Tag: Nigerian politics

March 6, 2014

Alkasim Abdulkadir: Benue – Sewing the seams on these pockets of violence (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir In a nation already struggling to feed itself and reduce dependency on food imports, the crisis faced by farmers in Benue State is in no way a good…

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March 6, 2014

Why Bolaji Abdullahi was sacked

by 'Jola Sotubo The sudden sack of the Nigerian Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, has continued to cause aftershocks around the country. [READ: BREAKING: Jonathan sacks sports minister, Bolaji Abdullahi…

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March 4, 2014

Femi Aribisala: Nigeria cannot survive without the Igbos

by Femi Aribisala Even the bitterest adversaries of the Igbo cannot but admit that, as a people, they are very resourceful and ingenious.  Indeed, this has often been the cause…

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March 4, 2014

Lawmaker stabbed to death by unknown gunmen in Rivers

by Akan Ido Sotonye Melford Georgewill, a serving member of the Legislative Assembly in Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers State was on Sunday night killed by unknown gunmen along Accra…

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March 4, 2014

Japheth Omojuwa: Why the Nigerian Presidency must address this Wendell Simlin scandal

by Japheth Omojuwa Reno Omokri remains officially a staff of the presidency and the presidency must take absolute responsibility for his indiscretions. This is not just your everyday indiscretion; this…

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March 4, 2014

Feyi Fawehinmi: How Wendell Simlin was unmasked

by Feyi Fawehinmi But it’s important to make the point that just because you remain in your job and you can keep quiet about the matter, presumably till it dies…

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March 2, 2014

British man pleads for gay Ugandan partner after their SEX tape is leaked (PICTURED)

by Adeola Balogun The crackdown on homosexuals in Uganda has continued to attract attention around the country with the list of the country's most popular gays being published in a…

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February 27, 2014

YNaija Editorial: Sanusi made things messy, but his removal is not acceptable

by Our Editors The federal government based its decision to suspend the governor on the damning report by the little-known agency called the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria. While announcing…

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February 26, 2014

Opinion: Why Pres. Jonathan must protect Gov. Shettima

by Zainab Suleiman Okino With Sanusi and other examples, Governor Shettima’s criticism of the government’s handling of the Boko Haram insurgents’ renewed boldness and wanton killing in the North East…

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January 17, 2014

Opinion: Why Jonathan will lose this war against Amaechi

by Nasiru Suwaid Descriptively, what I was specifically interested on is the group that does the overturning and pinning of the opponent on the ground, but most importantly, could the…

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May 24, 2013

Opinion: Going berserk in Governor Kwankwaso’s Kano

By Gimba Kakanda .....Should Dantala, a farmer, be charged for the theft of, say, his Fulani tribesman Bamanga Tukur's son in the list? Should Adewale, a vulcaniser, be charged for…

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November 24, 2012

Temie Giwa: The Nigerian political opposition’s poison (YNaija FrontPage)

The opposition’s strategy is to steal the Sout-West and the North from PDP by presenting a northern favorite through CPC and a South-Western winner through the ACN. The plan seems…

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March 24, 2012

This is madness! Group insists Governor Aregbesola should take psychiatric test

Governor Aregbesola by Chi Ibe In line with their mandate to promote good governance, principles of equality, adherence to the rule of law and all the tenets of democracy, the…

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