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Opinion: There is a new tribe I want to belong to
by Opeyemi Olugbemiro One thing I have noticed here is, sometimes the society expects from you what it has not equipped you to give back. In this context, the Nigerian…
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“You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Lives”: MI needs to do just that too
by Umar Hassan Two things to take out of MI's You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Life: SA rappers are slaying everyone out there and MI himself needs to…
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Opinion: These are the faces of Inspiration
by Albert Afeso Akanbi The date was October 9, 2012. It was a day that started like every other day for a young, defiant and courageous Pakistani ninth-grader by the…
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Fisayo Soyombo: What the return of wanted ex-Pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina says about Buhari
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo Abdulrasheed Maina cannot hide forever. Neither he nor the people who helped him circumvent justice in 2013 gave this a thought when he escaped to Dubai.…
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Opinion: There appears to be hope for the Nigerian girl
by Temilolu Okeowo The Annual Girls Speak Out summit to mark the International Day of the Girl at the United Nations, New York is an event I try not…
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Opinion: The 7 deadly sins a Nigerian President should avoid
by Tony Ogunlowo The race to be President of Nigeria in 2019 has already started – well, behind the scenes. Will it be the incumbent ( if he decides…
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Farooq Kperogi: World Bank, Buhari, and Presidential Subnationalism
by Farooq A. Kperogi World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, in a news conference on October 12, reported President Muhammadu Buhari as having said the World Bank should “shift…
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Dele Momodu: A good man called Tony Elumelu
by Dele Momodu I’ve known Dr Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of United Bank of Africa for about two decades. I first noticed his wizardry as the boss of Standard Trust…
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Reno Omokri: Buharism — The definition of cluelessness
by Reno Omokri As you read this, the news has just filtered in that herdsmen just killed another 27 Nigerian citizens in Plateau State. But do not worry, the Nigerian…
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Femi Fani-Kayode: Buhari is a cancer that keeps growing; he must be cut out
by Femi Fani-Kayode The greatest crime that man has inflicted on his fellow man in the last 50 years is the evil concept of unrestrained globalisation coupled with the incremental…
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“Why should Buhari overlook such immense revenue drain simply because of Atiku? | 7 things we learned from Ashton Dagana’s no-nonsense article
Shortly after Mama Taraba openly declared her support for Atiku come 2019, the business mogul and former Vice President confessed that he was hurt because Buhari sidelined him after using…
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Opinion: Against the architecture of foreign aid
by James Inedu George The architecture of AID, from foreign NGOs and a host of international donors, was intended to serve as a catalyst to boost life in Africa. This…
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An open letter to 2019 Ogun Yewa Gubernatorial aspirants: History will repeat itself
by Temitope Adigun As 2019 gubernatorial election draws closer, there have been different speculations both online and offline, from pundits and residents of Ogun State and media organisations that the…
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Alexander Onukwue: Mr Okorocha, tear down that statue
by Alexander O. Onukwue You like to talk effusively about your dreams; you say they drive you crazy. Well, begin by toning down that pride, Mr Okorocha. In the six…
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Eketi Edima Ette: 10 kinds of people in WhatsApp groups
by Eketi Edima Ette Our different WhatsApp groups would be nothing without their unique members. I have been around the block and I’m back to present to you, the…
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Opinion: Nigeria is begging companies to fix its roads but will this solve the problem?
by Adewunmi Emoruwa It appears Nigeria has finally devised a way of out of its infrastructure woes. Or not quite. The cabinet minister in charge of Infrastructure, Mr Babatunde Fashola…
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Cheta Nwanze: This is why Nigerians don’t trust the Army’s free medical outreaches
by Cheta Nwanze It started with a WhatsApp rumour in Anambra. Now it has happened in Rivers, Kwara, Bayelsa, and Ondo states. In all three geopolitical zones in Southern Nigeria,…
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Opinion: Why Nigerians must overthrow the tyranny of the National Assembly
by Bayo Oluwasanmi Alexis Tocqueville never met Bukola Saraki. Had he encountered the APC Senate President or President Muhammadu Buhari or House Speaker Yakubu Dogora, Tocqueville might have learned about…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: Oh Lord, release my visa- A horror story [Pt II]
by Olusegun Adeniyi If We Stay Here We Die! According to Mark Twain, there are two types of speakers: those who get nervous and those who are liars. So let…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: Oh Lord, release my visa [Pt I]
by Olusegun Adeniyi Following the overwhelming reactions I got to my lecture titled, “If we stay here we die” at the 2015 edition of Platform, I decided to document…
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Opinion: Is this what it takes for women to enforce their rights?
by Michael Ace I was traveling back to Ibadan on Thursday when something I would consider interesting but tense happened. We were about reaching Alakia when we got hooked…
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Pius Adesanmi: Governor Wike has a dream — but e get small K-leg
by Pius Adesanmi I actually like Nyesom Wike's idea of a Real Madrid Football Academy in his state. The idea is good. The vision is okay. It is just…
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Opinion: Joe Budden vs Chance the Rapper’s beef shows the problem with rap culture
by Adeleke Omotayo Chance the Rapper performed a new untitled song at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on September 26 with Daniel Caesar. The downbeat introspective song, which…
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Opinion: The ridiculous things they do for burials in the South
by Martin Beck Nworah To die in the Southern part of Nigeria is a very expensive venture. This is why a great philosopher and thinker of our time, Flavour N'abania…
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Farooq Kperogi: Nigerians are right to be suspicious of Buhari
by Farooq Kperogi I finally got a chance to read the text of the interview in which World Bank president Jim Yong Kim reported President Buhari as having told him…
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Opinion: President Zuma has a crush in Nigeria, and it isn’t female!
by Nimi Princewill Somewhere in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, a fancy statue of President Jacob Zuma poses in elegance, despite widespread condemnation of the romantic gesture by the Imo State…
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Opinion: What exactly does Raila Odinga want?
by Ayodele Adio While Raila Odinga was delivering a speech on Friday, 13th of October, at the Chatham House (UK) two young men in his hometown, Bondo, were shot dead.…
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Opinion: 5 key things to know about the Monkeypox outbreak
by Dr Charles-Davies Omiete If you have been following the news, it has been a few weeks since a rare viral disease has been dominating headlines in Nigeria. A Monkeypox…
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Fisayo Soyombo: Zahra and Aisha Buhari as fashionable Aso Rock Clinic critics
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo There are the Buharis who are not Buharists. Credit to Nasir el-Rufai, the most recent and most persistent proponent of the term ‘Buharism’, ‘Buharists’ can be…
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Opinion: This is the real Satan
by Odia Iyoha I beg to point out that this is not a religious piece, neither was it written to debase any religious group. It was written from a…
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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