Tag: Obasanjo

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EditorMarch 1, 2017

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why I am an entrepreneur in the business of nation building (2)

by Chude Jideonwo Then there is the long-term advantage – and this is the more important one for the future ...

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RoqeebahFebruary 28, 2017

Is it time to let Obasanjo off the hook for his ‘giving us’ Yar’Adua?

If you haven’t yet noticed, you should. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is back on the scene and he’s been giving ...

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RoqeebahFebruary 28, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 28th of February

Read the full stories and analyses here, here and here now! RoqeebahCreative mind. Enthusiast. Learner. Multipotentialite. And here, an assistant ...

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Op-ed EditorFebruary 27, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: I didn’t belong to a BMC-like group Under Obasanjo

by Farooq Kperogi I usually ignore cheap, easily falsifiable smears against me by BMC minions. But I’ve chosen to suspend ...

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RoqeebahFebruary 27, 2017

We have your receipts: Who else is getting tired of this hot ‘n’ cold relationship between Buhari and Obasanjo?

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is quite the unique elder statesman as far as Nigerian politic go. How many Nigerian politicians ...

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Op-ed EditorFebruary 23, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Thin Tall Tony (BBNaija), Acting President Osinbajo, Obasanjo and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we ...

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Op-ed EditorFebruary 20, 2017

Opinion: Lessons Chief Tony Anenih taught me

by Anthony Ademuliyu I got initiated into the media at the age of 8 when I used to read the ...

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ToluFebruary 4, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 4th of February

Read the full stories and analyses here now. ToluYour pop culture/entertainment go-to. Music head. Wallflower. I do not like to ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 30, 2017

Opinion: An interrogation of the British Intelligence records on the January 15 1966 coup

by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema The three-part series on the revelations from the British intelligence reports on the January 15 1966 ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 27, 2017

The Ynaija Cover this evening – the 27th of January

Read the full stories and analyses here now! RoqeebahCreative mind. Enthusiast. Learner. Multipotentialite. And here, an assistant editor.

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RoqeebahJanuary 20, 2017

As the chances of Yahya Jammeh fleeing increases, we go over all the runaway African leaders

Edward Anthony Gomez, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s lawyer, in the heat of the battle over the inauguration of a new ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 18, 2017

Opinion: RE | The canonisation of the unsaintly

by John Danfulani “There are tree types of lies…lies, damn lies, and statistical lies” Benjamin Disraeli It’s no longer in ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 8, 2017

“Daddy G.O. remains the Spiritual Leader…” and more | See our top 10 quotes from the past week

Accusations, clarifications, rebuttals and Bobrisky’s public proposal and his epic response are a few things to remember this past week ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 24, 2016

Demola Olarewaju: The life of the great fixer, Tony Anenih

by Demola Olarewaju When in July 2016 I met Chief Tony Anenih briefly at his residence in Abuja, I expressed ...

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RoqeebahDecember 23, 2016

[The Presidential Blog] The President didn’t reunite with Obasanjo afterall

Yesterday should have been the first time President Buhari and his ex-buddy and former President Olusegun Obasanjo after their sudden ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 23, 2016

Opinion: Time to scrap the EFCC

by Jideofor Adibe This piece was motivated by two interrelated developments: the first is the furore caused by several corruption ...

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Op-ed EditorDecember 22, 2016

Opinion: Open letter to Goodluck Jonathan

by Kayode Badmus Dear Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, I just read in the news about you revealing you are under ...

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RoqeebahDecember 18, 2016

[The Presidential Blog] Buhari and Obasanjo set to meet again

On the 22nd of December, President Muhammadu Buhari will declare open the South-East Economic and Security Summit (SEESS), a new initiative ...

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RoqeebahNovember 27, 2016

“A real man does not ask for nudes” | Our top 10 quotes reflect the mood of the nation

There hasn’t been any one week where almost everything said by our public figures managed to capture the mood of ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 26, 2016

The Thread: CBN, are you doing Black Friday sales on dollars? | Our top 10 tweets of the week

Twitter is a gold mine of hilarity, brilliance, knowledge, social and political issues, so we thought it would be selfish to keep ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 2, 2016

Opinion: Mimiko | caught off guard

by Anthony Ademiluyi In 2003, the wily former President Olusegun Obasanjo was tired of being reminded by the hawks in ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 1, 2016

Annkio Briggs: Setting the agenda for the meeting between Niger Delta leaders and President Buhari (Pt.1)

by Annkio Briggs The oil-rich delta region of southern Nigeria – called Niger Delta – is larger than 70,000 square kilometers ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 30, 2016

Chidi Anselm Odinkalu: History Lessons on Doing the Right Thing the Wrong Way

by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Since the co-ordinated and forceful encounters between the State Security Services (SSS) and the judiciary on October ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 29, 2016

Opinion: Why should we borrow our future?

by Owolabi Afeez Ashola Recently, the Federal Government sent a letter to the National Assembly  for matters classified as urgent ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 29, 2016

Opinion: Niger Delta Development and the fierce urgency of now

by John Effiong In Charles Dickens seminal novel, A tale of two cities, which was first published in 1859, the ...

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RoqeebahOctober 26, 2016

Reintroduction of toll roads in Nigeria: Let’s think through this wickedness

Yesterday, the Nigerian Senate passed a motion for the reintroduction of toll roads. It was moved by a Senator Suleiman ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 17, 2016

Opinion: Re: Nigerian economy since 1999- myths, lies and data

by Uzoma Ngozi When will Nigeria come out recession? Who will deliver Nigeria? But for Nigeria to come out of ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 15, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Reuben Abati’s ‘spiritual side of the villa’ and Buhari’s ‘kitchen wife’

by Femi Fani-Kayode I read Reuben Abati’s excellent write-up titled “The Spiritual Side Of Aso Villa” and I concur with ...

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YWriterOctober 14, 2016

The Media Blog: Orji Kalu has two media houses – but he still smells like a loser

You know the other day, we were just thinking about it – politicians in Nigeria buy media platforms in order ...

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YWriterOctober 10, 2016

The Media Blog: Punch just took it to Buhari – and we’re bloody proud of them

Punch has been a thorn in the flesh of Presidents since Olusegun Obasanjo – their irritation crystallising with Goodluck Jonathan. ...

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