Bishop TD Jakes is a Nigerian; Igbo to be precise

That was not a click bait. It’s as true as it is sounds. You can also imagine our shock when we also heard about it. The last time we received a national shock of this sort was when Kirk Franklin publicly announced his affiliation with Nigeria at the Fearless Concert when he stated that his... Read More

nigeria, TD Jakes, The Church Blog

September 10, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Of course, Nigeria is highly negotiable

by Simon Kolawole Where do you stand in this ongoing debate on the state of the Nigerian union? I have so far identified four lines of thought (1) pro-status quo (2) pro-restructuring (3) pro-balkanization and (4) “siddon look”. The first group thinks there is nothing to change, the second thinks there is something to change,... Read More

Constitution, nigeria, opinion, politcs, restructuring, simon kolawole

September 9, 2017

The Thread: The hypocrisy of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs

Articles have been written, Twitter threads have been spun about the injustice meted out by the Federal Government to the Islamic sect, Shiites. In fact, calls are still being made to the FG to release their leader, El Zakzaky, who still remains incarcerated despite a court order to the contrary. Based on these antecedents, Nicholas... Read More

El-Zakzaky, islam, nigeria, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Religion, Shi'ites, Sultan, The Thread

September 9, 2017

The Thread: All Nigeria’s best Governors are in her past

It’s not yet election season, but it sure feels like it, what with Political Twitter Nigeria blowing up over the possibility of Atiku emerging as President. In the spirit of the season, foremost military analyst @beegeaglesblog decided to take on the individuals currently occupying the position of governor in Nigeria today. He put them side... Read More

Death of servant-leaders, Gov Okilo, Governor Jakande, Governor Mbakwe, nigeria, Politics, second republic, The Thread

September 9, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: Warning to Nigerian Parents

by Pius Adesanmi There is a certain Nigerian demographic that is being raised by my generation. All of a sudden, the kids of many of my course mates in the University are now undergraduates. My generation is raising Nigerians in the 17 – 25 year-old bracket. Millennials. I have called them the orphaned generation because... Read More

Collapse of excellence, nigeria, opinion, parenting, Pius Adesanmi, role models

September 9, 2017

Opinion: A reality check on Nigeria’s Health Insurance Scheme

by M. M. Alhaji Access to quality healthcare is one of the fundamental human rights listed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Nigeria, being a signatory and member of the WHO, is thus bound to provide its citizens quality healthcare. Consequently, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established in 2004 with the mandate of ensuring... Read More

funding, Governance, Health insurance, nigeria, opinion, policy

September 9, 2017

Dele Momodu: The hurdles Nigeria’s youth must cross by 2019

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, please, permit me to enlarge this subject as much as possible. Nothing is more crucial than getting the leadership of Nigeria right, as quickly as possible. Many have asked me certain questions, after reading my recent articles, which I intend to answer, in this epistle to my fellow citizens. Why... Read More

2019 Elections, Dele Momodu, nigeria, opinion, Politics

September 8, 2017

The Thread: This is the curse of Nigeria’s leaders

There was a major riot over Atiku on Twitter yesterday, after Aisha Alhassan, Buhari’s Minister of Women’s Affairs, was outed for endorsing Atiku come 2019. Feyi Fawehinmi, Cheta Nwanze, Mark Essien and foremost voices on Political Twitter NG went head to head. It was quite the drama. We were well aware the conversation wasn’t going... Read More

Buhari, Chude Jideonwo, Governance, Leadership, nigeria, Politics, Saraki, The Thread

September 8, 2017

Stop attempting to politicise Nigeria’s exit from recession – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said the standards of living of Nigerians will improve as the country exited recession. Mohammed said this on Friday in Abuja when he received Broadcast Media Editors in his office. The minister explained that “an economy that is just coming out of recession is like a man... Read More

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