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Fisayo Soyombo: A million pythons cannot dance away the Biafra question
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. — Albert Einstein Whoever he is, the military officer who coined the…
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Should Buhari have travelled while Nigeria is in chaos?
by Alexander O. Onukwue The United Nations General Assembly is a meeting which Buhari, as Nigeria’s President, is required to attend, but it seems to have come at a time…
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2017 UN General Assembly: What roles will the Governors and Ministers play?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Three state Governors and the cabinet Ministers are with President Buhari in New York for the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Governors Abdulaziz…
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Farooq Kperogi: Our President has an obsessive compulsive disorder
by Farooq A. Kperogi President Buhari is held prisoner by what appears to be an obsessive impulse to desert Nigeria when the going gets tough. On at least two occasions,…
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Opinion: 2019 elections —Watch out for Atiku
by Umar Hassan No, you are wrong. No one could have possibly predicted that political drama season would premiere with a serving minister endorsing another candidate in his sitting room…
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Charly Boy: Mr President, why should Nigeria spoil in your hand?
My president, I bare my heart out in this letter with great respect and humility. Often times I wonder if you read any of my open letters. However, I write…
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The Thread: “I owe Igbos a duty not to be misled” | Kayode Ogundamisi explains his OPC struggle
TwitterNG came for Kayode Ogundamisi today, armed with receipts of his OPC past, in response to what seemed like a continuous aggression against Nnamdi Kanu and his group, IPOB. The…
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United Aishas: Why the First Lady and Alhassan can find common ground
by Alexander O. Onukwue In the midst of all the attention that has been expended on Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, over her comments on Buhari and Atiku, little…
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The Thread: Kayode Ogundamisi was once an Nnamdi Kanu | TwitterNG shows receipts
Kayode Ogundamisi is one of TwitterNG's overlords. According to his Twitter bio, he is Canary! The Producer|Host of PolitrickswithKO; a commentator on Nigeria & Inter-Politics, and anti-corruption campaigner. Mr Ogundamisi…
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From Chibok to Yola: Is Atiku now working with Buhari?
by Alexander O. Onukwue As announced by the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, the eight months psychological rehabilitation of the 106 freed Chibok school girls under the Federal…
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Peregrino Brimah: IPOB, Boko Haram and President Buhari’s hypocrisy
by Peregrino Brimah Nigeria is full of hypocrites. Our activists, our mainstream media, our traditional leaders and our government. In June of 2013, the Nation bore the headline, “Buhari faults clampdown…
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Opinion: Mr President, where do we go from here?
by Samuel Akinnuga Dear Mr President, I would be very sincere and straight to the point in this very short letter to you I have finally found the…
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The Thread: “Buhari can be tried and jailed” | Ayo Sogunro educates Nigerians on government misbehaviour
The right of the army to use force on civilians has been hotly debated on TwitterNG in this Operation Python Dance II era. Foremost military analyst, @beegeaglesblog maintains that President…
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Alhassan: The APC deserves some praise for handling this
by Alexander O. Onukwue While the jury remains divided on whether Mrs Alhassan’s open admission of support to Atiku Abubakar was ethical or not, there has been no doubt as…
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Alhassan on the grill: Sorry, bad timing
by Alexander O. Onukwue The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Aisha Jummai Alhassan, was debriefed by the authority of the APC, after more than two hours of questioning at the…
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The Thread: How Igbos should conduct themselves in these crazy times
In the wake of the Nigerian Military's activation of Operation Python Dance, BBOG activist and Co-founder of Transparency International Oby Ezekwesili told President Buhari that his leadership sucks and he…
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Opinion: These are the answers to Nigeria’s problems
by Kingsley Moghalu Can our politicians save Nigeria? Let’s get real. The answer is “No”. They can’t. Certainly not the vast majority of the dominant political leadership class we…
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The Thread: “The only man who’s “balanced & objective” while his house is on fire is a mad man” | Igbos do not apologise for Nnamdi Kanu
It's burning on TwitterNG just as it is in Abia state where the Nigerian Army has taken up a stronghold. There's been continuous back and forth on political Twitter over…
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The Thread: “Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder; Buhari holds the matchsticks” | TwitterNG fires on all cylinders
Political Twitter has been on fire since morning, so much that Twitter's top trends side bar has had IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Abia, Igbos topping the list all day. Here's how…
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It’s official: Fayose wants to be Nigeria’s president in 2019
by Alexander O. Onukwue Ekiti state Governor, Peter Ayo Fayose has officially declared his intention to be President of Nigeria, come 2019. Fayose becomes the first person to openly declare…
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The Thread: These are the problems with Buhari’s Python Dance
TwitterNG has been quite noisy the past couple of days. The conversation moved from Mr Eazi's naive pompousness to Buhari's Python Dance in the South East. That dance saw soldiers…
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Opinion: Disunited, the Yoruba nation will crumble
by Bayo Oluwasanmi These are heady days for Yoruba unity. The Yoruba Summit,which held last week in Ibadan, represents a milestone in the way forward to extricate ourselves…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: 2019 and the Abuja Python Dance
by Olusegun Adeniyi It was not enough for the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Aisha Alhassan, to say that she has pitched her political tent with former Vice President…
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Opinion: The Yoruba political advance and Afenifere’s sabotage
by Dele Awogbeoba The Yoruba have come a long way since the days of Goodluck Jonathan. Goodluck Jonathan’s government was without a doubt Nigeria’s most anti-Yoruba government ever…
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Reuben Abati: Dear President Buhari, what about these unseen threats to your presidency?
by Reuben Abati Mama Taraba is Senator Aisha Alhassan, the current Minister of Women Affairs in the Muhammadu Buhari cabinet, and arguably the most influential female politician in Taraba…
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2019: Soyinka has not changed his mind about Buhari’s candidature
by Alexander O. Onukwue At the height of the conversations about President Muhammadu Buhari’s health, fitness to continue leading the country beyond 2019, Prof Wole Soyinka made the candid observation…
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Soyinka is sick of premature 2019 talk – aren’t we all?
by Alexander O. Onukwue Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has lamented the early agitations that have been on about the 2019 Presidential elections, describing that he refuses “to be part of…
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Fisayo Soyombo: 2019 elections in September 2017 — Nigeria now in political recession
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo A blind man who only listens to radio must be thinking this is September 2018 rather than September 2017. It is still two long years before…
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Pius Adesanmi: Julius Berger is not to blame for Nigeria’s bad roads
by Pius Adesanmi Fazebuuk Yeyebrity and Mitterand Okorie, speaking of Julius Berger, you dis my pikins never see anything. About ten years ago or so, I wrote a stinging op-ed…
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[YNaija2019] What you should demand from your ideal candidate on security
by Usman Alabi Insecurity is now a major issue in the country, it is as real as every other challenge that hinders the progress of the country, a few years…
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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