Tag: opinion

Elevator Tragedy: Lagos NMA Declares Indefinite Strike in Three Hospitals; Labour Agrees to Resume Negotiations with FG | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Elevator Tragedy: Lagos NMA Declares Indefinite Strike in Three Hospitals Labour Agrees to Resume Negotiations with FG President Tinubu Sends List of 19 New Ministerial Nominees to Senate Nigeria Cuts…

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Lagos State Governorship Tribunal Concludes Hearing as Rhodes-Vivour Closes Case; Father of Accused UTME Candidate Denies Forgery Allegations, Calls for Fairness | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Lagos State Governorship Tribunal Concludes Hearing as Rhodes-Vivour Closes Case Father of Accused UTME Candidate Denies Forgery Allegations, Calls for Fairness APC Leadership Claims Ignorance of Senate and House Principal…

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Rihanna’s home broken into by man seeking to propose

Rihanna's Los Angeles home caused a stir on Thursday when a man arrived uninvited to propose to the singer, prompting a police response. The man, who traveled from South Carolina,…

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Ohaneze

Self-determination for southeast: Is Ohaneze youth now the rebranded IPOB?

Self-determination is a universal principle no doubt, but its application is defined within the context of the law, norms and precepts of the state. It has become orthodox to frame…

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Youth

The power of youth that drove the #GrowNigeria movement

Middle of this year, I had a burnout. I lost the drive, became almost depressed and felt that everything was meaningless. It was one of the lowest points in the…

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Peter Obi

Why I tipped Mr Peter Obi as running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abukakar

Editor's Note: Long time YNaija contributor ThankGod Ukachukwu has become an important voice in the Nigerian political scene and we have come to respect his perspectives on the inner workings…

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Five reasons I never want to be a best man again

I have grown somewhat cynical about weddings and marriage in generally. Do not get me wrong, I believe marriage is a beautiful concept and can be cool.  But being the…

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Opinion: To beat Buhari in 2019, we’ll have to make a hard choice that changes everything

The gang up to unseat President Muhammadu Buhari has become intense and national - cutting across tribes, religions, regions, and parties. Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso, Bukola Saraki, Kingsley Moghalu,…

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IDP

Profiting from tears: The Buhari administration’s handling of the Nigerian IDP crisis

The humanitarian situation in Nigeria deteriorated significantly in the first half of 2018 as the conflict intensified in the North East which reflected in the increase of new displacements from…

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Digital

Opinion: A new age of digital-preneurs are rising

Life, as we know, is changing. We are experiencing a shift from the known traditions of the norm to the age where speed, accessibility and convenience (driven by technology) ranks…

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Atiku

Atiku: How the presidential candidate needs to plan for a Nigerian Doomsday Protocol

By Adekoya Boladale  In Central Africa and predominately Cameroon, there is a specie of frog called: Hairy frog. Like every other frog, it is amphibian in nature and carnivorous in…

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Emma Ikumeh: This is why I want the PDP to choose Saraki at the primaries

by Emma Ikumeh Former INEC chief, Professor Attahiru Jega recently made a case for competent leadership over strongman leadership. The latter was one of the major pivots on which Muhammadu…

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Nigeria

The scrabble for a New Nigeria: A battle between the believers, the achievers and the deceivers

by Alli Bob-Chinwon Randomly surfing the news I stumbled on a very intriguing headline published on a prominent international news platform. The title was “Nigeria becomes the poverty capital of…

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Poverty

Opinion: What are we really doing to check Nigeria’s poverty rate?

The descent of Nigeria's economy into poverty has been a recurrent matter of regular discussions and debates, particularly in the last three years. Expectedly so, since the regress has taken…

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Nigeria

How student union governments can help actualise a better Nigeria come 2019

A Government is believed to be a body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization and as well advance all…

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PDP

2019: Is there anything to celebrate over APC-to-PDP mass defection?

By Festus Ogun It should no longer be a news to anyone that mass defection is currently rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC). Many key  members of this ruling party…

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Reuben Abati

Opinion: The impending implosion of APC

Just take the phrase: “impending” in the title above with a pinch of salt.  I use the word because in politics as in life, things happen - as seemingly absolute…

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President

Opinion: An open letter to President Buhari

Dear Mr. President, It is with a heavy heart that I sit down to write Your Eminence. As a conscious, patriotic and progressive youth, I could not help but register…

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Chimamanda

Opinion: Chimamanda Adichie is not your enemy

"The top three trending topics in Nigeria are Chimamanda, Dino Melaye and Pablo Adedeji; what do these people have in common?"  The responses to this tweet were what introduced me…

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Property

Housing Challenge: understand the process of buying property in Lagos State

Nigerians abroad and those living in the country have been scammed several times trying to purchase a property. This can be traced to either they don’t understand the process involved…

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Canterbury

Opinion: Open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby

Your Grace, in respect of your meeting with President Buhari, who is your bosom friend, who you have met severally during the course of his presidency, and met again in…

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Healthcare

Opinion: Nigerian Healthcare is non-existent, we should all be terrified

Last Monday, Linda Ikeji broke a story on the death of Oluwaseun Ezekiel, who had just graduated from the University of Lagos and was due to serve her fatherland in…

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Martin Luther

Opinion: The Christian Association of Nigeria needs its own Martin Luther

I remember a particular Sunday morning when some friends and I were debating with an austere, prudish woman on the issue of tithes and whether the verse in Malachi should…

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Not too young to run

Not-too-young-to-run: Why the Nigerian Youth Are Not Yet Ready for Leadership

The 2019 Nigerian general election is less than a year away and preparations are predictably in top gear for the country’s fifth democratic transition since its return to civilian leadership…

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Election

Opinion: Lagos state and the politics of taxation

The government of Lagos state seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the…

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Opinion: Let’s tell the truth, Anthony Joshua was slaughtered on the altar of pseudo wokeness…. the future of women is next

New babies are the biggest threat to the planet, so some unified system is necessary for controlling them. Our faith in humans using their reason to handle this is turning…

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Moghalu

Opinion: Kingsley Moghalu and how to elect Nigeria’s darling President 

Quite necessarily, we Nigerians now have a bright idea of the ideal next president for the country. We have been advised by the very recognisable fundamental inadequacies of those who…

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Lagos

Opinion: If we want an even better Lagos, then we have to become more ecofriendly

Lagos has a population of 20 million people, and it is one of the ten most populous cities in the world. This makes it a natural hub for commerce, technology…

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Job

Opinion: How to avoid losing your job

From my experience over the years as a project manager with focus on employability, I have come to realize that a larger percentage of job seekers are so desperate to…

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Credit Cards

Doomsday Approaches: National Assembly Stall NFIU Decision, Nigeria Credit Ratings Downgrade Looming

As concerns mount over the expulsion of Nigeria by the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units next month, international credit rating agencies are mulling the downgrade of Nigeria’s credit ratings…

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