Les Leba: Guess who is dollarising the economy

by Les Leba A stronger naira will shift market preference from the dollar and reduce the propensity for round tripping. Any patron of Bureau de Change may find that a difference of about N10 per dollar now exists between the official rates of N155 per dollar ex-Central Bank, and about N165/dollar in the open market. ... Read More

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October 1, 2013

53 years is not beans! YNaija.com has a special message for you on Independence Day (LOOK)

by Isi Esene Today marks a new chapter in Nigeria’s chequered history and its often difficult battle against the challenges of corruption, terrorism, inadequate infrastructure, insecurity and more. Nigerians have, however, refused to cowed by the challenges of everyday living, choosing instead to stand strong and firm in their resolve to its success story –... Read More

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September 30, 2013

‘Can someone please ask GEJ about Tonto Dikeh’s tattoo?’: Nigerians react to Jonathan’s media chat on Twitter (READ)

by Oge Okonkwo Following the shock gotten by Nigerians while listening to the answers President Goodluck Jonathan gave during the Presidential Media Chat with a group of journalists yesterday, September 29, the nation’s citizens took to twitter to express their views on the Media Chat with the president. [READ: #MediaChat: “I, as the president, don’t know if... Read More

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September 19, 2013

Five families qualify for maltina dance all grand finale (PHOTOS)

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The stage is now set for the epic dance battle that will showcase Nigeria’s best dancing families as the curtains fall on the Maltina Dance All (MDA) family dance television show season seven. The winning dance family will drive home a brand new car in addition to a cash prize of N6... Read More

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September 15, 2013

CANCELLED! Nigerians barred from applying for US visa lottery

by Oge Okonkwo The news is that Nigerians who are waiting to apply for the US visa lottery for 2015 are now barred form doing so due to the high influx of Nigerians in the last five years, over 17 countries were affected by the new development. Read the notice below: For more information ,... Read More

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September 15, 2013

DISTURBING VIDEO: This is how several emigrants die in the Sahara in a desperate search for greener pastures (Viewer Discretion)

by Oge Okonkwo This is a touching You Tube video showing African men, majorly Nigerians who have died while trying to travel abroad through illegal routes on foot in a desperate search for greener pastures. Most of these men shown in the video died while in the Sahara desert due to lack of food, water... Read More

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September 14, 2013

Opinion: PDP crisis – Why the ‘follow-follow’ syndrome must stop now

by Amenaghawon Joseph Idahosa The fiercely outspoken followers of PDP act like poorly informed religious persons who carry on with blind faith and are ready to do anything to protect their spaces of interests and influence. They are completely oblivious of the interests of the larger citizenry who are also closely watching their crazed actions,... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: A walkout and its politics of self-preservation (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe Nigerians are actually tired of the highly corrupt ‘biggest party in Africa’ but lack a coherent plan on how to flush them out. They seem to have developed a thick-skin to our abuses, criticism and threat of being voted out. The PDP and her drama has lived with us long enough for everyone... Read More

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September 11, 2013

SCAM: How Nigerian gang posted fake Harrods job adverts online to fleece £1 million from desperate job seekers

Fraudsters allegedly posted fake adverts for work at Harrods on a website as part of a £1 million scam to trick desperate job hunters of their savings, a court heard today. The Nigerian gang recruited a British computer whizzkid Tyrone Ellis to write ‘Trojan’ malware which were hidden in job application pack downloads posted on... Read More

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September 10, 2013

Tunisia deports 90 Nigerians including 2 infants

by Oge Okonkwo About 90 Nigerians have been deported from Tunisia, they arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Tuesday. According to the South West Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr. Iyiola Akande, the deportees arrived at about 12.32 am in Nouvel Air Airbus 320-214 with registration number 177Y. They were earlier scheduled to arrive Murtala Muhammed International... Read More

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September 9, 2013

Opinion: German elections and lessons for Nigeria

by Babangida Jibril Comparing my experience with the Nigerian elections, I will say the differences are clear, and maybe we Nigerians don’t want to practice what we learnt from others. Five years ago I was in Germany during the federal elections when Dr Angela Dorothea Merkel was elected for the second time as Chancellor or... Read More

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September 5, 2013

It begins: Dangote refinery to employ 8,000 engineers, create jobs for 85,000 Nigerians

by Oge Okonkwo The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, stated that about 8,000 engineers would be needed for an effective start of the nine- billion- dollar Dangote Refinery/Fertiliser plant located in Ondo. He made this statement while speaking to state house correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja, saying that the project would provide direct... Read More

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September 4, 2013

Opinion: An open letter to my pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo of COZA

by Akan Imoh I’m not in support of Pastors living reckless lives, but before we crucify Pastor Biodun, I want us to know that no one, and I repeat, no one is above sexual fall. As I tell my friends in church, ‘konji’ is not a respecter of anointing… Sex does not respect speaking in... Read More

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September 2, 2013

Elnathan John: Holy war and the return of Danbaba Suntai

by Elnathan John Listening to Suntai, I totally agree that he is fit for work and that his capacity to resume duties as Governor is not in doubt. The law does not say that a Governor must recognize the legislators in his state. Hell I don’t even recognize all my relatives. What has recognizing lawmakers... Read More

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August 29, 2013

Opinion: Nigerian Police – A force to reckon with

by Simon Christian Chukwu \ The unfortunate disparity in the take-home pay of the organs of government isn’t just peculiar to the traffic warders’ department, it spans throughout the Nigerian policing system. We expect so much from them with little or no motivation to work. IN my entire being, I have never seen a job... Read More

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August 23, 2013

Opinion: Femi Fani Kayode – A lost cause

by Airhunmwunde Matthew He is still souring and submerged in the mystery of his inability to vent what the moment requires. His slanderous attack on today’s men is distinct from the perception of other yesterday’s men. It is bewildering and almost appalling that Nigerians are baffled at the recent and unabated harangue by a putatively... Read More

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August 19, 2013

WATCH: Nigerians must go to hellfire for saying we’ve never had a true leader – OBJ

by Oge Okonkwo In the video below, former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, dared Nigerians who say that the country has never had a true leader in the last 50 years. Making this sarcastic remark, Obasanjo also added that Nigerians can as well go to hell if we cannot list one true leader. He stopped... Read More

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August 17, 2013

Opinion: Is the Nigerian economy deadlocked?

by Salim Salihu Muhammed No doubt, Nigeria is making progress in industrial growth, the absence of infrastructure to complement the concerted efforts of attracted investments is slowing down employment opportunities that abounds the ever increasing work force. Many countries over the world, including “third world countries” had had one plausible transformation stride or the other,... Read More

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August 17, 2013

Opinion: Memo to APC’s Bisi Akande – Your rhetoric isn’t helping your party

by Ekerete Udoh Mr. Chairman, I am afraid if you don’t begin to weave a beautiful narrative on a different governance model and reduce your personal attacks on the president, you may find out rather belatedly that Nigerians have already soured on your party and once they had defined you along certain lines, it would... Read More

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August 15, 2013

Opinion: Deportations, ethnic jingoism and political opportunism

by Is’haq Modibbo Kalu So almost on cue, the most chauvinistic vermin crawled out of the darkest crevice of ethnic jingoism. The action of the Lagos administration became elasticized into a demonstration of the hatred that the Yoruba had always allegedly had for the Igbo. I THINK Femi Falana’s well-argued piece on the on-going hysteria in... Read More

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August 14, 2013

40 million Nigerians are jobless – Christopher Kolade

About 40 million Nigerians translating to 23.9 per cent are unemployed, Chairman, Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) Dr. Christopher Kolade has said. He spoke yesterday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital at a sensitisation forum for firms in the state. Quoting the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), he added that one of the challenges of graduate unemployment... Read More

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August 13, 2013

Opinion: The ‘sins’ of the Nigerian elite

by John Amoda He said the inequalities in Nigeria are such that “the wealthy live like prisoners—the rest of the society resents them. And that brings me to the topic of discussion today- the grave mistake our elite makes when they think it fun owning mansions and private jets, at our expense, in the face... Read More

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August 11, 2013

Henry Okelue: 8 things to ponder as 2015 draws near

by Henry Okelue Fellow Nigerians… You are innately smart. Let politicians tell us how they will improve our lives when we vote them in, not how Okoro is a threat to Adamu & Babatunde. Let us demand that every time. Compatriots, lets us for a second ponder on these: 1. The single biggest reason why... Read More

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August 10, 2013

Elnathan John: New parties and free elections in 2015

by Elnathan John It is also encouraging seeing the names showing up on the APC train: IBB, Ahmed ‘13’ Yerima, Tom Ikimi, Femi Fani-Kayode. I like how APC is like religion – a forgiving place for ex-sinners. In this case ex-PDP, an Association of PDP Converts. Politicians are like monkeys. The higher they climb, the... Read More

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August 4, 2013

Opinion: Saving the Catholic Church from Nigerians

by Erwin Ofili We must all act now to prevent the same disease that has afflicted the Nigerian government from infecting the Church. We must save Nigeria and the Church from Nigerians. For a long time, the Catholic Church has had to fight forces of division within the members. In the selection of the Pope,... Read More

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August 1, 2013

Opinion: Nigerian politicians and the trust factor

by Adefenwa Adeshina The youths need people we can trust not those screaming for change when all they really want is a chance to loot their share of the national treasure, we’ve seen many partisan activists cloaking their selfish interests under the auspices of change movement just to realise their ambitions. The ruling party has... Read More

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July 23, 2013

Opinion: A brief legal perusal of the child marriage campaign

by Oluwatosin Falaiye I believe a large part of the raging debate lies is who exactly the law would construe to be a woman as stipulated in Section 29 (4) (b). Nigerians generally have an uncanny ability to make light of any kind of situation, be it perilous, flimsy or even inconsequential. Our capacity to... Read More

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June 17, 2013

Opinion: 2015 – A battle between Nigerians and the PDP

by Abubakar Usman Sadly, folks from the northern part of the country have not been any different in such uncouth remarks. Northern groups and individuals have also joined their counterparts in the Niger Delta to say that the presidency must return to the north. In the past few weeks, some notable and not so notable Nigerians... Read More

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June 12, 2013

Boko Haram crisis: 6,000 flee to Niger, Nigerians living under trees – UNHCR report

by Rachel Ogbu About 6,000 people including the elderly, women and children have been reported displaced following the military onslaught against members of Islamist militant sects, Boko Haram and the al Qaeda-linked Ansaru. More Nigerians have fled to Niger Republic to flee their war torn homes. In a new report presented in New York, United States... Read More

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June 10, 2013

Nigerians are not amused – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze I think that the time has long since passed for you [Bash Ali] to accept your age and go and play with your grandchildren. Depending on whom you listen to, life in Nigeria is hard. But again, most Nigerians would agree that in our national capital, Abuja, the hardness is relatively benign.... Read More

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