The United Kingdom’s Daily Mirror relives 90 of the gaffes of the monarchy’s Prince Philip, famous for saying exactly what he thinks, as he turns 90. Enjoy it! 1 After being told that Madonna was singing the Die Another Day theme in 2002: “Are we going to need ear plugs?” 2 To a car park... Read More
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by Lekan Olanrewaju As former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari raised alarm over President Goodluck Jonathan’s alleged plan to arrest and hang him, his party has once again come to his defence, this time daring the President to, to put it one way, ‘do his worst’. Commenting on the drama yesterday, close political associate... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju The Financial Times recently launched a series titled 12 days in West Africa, which will detail reports of the editors travels through the region, “through Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone, from the oil-contaminated Niger delta to teeming Lagos and a new rice farm project on Ghana’s Volta river“. The first installment in the... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju “What God is he talking about?” Responses like that quote constituted the majority of the public reaction towards ex President Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement about God giving him a third term in office, if he wanted one. Regardless of whether anyone believes God has such a soft spot for the now farmer, one thing... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo As we reported on Friday, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo had claimed, in an exclusive interview with Channels Television, that he had never instructed anyone, including his Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Florence Ita-Giwa to lobby for tenure elongation; adding that if he wanted such, he would have gotten it as God.”... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken out denying allegations that he was responsible for the proposed third term agenda, and blamed the National Assembly, claiming they initiated it. Still flogging that poor horse, the ex-president said an exclusive interview with Channels Television: “Third term was one out of over a hundred clauses that... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Former president Olusegun Obasanjo and informal Nigerian ambassador has resigned his position as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Below is text of a statement signed by him and addressed to the chairman of the party: “I have formally sent in my letter of resignation as the... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju “We had ‘amala’ and vegetable soup with hot pepper in Abiola’s house.” In a new interview with The Sun, former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has spoken out against former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as somebody who “has learnt the... Read More
by Chi Ibe “…the causes are inexcusable, as they depict a failure of the Nigerian system.” On 11 March, 2012, YNaija published an article from one of our Frontpage columnists, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. His article talked about the catatonic state of our health system and the reaction generated from the article was immense. Following this article, Idris Bells published another... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed the food insecurity in Africa on the lack of continuity of agricultural policies and programmes by successive governments. Speaking on Saturday at a forum in Abeokuta organised by the Centre for Human Security (CHS) and Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) on “Best practices in fostering food security in Africa’’,... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju From soundoffs on gay rights and homophobia in Nigeria to criticism of the current administration, check out the top ten tweets from yesterday. @ogundamisi: Lagos among 10 most popular destinations 4 Europeans. Not Lagos, Nigeria o! It’s the other Lagos. E lo wo google. @Joan_Rivers: My God, Snooki is pregnant! Even Rick... Read More
by Efosa Aiyevbomwan Every day my people dey inside bus Forty-nine sitting, ninety-nine standing Them go pack themselves in like sardine Them dey faint, them dey wake like cock -Fela Anikulapo-Kuti The Nigerian railway system exemplifies the pathetic state of the nation’s infrastructure and transportation system. I boarded a train from Iddo, Ebute Metta to... Read More
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