opinion

November 2, 2017

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 by the federal government and international donor agencies for the resettlement, rehabilitation, integration and reconstruction of roads, houses and business premises of the victims of... Read More

boko haram, IDPs, nigeria, North East Development Commission, opinion

November 2, 2017

Moses Ochonu: Buhari’s deception is worse than corruption

by Moses Ochonu Here’s what’s on my mind this morning. Buharists are always asking us to applaud the president for every little tokenist and symbolic gesture even when such a gesture is late, ineffectual, and compelled by public pressure. It’s a form of emotional blackmail of course, but no matter. Because of its track record... Read More

Buhari, corruption, moses ochonu, nigeria, opinion

November 2, 2017

Opinion: Dasuki’s memory loss — A $2.1 billion fraud charge can do that to you

by Fredrick Nwabufo Before I go into the meat of this article, let me state this for the purpose of record. The case of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), will become one of Nigeria’s unsolved mysteries. His trial will become a poltergeist of how power is exacted for submission and not for justice.... Read More

corruption, dasuki, EFCC, GEJ, nigeria, opinion, Politics

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

November 2, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Buhari, 2019 and the talking drum

by Olusegun Adeniyi One of the most astounding works of Art from Africa is the Yoruba talking drum. It is an hourglass-shaped wood with an inner cavity, covered on both ends by goat skin, and beaten by a curved stick called ‘gongo’. The fact that its pitch can be regulated makes it exceptional as messages... Read More

2019 Elections, Buhari, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion, Politics

October 31, 2017

Opinion: How Nigerians are losing millions of dollars through cryptocurrency investments

by Philip Obin Why I don’t do money doubling business and only invest and work hard to earn money! Any internet investment scheme promising you more than 24% Return On Investment (ROI) annually is never registered and must not be taken seriously, especially when they are trading with Bitcoins or any other cryptocurrency. *Don’t... Read More

bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Internet investments, nigeria, opinion, scams

October 31, 2017

Opinion: Do not be deceived, Corruption is winning. Here is why

by Umar Hassan ‘Corruption is fighting back’. That phrase has long assumed cliché status. As a lot of us have learnt, it is the easiest way to justify a hypocritical war on corruption.Corruption isn’t fighting back when Buhari sits on the SGF probe or refuses to look into how some states are still owing workers... Read More

Aisha buhari, Buhari, corruption, nigeria, opinion

Election

October 31, 2017

Reuben Abati: The monkey business they call governance

by Reuben Abati “Have you gone to visit your brother in Ekiti?” “Who is that? I have many brothers from Ekiti state” “The Governor. Osokomole himself, ekun oko oke, the dainty irunmole who eats jollof rice.” “No. I don’t go about visiting Governors.” “I am referring to the fact that he recently... Read More

Governance, Monkey pox, nigeria, opinion, Politics, reuben abati

October 30, 2017

Opinion: What does Lagos want to be- Dubai, New York or a combination of all?

By Baba Oladeji The biggest danger to Lagos is a man who is well travelled and has capital or power. He will look at London and want to re-create London, another will love the lure of Dubai and wish to re-create Dubai. Another will discover Gangnam, that smart city in Seoul and shove the... Read More

dubai, Lagos mega city, nigeria, opinion

October 30, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: The men who shouldn’t be in Buhari’s government

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo This piece is laden with unsolicited advice. It ordinarily should not have been written, but for recent evidence that the quality of advice available to President Muhammadu Buhari is questionable. Friends of people in power often speak in hushed tones about how the President never listens, about how difficult it is... Read More

anti-corruption, Buhari, Fisayo Soyombo, maina, Malami, nigeria, opinion, Politics

October 30, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Can Maina be Buhari’s turning point?

by Simon Kolawole To cut a long story short, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina came into national limelight in 2013 when, as chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, he was accused of perpetrating a fraud running into over N100 billion. The Senate committee probing the matter invited him to testify but he refused... Read More

Abdulrasheed Maina, anti-corruption war, Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics, simon kolawole

October 29, 2017

Albert Afeso Akanbi: The Koran vs The Holy Bible — Which is the truth?

I am a Christian, yes. However, even though it should, this fact has no bearing whatsoever on the writing of this four part article you are about to read. The points I raised here are purely mine, gathered over time from my interaction with adherents of the Christian and Islamic faiths, my understanding of, and... Read More

bible, Divine authorship, Koran, opinion, Religion, Truth

October 29, 2017

Oyin Oludipe: 55 Theses on Christian law, grace and faith

by Oyin Oludipe Out of the passion for truth and clarity, and with the aim of prospering them, the following points are written to be a potential subject of public discussion, offline or online, by the invitation of Mr. Oludipe Samuel Oyin. He appeals that whoever cannot avail himself or herself personally to debate the... Read More

Christianity, doctrine, Faith, opinion

October 29, 2017

Reno Omokri: VP Osinbajo, are you sure you are still a Pastor?

by Reno Omokri My attention has been drawn to claims in the media by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, against former President Jonathan. Speaking on Friday the 27th of October 2017 in Lagos at a ‘Greater Nigeria Pastors Conference’, the Vice President said “Weeks before the 2015 elections, the government then, gave out N100billion... Read More

opinion, Osinbajo, Politics, Reno Omokri

October 28, 2017

Reno Omokri: Ali Bubu and the forty thieves

by Reno Omokri With the recent revelations that Abdulrasheed Maina (a man that former President Jonathan fired from the civil service and declared wanted for allegedly pilfering 100 billion Naira from the Pension funds) was secretly recalled, reinstated and given a juicy position within the Buhari administration, not even the most hardcore Buharist can still... Read More

anti-corruption war, Buhari, maina, nigeria, opinion

budget, presidents

October 28, 2017

Opinion: Nigeria’s Senate and its basket of empty probes

by Fredrick Nwabufo The Nigerian Senate is impotent. So impotent that it engages in theatrical probes to conceal the absence of a legislative manhood. I have followed the Senate closely. In fact, I covered that arm of the national assembly in the past. So, I can say with a verisimilitude of certainty that I... Read More

corruption, Dogara, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Probes, Saraki, senate

October 28, 2017

Dele Momodu: A special tribute to the vision of Dr Tai Solarin

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, thanks for this special honour and privilege of inviting me to speak to you in Perth, Australia. This journey would not have been possible without the insistence and tenacity of one wonderful gentleman, Dr Dele Babalola. After leaving University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) decades ago, we re-established... Read More

Dele Momodu, Dr Tai Solarin, education, nigeria, opinion

October 27, 2017

Opinion: How the FG can save our education system

by Adisa Kabiru FCA Since the 70s, the educational system of the Yorubaland has been gradually deteriorating. Standards have been falling with buildings, infrastructure poorly maintained, and teachers poorly remunerated. However, the pace of the deterioration picked up in the 90s because of the military government poor policies and the corruption that had taken... Read More

Buhari, education, nigeria, opinion, restructuring

October 27, 2017

Opinion: Lessons a mad man taught me

by Onochie Esiobu Have you ever wondered why mad men in Nigeria never walk in the middle of the road to be knocked down by an on-rushing vehicle, or why they search the dumpster for food to eat and clothes to wear or why occasionally they give you a glance under the hot sun with... Read More

Life Lessons, Mad men, nigeria, opinion

October 27, 2017

Opinion: Mr President, you need to fire somebody

by Alexander O. Onukwue For what it’s worth, Mr President, it is very likely that you were really not aware of the reinstatement of Maina. 2017 has not exactly been your best year of health. You have needed to leave the country twice for treatments and spent over 150 days in total. In your absence,... Read More

Abdulrasheed Maina, Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics

October 26, 2017

Opinion: These are the hitches in FG borrowing for Infrastructure

by David Temitope Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, earlier in October, stated that the nation needs to borrow more in the short term, so the Government can execute critical infrastructural projects. In her exact words, “We need to tolerate a little bit more debt in the short term to deliver roads, rail, and... Read More

Federal Government, infrastructure, Nigeria's debt profile, opinion

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

October 26, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: The Harvey Weinsteins of Nigeria

While “The Godfather” remains the most successful novel of Mario Puzo, his second mafia epic, published almost three decades later, “The Last Don”, is equally engrossing as he takes the reader into the inner recesses of Hollywood where licentiousness seems to be the order of the day. Even when a lot of things may have... Read More

Harvey Weinstein, maina, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion

October 25, 2017

Opinion: Danfo is a culture

by Onochie Esiobu Yellow and black, such a unique colour combination. Danfo buses, such a blessing and a curse. The users use but pray to God for the day they will be liberated, the non-users, on the other hand, pray for the day the buses would leave the roads and give them peace of mind.... Read More

danfo, lagos, opinion

October 25, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: This is why Nigerians are easily deceived by politicians

By Pius Adesanmi Shortly after a conversation between two of my favourite proteges, Mitterand Okorie and Immanuel James Ibe-Anyanwu, gave me the inflatus for an essay on Julius Berger, a perplexed Nigerian phoned me. Although the terrible condition of Nigeria’s infrastructure is a given, he says, his governor has really been trying with road construction.... Read More

corruption, nigeria, opinion, Pius Adesanmi

October 25, 2017

Opinion: Mirroring governance with evidence-based reporting

by Abdullahi Bego The DG NGF, ladies and gentlemen, there is no question that our country as a growing democracy is moving at a hectic, albeit exciting political and cultural pace. Advances in knowledge and the resources to organize, disseminate and communicate in real-time have enabled tectonic shifts in citizen democratic participation across the... Read More

Governance, Media, Ministry of Information, opinion

October 25, 2017

Opinion: The suicide cry for help that we often miss

by Isa Eneye Mubarak The problem about suicide is that one makes a permanent, irreversible, irrevocable treatment of a temporary problem, but still, it is becoming a trend in Nigeria. When one is suicidal, they just want to be out of their current situation or their miserable lives, and they see death as the escape... Read More

depression, Mental Illness, nigeria, opinion, suicide

October 25, 2017

Opinion: Aso Rock has fallen

by Adekoya Boladale As it stands now, there is only one thing holding the government of President Muhammadu Buhari together: the Nigerian Constitution which stipulates a term of four years. Otherwise, we would have been picking the debris of this administration in several parks, bus stops and market square across the country. To many... Read More

Buhari, corruption, Governance, nigeria, opinion

October 24, 2017

Vera Ezimora: What no one told me about motherhood

I have been a mommy now for almost two years – wow! Before I became a mom, I had many expectations, based on what I had seen and what I had been told, but no one really told me about mom guilt, and I don’t think I had ever even heard of it before. In... Read More

Mom guilt, motherhood, nigeria, opinion, raising children, Vera Ezimora

October 24, 2017

Re: Facts and fallacies in the “Restructuring” conversation

by Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN Man is really in an ambiguous position in nature. Nature presents to him (gender neutral) series of paradoxes and puzzles he is expected to solve. His consciousness reminds him of his individuality because he has his own name, ambitions, destiny and in some cases fate; yet to optimise his individuality in... Read More

APC vs PDP, nigeria, opinion, Politics, restructuring

October 24, 2017

Opinion: In search of the ‘detribalized’ Nigerian

by Jideofor Adibe Nigerians love buzzwords – slogans that are repeated frequently enough, (and imbued with assumed values), that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident truths. One of the favourite mantras in Nigeria today is the notion of the ‘detribalized’ Nigerian. Depending on the context and the speaker, this could often mean... Read More

culture, Jideofor Adibe, nigerians, opinion, tribalism

October 24, 2017

Across Nigeria by train: An adventurer’s review

by Jubilian Ngaruwa 26th September was the day I started my 14 days marathon of travelling across the country by train. In spite of the negative comments, discouraging reviews about the Nigerian Railway system which after my experience I could attest were right, the tremendous attempt of discouragement from friends close and distant. I... Read More

Exploring Nigeria by train, opinion, Travel Diaries

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