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“I was quite wealthy before coming into government” | 7 things we learned from Atiku’s reply to I Go Dye
Since Mama Taraba announced her support for Atiku's 2019 campaign, Twitter Nigeria has been in a tizzy. Atiku has been accused of being corrupt and not championing the cause of…
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Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Mr President, welcome to Kano, your political stronghold
by Salihu Tanko Yakasai The long-awaited official visit of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to his most solid political…
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Ayokunle Odekunle: A letter to my unborn child on my birthday
by Ayokunle Odekunle And if you ask me to Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird I'mma give you the world I'mma buy a diamond ring for you I'mma sing…
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Reuben Abati: Atiku, Atikulation and other stories
by Reuben Abati “I hear say Atiku don port oh, from APC to God knows where…” “He used to be a Customs officer. Going from one port to another should…
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Fisayo Soyombo: How Ethiopan Airlines has been stealing from Nigerians
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything — Albert Einstein. In life,…
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Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: From the private sector to the public sector
Entrepreneur, a major buzz word in the Nigerian society, we’ve probably been fanatic about “start up’s” before the Californians created Silicon Valley. We credit our Igbo brothers and sisters with…
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Cheta Nwanze: Why Nigerians are beginning to provide their own brand of justice
“You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy to me? I forgo the vengeance on my son. But I have selfish…
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Opinion: Chaos, Coitus and a new challenge
Chaos! True entropy, randomness… That’s the way we’ve come to thrive, somehow it seems that while we stay within the borders of this gloriously enriched piece of land mother earth…
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Fisayo Soyombo: What is the worth of a Nigerian migrant’s life?
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo In April, a former Nigerian public official lost his daughter under questionable circumstances. The young lady’s death was avoidable, and who knows, maybe her spirit is…
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Pius Adesanmi: An Open Letter to Osita Chidoka
by Pius Adesanmi Dear Osita: I must congratulate you for an exhilarating debate performance yesterday. You shone like a million bright stars. Such was your brio that we should not…
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Anti-Grazing Prohibition Law: a new way to end herdsmen’s massacre
by Temitope Adigun In the words of Professor Wole Soyinka “For every crime, there must be restitution. The nomads of the world cannot place themselves above the law of settled…
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Fisayo Soyombo: El-Rufai and Shehu Sani’s feud is our problem too. Here is why
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo For as long as one is the Governor of Kaduna State and the other is obsessed with unseating him, Nasir el-Rufai and Shehu Sani will never…
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7 surprising facts about pregnancy everyone should know
by Dr. Omiete Charles-Davies Pregnancy is a very special period. From conception to delivery, several changes happen in a woman’s body to make her able to carry the pregnancy without…
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“Why should our children sacrifice for teachers”? | 3 Takeaways from Joachim MacEbong’s article on El Rufai’s teacher crisis
Governor El Rufai is a controversial political figure by any standard. He caused a ruckus on Twitter during the Southern Kaduna crisis by arresting the driving force of the movement,…
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Chude Jideonwo: Nigeria is the Federal Republic of Rumour Mongering
by Chude Jideonwo It was my baptism of fire into the workings of Nigerian governance. Our firm had just begun communication consulting for government departments and agencies about six years…
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Appointees list: The Presidency has no knowledge of its staff?
by Alexander O. Onukwue The little matter of proving that the greater percentage of its appointments has not been skewed in favour of one group of the country has managed…
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Fisayo Soyombo: Getting Buhari out in 2019 is not enough
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo There are numerous disgruntled Muhammadu Buhari supporters straddling the social media space. Worried by a series of controversies in a government they placed high hopes in,…
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RE: Islamisation plot is real, CAN tells Osinbajo
by Olusegun Adedeji My attention has been brought to the news story credited to the leadership of the South-South zone of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that President Muhammadu…
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Albert Afeso Akanbi: The Koran vs The Holy Bible — Which is the truth? [Pt II]
by Albert Afeso Akanbi I was buried in a pile of feedback –emails, comments, text messages and phone calls, some of them disapproval and veiled threats, and others affirmation from…
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Reno Omokri: Here’s what Daddy Freeze has gotten wrong about tithing
by Reno Omokri The recent to-do on the issue of tithing which was roused by popular On-Air Personality, Daddy Freeze, is actually a sad reflection of the state of Christianity…
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Opinion: Buhari and his government of “Fugithieves”
By Jude Ndukwe The frequency of scandals bedevilling the Buhari administration in recent times would require an app to keep track of them. It certainly is beyond human capacity to…
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Open letter to the Inspector General of Police
by Dr Tony Nwoye's Campaign RE: Fraudulent impersonation of Evang. Chinedu Obigwe by Chinedu Obidigwe, James Eze and Oliver Okpala and a call to caution Willy Obiano PROTOCOL:…
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Farooq Kperogi: Unravelling of the corruption in Buhari’s “anti-corruption” fight
by Farooq Kperogi The latest thunderbolt from the Head of Service of the Federation that President Buhari was actually aware of, and perhaps even countenanced, the reinstatement and promotion of…
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Opinion: Restructuring our education system for a better Nigeria
by Temitope Adigun One thing that is peculiar and synonymous to every society in the world is the urge and hunger for progress, living on its own without much…
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Dele Momodu: Who says President Buhari isn’t a politician?
by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, I had another privilege of meeting President Muhammadu Buhari two nights ago in Abuja. I had accompanied the former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama…
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Ololade Ajekigbe: 4 popular prejudices you must ignore
by Ololade Ajekigbe “Awon wa’ye wa gbadun ni,” he had said in Yoruba. The spectator’s remarks translate literally to “They came to the world to have fun.” His comments were in response…
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Opinion: How to solve Nigeria’s substandard school problem
by Odia Iyoha Look around where you are now, what do you see? The probability that you would see at least two schools around where you are currently is…
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Opinion: Nigeria’s best hope for 2019 is Abdulrasheed Maina
by Bayo Oluwasanmi In 2019, Nigeria will return to the polls to elect a new president. The ballot will boast the usual cast of characters in the Nigerian political arena.…
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Femi Fani-Kayode: Vice President Osinbajo has betrayed the Church
by Femi Fani-Kayode Many years ago the irrepressable Hausa leader who hailed from Kano and who was the founder of the radical leftist political party called NEPU, Mallam Aminu Kano,…
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Opinion: Why the North East Development Commission must succeed
by Ayodele Adio A few days ago, President Muhammadu Buhari assented to the North East Development Commission bill, a commission with the mandate to receive and manage funds allocated…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy